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What language did they base Klaatus speech on in The Day the Earth Stood Still?

Posted on 10/16/2007 5:18:40 PM PDT by Oakleaf

Can anyone tell me the source of the language that Michael Rennie used as Klaatu in The Day the Earth Stood Still? I have done extensive searches and have found out only a theory for Klaatu Barada Nikto.

I am trying to find who came up with the brief sequence of language when Klaatu has snuck back in the saucer and is contacting his HQ to arrange for the electricity to be shut off the next day. It sounds vaguely like Esperanto but I am sure it was totally made up. Did some screenwriter just dash this off? Did they get a consultant who wrote it? I have acutally found the original script online but it doesn't have the actual dialog, only a note that a 'fantastic alien language' IIRC will be spoken.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.


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To: Goodness
Calling occupants of interplanetary craft...

Wow. That's a blast from the past!
41 posted on 10/16/2007 6:54:36 PM PDT by Nathan Jr.
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To: LibFreeOrDie

Exactly my point..


42 posted on 10/16/2007 6:55:03 PM PDT by texson66 ("Tyranny is yielding to the lust of the governing." - Lord Moulton)
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To: ontap
I don’t know but you damn sure want to make sure Gort understands it.

BTTT

LOL

43 posted on 10/16/2007 6:55:16 PM PDT by org.whodat (What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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To: Oakleaf

Amish


44 posted on 10/16/2007 6:56:33 PM PDT by org.whodat (What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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To: Oakleaf

It’s based on a rural Cthulhu dialect.


45 posted on 10/16/2007 6:58:34 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: The Duke
Would that be *the* “Ash from houseware”?

Oh, yes, you betcha!

Mark

46 posted on 10/16/2007 8:50:45 PM PDT by MarkL (Listen, Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government)
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To: RandallFlagg

GO they make it more left wing than the original?


47 posted on 10/16/2007 9:11:10 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: RandallFlagg
It’s an anti-military movie.

The movie had a couple very suspenseful moments, and the rest moved at a snail's pace. Not to mention how preachy it was.

Note to Hollywood: movies are meant to entertain. If you want to preach, buy a pulpit.

48 posted on 10/16/2007 11:30:55 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler ("A person's a person no matter how small." -Dr. Seuss)
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To: Oakleaf
l33t 5P3AK!!!!11!!


49 posted on 10/16/2007 11:37:46 PM PDT by uglybiker (relaxing in a luxuriant cloud of quality, aromatic, pre-owned tobacco essence)
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To: Hornitos

If you’d like to read the original story, “Farewell to the Master” by Harry Bates

http://thenostalgialeague.com/olmag/bates.html


50 posted on 10/16/2007 11:59:32 PM PDT by tlb
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To: Recovering Hermit

And here I thought they were shouting “GORE !”


51 posted on 10/17/2007 5:03:05 AM PDT by genefromjersey (So much to flame;so little time !)
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To: Keli Kilohana
Esperanto?

I would have opted for Pig Latin... nyuk, nyuk, nyuk

52 posted on 10/17/2007 5:07:30 AM PDT by johnny7 ("But that one on the far left... he had crazy eyes")
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To: Oakleaf

Be honest. You’re wearing a Star Trek costume (Vulcan, if I’d have to guess) while posting this.


53 posted on 10/17/2007 5:36:48 AM PDT by TomB ("The terrorist wraps himself in the world's grievances to cloak his true motives." - S. Rushdie)
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To: Oakleaf

Now, I can tell you what language that is as I have been in the Mother Ship many times and learned to speak the Klaata language telepathically. If you will just wire a small fee (say 1 to 2 million USD) for the betterment of my black brothers and sisters to my Swiss bank account, I will share the secret with you.

54 posted on 10/17/2007 7:41:36 AM PDT by JewishRighter
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To: Oakleaf

No idea but this by far one of my most favorite early sci-fi movies. And the way the world reacted in the movie would be just the same if the situation were real.


55 posted on 10/17/2007 10:04:03 AM PDT by Moleman
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To: Joe 6-pack

LOL


56 posted on 10/17/2007 12:04:41 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: Joe 6-pack

You made that up. Didn’t you?


57 posted on 10/17/2007 1:59:27 PM PDT by ontap (Just another backstabbing conservative)
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To: BibChr

Keep-watching-the-skies ping.


58 posted on 10/17/2007 2:03:03 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: Oakleaf

Barada: Barada was a Klatooinian who served as chief mechanic for Jabba the Hutt's sail barge Khetanna. He was one of the most loyal and hardworking of Jabba's servants and his loyalty would last until his death at the battle at the Great Pit of Carkoon.

Klatooinian: Klatooinians were a humanoid species from the planet Klatooine, located in the Si'Klaata Cluster. For most of their history, they were closely associated with the Hutts, as criminal henchmen, soldiers, and slaves. By the time of the Galactic Civil War, however, some Klatooinians began to break away from their servitude.

Nikto: The Nikto are an alien race in the Star Wars universe. They were a humanoid species from the planet Kintan in the Si'Klaata Cluster. The species featured five distinct mutated sub-species due to a massive radiation from a nearby star M'dweshuu. The five sub-species inhabited different geographic areas of Kintan, developing unique adaptations to suit their environs. The varying appearance of the Nikto sub-species caused confusion amongst those who were unfamiliar with the Nikto.

59 posted on 10/17/2007 2:19:57 PM PDT by x
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To: ontap
"You made that up. Didn’t you?"

Actually credit for the invention of the Cthulhu goes to H.P. Lovecraft.

60 posted on 10/17/2007 2:30:23 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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