Earth And Alien In The Day The Earth Stood Still

Considering Earth’s peril when faced by an extraterrestrial assailant in most Hollywood movies, Director, Robert Wise, reverses the role of Earth and alien in The Day the Earth Stood Still. In Wise’s film otherworldly observers regard Earth as their greatest threat. Klaatu, the alien, played by Michael Rennie notifies the earth’s people that as they begin to expand their nuclear and space travel capabilities the threat of violence extends to other planets. The security of the universe relies on robots programmed to abolish any aggressor that threatens universal peace through any act of violence. Klaatu gives the people of Earth a choice: “live in peace, or pursue your present course and face obliteration”. Wise suggests the human race