I went shopping yesterday to get some CDs. Yes, I'm old-fashioned and still buy music CDs. Fortunately jazz music is mostly sold without copy protection. Otherwise I wouldn't spend a cent for it. I rip all my CDs and store them on my Windows Vista Mediacenter PC. That's much more comfortable then juggling with CDs. And I can easily put them onto my MP3 player. Maybe I'm not so old-fashioned after all. While in the store I had a look through the DVD section and found this one:

The Day The Earth Stood Still

A science fiction classic from 1951. The story is simple. A flying saucer lands in Washington bringing a man named Klaatu and a huge robot, called Gort. Klaatu has an important message, but only wants to deliver it to all nations together at the same time. That didn't work, it was the time of cold war. He finds another approach.

The movie has some clever visual effects for the time and a very obvious anti-war message. Nevertheless, it's a classic today and fun to watch. This blog entry's title is a famous quote from the movie spoken to Gort, the robot to prevent the immediate annihilation of Earth. Here's the movie trailer, thanks to youtube:

BTW, the futuristic music has been created with the help of a Theremin, one of the earliest electronic music instruments. Tim Burton used it in Mars Attacks, too. Have a look at youtube. You'll find some really strange performances using a Theremin. And maybe you recognize this movie, where the quote is pinned to a cubicle wall: