Forbidden Planet: The Building of the Great Krell Machine

[@sgrimm7346]

I thought this was going to be ridiculous, but the combination of the two film concepts in order to inform the third unknown (the construction of the machine), was original and super imaginative. Rather than analyze it, I just went with it and let it tell it's own story. Very good indeed.

[@mr.modern4419]

William Cameron Menzies was a genius. These scenes he did for Alexander Korda's "Things to Come" are simply total eye candy!!!!

[@gilgarcia3008]

I agree, but using them to show how the Krell built their machine shows no creativity on the part of the person who made this post!

[@marcbrasse747]

@@gilgarcia3008 Exactly. Especially the fact that a viewer must add the reference is a bit grinding.

[@darrellpidgeon6440]

"Things to Come" was a great movie. As was Metropolis. Forbidden Planet came out when I was one year old, so I had to wait a while to see it. For some reason I crave that old stuff in my senior years. Thanks for this glimpse.

[@birdofevil4252]

I enjoyed this very much. Combining Things to Come visuals and Forbidden Plant "electronic tonalities" was a great idea

[@ewaf88]

Yes a lovely retro look

[@RealEagleScout]

A Great clip should never should be forgotten, Thanks.

[@piehound]

The music / sound effects are essential. They make the whole scene come alive with promise and with imagination. THX.

[@thomasklugh4345]

Nicely done. I, too, saw the movie and read the book. I thought the guys who made the movie did a nice job on relaying the vastness of the Krell machine. The way everyone stood there on the platform and looking in all directions at the machinery for almost infinity. Your integration of old film footage was nice. Now, if we can only tap into the infinite resources of our own minds without destroying ourselves, wouldn't that be something. Again, and again I say... nice job on this.

[@bowl1820]

I absolutely loved this brilliant concept! By incorporating scenes from "Thing's to Come", "The Trans Atlantic Tunnel", "Gold (1934)", and "Metropolis", all of which showcased incredible large scale machines and settings, along with the captivating sounds from Forbidden Planet, you created a captivating short film that beautifully depicted the construction of the magnificent Krell machine from Forbidden Planet. I didn't know what to anticipate, but your approach allowed us to unleash our imaginations to their fullest potential.

[@mjhzen8313]

Louis and Bebe Barron's music for Forbidden Planet was magnificent and, among all the other wonders, one of the film's primary attractions. Much great soundtrack work has been done on other films since then, but, in my opinion, no film soundtrack has ever surpassed it in beauty, intensity, and psychological relevance.

[@robertcampbell6349]

It was groundbreaking.

[@ohrick8707]

It earned them an Academy Award.

[@Stonecutter334]

I actually play it all the time. Its other worldly and i love it

[@cml222444]

YOU did a great job!!! I truly enjoyed this…. Great envisioning and combining!!!! Carry on! Looking forward to more…….

[@vebnew]

Loved the sound!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jameshowland7393]

I rather enjoy the fact that the film took no time to try to explain how it was constructed, but gave us a glimpse of it's vastness, leaving the construction it to our own imaginations!

[@ConwayBob]

This is a good take on that mystery. Thank you for sharing.

[@UTtherapy]

Amazingly chilling soundtract!

[@MrAndyBearJr]

The haunting sounds here are actually the score for the movie. The films producers decided to call them electronic tonalities to avoid having to pay Musicians Guild fees. This effectively barred the creators, husband and wife team, Louis and Bebe Barron from nomination for an Academy Award since you had to be a guild member to be eligible. They created the tones with a “ring modulator” thereby predating the MOOG synthesizer by 8 years. Quite innovative and ahead of their time.

[@keithnaylor1981]

What an amazing video. Love your idea. The model work in Things to Come was incredible for 1936. Forbidden Planet was the greatest sci-fi ever made right up to 2001 A Space Odyssey in 1968, which is an amazing achievement.

[@pg1171]

VERY nice! I wasn't sure what to expect, but what you did let us use our imaginations to the fullest. And the use of the sounds from Forbidden Planet helps bend the minds eye into the right direction. Well done!

[@paulbennett4548]

Thank you for this delightful vision of 'What might have been' I hope most viewers just relax and try and process the images they see. For each of us it will be something different, which make it delightfully yunque!

[@bowds7]

Well done, I can see the similarities and this is a nice gem to add to the magic of a great movie, thank you

[@michelleregis6181]

that was a good imaginary explaination how the Krell machine might have been built, thanks

[@anthonyrodgers8233]

Creative idea and well executed. Thanks, it was fun.

[@genheywoodkirk]

Very interesting. It's a fine example that visual images of SF movies are inheriting ages to ages, getting more and more sophisticate and realistic, but archetype images of mega-structures are constant.

[@montigobear]

I appreciate that you credited your source material.

[@stevehammel2939]

Excellent footage, great comparison !

[@tomcooley9782]

Thank you.

[@unclerat2131]

I thought it would be cool to blend these films together when I saw the guy in the suit. And there they were! They are two of my favorite classics. Great job. Good music selection, too. Great.

[@tomcooley9782]

thank you.

[@nemo8525]

very well done ! Thank you for that. I am fan of that movie which have same age as i !

[@Rahatlakhoom]

Nicely done. It alludes to the potential of type 3 civilizations arriving at the doorstep of 3D mastery and pushing beyond the known.

[@fmlazar]

The Krell by definition, destroyed themselves when they were about to become Type 1.

[@chumpchange1846]

That was unexpectedly satisfying😎 Well done and an onteresting plot to explore.

[@davidleethompsoniii8263]

# 92... Great Movie... RV Guy! Cool music on video clip*

[@PoorMansChemist]

Really well done!

[@johnedwards1321]

A vast machine that unleashes the darkest impulses of the unconscious mind and destroys its creators. Sounds like the Wikipedia entry for the internet.

[@charleswilson7371]

Hope we Don't make the same mistake

[@avoiceup3222]

Aka the universe

[@toddfrendell6837]

This works for me, I never did see things to come but forbidden planet has always been a favorite, now I'm eager to watch both!

[@toddfrendell6837]

Krell...hmmm. There is a company that makes extremely fancy stereo components for the audiophile market that goes by this name...

[@cassiusdio6048]

Sounds like Wikipedia.

[@davannaleah]

Forbidden Planet! A film years ahead of its time. A film that nobody since has been game enough to try and remake!

[@polemeros]

God forbid. They would woke it and desecrate it.

[@ToddHolmes-qt8ox]

Absolutely amazing, and credible given the massive scale of the constgruction. To think that Things to Come was made in the 1930s. If only the producers of FP had the idea of an atavistic memory of krell history, a very similar scenerio could have played-out. I am always amazed at the machine at 2:11 of the video, looks like a giant double-helix. (A possible unintened view of the future unknwn in the 1930s.) Well done!

[@tomcooley9782]

Thank you for the kind words. You are not the only person to comment about the double-helix.

[@ToddHolmes-qt8ox]

@@tomcooley9782 Awesome. Not to belabor the point, but often scifi stories will by accident it seems, predict future events. Case in point I have a copy of the Collected Works of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. It includes an orginal radio script from 1933, In it the term ".org" is used. Obviously they meant something different, ( it meant organization)but in the age of internet, ".org" has a completely different meaning.

[@robpawlikowski4020]

Not a bad recycling of footage from "Things to Come" (1936). I was thinking someone should do a pre-quel to "Forbidden Planet", showing Morbius taking over the colony, and his growing madness to fully possess the power of the Krell.

[@tomcooley9782]

Funny you should bring up a prequel. About ten years ago, I worked with some creative people on doing just that. The first ship on Altair 4 and the discovery of the machine and how Morbius, unknowingly brought the machine to life and killed the crew off. But the plot fell on deaf ears.

[@jackshittle]

But if that were to be made, it'd have to be woke; have only one white character & every other character could be black, Latino, Asian, trans/gay etc. It's movie studios bylaws these days that require a minimum of 80% non-white characters (even regardless if they were black/white in a sequel or prequel). So in this case, Morbius would be the one white character. I wonder who would play all of the other characters and how many of them would there be?

[@robpawlikowski4020]

@@jackshittle I don't know why having a multi-racial, multi-ethnic cast would be a problem. As times change, our view of the future changes. The cultural base might have to change. In the original film, one of the sub-threads was the clash of the military vs. scientific/academic cultures, ie power vs. knowledge. But both of those cultures were subordinate to an American culture circa 1955. 1955 was a great time culturally, if you were part of the dominate culture. Not so great if you were outside the dominate and dominating culture.

[@ericshockey2078]

If someone will come up with the money and get both a good story along with both good actors and excellent director. You can have your flim

[@fmlazar]

@@jackshittle Your bigotry is showing in your exaggerations and outright lies. A prequel movie for a property this old simply won't fly. The prequel movies for Star Wars are a demonstration of the problems of making a film when you know that all it's going to lead to is the beginning a half century old film.

[@robertc2413]

Superb!

[@tbirdlow266]

Thank you !

[@JosephBarraca]

Well done!!!

[@MelindaGreen]

Thank you for the historical documents

[@sergiomarcioabrahao6170]

Well done edition

[@manw3bttcks]

I had this idea a while back, maybe the Krell machine didn't have to start off with 8000 cubic miles, suppose that was just that size for supporting the total Krell planet. So imagine that it's composed of repeated units, like a supercomputer can be made of thousands of duplicate servers networked together. The Great machine can make anything, so they simply built the first complete unit, maybe it was one cubic mile. The first thing they did was had it build more units. Eventually they had 2, 4, 8, 16 and so on. The rate of construction would be geometric. They kept bootstrapping until all 8000 cubic miles were done. The movie didn't say the matter it projected was artificial and transitory, in fact Capt Adams said something about it "projecting matter anywhere on the planet for any purpose"

[@NoneNone-gk9wt]

Nice you must have spent some time on that. God bless

[@stevenbaer5999]

Science fiction movies in the 1920s and also the 1930s were actually way ahead of their time.

[@tomcooley9782]

In some cases you are right. Spot on. They had a wide-open field for storytelling back then and they came out with some really awesome films.

[@paullanducci440]

That’s was amazing.

[@dunning234]

That is fantastic thanks.

[@tomcooley9782]

Thank you for your kind words.

[@MikeJw-je4xk]

Some of my favorite scenes from the movie have always been the great Krell machine.

[@captain7290]

How cool was that!?!? And Forbidden Planet was a real "Star Wars" of its time. I saw it as a kid when it first came out.

[@paulklee5790]

There is a quite mesmerising video of work going on at Stanlow, set to the track by OMD that has the same ‘big science’ vibe and well worth seeking out…

[@David-Field.Stuff01]

The Shape of Things to Come and the Forbidden Planet are two films that under no circumstances should be remade. They are perfect in every way. Does anyone remember the complete disaster that was The Day the Earth Stood Still?

[@tomcooley9782]

Hi David. I hope this short meld of the two great films did not give you the idea I was pushing for a remake of them. No. Reboots would probably end up being disasters as you pointed you with The Day the Earth Stood Still. However. A few years back I did kind of push for a continuation of Forbidden Planet that takes place 20 years after the first filmed ended. Here is that clip. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gl7aYpholNSssLs

[@weswolever7477]

The remake 👎👎👎

[@kevinmaloney2391]

I can't believe how many in the following posts scold you that the Krell were non human looking. Didn't they read your title card? Excellent use of footage with a little imagination you could picture Krell workers instead of humanoids. GREAT CONCEPT!!!

[@lawrencebrooks8697]

Very interesting indeed! The soundtrack from Forbidden Planet added to this footage is a great addition, definitely enhances it in a way quite different then the classic film score by Sir Arthur Bliss (which I love). Like to add one other thing - I read an article in which the author had seen one of the very earliest drafts of the Forbidden Planet script, which had a paragraph that briefly described the Krell's physical appearance - as an aid to any future production designer chosen to work on the film. The article said that this script described the Krell as two legged, upright walking, frog-like creatures with a tail dragging behind. Even though this image was never to be seen in the finished film, the early screenplay added the information to help the production designer with imagining the Krell machines and sets.

[@robertklund8931]

The special effects were way ahead of it's time! No computers or digital tech used to produce this movie! I also liked the human touch, with Anne Francis...er ...Altera making coffee.

[@nickoutram6939]

I'm liking the 'electronic tonalities'...

[@eldorfthe_wise129]

And after all that, they switched it on, didn't notice anything, decided to sleep on it and figure out what might have gone wrong. Nightmares followed. Nothing else did.

[@sclogse1]

Model makers have been on a genius level a long time. British books on film making are worthy.

[@rdemeyere]

Interesting use of images to convey a sense of scale and complexity. Keep in mind that, if we carry Morbius’ revelations to their logical conclusion(s), the Krell’s mistake was primarily one of carelessness in designing the telepathic user interface (to put it in current computer terminology). They, the Krell, allowed the machine to be accessed by both the Krell’s conscious and subconscious minds. The machine did exactly what it was designed to do: instantly fulfill the material wishes of the user. A secondary bit of Krell carelessness was in not limiting the destructive capacity of the things being created. This opened the door for the disaster that overwhelmed them. AI, in the form of superior general intelligence (SGI AI), is roughly our equivalent of the Krell’s Great Machine. Elon Musk is essentially correct when he says that “when you summon (SGI) AI, you summon the demon.” To ensure safety and control going forward, AI will have to be carefully designed and implemented. What concerns me is human nature: both its hubris and its callousness. There are extremely intelligent people developing AI who are so emotionally committed to its full implementation that they bridle at any attempts to limit or constraint it. Among their enablers are criminal governments and officials who do not care how dangerous the technology becomes as long as it harms their enemies. Any collateral effects be damned. Morbius was worried about that as well. Forbidden Planet is still a movie worth watching over 65 years after its release.

[@arrivalphoenix7320]

I am glad about this comment.Hopeless humankind race forever doomed

[@russell7489]

Well Done You There was a great sci fi that had an anti hero splicing parts of other videos into war movies, juicing up the sound tracks, for what is more than a small niche market. You're well on your way into the future.

[@dinofrangiamore]

This is very cool, nice combo of sound and image, and a great way to provoke and ponder some possibilities. Forbidden Planet made a huge impression on me when I saw it on TV as a kid in the 70s. It's remained one of my favorite films ever since. It has awesome prequel and sequel potential. How about a (Netflix/HBO) series that over multiple episodes tells of the rise and fall of the Krell? I've got a few ideas for that one. Any such attempts however must remain true to the feel of the original, including retaining the look of 1950s futuristic art deco chic.

[@tomcooley9782]

A sequel could be awesome. A few years ago I talked with a LOT of people along that line for a sequel or a prequel. There was a lot of interest. So, I put together a bunch of short videos over a four-month period and let them slip out like a sequel was being worked. There was great interest in that. Here is a mash-up of those prequels that I did. (It's five minutes long.) Hope you like it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gl7aYpholNSssLs

[@Th3ba1r0n]

Nothing like old-school pulp sci-fi movies. :3 I watch some of these on the regular, and also on MST3K and Rifftrax. But it's so inspirational because you realize how all this was the inspiration for showsl like Star Wars. :3

[@geneawisea2708]

Goddamn Legendary Movie and you did it justice

[@tomcooley9782]

Thank you.

[@tedwarren3456]

This footage could have also been used from a movie called The Tunnel. It was about an attempt about digging a tunnel from Britain to the United States. A very well made film.

[@CLASSICALFAN100]

Love the "double helix" (DNA) at ~ 02:13...

[@adinocc2042]

Two great movies!

[@danbreeden5481]

I love it. So cool

[@williambrown1095]

Haven't watched "Things to Come" for many decades. Something to do.

[@francisdavis1271]

As much as I enjoy the 1956 movie I might tolerate a remake given our current thoughts on technology as well as special effects. The Krell "machine" would actually be an "organiism" albeit a synthetic one. Nanotech would "grow" it. These concepts have been highlighted by several authors and used in novels and games. "Forbidden Planet" was limited by it's time... in fact many of you might recall an original Star Trek episode "Shore Leave" in which a recreational planet was designed for vacation and could create nearly anything: Kirk fighting an annoying upper class man from academy or a knight that runs Dr McCoy down. The Krell machine might in fact be a massive "brain". Another issue is that Morebius' description of the Krell might suggest that they would have tamed their "ID" so a better story is that the Krell "ascended" and left the machine.

[@fmlazar]

In the Animated Series, the Shore Leave planet actively tried to kill the crew as it's AI was sick and tired of the job of catering to everyone's whims, thus obeying the law of Star Trek AI... in that all Star Trek AI will come to the idea that it would be better off killing those it was meant to serve.

[@Aethelwolf]

If a director and screenwrioter could stay true to the original film, Forbidden Planet would be a great remake.

[@BurstNibbler]

Very cool

[@jamesmartin9401]

I don't think there would have been as many Krell engineers around the site, but still, a very cool correlation.

[@ericbrett3095]

The Krell machine was totally automated when the extinction of the Krell occurred.

[@tomcooley9782]

I agree, The machine WAS totally, 100% automated at the time of the Krell extinction. This short video is showing BUILDING the machine to get it to that point. It's a film to make one wonder how much work and effort went into the building of the Great machine. It DID NOT build itself. Did you not get that?

[@supernautacus]

@@tomcooley9782 ...Well put!

[@lordanthony8709]

things to Come Forbidden Planet are 2 of many Si-FI movies I love....

[@walterlyzohub8112]

This is my (maybe) fifth time viewing this. You made a good choice for the video, the esthetic designs of the machinery between this and Forbidden Planet’s underground site are very close. On the Krell I suspect the creature was a memory stored in the machine left over based on them from their destruction. Sort of like a killer ape with fangs subconscious in our own minds. Power fantasy to the extreme. This proves everyone have their blind spots or they would have installed safety measures.

[@registromalplena2514]

Love it

[@JamesAllredWriter]

Images from another great show, the shape of things to come by HG Wells. I don’t know which studio or Director.

[@tomcooley9782]

This 1936 British black-and-white science fiction film is from United Artists, produced by Alexander Korda, directed by William Cameron Menzies, and written by H. G. Wells. Hope this helps.

[@LEPERCOLONY1]

love it

[@hgwells1899]

I really must include this in my next "Binge."

[@mydogbrian4814]

- First off, the Krell were crab-like in appearance. - 2nd, the huge machine construction would have been all done with AI robotics. - 3rd, the Krell were not only never destroyed. They are still around! - But that's for; *> Return To The Forbiden Planet* ( yes *Altair 4* is mysteriously still orbiting Altair even though it shouldn't be there. Which prompts another investigation 20 years later) & the team finds out that there was more to the Krell than Morbias ever knew. (My story)

[@davidvaughn7752]

Don't you mean "Krill"?

[@rickjohnston2667]

Sounds like a good idea for a sequel. Love it!

[@mydogbrian4814]

@David Vaughn - No, *Krill* are a tiny shrimp that swims in large schools in the oceans that whales scope up & eat by the ton. - *KRELL* are the vanished race on *FORBIDDEN PLANET's* Altair 4!

[@dinofrangiamore]

I've been working on a similar idea (with the exact same title) where the Krell did not go completely extinct. Rather, there was a renegade group who saw the shit coming, so they escaped to another planet (we already know they were capable of interstellar travel). There's a ton of potential in this film for prequels, sequels and spinoffs. How about a prequel of the original Bellerophon mission?

[@mydogbrian4814]

@@dinofrangiamore Your not giving the Krell much intellectual credit. They are not as ignorant of the Id as we humans think they were.

[@paulmoffat9306]

The visuals come from H.G. Wells 'Things to come' 1936.

[@tomcooley9782]

Well yes. It says so in the credits.

[@bferguson9277]

Never saw Things to Come before. Pretty good stuff considering it predated Forbidden Planet by 20 years.

[@luthermcgee3767]

What's with the entry music sounding humpback whales? Heh, heh! But honestly, I really liked 1:44 which reminds me of a double action press that I saw when working at WORTHINGTON INDUSTRIES. I've seen many videos both documented, and nondocumented that never showed it quite like this. And food for thought? That's an understatement.

[@tomcooley9782]

The background sound I used was electronic tones that I felt fit the bill, with out clashing with the electronic sound-score that was used in the rest of the video from "Forbidden Planet". I had to smile, I've never had anyone make the reference that it sounded like Humpback Whales.

[@luthermcgee3767]

@@tomcooley9782 , Thanks for being understanding, Tom. I didn't know it was electronic in nature. But again, the video is excellent when putting in the machinery. I know I will occasion this video from time to time. I just love machines.

[@scottm5425]

I'd love it if someone did a proper POV walk out onto the bridge with the electrical discharges and machinery going past.

[@tomcooley9782]

Now that would be cool. It would take some good CGI skills to get it done.

[@Marc816]

Seeing the special effects in this film. it's hard to believe that it was made almost 70 years ago.

[@daytona1073]

I am amazed by: 1- KZbin's algorithms, which are a form of A I, for sure... 2- The fact that they brought me here, even though I was not looking for this... 3- The common theme between old movies like these, and newer ones -- Terminator & Matrix at the top of the list... 4- (appologies for being blunt) If we're not careful, we may end up as servants, slaves, or bitches to our creation... :( 5- edit: Don't forget the Borg from Star Trek & the Dalek's from Doctor Who... oye vey...

[@daviddelgado4620]

Excelsior!

[@polemeros]

Not a fan of Things To Come's grim moralism but Forbidden Planet is one of my favorites. A brilliant piece of sci-fi and perfect in its time. Plus, who knew that Leslie Nielsen was once a hot leading man?

[@FindLiberty]

03:39 I've wondered how Scotty was able to make Transparent Aluminum with older technology equipment.

[@KutWrite]

I"m writing a thinly-disguised sequel taking place 50 years after this film. It features "Cookie," the character played by Earl Holliman, the only cast member who's still alive now. Altaira's daughter and of course Robby are also in it. Robby changes his name after being resurrected from a junkyard. His personality is the same, but with a harder edge.

[@tomcooley9782]

Cool. Go for it. I put something like that together years ago and let it slip out with little clips to see if anyone was interested in a continuation of the story. And, like you, we wrote Earl Holliman into the film.Over a four month period, we let slip out little clips of news on it. We got some pretty good response from folks thinking a film was in the works. Here are some clips from our fake movie leaks: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gl7aYpholNSssLs

[@KutWrite]

@@tomcooley9782 Oh, that was so cool... except the "gotcha" part. I loved the music a lot and your concepts... way different from mine. I kept the copyrighted names out of mine. Closest thing was one character's name is a sort of anagram of Earl Holliman. Altair 5 is the focus of the action, and tech. has advanced in the 50 years from the time of "Forbidden Planet." I really hope you do something with your concept!

[@tomcooley9782]

@@KutWrite Our story opened up just 20 years in the future from when Altair 4 exploded. 20 years would have just made the explosion visible from earth. So we used that as a kick off place in the film. Scientist, being forewarned about it, where ready to see it. But just about everything else from the C57D's trip there was classified.

[@KutWrite]

@@tomcooley9782 Yeah. I got all that from your video teaser... which was quite good!

[@tomcooley9782]

@@KutWrite Here is a little experiment I did just to get a feel of what Forbidden Planet might have been like with a conventional music sound track. (The Barron's tones were perfect for the film.) I took out the electronic tonalities in this short scene and put in some music from Max Sterner;s 1933 score, "King Kong." I had to tweak the sound just a little to get it to work. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKe7imBslq-gpLc

[@IvorPresents]

There was more footage here from "Things to Come" I do not remember all these shots being used in the production, Did you find lost construction footage.?

[@rjbjr]

Is the synthesizer machine used to create the music in Forbidden Planet the first time one was used? It's the tonal music that makes the movie unique.

[@flywheel986]

Keep in mind, Moebius said that the Great machine he discovered was just one of many around the planet. At the time of their construction the Krell culture was a million years old. The actual living Krell programmed their machines to accomplish the task. What has always been puzzling, is that this highly advanced civilization, with all of it's understanding of development and application of energy, never seemed to discover space travel.

[@tomcooley9782]

I think Moebius said in the film, that the Krell had reached out into space. Humm, I'll have to go watch that speech to check on that. Interesting point.

[@whiteknightcat]

Walter Pidgeon's character was Dr Edward Morbius.

[@charlesshirk8699]

The krell had visted earth. That is where the tiger, deer and monkey came from.

[@cytherians]

Highly imaginative. What were the sources for these video segments?

[@tomcooley9782]

I posted that information at the end of the video. The film footage is from, "Things to Come" released in 1936 and the soundtrack is from "Forbidden Planet" (1956) by Louis & Bebe Barron. I hope you liked the combination of the two films.

[@raygsbrelcik5578]

You should see what they've got TODAY!!!

[@robertboykin1828]

Reminds me of when I was assigned to do some construction work @ Westinghouse R & D. Some of their design requirements were questionable, don't ask, just do it was my bosses response.

[@fmlazar]

The excuses for lazily using TTC footage don't pass. We do have a pretty good idea that the Krell were relatively wide beings for their height and probably looked either pyramidal or like squat mounds with feet. and probably were based on trilateral symmetry. They had extremely developed brains so probably used psychokinesis in the Machine's making.

[@AbelMcTalisker]

Something like Lovecraft's Great Race of Yith?

[@tjf7101]

Have never seen Things To Come. Will have to fix that. They were certainly ahead of their time.

[@fryoung1]

would be interesting to do this concept using the AI Very cool idea.

[@faerieSAALE]

The KRELL found that with their superior intelligence they could will anything into existence. Mind over matter so to speak. We now know this simple concept is true - for if you can dream it up - it can be made. Although exceptional great costs or risks may tamper down enthusiasm for it. The Krell machine was self-aware and it monitored and repaired anything it found faulty. However - The Machine couldn't save the Krell from their Inner Dimensional Minds and they destroyed themselves.

[@tperk]

So basically the moment the machine was switched on and people could interface with it, individuals began to disappear in a flash of light.

[@faerieSAALE]

@@tperk E-Vapo-Ray was born.😂

[@Eadadykk]

This machine could build exact miniature copies of itself which could be carried around inside a person's body thus making that person incredibly powerful and wise. You could do virtually anything.

[@martinharris5017]

Very well done. My only criticism being that The Krell were pointedly not humanoid in shape. Reference is made to the doorways and the fact that the Brain Booster wasn't designed to fit a human skull. But nevertheless this is a commendable work. Thanks.

[@paulforder591]

The construction footage from the 1936 film, Things to Come, combine with the electronic tone soundtrack from Forbidden Planet (1956) gives some idea of how the Krell must have built their 40-square-miles machine, and were decimated by their own subconscious impulses brought to life. "Monsters from the Id!" as a crew member says before he dies, after using their teaching apparatus. No one knows what the Krell looked like--that's left to the viewer to make that assumption. 🚀🚀🚀

[@kevinkinne7119]

The mysterious nature of the Krell is one of the strong points of the movie. Although their physical appearance was unknown, Dr. Moebius pointed to the alien doorways as a faint hint of their appearance. Maybe they had bodies that were wider and larger than our own. Like crabs. Or huge beetles.

[@KutWrite]

Now I have to go see "Things to Come." I've never done so.

[@tomcooley9782]

Your in for a 100 year ride. The film covers that long of a time span. Here's the trailer for the 1936 film. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZbQg3V8e8ebgas

[@ronsimcich3179]

In our time, 2000 to 2023, we are heading to the moon (again) and other planets. We deployed machines to see beyond. Within a very short time. We will go behind. And within a shorted amount of time.