Perhaps more than any other recent sci-fi release, The Day the Earth Stood Still has struggled to put the science back in science fiction. But has it gone too far? Scientists have been consulted. Real equations have been deployed. What makes it possible for the upgraded robot Gort to crush, kill and destroy is an extrapolation from real cutting edge nano-technology. At a panel discussion at Caltech Keanu Reeves is drafted to field physics questions from science students. And the movie itself is set to be broadcast to deep space audiences, and debut in the neighborhood of Alpha Centauri sometime in 2012. Really.
Well, at earthside theaters anyway, there is no delay. The Day the Earth Stood Still debuts in theaters today.