“Forbidden Planet” (1956) was not the first sci-fi film of the 1950s, but its influence can’t be denied, as Alan and Paul find out.
Filmsite lists several firsts “Forbidden Planet” achieved:
- The first film to be set entirely on a foreign planet in interstellar space, arrived at via hyperspeed travel on a flying saucer moving at more than 16 times the speed of light
- The first film in which a robot had a personality (and sense of humor), was more than just a boxy ‘tin-can’, and was given his own onscreen credit
- The first Hollywood film to have an all-electronic music score
- The first high-budget sci-fi film from MGM studios, with first-class special effects
- The first sci-fi film with a widescreen scope aspect ratio
- The film that initiated many genre ingredients for future sci-fi films (and TV shows)
