Best Science Fiction Film Round 2a: The Empire Strikes Back (4) vs The Day the Earth Stood Still (29)

[Chris]

The Empire Strikes Back
Release Date: May 17, 1980 (Kennedy Center), May 21, 1980 (United States)
Director: Irvin Kershner
Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, David Prowse
Plot: After the Rebels are brutally overpowered by the Empire on the ice planet Hoth, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.



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The Day the Earth Stood Still
Release Date: September 18, 1851
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe
Plot: An alien lands and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.
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[Lady Redfield]

Damn, gonna get wrecked, but, The Day the Earth stood Still, that movie was great.

 

[Chris]

Yeah I love the original Day the Earth Stood Still a lot but no chance here lol

 

[Kiffy Lube]

Nonsense.

 

[Keith]

Still haven't seen The Day the Earth Stood Still so won't vote on this one. Expect Empire to go far.