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Forbidden Planet
What: Leslie Nielsen and crew stop on an alien planet to investigate a previous mission and find only two survivors. With secrets.
Directed by: Fred M. Wilcox
Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis
Featuring guest co-host
Chris Noessel, User Interface Expert from Sci-Fi Interfaces
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Chris Noessel
Our guest co-host does a bunch of really interesting work!
His wonderful website Sci-Fi Interfaces
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The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman
The best possible intro to the general principles of design. I know we’ve talked it up before, but it’s just so good.
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Show Notes
Robbie the Robot
Prop design. AI language understanding. Super strength and a matter replicator. Bad reactions to conflicting orders. Like a mechanical calculator dividing by zero!
Morbius
He’s totally Zod! Philology. Engineering. Dangerous tech designs.
Gender Stuff
Cutting edge sexiness in the 50s. Innocent virgins. Blaming the victim. To the captain go the spoils. The deleted scenes that explain the animal behaviour:
Decoding the Krell
Best attempts at judging Krell biology from their technology and architecture. Their “plastic educator.” Deciphering their language. Using alien Wikipedia on microfilm. Vannevar Bush’s Memex. The alien arithmetic problem.
Jef Raskin’s Alien Arithmetic Problem
Self Destruct
A comparison of scuttling procedures in Alien and Forbidden Planet. Speculation about Krell hearing and sight frequencies.
Goodbyes
Farman: I wouldn’t mind being Robby in certain ways. Uh, that’s only in *certain* ways, of course.
Altaira: I can see that was probably very clever, but I don’t seem to understand it.
Farman: There’s no rush.
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