Influences for star trek
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Yeah, I feel the same way about it. Many sci-fi shows and movies owe a lot to Forbidden Planet. Star Trek for sure.
I only saw Forbidden Planet a few months ago. I was really surprised. Now I'm pretty sure Gene Roddenberry's idea wasn't so much a "wagon train to the stars", it was "Hey guys, let's make our own TV series version of Forbidden Planet!"
To be honest a lot of modern sci-fi TV shows draw from Forbidden Planet. There's definitely been a heavy influence on not just Star Trek but Stargate as well (advanced ancient alien civilization leaving their crap behind long after they went extinct).
I often hear people wanting some sort of continuation/modernization of Forbidden Planet, but we pretty much have that hundreds of times over already.
I often hear people wanting some sort of continuation/modernization of Forbidden Planet, but we pretty much have that hundreds of times over already.
Was Forbidden Planet the one that had the robot that was later used in Lost in Space? Or one similar to it. I only saw the movie Forbidden Planet once years ago and I really didn't care for Lost in Space.
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) introduces a rather Spock-ish alien, I'd say.
FORBIDDEN PLANET is far and away the most obvious influence on STAR TREK. Heck, it would take all of about 30 minutes to turn the script for FORBIDDEN PLANET into a typical STAR TREK episode. All you'd have to do is change some of the names and jargon.
And check out "Requiem for Methuselah" again, which borrows from Forbidden Planet shamelessly.
And check out "Requiem for Methuselah" again, which borrows from Forbidden Planet shamelessly.
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Yep. I've often thought that FP is actually a better prequel to TOS than ENT was, in many respects.
Oh definitely! Trek is virtually FP: The Series. It's even the 23rd Century, IIRC. Representing the United (Federation of) Planets.
Their "quanto-gravitetic hyper drive", aside from being a mouthful of awesome technobabble, is one of the very earliest appearances of the term "hyperdrive" in science fiction. It would subsequently be used in many, many other Sci fi books, movies, tv shows and comics, as I am sure you know.
They also invented this FTL in the 23rd Century, and one gets the impression from the line "the time barrier's been broken" in "The Cage" that at first, Warp was conceived as a much more recent invention than 2063, as with FP.
Like many SciFi fans, I lament that we never did get any more installments of the FP universe. But maybe that's what TOS was.
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There are quite a few pretty obvious parallels between "The Cage" and Forbidden Planet. Differences, too, of course.
And let's not forget Gary Seven, who is even more similar to Klaatu.
I've long argued that THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL is to "Assignment: Earth" as FORBIDDEN PLANET is to STAR TREK.
I knew you'd show up.
Never miss a chance.I knew you'd show up.
We even created the Quanto-Gravitetic Hyper Drive Scale.
QG 1 = 1x C
QG 2 = 4x C
QG 3 = 16x C
QG 4 = 64x C
QG 5 = 256x C
QG 6 = 1,024x C
QG 7 = 4,096x C
QG 8 = 16,384x C
Since the ship traveled at approximately 16x C during it's trip to Altair, that meant a sustained speed of QG 3 for the C-57D. It's a low speed for long range, but they do portray it as something that has not been around all that long.
QG 1 = 1x C
QG 2 = 4x C
QG 3 = 16x C
QG 4 = 64x C
QG 5 = 256x C
QG 6 = 1,024x C
QG 7 = 4,096x C
QG 8 = 16,384x C
Since the ship traveled at approximately 16x C during it's trip to Altair, that meant a sustained speed of QG 3 for the C-57D. It's a low speed for long range, but they do portray it as something that has not been around all that long.
I can't agree more it actually makes sense and still shows humanity's potential for development in the future!! And it looks like it could take place 100 years before tos!!!!
