when i first saw the 1952 version of the tale and i felt impressed . in the past and i have be successful avoid updated version of classic movie and just to save me from disappointment and but this time i felt like fall in . i be prepare to see much more spectacularity in this 2008 version and the regular special effect and and maybe something new in the script . and yes and there be some new thing in the script . a rather inconsistent start and the cold war be still there and plus the global warning and and maybe the toxic asset . there also a reference to the altruism enigma . the rest be purely crap . we miss the evangelistic reference of the 1952 version . there no jude and there no mortality in klaatu enigmatic persona . instead and he a rather flat and expressionless superhero and able to control people mind remotely or bring down helicopter with his hand . no thrill . the rest of the cast range from stupid to useless character . the kid be really hard to stand and and the secretary defense be unbelievable . even the heroin look little smart despite her academic title and and there this pain of watch john cleese try to act seriously . but and over all and there you have this gigantic hole in the script . after almost destroy new york ( yes and just recover from the recent havoc of watchman . ) and lot of stadium and truck and the like and klattu surrender to rather poor mortal mercy demand and and leave the planet . probably then and klaatu just forget the movie name and and send a command to freeze the whole earth machinery pool . but . why do he need to demonstrate his strength with a global warning when he just almost destroy the planet . be like send a newsreel with los alamos footage to hiroshima the 9th of august and 1945. purely crap . nonsense crap . luckily and we still have the 1952 version .