What On Earth?

Keanu Reeves chatted with the folks at MTV News recently about the big budget remake of the sci-fi classic from 1951 "The Day the Earth Stood Still ."

While the original film was a cautionary tale dealing with the danger of the Cold War and the threat of nuclear annihilation, it seems the that the updated version will use the Global warming issue as its message

Reeves:

"The version I was just working on, instead of being man against man, it's more about man against nature. My Klaatu says that if the Earth dies, you die. If you die, the earth survives. I'm a friend to the earth. ...what we are doing and who we are as a species. We're trying to reach beyond the idea of [just] environmentalism."

Ugh! I just hope the "message" doesn't overtake the new flick. So much so that it bogs down the entertainment value of the film. As far as I'm concerned the jury is still out on just how big the global warming threat actually is...

He also confirms that they "have another version of the robot", the iconic Gort who's familiar look has become a part of cinema history.

Another reason to go ugh!?