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Forbidden Planet (1956)

★ 7.2 · 1,049 ratings on TMDB

Earthmen on a fabulous, peril-journey into outer space!

Forbidden Planet poster★ 7.2

Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for twenty years. They find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately.

DirectorFred M. Wilcox
CastAnne Francis, Earl Holliman, George D. Wallace, Jack Kelly, Jimmy Thompson, Leslie Nielsen
GenresAdventure, Science Fiction
The emergence reading

Forbidden Planet keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E13 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

zero-distanceUS
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: rigorous
E8consciousnessthe Krell device lets conscious intent instantly create physical matter (technology · local)
Also inFilms that alter a rule of reality
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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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