In "The Day the Earth Stood Still, " a remake of the 1951 science-fiction classic, an alien named Klaatu (played by Keanu Reeves, right) visits Earth to save us humans from ourselves.

地球停转日是1951年一部同名经典科幻影片的重拍片中名为克拉图的外星人对基诺里维斯扮演来到地球将人类从自己的罪孽中拯救出来。

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Mr. MICHAEL RENNIE: (As Klaatu) It is no concern of ours how you run your own planet.

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Mr. RENNIE: (As Klaatu) Your choice is simple: Join us and live in peace, or pursue your present course and face obliteration.

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The latter characteristic certainly suits his latest role - that of an alien visitor, Klaatu, who arrives on Earth to warn of an impending global apocalypse.

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