Glen Grant (historian) films as "Gone with the Wind", "The Wizard of Oz" and "Forbidden Planet." The elder Grant helped create the extraterrestrial robot Gort from "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and Robby the Robot from "Forbidden Planet". "Robby eventually became a member of the Grant household, where the younger Grant said he would see the robot, stashed in the family garage, on a daily basis. Though the robot ultimately ended up in a museum, Grant was said to have "often affectionately remembered Robby the Robot as his brother." Glen graduated from Hamilton High School in 1964. Grant received a bachelor's degree
Forbidden Planet using the great machine as companions ("pets") for his daughter and only outwardly resemble their Earth counterparts. Since the Krell's Great Machine can project matter "in any form" it has the power to create life. Thus, the Krell's self-destruction can be interpreted by the reader as a cosmic punishment for misappropriating the life-creating power of the universe. This is why Commander Adams says in his speech to Altaira "... we are, after all, not God". "Forbidden Planet"s innovative electronic music score, credited as "electronic tonalities", partly to avoid having to pay any of the film industry music guild fees, was