I have to disagree with you, sootyswoop. I saw the original about a year before the remake came out, and I found it to be excellent. I believe I am a good test-case, because I am under 40 (but over 30), and while I am a Science Fiction fan and a cinephile, if anything, these last two points would have hurt my perception of the original. Many of the Sci-Fi classics from the 50's are dreadfully creaky, in my opinion; I can appreciate them for what they were, but they do not compare to the greats from the 70's and 80's (probably the best Sci-Fi era, overall, IMO), not to mention the greats from 1990 on. The original Day the Earth Stood Still, by comparison, has pretty decent special effects (I can find little fault with them, really), good acting, a tight, suspenseful story, and low in the 50's campy factor.
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