Klaatu Barada Nikto - The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Discussion

[–] hightp 16 years ago

Rather than words or a phrase, I always figured it was code for a pre-arranged set of instructions, like "Go to Plan B". I reasoned that since Gort did a bunch of actions, taking Helen into the ship, finding Klaatu, returning his body to the ship, not destroying everything in the area...etc, it had to mean more than just a name and 2 additional words.

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[–] snoogans_117 16 years ago

nobody here saw army of darkness huh?

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[–] powersthechile 16 years ago

since he took helen it could be "Friend of Klaatu"

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[–] stitch_groover 16 years ago

Perhaps it means "pick me up a hot chick"...

Cause of parents death?
They got in my way....

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[–] themoviebuff2003 16 years ago

"Chill Out."

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[–] jolypm 16 years ago

It means: Let's get the hell outa here! And fast! They're not worth it!!!

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[–] johnnyg2005 16 years ago

I'll go for

'Klaatu says no destruction'.

either that or:

'Klaatu says that in the future a woman called Susan Boyle will unite the planet and make Earthlings reconsider their prejudices...'

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[–] stargazer1701-1 15 years ago

Klaatu Barada Nikto = The needs of the many outwiegh the needs of the few... or the one

Smoke me a kipper. I’ll be back for breakfast

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[–] Danny_N 15 years ago

I'm pretty sure it means :

Paddle faster! I hear banjo music.

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[–] jannispetersen 15 years ago

I thought it meant: Take me to your space ship, you hot robot!

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[–] life4all 15 years ago

I think ta2me92704 has it right. It is an instruction from Klaatu to abort the primary destruct order.

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[–] atlantadouble 15 years ago

Rescue me and Klaatu. Assuming each word has a single meaning. This would explain Gort taking her and Klaatu to the ship.

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[–] ajchai 10 years ago

This is exactly what I assumed it meant as well.

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[–] TheCheezWhiz 15 years ago

Klaatu, no kill I.

"It's supposed to be hard... The 'hard' is what makes it great"

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[–] zorbear 11 years ago

I always thought it meant "Don't destroy the planet until you try to jump start me!"

[RAmen]

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[–] WhoToTrust 11 years ago

Considering the other religious allusions made in the movie, I'd say is probably along the lines of, "Klaatu says forgive them, they know not what they do."

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