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The laser wasn't invented until 9 years after the movie was madeThere's a problem with fiction... make believe? No, there's no problem, at least not with the movie...
The laser wasn't invented until 9 years after the movie was made
But none had the appearance of a laser beam -- except Gort"Death rays" have been in science fiction long before the movie was made.
But none had the appearance of a laser beam
Flash Gordon dodged those things."Death rays" have been in science fiction long before the movie was made.
War of the Worlds 1953
A death ray, but definitely not a tight "laser beam"
A movie from 1951. The scene where Gort first appears, he uses what looks like a LASER weapon to destroy the weapons of his adversaries.
Anybody see the "problem" here?
ray guns have been science fiction staples since "war of the worlds."The laser wasn't invented until 9 years after the movie was made
A movie from 1951. The scene where Gort first appears, he uses what looks like a LASER weapon to destroy the weapons of his adversaries.
Anybody see the "problem" here?
that ship can transverse space and you dont think they could have built a power source for the robot?Problem I see isn't the form of tech, but it's power level.
I'm skeptical such a small device(robot) could have generated the energy to melt so many weapons. Maybe "ONE" at best, but that should have depleted it's 'battery'~power source.
Second problem is using violence/weapon to destroy other weapons of violence as a solution to ability to do violence in first place. A sort of "Kettle calling the pot black" here. Hypocritical at the least. But typical of the mindset of writers for this sort of fiction back then = pedestrian, simplistic, and immature.
~ Klaatu on Gort's race. |
Well it must be close to 60+ years since I last watched that movie.that ship can transverse space and you dont think they could have built a power source for the robot?
According to Klaatu in the 1951 film, Gort holds irrevocable powers, and Gort demonstrates this when he first appears, reducing guns, turrets and even a tank to dust with a laserlike weapon that is projected from beneath a visor on his head, precise enough to destroy any object without harming anything around it. Is is stated that he had enough power to destroy the entire planet and is seemingly indestructible, and unstoppable against all of Earth's weapons, even atomic bombs. As the pilot and captain of Klaatu's ship, Gort can also operate highly complex machinery, just like the other members of his race which use similar ships to patrol planets. As his size would imply, Gort is also very strong physically, able to knock out men with a single blow.
~ Klaatu on Gort's race.
It was a death ray created by Killer Kane in the Buck Rogers comic strips in the 30's, so there is no problem at all.The laser wasn't invented until 9 years after the movie was made
