50s Sci Fi Pins and Buttons
Description: Retro sumi-e robot Gort design for fans of classic 1950s sci-fi and Japanese art. Minimalist sumi-e interpretation of the iconic robot Gort from The Day the Earth Stood Still features a black ink brushstroke style figure, firing a red laser beam, centered on a distressed red sun and bold blue background. Fun gift idea for Gen X collectors, 50s film fans, comic-con fans, robot lovers, and anyone into retro futurism or atomic-age nostalgia. The Japanese text spells out “Klaatu Barada” and “The Day the Earth Stood Still”.
Description: Shot in CinemaScope, Forbidden Planet is a landmark American film considered to be one of the greatest science fiction movies of the '50s, and an influential precursor of contemporary sci-fi cinema. Forbidden Planet was the first science fiction film to depict humans traveling in a human-made faster-than-light starship and was also the first to be set entirely on a planet orbiting another star, far away from Earth and the Solar System. The characters and isolated setting have been compared to those in Shakespeare's The Tempest, and the plot contains certain happenings analogous to the play, leading many to consider it a loose adaptation.
