Klaatu's from Venus, right?  He's constitutionally disqualified.

Serious question.

"It is no concern of ours how you run your own website, but if you threaten to extend your violence, this website of yours will be reduced to a burned-out cinder. Your choice is simple: join us and live in peace, or pursue your present course and face obliteration. We shall be waiting for your answer. The decision rests with you."

Gort! Klaatu barada nikto!

OBAMA JUST LOST THE ELECTION!!!1!!11

HOW COULD HE NOT CHOOSE GORT? WE NEED GORT FOR PARTY UNITY!

so - rec'd.

Just for the classic Bernard Hermann soundtrack, if nothing else.

(And, please, if there is a God up there, please Lord, don't let them do a remake without the original Bernard Hermann music.  I'll burst a brain hemorrhage if they use some new shitty John Williams soundtrack.)

but, but, but he's SILVER!

Chris -  You are my hero!  Nothing can top this...ever!

Real TDTESS fans of course, know about "the Christ" controversy....

From the Wicki:

Some have claimed that Christian allegory is woven throughout the film. Allusions to the story of Jesus Christ can be seen as a means of supporting Klaatu's character and his message of peace:[4] Klaatu, upon arriving on Earth, uses a semi-biblical name, argues his points in front of the establishment, escapes the government after disagreeing with them and prefers to stay with common people. In the New Testament, Jesus Christ is sometimes called the "carpenter's [Joseph's] son", and like Jesus, Klaatu adopts the Earthly name "John Carpenter". Klaatu lecturing Professor Barnhardt (played by Jewish actor Sam Jaffe with Einstein's hairdo) on his own blackboard subject, is a parallel to the young Jesus lecturing the rabbis in the temple. Klaatu's death at the hands of soldiers echoes the death of Jesus; just as Jesus' crucifixion was carried out by soldiers, so also is Klaatu's killing. Jesus is removed from a sealed tomb by the angel, and Gort removes the body of Klaatu from a locked jail cell. Klaatu's friend Helen plays the part of Mary, questioning what is happening. Like the resurrection of Jesus, Klaatu is revived from the dead for a short time by the robotic Gort.[5] Klaatu gives his climactic speech and then departs Earth in his spaceship; in Biblical accounts of Jesus' life, he gave a final address to his disciples before ascending into heaven (New Testament, Acts Chapter 1). [4][5]

The contemporary rendering of the Christ story was deliberately written into the film by screenwriter Edmund North: "It was my private little joke. I never discussed this angle with Blaustein or Wise because I didn't want it expressed. I had originally hoped that the Christ comparison would be subliminal."[6] In a 1995 interview, producer Julian Blaustein explained that the studio censors balked at the portrayal of Klaatu's resurrection and limitless power. At their behest, a line was inserted into the film: When Helen asks Klaatu if Gort has unlimited power over life and death, Klaatu explains that he has only been revived temporarily by advanced medical science and states that the power of resurrection is "reserved to the Almighty Spirit."[2][7]