In case you thought insurance industry bashing in pop culture was a relatively recent phenomenon after reading my Dec. 8 entry about the negative image of evil carriers perpetuated in the new TNT drama “Leverage,” think again! Apparently, such knee-jerk slams go all the way back to the 1950s, and not even a sci-fi classic like “The Day The Earth Stood Still” could resist the temptation to take a cheap shot at this much-maligned business.
I watched the original movie (and loved it, by the way!) to refresh my memory before seeing the remake later this week. If you recall, it's about a “spaceman,” as he's called, and his killer robot coming to Earth in a flying saucer to warn us not to spread our nuclear wars beyond our atmosphere, or face certain destruction by planets that are vastly superior–scientifically and morally.
Of course, everyone on Earth is terrified of the spaceman, who gets shot as he holds up a harmless gift for our president, then is tracked down and killed by a military posse later on (only to be brought back to life by his amazingly advanced technology).
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