Wendy of NJ wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 06:29:40 GMT, "Vorlonagent"
>  wrote:
> 
> 
>>"Jeffrey Kaplan"  wrote in message 
>>news:640nr2ditl3tdabqhtdbtbh1e1cr7rh9l0{at}gordol.org...
>>
>>>Maybe because I was looking for them, but I saw many things in FP that
>>>+I+ first saw in other shows, etc, from later times.  This movie truly
>>>is a seminal and/or iconic Sci Fi production.
>>>
>>>* Robby The Robot, an obvious reference point for The Robot
from "Lost
>>>In Space"
>>
>>Robby has done at least one guest appearance in LiS.
>>
>>David Gerrold, IIRC, wrote that Forbidden Planet could easily have been a 
>>Classic Trek episode.
>>
>>You forgot that the captain is Leslie Neielsen.
> 
> 
> And of course, he's the basis for Captain Kirk...
> 
> -Wendy
> 
Not according to the Great Bird of the Galaxy--Horatio Hornblower is 
(although Leslie Nielsen's captain certainly does have something in 
common with Captain K!).

And, let's also recognize some of the visual influences on the original 
LiS--I believe the stasis tubes in the Jupiter 2 (and the Jupiter 2 
itself) bear more than a passing resemblance to the ship in FP.

Blair
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