Compare And Contrast The Day The Earth Stood Still

The original version of the film The Day the Earth Stood Still is a 1951 film directed by Robert Wise in which an alien who calls himself Klaatu and his giant robot companion, Gort, come to Earth in an effort to make the people of Earth aware that what they are doing with the new found nuclear science being developed at the time is worrisome to the other beings of the universe and could result in the extinction of the humans if they do not learn to be peaceful people. The remake of the film released in 2008 and directed by Scott Derrickson has many large and distinct differences from the original version of the film. The remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still uses the classic icon that is the 1951 version to commentate on current issues, the status of the United States in recent times, and the advances in technology seen in both films.
The first difference in the films that speaks volumes to the difference in the issues that are present and popular in
Since that time both the public discourse and media coverage of the issue have changed almost beyond recognition. By 2008 climate change was at the forefront of popular media. Al Gore had starred in an Academy Award winning movie on climate change; rock stars like David Gilmour and U2 offered “carbon neutral” CDs; and marketers, auto manufacturers, and even airlines were beginning to promote their products based on their reduced effects on climate change. Whereas in 1992 there was little official acknowledgment of global warming, in 2008 both U.S. presidential candidates proposed explicit policies designed to reduce or slow climate change. The increasing political and media profile of climate change has raised awareness among many segments of the U.S. population, with recent surveys confirming that most people in the United States today are at least minimally aware of climate change.(Reynolds