“Behind the Scenes – Sci Fi Movies” examines some of popular cultures most interesting and beloved science-fiction movies from the past 100 years. Take a closer look at the spaceships, characters, and monsters that were created in such fan favorites as Star Trek, Forbidden Planet, War of the Worlds, Destination Moon, and many others.
Excerpt from Forbidden Planet Chapter:
“The crew of the C-57D, a United Planets Cruiser from Earth, travel to the planet Altair IV in search of the starship Bellerophon which landed there twenty years before. On their arrival they find just two survivors, Doctor Morbius and his teenage daughter Altaira, but it is not long before the mysterious force which killed everyone else aboard the Bellerophon returns to the planet.
Forbidden Planet mixes a tale of monsters with cerebral ideas and a vision of the future, and still stands up today as one of the greatest science fiction films”
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