Klaatu

Klaatu is the main protagonist of both versions of the film The Day the Earth Stood Still and its 2008 remake. Klaatu was played in the first version by actor Michael Rennie and in the second by Keanu Reeves, representing several Alien beings have a humanoid form, but have supernatural powers.
==Content==
1 Appearance and capabilities
2 Plot of the first film
3 Plot of the remake
4 Differences
==Appearance and capabilities==
Upon his arrival on earth, Klaatu has a strange anthropomorphic appearance, this is due to the fact that what he is wearing is a kind of spatial biosuit, in addition it serves as a placenta so that an organism can develop inside; The appearance of the growing organism would depend on the appearance of the intelligent species that inhabits the visited planet.After being shot, this bleeding is taken to a medical center where it is seen that the body has already developed almost completely, showing a acceptable human appearance of a man 30 years of age or older, doctors take a sample of the tissue that appears from said body that appears to have a texture similar to a very thick jelly and conclude that said "placenta" biosuit contains three models different from DNA which would imply a very advanced genetic engineering, in addition Klaatu has the ability to reason and understand arithmetic, physical problems, and abstract human concepts. Also, he knows English and possibly other languages ​​perfectly.
==Plot of the first film==
The story begins in Washington D.C. when the United States Army and Air Force detect an unidentified object (UFO) flying at breakneck speed. They report on radio and television, and panic breaks out among citizens when a ship lands in a park.
From inside the ship emerges an anthropomorphic figure dressed in metallic-looking clothing, and behind him comes a three-meter-tall robot named Gort, (Lock Martin). The soldiers, alerted to the encounter, arm themselves and prepare for a possible attack by the alien. The situation becomes tense when the visitor makes movements with an object similar to a revolver, being wounded by a nervous soldier. This entails that the robot begins to destroy the weapons of the humans with an optical beam. As soon as the visitor recovers, he stops his robot, and in perfect English, points out that the suspicious object is a planetary exploration probe and requests to speak to world leaders, introducing himself as Klaatu (Michael Rennie).
The alien is taken to a nearby hospital, where he is thoroughly examined, turning out to be exactly the same as a human. Klaatu meets with the President's secretary, Mr. Harley, (Frank Conroy) and reveals that he has a message that everyone on Earth must hear. Sadly, Harley observes that world leaders cannot even agree on a meeting place for this occasion. When Klaatu suggests living among the people to get to know them better, Harley informs him that he is in protective custody, in other words, a prisoner. Klaatu manages to escape from the hospital, and since no one recognizes him, he moves freely through Washington DC, using the alias of Mr. Carpenter, the name of the laundry from which he had stolen the suit he was wearing, until he reached a simple hotel. . He is accepted, and befriends the son of a widow named Helen Benson (Patricia Neal) who lives in the house. The boy, named Bobby (Billy Gray), is about eight or ten years old, and had lost his father in World War II. One day when Bobby's mother goes out to dinner with her boyfriend Tom Stevens (Hugh Marlowe), Bobby and Klaatu take a walk around town and visit the home of a very famous mathematical genius, Professor Jacob Barnhardt (Sam Jaffe ). 
The mathematician is not there, but they still enter the house, and Klaatu solves a metric operation that was written on a blackboard. Surprisingly, the teacher's housewife arrives, and kicks them out, but Klaatu manages to write his address in a teacher's notebook. The woman is about to erase the result that she has written on the board, but Klaatu intervenes and prevents her. Upon returning, the professor, seeing his modified calculations, sends for Klaatu / Carpenter.
That same night, while all the inhabitants of the pension watch television, knock on the door, the owner of the premises opens, and sees two men at the door. They ask him about Carpenter, and they take him to the professor's house.
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