I agree with you and the REAL crime is not making a sequel about some OTHER Krel outpost while a lot of the original cast was still alive in the 1990s.
Watch out for the Disney or Netflix version. I can only imagine how woke and swapped it will be. Also the 3rd grade writing level so common to these new movies that are forgettable.
This was the work of Disney animator Joshua Meador. He had created visual effects in Disney productions such as “Snow White,” “Pinocchio,” “Fantasia,” “Bambi,” “Dumbo” and “Cinderella” but it was his work on "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" that got the attention of MGM and led them to contact Disney to borrow Meador for Forbidden Planet. Besides the Rotoscope effects Meador also created the matte paintings inside the Krell power plant. Forbidden Planet directly inspired Gene Roddenbery to create "Star Trek" and inspired much of the look and feel of effects in Star Wars.
The Krell power plant is a masterpiece. at first it looks like it could be a close up but then when you see the tiny figures watching below, you suddenly experience how vast it really is.
For my money the absolute best science fiction movie ever made, visuals, acting, plot and electronic tonalities. Not to mention Robby the greatest robot ever.
That booze segment was classic Shakespearian comic relief. Not surprising, since Forbidden Planet's plot was a reworking of The Tempest. BTW, there was one Rotoscoping bit left out of this video (it is in a scene frequently missing from cut versions). Robby is setting up the dining room in the Morbius house, when a monkey steals a banana. Robby zaps him with a non lethal "phaser" blast; he drops it and skitters off. My English major mother loved that scene (In the 1940's, she made a note in her Shakespeare book that The Tempest's monster Caliban represented the human id).
A proper serious sci fi film that sneaks in a lot of science, philosophy, art and even Asimov's laws of a good robot, all wrapped up in an apparently simple monster movie.
I love this movie! I watch it sparingly because I don't want it to become overplayed in my mind like It's A Wonderful Life has become. It is a great Sci-fi movie. Robbie The Robot is wonderful and so is the damsel in distress.
@@HR-yd5ib "That's a bold statement." Yes.....in all 187 languages, their various dialects, and sub-tongues. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-snLleErh-i8.html
Rotoscoping is an animation technique that animators use to trace over motion picture footage, frame by frame, to produce realistic action. Originally, animators projected photographed live-action movie images onto a glass panel and traced over the image. This however, is special effects animation. No less impressive.
Rotoscoping History Koko the Clown is a character from Max Fleischer's short animation Out of the Inkwell. When it was first released in 1914, people were amazed by how fluid and lifelike the way the clown moved and danced. That's when the technique rotoscoping was first used in animation.
Hi! This is also the meaning of 'rotoscoping' that I first knew, but my understanding is that it also has a more obscure meaning that only requires that painting is done directly on film. For example, the Wikipedia page for rotoscoping lists the lightsaber effects in the original Star Wars trilogy as an example. The reason I titled this video the way I did is that the effects are painted over the original film, so I think it qualifies as rotoscoping, although I agree it's not the first thing I think of when I hear that word. I'm all for accuracy in the title, but I think "special effects animation" is too vague and it's not misleading as is so I'm going to leave it. Thanks for commenting! :)
@@radeklew1 I think that probably the shots from the laser pistols, the Death Star beam, and the firing from the individual Star Destroyers was rotoscoping.
Moviemakers, pro and amateur, scratched their original film prints to produced sparkling effects. These would be white since the white light of the projector bulb shown through the scratched emulsion.
@@TramJizzle when they ran it repeatedly for an entire week and likely cut tons of running time to make it fit their schedule. (I watched "Strangers on a Train" repeatedly the week M$M ran it for the merry-go-round crash at the end of the film - turned me into a lifelong Hitchcock fanatic)
I love this film top to bottom, saw it when it was brand new in 1956; I don't care what Spielberg, Lucas et al did or might do in the future...nothing will EVER impress me more than the inside of the Krell machine sequence!
For the year it was. made and for what it cost to produce, I consider it the greatest sci-fi film ever made. I saw it in the theater when I was a kid and a t blew me away and still does now.
The atrium elevators at the Hyatt Regency on Market St. In San Francisco are very much in the spirit of the film. They float on the wall gliding up and down, lit up and very Jules Verne looking.
I always love to watch old school science fiction movies unlike so called modern day version of nothingness. As a kid in the early 1970s I love to watch the Forbidden Planet but yet that giant lion like monster gave me the creeps.
Just watched that again, I think it was one of the first movies my dad and uncle took us to. kind of spooky with no real nasty monsters in it but fun none the less
Sadly in those days very few people dare to invest in good sci-fi movies, remember how difficult was for George Lucas sell his idea, how many studios refused to back his "bizarre" project.
@@mercuryredstone2235 Hadn't been for 'Forbidden Planet' We wouldn't have TV shows like, Star Trek, or si fi movies like, Star Wars, and a host of other science fiction and TV shows, movies, that owe their inspirations to 'Forbidden Planet' And, Thank you very much for answering my comments.
That's not rotoscoping, that's hand-drawn animation. Rotoscoping is when you record movement of humans and animals and draw over them cell by cell to recreate natural movement.
As with other sci fi from the 50s, this has a great atmosphere of mystery and uneasiness. It's a simple story of sorts, but you are compelled with it till the end. Plus, the id monster is truly frightening, and it's roar is so unearthly.
I've seen other commenters saying that the sound effects/music are horrible. But bear this in mind, it was made in 1956 - a long time ago, in technological terms. The sinister noises are mostly made using magnetic tape and feedback - by a husband and wife team!
The first time I watched this movie I was 10 yo, it was frightening, I'm 53 yo now and I can affirm this movie is one of the best sci fi movie with David Lynch's Dune 👌
Although not actually rotoscoping,* it still is a neat effect. I saw this movie for the first time only a few years ago and I have to say that I was presently surprised at the quality of the story as well as the effects, sets and model-making. It's also funny to see Leslie Neilsen in a serious role. * Rotoscoping is generally when you use some sort of live action as a guide to animate something in or out of the scene, like the way Snow White is animated using a live action actress as a guide.
@@JustWasted3HoursHere Yes, he did, though he was forced to combine the first book and part of the second into one short film. There was never a second film to conclude the story.
It’s not just energy. The Id Monster, as the name implies, is made up of Morbius’ inner malice, anger, resentment, all that nasty stuff. In essence, it isn’t some alien creature, but rather a manifestation of pure hatred.
@@knightofarkronia9968 perhaps a futuristic version of the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story. The noble and the vicious, precariously balanced in one person.
This is one of the many, many downsides when it comes to space travel. Many sci-fi movies tend to focus on the things that can be seen, while refusing to focus on the things that cannot be seen. 🤔🤔
I would call this the reverse of rotoscoping, which involves tracing over live action frames to scheive realistic animation. This effect is done by hand drawing (probably scratching the film dies)onto film to produce the electrical seeming beast or energy beams. Adding something new to the live action, rather than using the live action as a piece of tracing paper.
Whenever I see the scene in which the tiger is burned away by the energy weapon, I cringe at the thought of what smell would linger in the air afterwards.
I think it's the best sci fi ever made. The only thing that comes close is the new ai short clips on youtube.if they can perfect a full feature film then oh boy are we in for a treat.
Alien holds that spot for me. And I was 6 years old when the original The Thing came out. Saw it in a theater with a friend and his dad. Buried my head in my hands and been scared of it ever since
I do wish they had found a better effect for the blasters. I don't know about other viewers, but to me, the blasters looked like a form of energetic squirt gun.
Yes, and I realize the limitations of the time but you'd hope members of the army had slightly better aim. Another way it influenced Star Wars I suppose!
I thought this movie was amazing but one thing why do guys run up to the monster and try to shoot it up close? I noticed it in Rodan from 1957 when police got close to the Meganunon and got grabbed and mauled by the claws. I thought it was odd they do that in movies😊
That's not what rotoscoping is. This is "effects animation," and MGM borrowed one of Disney's most skilled effects animators to work on this film. Rotoscoping involves using live action as a guide, to trace animation over. Potentially, it could make animation more believable, and when it's done well, it can be pretty impressive. Unfortunately, it's usually done the way Ralph Bakshi used it in his Lord of the Rings film, and in most of his films from the latter half of his career.
