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Dude, Forbidden Planet wasn't pulp. Robbie himself cost $125k back in '57 - there was a Wheaties tie-in to name him. Thing took up like half the Culver stage for the better part of a year. First movie to feature a miniskirt, by the way. Scandalous. Sure, it was no Ben Hur but have you seen Ben Hur? And it cost $15m. Forbidden Planet was like $2m which is still crazy expensive for '58. Never mind the fact that it's a retelling of Shakespeare's The Tempest. Pulp. Humph.