With all of the coverage of the Mars Phoenix lander I rented a couple of movies Mars related. We'll start with Red Planet starring Val Kilmer. Holy crap man, if you ever wanted a reason to never go to another planet under any circumstances this is the film for you.
If I was Val I would have been convinced that this trip was cursed from the start. The damn ship gets hit by a solar flare and catches fire, then the landing module crashes, the science officer ruptures his spleen and corks off, the living habitat is destroyed, the robot scout goes berserk and goes on a murderous rampage, there are freaky Martian bugs that eat anything...including you and just to top it all off the only way back up to the ship is to stuff yourself into an old broken Russian probe and blast yourself into space.
This movie made me tired just by watching it. All in all I liked it, the effects were good, the cast was good together, no shortage of surprises and just the right amount of humor. Definitely worth a rental.
If I was Val I would have been convinced that this trip was cursed from the start. The damn ship gets hit by a solar flare and catches fire, then the landing module crashes, the science officer ruptures his spleen and corks off, the living habitat is destroyed, the robot scout goes berserk and goes on a murderous rampage, there are freaky Martian bugs that eat anything...including you and just to top it all off the only way back up to the ship is to stuff yourself into an old broken Russian probe and blast yourself into space.
This movie made me tired just by watching it. All in all I liked it, the effects were good, the cast was good together, no shortage of surprises and just the right amount of humor. Definitely worth a rental.
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