George R.R. Martin first saw Forbidden Planet as a child in 1956, and he’s seen it 100 times sinc then. Yes, you read that right. A hundred. Here’s why.
Talking to the Santa Fe New Mexican, Martin reminisces about seeing Forbidden Planet at the DeWitt Theater in Bayonne, NJ as an eight-year-old:
It was amazing… At that time the big difference between science fiction in print and in movies was that science-fiction films were stupid. But Forbidden Planet got much of it right … the special effects were state-of-the-art for the time. Robby the Robot was incredible. I’ve seen it over 100 times since.
