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When Morbius tells the rescue team that his wife died from 'natural causes', it led me to wonder if he (unconsciously) sent his Id Monster after her.
Then he later rationalized her death as "normal".
The only way he could live with his guilty conscience.
Anyone else wonder about this?
"The lesser of two evils is still evil"
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If you recall, he was in denial about his Id Monster. May have (unconsciously) had her killed.
It made me wonder.
Since the entire Krell population destroyed themselves in one night, anything is possible. But doesn't explain why Altaira was still alive. I've certainly wanted to "kill" my kids on a few occasions.
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Bob the Builder and Hadji walk into a bar...
Just theories -
He wanted Altaira for himself, 'arranging' the wife's death unconsciously, believing it was 'natural causes', to live with what he really did, and denied. Maybe that's why she was spared.
He didn't want to kill her. He wanted to own her; "From microsecond to microsecond, while I manipulate" as Morbious tells them.
His denial of his incest - a touchy topic for the 50's.
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I recall an older movie that did end that way. The expedition leaves a planet with a woman on board. She then vanishes.
An interesting "B" Movie with a few similarities to FP. Can't remember the title.
Sure it was a movie? Maybe a TV show episode?
shareI think it was JOURNEY TO THE 7TH PLANET, which actually had some intriguing potentials, but hampered by a very low-budget.
Some unseen alien power is probing the minds of the astronauts and scientists, tapping into their dark unconscious minds (similar to the Krell, but a different approach). It conjures up beautiful seductive women, as well as mutated monsters.
Story was set up very well. It ends where one of the women (they stupidly decided to bring along) then vanishes before the final fade-out.
This movie was a perfect example of that interesting misfire that could be remade and improved. Some compelling ideas.
Before STAR TREK and SOLARIS
And Ray Bradbury's 'Mars is Heaven'
I always took the line to mean that she died during childbirth.
shareYes, I agree -- Julia Morrison Morbius died in childbirth, or soon thereafter.
Of course, in watching this film often enough it's natural to wonder whether those "natural causes" were indeed natural -- though that doesn't necessarily mean Morbius's id murdered her. But there's nothing in the film to indicate that his story isn't true. If there were something suspicious or deceitful about his story, it would have come out in the film.
This is another one of those things that's fun to discuss, but in making any conclusions you have to stick within the bounds of what the film tells you. You can't just make up unsupported facts.
That's what I have always thought. She also loved the planet and didn't want to leave so I think she was safe from the monster.
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