...have achieved perfection — but we do have a system — and it works. I came here to give you the facts. It is no concern of ours how you run your own...your present course — and face obliteration. We will be waiting for your answer. The decision rests with you. [Quoted from Seve Rubin, 'Retrospect',...

...course the police force that supports it. For our policemen, we created a force of robots [like Gort]. Their function is to patrol the planets in spaceships...be waiting for your answer. The decision rests with you. Klaatu and Gort then take off in their spaceship, leaving Earth to ponder its irresponsible atomic...

...Although we may not have achieved perfection, Klaatu says, "we do have a system" that works. Earth's choice is simple: "Join us and live in peace or pursue...be waiting for your answer. The decision rests with you."64 With its emphasis on interplanetary space travel, the reality of UFOS, the need for international...

...violence, this Earth of yours will be reduced to a burned-out cinder, Your choice is simple: Join ns and live in peace or pursue your present course and...be waiting for your answer, The decision rests with you. Following a sympathetic exchange of glances with Helen, Klaatu re-enters the ship. which ascends...

...planet, but if you threaten to extend your violence, this earth of yours will be reduced to a bumed,out cinder. Your choice is simple: join us and live in...obliteration. We shall be waiting for your answer. The decisions rest with you" 1cited in Lucanio 45). Some critics and scholars, like John Brosnan. see the...

...and dangerous, or that they are angelic benefactors who have come to save us from ourselves. Klaatu: "Your choice is simple: Join us and live in peace,...be waiting for your answer. The decision rests with you." THE INFOSPHERE No one has come to rescue us, and it's unlikely that anyone will show up soon....

...leaders of the planet; he states that: It is no concern of ours [the inhabitants of the other planets] how you run your own planet. But if you threaten to...pursue your present course and face obliteration. \Ve shall be waiting tor your answer. The decision rests with you. Radio, television and film offer...

...and that if violence on Earth is extended into space, it will be reduced to a burnt-out cinder. The choice is simple: "Join us and live in peace. Or pursue your present course and face obliteration" — the identical message being delivered by the media and educators. Fatally wounded by gunfire, Klaatu...

...any means necessary. "It is no concern of ours how you run your own planet," he tells the gathering. "But if you threaten to extend your violence, this...pursue your present course and face obliteration." He and Gort then reenter the ship and fly away into space, ending the film with this ultimatum hanging...

...on his way to the big meeting, but Gort resurrects him. The reborn Klaatu leaves with this message: "If you threaten to extend your violence, this earth...pursue your present course and face obliteration." Producer Blaustein said of Klaatu's desire for an international meeting: "This is a plea for a stronger...