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TODAY'S EPISODE (10 November 2010)

From Forbidden Planet (Fred McLeod Wilcox, 1956): Ann Francis (as Altaira Morbius) models the most expensive dress in movie history, along with its designer Robby the Robot.

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Altaira: Robby, I must have a new dress, right away.
Robby: Again?
Altaira: Oh, but this one must be different! Absolutely nothing must show -- below, above or through.
Robby: Radiation-proof?
Altaira: No, just eye-proof will do.
Robby: Thick and heavy?
Altaira: Oh, no, Robby. It must be the loveliest, softest thing you've ever made for me, and fit in all the right places, with lots and lots of star sapphires.
Robby: Star sapphires take a week to crystallize properly. Would diamonds or emeralds do?
Altaira: Well, if they're large enough.
Robby: Five, ten, and fifteen carats, and on hand. I will run the dress up for you in time for breakfast. Sleep well, miss. 

Incidentally, that Forbidden Planet remake, written by Babylon 5 auteur J. Michael Straczynski, is apparently still on track over at Warner Brothers. J. Michael is obviously the right guy for the gig, I think, although my heart sank the other day when I learned that it's being produced by Joel Silver, the shlockmeister and vulgarian most recently responsible for the appalling 2009 Sherlock Holmes.

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4 Comments

  • the phantom creep on 10 November 2010

    She certainly was perky, wasn't she...
    :-)
    Oh, and nice redesign.....

  • Gwen De Marco on 10 November 2010

    What ... they couldn't afford shoes?

  • Gummo on 10 November 2010

    A remake of FP ? Didn't Jackson's King Kong or that shot-for-shot color remake of Psycho teach Hollywood anything?

    Some classics should just be Left Alone.

  • MrPeepers on 10 November 2010

    How 'bout a remake of Anne Francis?!

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