I'm a little late to the party but that is very nice work there, I've been a fan of this movie ever since I saw it one night during the late seventies on BBC One here in the UK during the Star Wars craze, it always makes me sad that poor wee Dewey was left alone on the last garden dome, why didn't Lowell leave Heuy with Dewey for company, we were shown that the drones enjoy each other's company. That is a very nice replica, is it life size or 2/3 scale as most people think these drones are small but they had to be worked by amputees inside the units.
It's too bad that he last of the actual war machines used in the movie perished in a fire of the Ackermansion (Forrest J. Ackerman's house). But the design will live on forever, duplicated by many fans.
I never understood why in the movie the two blue arms are so short with no useable hand. However, I still have a fondness for R2D2, he was the first droid I remember thinking would be awesome to have. Nice job making him real.
Fun fact about the Gort costume. In the movie you could see both the front and back of Gort, but you won't see any zippers. The secret to having no zippers is: There are two suits, one with the zipper in the back for front shots, and the other with the zipper in front for rear shots.
Loved the movie and Gort was the scariest Robot I have ever seen and the way he came in the movie.. Just amazing with that music too! Thanks for showing GORT!
Ooooh that is fabulous!!! Such detail; so true to the film! Huge and absolutely gorgeous, both of them---and totally terrifying LOL Well, Robbie isn't scary (much)...but Gort! yikes
Two great films. They won't make them like that anymore. The amazing message in the film The Day The Earth Stood Still , was the message to the Governments of the world, to either stop the wars between nations or face destruction. I watch this film every now and then. There's something about this film which makes me want to watch it often. It's for our time, I think.
