On Wednesday 28 March 2007, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 28 March 2007, Ric Moore wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 18:18 +0930, Tim wrote: > > > On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 02:50 -0400, Ric Moore wrote: > > > > just for grins I put in a DVD and sure enough "Forbidden Planet" with > > > > a very young Lesley Neilsen and alien-mini-skirted Anne Francis (WOW! > > > > The uber NSM!) > > > > > > "Bathing suit? What's that?" > > > > Man-O-Man, would I like to see the out-takes. Ummph! If I had that Anne > > Francis and Robby the Robot, my life would be complete. I'm sure Robby > > ran on Linux. The Krell probably used it too, as their "advanced > > civilization" was wrecked when Beagle ate up the CPU. All of the dials > > went full tilt, the lights flashed and no one could ssh in to stop > > it. :) Ric > > There is a cult theatre show called "Return to the Lost Planet". No, Return to the Forbidden Planet. Sorry! > Same > story, exactly. The whole thing is shot with references to old sci-fi > comic stories, of around the 50s era (Dan Dare, etc.) and it's full of 50's > songs. I've seen it twice, but there are those that have seen it 20+ times! > The cast that I've seen include a fantastic robot on roller skates :-) > > Anne