Forbidden Planet Shakespeare

Forbidden Planet is probably the best science fiction movie made in the 1950s and for good reason. William Shakespeare’s The Tempest inspired the entire basis for the story and characters. Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright from the 16th century, and generally regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. It is no wonder that the inspiration for the movie Forbidden Planet remains fresh and exciting to watch as it was over 60 years ago.

Forbidden Planet is a story about an interstellar spacecraft (United Planets space cruiser C57D) in the 23rd century is sent from Earth to investigate what befell an earlier expedition some 20 years before to a planet called Altair IV. Once reaching orbit, Commander J. J. Adams (Leslie Nielsen) and his crew receive a radio transmission by Dr. Edward Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), a survivor from the lost human colony who explains the planet
Morbius has something to do with it. The mystery deepens when Dr. Morbius explains to him and Lt. ‘Doc’ Ostrow that all the Krell died in a single night 200,000 years ago, just as they were working on their greatest scientific achievement, a vast underground cube-shape complex, 20 miles on each side, powered by over 9000 thermonuclear reactors. Dr. Morbius takes them on a guided tour, as the Krell complex is still functional and operating at full capacity, with unlimited power.

Dr. Morbius confesses he has no idea what the function is for the vast machine. The situation turns worst as a mysterious invisible creature viciously kills Chief Quinn (Richard Anderson), and later that night it attacks the starship again, decimating some of the crew, repeating its slaughter it had done 20 years before. All seems lost, but the hideous monster suddenly disappears, and Commander Adams vows to take Dr. Morbius and Altaira by force if necessary to vacate the