Krell 478734 206737409 2008-04-19T18:51:17Z 96.229.138.139 [[Image:FPcap025.jpg|right|thumb|The Great Machine, designed and built by the Krell, on [[Altair IV]] as seen in the movie ''Forbidden Planet''. Its dimensions were that of a 20 mile cube.]] {{About||the U.S. company|Krell Industries|the Polish-German theologian|Hans Krell}} :''"Krell" is one of the names of the first boss in the [[video game]] [[R-Type]], it is also known as the Gladiator or Dobkeratops'' The '''Krell''' were fictional natives of the planet [[Altair IV]] in the science fiction film ''[[Forbidden Planet]]''. Two thousand centuries before the film is set, their race died out when they completed their project to gain freedom from "instrumentality" - that is, freedom from the use of tools and devices. A Great Machine would instead, read their thoughts and instantly make them into reality. Unfortunately, the 8,000 cubic mile (33,000 km³) machine they created for this purpose also gave physical form to all of their subconscious hatreds - unfamiliar emotions that had seemingly been eradicated from their society, monsters from the [[Id%2C_ego%2C_and_super-ego#Id|id]], and killed them all in the space of a single night. The unstoppable machine committed [[genocide]]. No image of what the Krell looked liked survived, but the human who studied them, Dr. Edward Morbius (Ph.D [[Philology]]), theorized on the basis of their doorways and other artifacts that they must have had triangular body-shapes and very large heads. The Krell were highly intelligent and cultured and their culture long-lived, having even visited Earth long before Man became a tool-user. Unfortunately, eons of peaceful existence made them forget their baser selves, which ultimately destroyed a great civilization as it was about to achieve its apex. == Notes == Reference: 1979 CINEFANTASTIQUE Magazine Double-Issue (Volume 8 - Number 2 & Volume 8 - Number 3) MAKING FORBIDDEN PLANET - By Frederick S. Clarke and Steve Rubin The steps leading up to the Krell door ... were designed to be separated by a smooth ramp in the middle. In the article the Forbidden Planet's film's cinematographer, George Folsey states: "The Krell were originally frog-like in nature with two long legs and a big tail. They were never shown, but it was indicated in the original screenplay that the ramps between the steps were designed to accommodate their dragging tail." ==External links== * IMDB 1956 "Forbidden Planet" movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049223/ [[Category:Fictional extraterrestrial species]]