Space Station (IMAX)

Starring:Tom Cruise, Mark L. Polnaksy, Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko, James S. Voss, Robert D. Cabana, Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, James D. Wetherbee, Scott E. Parazynski, Leroy Chiao, Andrew S.W. Thomas, Yuri Valentinovich Lonchakov, John L. Phillips, Marsha Ivins, Joseph R. Tanner, Brian Duffy (III), Koichi Wakata, Kent V. Rominger, James F. Reilly II, Yury Usachev, Michael L. Gernhardt
Director: Toni Myers
Studio: Imax
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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The partnership with NASA and IMAX films continues with a tour of the next step in space exploration: the International Space Station (ISS). Sixteen countries helped build this giant station (still being built upon the film's release in 2004). We see the first building blocks being constructed, including shots from inside the slick NASA shuttle launches to the friendly informalities of the Russian program. The crystal-clear pictures of the station and the Earth are the best aspects of this film. The entertaining footage delivers human elements, but sometimes the carefulness of experimentation makes for boring photography; a test of a super-cool jet pack has the astronaut moving mere inches. To the film's benefit, the narrator is Tom Cruise with a script tailored to his strong suits (the first line of "What an incredible sight!" is vintage Cruise). The film is also so light on its feet with a nice dose of music, including "Up on the Roof" and the Talking Heads "Naive Melody," that it makes up for the staginess of some of the scenes. The film was shown in 3-D in theaters but only 2-D for home video. --Doug Thomas
Description
SPACE STATION is the first cinematic journey to the International Space Station (ISS), where audiences can experience for themselves life in zero gravity aboard the new station. The audience blasts off into space with the astronauts and cosmonauts from Florida's Kennedy Space Center and Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome to rendezvous with their new home in orbit 220 miles above Earth. SPACE STATION is a story of challenges, setbacks and triumphs and ultimately, the shared international victory of men and women whose dreams exceed the limits of life on this Earth.

DVD Features:
Audio Commentary:Expedition 7- An Audio Visual Tour of the ISS (TRT 16:07) Narrated by Astronaut Dr. Ed Lu STS-A Audio Visual Tour of the ISS-(TRT 18:40) Narrated by Commander Dom Gorie, Mission SPecialist Dr. Linda Godwin, Pilot Mark E. Kelly, Mission Specialist ISS Flight Engineer Daniel Tani, Former Astronaut Capt. Frank Culbertson Jr.
Featurette:Featurette: Adventure In Space (RT22:29)--Interviews with Tom Cruise, Director Toni Myers, Astronauts Marsha Ivins, Brian Duffy, Susan Helms, Jim Voss and cameraman James Neilhouse
Other:First-Ever True-Life Space Station Movie Shot by Astronauts!
Photo gallery:16 photos (Including Never-Before-Seen photos)

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Does Philip Glass make films now?
99.9% Cocoa
I love George Clooney
Sci-fi for the thinking person
Far Inferior to the Original

Solaris
Starring: George Clooney , Natascha McElhone , Viola Davis , Jeremy Davies , and Ulrich Tukur
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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ASIN: B00009ATIX
Release Date: 2003-07-29

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A curious mix of science fiction and metaphysical love story, Solaris centers around Chris Kelvin (George Clooney), a psychologist sent to investigate why a space station orbiting an alien planet has stopped communications. The planet has the power to delve into human psyches and re-create lost loved ones--in Kelvin's case, his dead wife (Natascha McElhone), whom he then wants to bring back to Earth. Director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Erin Brockovich) fills almost every shot with faces and bodies, as if to emphasize the human soul rather than outer space as the movie's true subject. Unfortunately, the vagueness of the environment--combined with a script that implies more than it shows--serves to dislocate our ability to engage with the characters, rendering Solaris emotionally inert. Jeremy Davies, as a lingering crew member, brings a hint of humor to the otherwise serious-minded proceedings. --Bret Fetzer

Description

Superstar George Clooney turns in a stellar performance in this "brilliant sci-fi movie" (New York Daily News) from Academy Award winners Steven Soderbergh (2000 - Best Director, Traffic) and JamesCameron (1997 - Best Picture, Titanic). Aboard a lonely space station orbiting a mysterious planet, terrified crew members are experiencing a host of strange phenomena, including eerie visitors who seem all too human. And when psychologist Chris Kelvin (Clooney) arrives to investigate, he confronts a power beyond imagining that could hold the key to mankind's deepest dreams?or darkest nightmares. Co-starring Natascha McElhone and Jeremy Davies, Solaris is "mind-bending!" (Rolling Stone)

Customer Reviews:

Does Philip Glass make films now?.......2007-07-02

This film is an unbearably boring, irritatingly pretentious waste of celluloid. Were it filmed digitally, it would have been a waste of precious binary code. It raises rather under-elaborated metaphysical questions about life and death (at a sub-glacial, coma inducing pace) then fails to provide any meaningful message. After 90 minutes of waiting for something to happen, something actually does, for which I was extremely grateful: the credits rolled. Video stores should be forced to apply warning stickers to the boxes.

99.9% Cocoa.......2007-06-24

Some people just don't like dark chocolate. This movie gets short shrift from reviewers who don't care for its slow pace and that it requires a bit of thinking. The reviewer below suggests that Clooney would rather not have done this film. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, Clooney applied for this role. This is a love story and a psychological mystery/sci-fi/thriller. It's an intensely suspenseful and fascinating story in which all the actors give excellent performances.

I love George Clooney.......2007-05-10

GREAT MOVIE! Well any movie with George Clooney is a great movie in my book. But it has a very good Story too.

Sci-fi for the thinking person.......2007-03-21

Solaris explores ideas about what it means to be human.

It has the feel of a European-made film, but with a Hollywood budget.

Soderberg, James Cameron, and George Clooney deserve high marks for being uncompromising in keeping to the spirit of the the book.

The original Russian film was long, talky and slow-moving - with poor special effects. The original Lem book was also rather wordy. Soderberg explores similar ideas but keeps things moving forward and concise.

The production design and visual effects are really cool.

Be warned this film is for the 2001:A Space Odyssey crowd, not for the Alien(s) crowd.

A fine achievement by the film-makers.

Far Inferior to the Original.......2007-03-16

Solaris is a movie that moves so slowly, it is often near the point of rigor mortis. It is a dumbed down version of the original Soviet movie. It is proof that sometimes American movies can be far inferior to Communist flicks.

George Clooney continually has this look on his face like he's wondering just how did he let his agent talk him into this film. The rest of the acting is similarly poor.

Watch the original movie before you ever watch this, unless you are suffering from an acute case of insomnia.

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For Your Nostalgia Only...
A High Budget Parody?
What was I thinking?
Roger Moore's Best Outing and a Top-notch Bond Adventure
Slapstick, sci-fi, spy guy.

Moonraker
Starring: Alfie Bass , Georges Beller , Irka Bochenko , Emily Bolton , and Jean-Pierre Castaldi
Director: Lewis Gilbert
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ASIN: B000NIBURG
Release Date: 2007-05-22

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This was the first James Bond adventure produced after the success of Star Wars, so it jumped on the sci-fi bandwagon by combining the suave appeal of Agent 007 (once again played by Roger Moore) with enough high-tech hardware and special effects to make Luke Skywalker want to join Her Majesty's Secret Service. After the razzle-dazzle of The Spy Who Loved Me, this attempt to latch onto a trend proved to be a case of overkill, even though it brought back the steel-toothed villain Jaws (Richard Kiel) and scored a major hit at the box office. This time Bond is up against a criminal industrialist named Drax (Michel Lonsdale) who wants to control the world from his orbiting space station. In keeping with his well-groomed style, Bond thwarts this maniacal Neo-Hitler's scheme with the help of a beautiful, sleek-figured scientist (played by Lois Chiles with all the vitality of a department-store mannequin). There's a grand-scale climax involving space shuttles and ray guns, but despite the film's popular success, this is one Bond adventure that never quite gets off the launching pad. It's as if the caretakers of the James Bond franchise had forgotten that it's Bond--and not a barrage of gizmos and gadgets (including a land-worthy Venetian gondola)--that fuels the series' success. Despite Moore's passive performance (which Pauline Kael described as "like an office manager who is turning into dead wood but hanging on to collect his pension"), Moonraker had no problem attracting an appreciative audience, and there are even a few renegade Bond-philes who consider it one of their favorites. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

For Your Nostalgia Only..........2007-06-18

Moonraker was the very first Bond film I saw. I saw it in the theater when I was 8 years old and thought it was one of the coolest movies ever.

Today, watching through adult eyes, I see that it's campy, silly, and downright unrealistic.

HOWEVER, this film introduced me to a life-long love of the James Bond franchise. I've seen every Bond film at the theater since Moonraker and had the joy of watching the older ones on video (then later on DVD).

I have started my James Bond DVD collection with Casino Royale (the 2006 version) and I'm working my way backwards. I am now down to Moonraker which prompted me to write this review.

Yes, there are MUCH better Bond films out there, but I still bought this one because it reminded me of when the world of Bond was something fresh and new (to me, at least) and reminds me of what it was like to be a kid again.

This film can be fun, if you're willing to overlook the campiness.

The music (by the legendary John Barry) is absolutely beautiful and the title theme sung by Shirley Bassey (her third and final theme) is one of the franchise's best.

A High Budget Parody?.......2007-06-18

I rank Moonraker 19th out of the 21 Bond movies. I'm not going waste a lot of time here. Dumb plot. Blank faced Bondbabe. Smarmy Moore. Dumbed down Jaws. This one is played for laughs as the script is basically one dreadful pun after another and practically every scene has a sight gag. The acting is pretty much mailed in by all parties. The scenery in Rio, the Amazon and Venice is beautiful and some of the stunts are pretty eye popping. Hence the two stars. Even a bad Bond has its moments. The space scenes simply have to be seen to be believed for the shody special effects and ugly mustard jump suits.

What was I thinking?.......2007-06-14

I remember seeing this when it was in the theaters (yes, I'm old), and I really liked it then. Watching it now..... ick

Roger Moore's Best Outing and a Top-notch Bond Adventure.......2007-04-30

Since I first saw this Bond waaaay back in '79 I have loved it. I've probably seen it dozens of times since then and I still enjoy it immensely.

The story is tight and exciting, the subplots and twists many, the characters, even the "Bond girls," intriguing and well fleshed out (no pun intended), the villian perhaps one of the most obviously intelligent and understatedly menacing of any other, the humor subtle and witty, and the over-all story together with its climactic conclusion are well written and quite satisfying.

All too often critics of this Bond film attempt to slough it off as derivative of Star Wars. It's not. There's nothing "Star Wars" about it except for the fact that the latter part of the film does happen to take place in Earth orbit. Of course, if this is all it takes to be parasitic of George Lucas' space adventure then so also would be any other film involving space locales. Unlike the focus of Star Wars, here there are no space aliens and no fantastical science-fiction flights of fancy, just great adventure taking place primarily here on the Earth, though finally venturing above the Earth just as other Bond adventures have ventured below its surface (e.g., Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, For Your Eyes Only). It's a greatly believable (even for Bond) international adventure visiting numerous exotic locales worldwide while furthering an intriguing and suspenseful storyline chock full of exciting twists and turns you will want to watch over and over again.

Among the more memorable scenes, and far better than the most memorable of almost all other Bonds, were the opening sequence as Bond is thrown out of an airplane without a parachute and expertly "flies" - without special effects - to intercept the bad guy and wrestle from him his parachute (arguably the single most exciting opening of any of the Bond films, bar none), the initial meeting and opening exchange with Drax (such a refreshing departure from the charicatured, over-the-top, "mad scientist"-type villians antagonizing Bond in almost all other 007 outings; this time a true villian, finally), the drama of the centrifuge incident that almost killed Bond, the refreshing intelligence of Dr. Goodhead (despite the cheesy name), the hunting-"accident" killing of Drax's would-be assassin followed by the utter ruthlessness of Drax in "sic"-ing the dogs on his defenseless female employee (a very well-directed sequence that was horrifyingly beautiful to watch), the nerve gas factory scene and the "Andromeda Strain" atmosphere created when its full destructive power is accidently released, then Drax' cool appearance the following morning at the same location now magically transformed to truly magnificent King Louis XVIII splendor, his regal calm mirroring flawlessly the opulent palacial surroundings, the Rio de Janeiro sequences from the Drax warehouse, where Jaws reappears, to their re-match during the cable-car high-wire confrontation, then finally on to the exciting speedboat chase sequence, the space port, and then on to the space station, itself.

Once aboard the space station, Bond subtlely makes Jaws aware of the fact that he, too, will be killed by Drax and enters into an unspoken alliance with Bond to defeat Drax, who is finally and very satisfyingly dispatched at last through an airlock to Bond's pithy rejoiner "Take a giant leap for mankind." Shortly therafter we are treated to an uncharacteristically touching moment as Jaws reveals his tender side as he toasts his newfound love while the space station is blowing up around them, entreating her with the only words he was ever granted in any of the Bond films: "Here's to us."

And finally, I found very satisfyingly suspenseful the final sequence as Bond and Dr. Goodhead race in a space shuttle to hunt down the nerve-gas satellites, destroying them as they re-enter Earth's atmosphere while trying to keep from burning up themselves. From beginning to end I found the plot very well thought out and developed, highly engaging and exciting, and concluded in highly dramatic and wonderfully satisfying fashion.

Those who discount this superior Bond film simply for having dared to exit Earth's atmosphere at some point in the storyline reveal not any flaw inherent to the movie or its setting, but instead their own inability to appreciate a great Bond film simply for having dared to premiere so soon after Lucas' insipidly simplistic sci-fi movie.

Okay... let the rants begin! ;)

Slapstick, sci-fi, spy guy........2007-04-17

"Moonraker" is the James Bond movie that reached the nadir of cartoon antics that had plagued the world of 007 throughout the bell-bottomed seventies. It's a low point for many die-hard fans; a point where the series veered without shame from Hitchcock-like thrills to Max Sennett-like madness. For me, it's the guiltiest of pleasures. Read on.

As been observed by many, producer Albert R. Broccoli reeling from the world-wide success of "The Spy Who Loved Me" (James Bond's campy but self-assured comeback) took only the title and villain (Hugo Drax), from one of Ian Fleming strongest books to build what could have lazily been titled "The Spy Who Loved Me II." Replace the previous movie's sea world motif with outer space and you have essentially the same movie- Bond aided by equally adept female spy goes after megalomaniac bent on world destruction. Bond blows up megalomaniac's operation. Bond sleeps with female spy (this was also the exact template used for "Tomorrow Never Dies," but that's another review). That said, through nearly half of "Moonraker," returning screenwriter Christopher Wood does set up an intriguing mystery angle with our intrepid hero following nonsensical clues from what seems like the entire western hemisphere (A document in California, vials of poison in Venice, etc. etc...) But when the action starts, the filmmakers can't seem to reign themselves in and go for the cheap laugh time and time again.

I agree for those who like their Bond films shaken, not stirred, that there is a lot here to cause a spewed martini. For one, there is Roger Moore. The very name is a scourge to those who prefer Sean Connery or Daniel Craig's bad boy Bonds. After displaying a slight hard edge in the last half of "The Spy Who Loved Me," Moore gallivants through "Moonraker" like, well, Roger Moore- a likable, but flippant, jet setting, celebrity. Moore's Bond just sails too effortlessly throughout this adventure. Even some of the gorgeous (of course) Bond girls like Corrine Clery and Emily Bolton seem to robotically sleep with Bond as if they were programmed to do so. And then there's Jaws...As fiendishly good as Richard Kiel's Frankenstein Monster-of-a-hit-man was in TSWLM, bringing him back for a second outing in "Moonraker" and making him the "Coyote" to Moore's "Road Runner" leads to some the most draw-dropping, "jumping-the-shark" moments in the series history.

Still there is a lot that surprisingly dazzles here. Whatever you may feel about the movie's school boy humor, Moonraker is a slick, gorgeously photographed (the great Jean Tournier), action-packed package that moves along more zip than the oddball "Man With The Golden Gun" or the insanely plotted, (and the most debated among Bond fans) "Die Another Day." Lois Chiles is appealing as the Lauren Bacall-esque "Holly Goodhead" (wink, wink) and Michael Lonsdale is, oddly enough, a deadly series Bond villain giving off such lines as "Mr. Bond, you return with the inevitability of an unloved season" with such oily ease. "Moonraker" also has one of composer John Barry's more evocative scores that stubbornly soldiers on as if the movie was a true epic, not a lark. However, the true star of this entry is legendary art director Ken Adams. A master whose low-slung, futuristic set pieces marked the series' visual style beginning with "Dr. No," Adams, in his last Bond film to date, gives us a near orgy of complex walk ways and shimmering steel.

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Imax "Space Station"
I didn't know.
This is a 2d version - take 3D!
It's at least marginally informational.
Absolutely Awe-Inspiring!!!

Space Station (IMAX)
Starring: Tom Cruise , Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko , Michael E. Lopez-Alegria , James D. Wetherbee , and Scott E. Parazynski
Director: Toni Myers
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ASIN: B00080ETMM
Release Date: 2005-07-19

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The partnership with NASA and IMAX films continues with a tour of the next step in space exploration: the International Space Station (ISS). Sixteen countries helped build this giant station (still being built upon the film's release in 2004). We see the first building blocks being constructed, including shots from inside the slick NASA shuttle launches to the friendly informalities of the Russian program. The crystal-clear pictures of the station and the Earth are the best aspects of this film. The entertaining footage delivers human elements, but sometimes the carefulness of experimentation makes for boring photography; a test of a super-cool jet pack has the astronaut moving mere inches. To the film's benefit, the narrator is Tom Cruise with a script tailored to his strong suits (the first line of "What an incredible sight!" is vintage Cruise). The film is also so light on its feet with a nice dose of music, including "Up on the Roof" and the Talking Heads "Naive Melody," that it makes up for the staginess of some of the scenes. The film was shown in 3-D in theaters but only 2-D for home video. --Doug Thomas

Description

SPACE STATION is the first cinematic journey to the International Space Station (ISS), where audiences can experience for themselves life in zero gravity aboard the new station. The audience blasts off into space with the astronauts and cosmonauts from Florida's Kennedy Space Center and Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome to rendezvous with their new home in orbit 220 miles above Earth. SPACE STATION is a story of challenges, setbacks and triumphs and ultimately, the shared international victory of men and women whose dreams exceed the limits of life on this Earth.

Customer Reviews:

Imax "Space Station".......2007-03-10

If you have ever been fortunate to see this amazing 3D film in an Imax theatre then this DVD relives the experience, from the shattering launch of the Russian rocket to the superb shots of the earth whilst in orbit. The Imax print produces the usual high quality that we enjoy with all these DVD transfers and if you haven't seen it, get an armchair seat in the International Space Station, it's out of this world!

I didn't know........2007-03-01

Unbelievable to learn what we do outside the earths boundries. A little out dated but still great to watch.

This is a 2d version - take 3D!.......2007-01-07

Nice piece of video documentation in real space life.

It's at least marginally informational........2006-12-28

I enjoyed this to a point in terms of the information it presents, but overall it's rather slow and more than a little boring.

Absolutely Awe-Inspiring!!!.......2006-07-20

Sit back and relax. You are about to experience one of the best trips you will ever take...unless, of course, you are lucky enough to actually GO into space.

I wasn't able to see this movie when it was in IMAX theaters because I didn't have a theater near where I lived. I just got the DVD as a gift and, honestly, I would not have minded paying for it myself.

I watched the DVD on my laptop and the quality of the video was jaw-dropping impressive. I then moved over to the TV to watch it and it didn't miss a beat when it came to quality. The visuals are so stunning, I actually took screen-captures and am currently using them as desktop wallpaper. I don't think words can describe how great the DVD was as far as picture quality, so I hope that helped.

If you aren't a big fan of Tom Cruise (like myself), don't worry as his voice isn't in it too much. Although I must admit, he did a great job with his narration. Luckily, most of the narration you get is from the crews that have been on the ISS, which makes it a lot more interesting.

Someone had mentioned that the extras were the best part. While I agree that they were great, I think the whole package is evenly great. The movie itself gives you some awe-inspiring visuals and information about what it is like to live onboard the ISS, while the extras give you more info about the ISS itself (i.e. a tour of the station).

The worst part about this documentary, for me at least, was the fact that I didn't get to see it in an IMAX theater. If you are, or know somebody who is, a space fanatic, or just like IMAX videos, this is without a doubt one of the best purchases you can make.

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"Time to play......."!
0 STARS: This is pure nonsense.
More Gothic Horror and Pinhead too!
Pinhead in space.
Bloodline

Hellraiser - Bloodline
Starring: Bruce Ramsay , Valentina Vargas , Doug Bradley , Charlotte Chatton , and Adam Scott
Director: Alan Smithee , Joe Chappelle , and Kevin Yagher
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ASIN: B00004Y633
Release Date: 2000-10-10

Description

Pinhead is back -- and this time, he's out for more blood -- in the fourth and most terrifying chapter of the wildly popular HELLRAISER series! Spanning three generations, this horrifying story chronicles the struggle of one family who unknowingly created the puzzle box that opened the doors of Hell -- setting the diabolical Pinhead free to spread evil here on earth! Now, the family must fight to slam those doors shut again ... but not before Pinhead wages one of his fiercest and most frightening battles ever!

Customer Reviews:

"Time to play......."!.......2006-11-22

This movie takes place in the past, present and future and is great! Interesting story, scary scenes- I liked it better than Hellraiser III. About 10 minutes got cut out of each story-past, present and future by the editors because they felt that horror fans aren't intelligent enough to follow a good, creative storyline. This movie would have been better with the scenes left in. Rent it or buy it. Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!

0 STARS: This is pure nonsense........2006-08-19

We got Jason in space and we get Pinhead in space. This is pure nonsense. Words of wisdom to the makers of these sequels: when you start putting horror movie villains in space to kill people, it's time to stop making these movies!!

More Gothic Horror and Pinhead too!.......2006-08-13

Bloodline has a gothic aura that the other hellraiser movies didn't really have. Also Pinhead shows up in this movie more often than any of the other movies. The plot is intricate and interesting and it goes into detail about the making of and the history of the puzzle box. There is gore and blood for all the horror fans and there is suspence and chills. Some parts of this movie has an Anne Rice feel to it and other parts remind me of the second hellraiser movie. If you are a hellraiser fan then you should buy it. If you like horror or suspense then you should at least rent it.

Pinhead in space........2006-06-24

What I don't understand is why horror fans have complained about this sequal when the ones that were released after this were even worse I mean this film is a masterpiece compared to those crappy straight to video sequals Inferno and Hellworld. The film is about the horrifying struggles of a family bloodline who created the puzzle box (thats how I got my nickname hehe) that opens the doors of hell and let the diabolical Pinhead free to wreak havok on earth and then in the 22nd century a scientist in a space station is trying to solve the puzzle and finaly wants to defeat Pinhead and the other cenobites and break the curse that his family has been suffering through. The film shows us the history and background behind the puzzle box that was created by the La Marchant family line beginning in France in the 18th century, the film also introduces a new villian the demonic Angelique which was very nice and interesting it also had a nice amount of gore including a very nasty looking decapatation and the twin cenobites that get there heads screwed on together which was also hilarious so overall the film was not that bad even though it did have some very cheesy and corny moments and some special fx looked bad and outdated I still enjoyed this film alot and I highly recommend this to hellraiser fans.

Bloodline.......2006-04-30

I know a lot of Hellraiser fans give this one a hard time.I actually liked it a lot.It told the entire story of the puzzlebox,not quite a violent as the last one,but still gory,and pinhead had plenty of good lines.Definetly one of my favs.Check out the first four in the series,DONT even waste your time with the last four,they are an insult to the series

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Heinlein lands another one!
Project Moonbase
Who Cut the Cheese?
Project Moonbase Redux
Spies in space

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Starring: Donna Martell , Hayden Rorke , Ross Ford , Larry Johns , and Herb Jacobs
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ASIN: 6305869359
Release Date: 2000-06-06

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Robert Heinlein's vision of space travel and the future of man are depicted in his second cinematic space travel adventure, his first being "Destination Moon" three years earlier. Colonel Breiteis, a female rocket pilot, and Major Moore, her co-pilot, are selected to orbit the Moon to survey a landing area for a future expedition, but a ruthless Russian spy-scientist aboard the ship causes it to land on the lunar surface, stranded and out of fuel. Will they live or die in these dire circumstances? Writer Heinlein gives us thrilling ideas of an orbital space station where people walk on the walls and ceilings, a rocketship that looks much like the real one that landed on the Moon in 1969, the American Space Force, commie spies and a woman President of the United States.

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Customer Reviews:

Heinlein lands another one!.......2007-04-17

I never read a book from Heinlein I didn't like. Of course his earliest ones are my favorite. Everybody is over educated, in fine shape, and ready for the next opportunity to spring into action. He and Roddenberry were both optimistic--hope I spelled his name correctly--but in Heinlein's books it showed you how to do it.

Heinlein's earlier books allowed women to have any job they were qualified for. They had to have the education as well as be in good shape. I think the good shape was a package deal--mind and body go together and enhance each other. After all, a person keeping themself in good condition meant self restraint as well as determination to succeed. Secretly, of course, the men always ruled the world. Nevertheless the cuties had a slice of the pie and the responsibitly it cost.

PROS:

1. Heinlein wrote it and must have been around when they shot it.

2. Col. Briteis (pronounced Brighteyes) is a cutie and yes they are bright eyes--she is also a proper-girl in the military. No 'hanky panky' with her.

3. This film proves what I've always said, short-shorts look better on the ladies and strange on men.

4. I've read a complaint about everybody wearing that skull cap. You should read Heinlein's Have Spacesuit will Travel, it explains these things in detail. But here is the short version--you can't have long hair in a space suit, if just one hair falls across the faceplate seal or helmet seal you loose air pressure and die. You'll notice all our original astronauts not only wore the same cap but cut their hair off. In the movie Starship Troopers, you remember the girl starship pilot? Well, in the book she shaved her head (for a different reason). This is the way science goes--you pay the price or someone else goes.

5. Heinlein, as I remember when I read his 38 or 39 novels was always proper in his earlier novels so of course when they crash/land on the moon and, could not be rescued for weeks or long months, they must get married.

six. Yes, there is an enemy agent onboard--he's out of shape and a bit 'slow'.

7. Nice sharp image, neat idea.
8. If you read the earlier reviews you see complaints about 'spanking'. I'm 54 years old now but was young once. Back then, several times, I remember waggeling my index finger in females face--right in front of their nose--and told them if they didn't stop I'd spank them like a little girl. Such where the way things used to be--now you go to jail for it. Back then usually they'd throw their cute little noises up in the air and snort. Other times they'd twirl around and 'throw over their shoulder' "No you won't." Then that nose would go up in the air and snort in a girly way that pretty much spelled out "You wouldn't dare!" Then there were the other type girls that would take a slap at you. Basicly there were no complaints from either side...I guess it must have been dieing out about that time because it didn't last very long.

9. In the movie the spacestation shoots smaller rockets to them and 'Brighteyes and her new man' land them by radio remote control. That was like Heinlein. It's quicker to just rocket them supplies until a new ship can be built rather than risk more lives with an untried, slapped together, spaceship rescue mission. And besides, they decided to build their first moonbase there.

CONS:

1. Should have been a hour longer.

So there it is, another classic. One written by Mr. Heinlein in his typical style. I recommend this movie and all his books. This is a one bowl of popcorn and one half hot dog move. Why half a dog? Most of it is spelled out to you. Bye!

Project Moonbase.......2007-02-17

Curious thing about this film. It made an effort to be accurate. At least as accurate as the gut-level understanding of space flight could be in the early 1950's. There was an effort made to show the loss of a "ground reference" in (what we now call micro-gravity), and by golly there is no sound in the vacuum of space. There was no rocket roar from the ships in transit to space station, and the moon. Wireless telephones are in evidence, but they will make the viewer laugh...out loud! Aside from the "technical" efforts at accuracy, the socio-political content was woefully juvenile. This is post-McCarthy era science fiction. There are evil commies, and there is no domestic security available to intercept their plot in a timely fashion. There is a woman space commander, but the then extant culture was unable to cope with such a concept (Robert Heinlein was apparently struggling just to allow a professional woman in this script.) She does look great in the cuffed hot-pants that are the speculated unisex ship-board attire. The guys look dumb in the same outfit.

Watch this film. It is a history lesson.

Really!

Who Cut the Cheese?.......2006-05-06

This has to be one of the cheesiest science fiction films I've ever seen. It's certainly no PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE but it would be stretching a point to even call it a B movie. That is surprising seeing as how Robert A. Heinlein is credited as one of the creators. He had little time for cheesiness.

The story is a simple one of conceived in the cold war. The US is sending a reconnaissance ship around the moon to gather information prior to a landing attempt. The Soviets are desperate to stop the effort and infiltrate an agent onto the crew as a saboteur. He is not caught out soon enough and, in the chaos of the fight, the ship goes off course. The only choice for survival is to go ahead and land.

There is more going on in the story than just the race to the moon and the cold war. The mission was originally assigned to an up and coming major (male). For political reasons, he is reassigned as co-pilot and command is given to a woman, a Col. Briteis (pronounced "Bright Eyes"). She is not a bad woman but it is apparent that she has been promoted to colonel for PR reasons and because she looks good in a skirt. Her indecisiveness and tendency to turn towards her co-pilot for advice and help is somewhat demeaning of what women are able to accomplish.

Possibly the silliest thing about the film is the costumes. The uniform for the US Space Force seems to be shorts, a t-shirt and the dumbest looking skullcap ever to grace the screen. The sets are fairly low budget as well.

All of that seems bad but I did find the show entertaining to a degree. It captured the spirit of the 50s and was fun in small doses. The "science" is rudimentary but generally correct. That must be Heinlein's doing. I suspect a female commander and a female US president were also. This show, while not as technically excellent as DESTINATION MOON, did have more of a story to it.

Project Moonbase Redux.......2005-09-22

I saw this movie when it was released. For some reason, it always stuck in my mind. I viewed it after buying it from Amazon and realized it was (now) rather hokey. Nevertheless, there were avant garde elements incorporated in Robert Heinlein's script that help the film maintain an interest level.

Spies in space.......2002-12-15

Shorts, tight t-shirts and funky skull caps are the uniform that will be worn for space flight in the 1970's. Actually this movie was somewhat accurate in the depiction of space flight. As seen through the eyes of people in the 50's im sure this was pretty high tech thinking. A commie spy forces a landing on the moon and the astronauts must find a way to survive for they cant get back to the space station. All in all a charming slice of cheese from a time at the hight of the cold war.

Critters 4 - They're Invading Your Space

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Critters 4 (1992)
Ok, I was a little harsh last time.
I hope the rest of the Critters movies aren't this bad.
Good sequel, bad ending!
The Final film

Critters 4 - They're Invading Your Space
Starring: Don Keith Opper , Terrence Mann , Paul Whitthorne , Anders Hove , and Angela Bassett
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Release Date: 2003-08-05

Description

Genetically engineered ``Super Critters`` are unleashed to conquer the galaxy.

Customer Reviews:

Critters 4 (1992).......2006-01-01

Director: Rupert Harvey
Cast: Don Keith Opper, Terrence Mann, Paul Whitthorne, Anders Hove, Angela Bassett, Brad Dourif, Eric DaRe, Martine Beswick, Anne Ramsay.
Running Time: 100 minutes
Rated PG-13 for violence, language, and gore.

"Critters 4" starts, somewhere in Kansas and replays the last few minutes of "Critters 3" (1991) as the recurring character of Charlie McFadden (Don Keith Opper) is about to shoot the last two remaining Critter eggs in the universe which, we are informed, would mean the extinction of the entire Critter race which is against some sort of intergalactic zoological law or something like that. Charlie's bounty hunter friend Ug (Terrence Mann) is now known as Counsellor Tetra and is a top ranking official at the intergalactic council and orders Charlie not to shoot the eggs but instead put them into a pod that will land nearby very soon. The pod does indeed land nearby very quickly & Charlie does indeed put the eggs into it but he is also caught in the pod which I presume cryogenic-ally freezes him as it's never really explained. "Critters 4" then informs us that we are 'Somewhere in Saturn Quadrant 2045' where a salvage ship comes across the pod drifting in space. Rick (Anders Hove) decides to claim the unidentified, to them anyway, pod and try to make a bit of cash out of it. With the help of his crew, Ethan (Paul Whitthorne), Fran (Angela Bassett), Al Bert (Brad Dourif) and Bernie (Eric DeRe), the pod is successfully recovered. They get in touch with the intergalactic council and Counsellor Tetra say to go to an abandoned space-station where a trade will be made for the pod and its contents, Tetra also specifically tells Rick not to open the pod. So in true horror film tradition Rick opens the pod, thaws Charlie out and the Critter eggs which hatch, kill Rick and escape into the space-station.

Co-produced & directed by Rupert Harvey, "Critters 4" is a pretty useless film and rounds the Critter series of films off with a whimper rather than a bang. The script by Joseph Lyle and David J. Schow is both predictable & clichéd, the space-station with an unstable reactor that will blow up in a few hours, the protagonists only means of escape being neutralised early on so they are stuck, the race against time to save themselves, the constant bickering & arguing amongst the crew, people splitting up and the loser who turns into a hero & saves the day, yawn. A lot of plot devices seem to come straight from "Aliens" and it rips off "Star Wars" with a tacky waste compactor scene. The characters are no better and you probably won't give a damn about any of them. While the other "Critters" films could be described as comedy horrors part 4 cannot, it appears to be deadly serious throughout, making it incredibly slow, uneventful and dull. The looks cheap throughout with bland, dark unimaginative sets and it even steals footage from "Android" for it's ships and space scenes; "Critters 4" was apparently so low budget that the filmmakers couldn't afford any optical effects & the ones it takes from "Android" look seriously dated. The acting is pretty poor as well with Angela Bassett's over-the-top melodramatic reaction to seeing a few Critter eggs particularly cringe worthy. To look at "Critters 4" it is as cheap and unspectacular a production as you could hope to (not) see.

Ok, I was a little harsh last time........2004-12-19

Yeah, I'm doing another review for Critters4. It wasen't that bad, but I still think the idea of the krites(the little monsters) in outer space is a little goofy.

I hope the rest of the Critters movies aren't this bad........2004-11-14

This was the first Critters movie I ever saw, and I'm dissapointed. 53 years after Critters3, the Krites end up in outer space and wreck havoc there. The best parts are the rare cheap jokes that aren't even funny, but slightly better then the rest of the movie. The Krites in this one just look more silly then the Krites in the 1st 3 movies, I bet, because they had bald heads! MAXIMUM SILLYNESS!!!!!!!

Good sequel, bad ending!.......2004-08-09

I thought this was a good sequel but it raised a big question. Why did Charlie's friend Ug become bad? I didn't get that part and didn't like the idea because he was good in the first 2 films. The first film is my favorite, the second was very good and the third was ok but could have been better. I have all of these movies on dvd and if anybody's a fan of the Critters films like I am, these movies are a good part of your dvd collection.

The Final film.......2004-04-20

This unfortunately was the last critters film. The should not have stopped. Sure it was the second worest of the three. Okay movie.

Charlie is a major character but very little action. To make thing worse UG is now evil. Apparently something change Ug he does not want to wipe out all the Crites. Cheezy parts UG Sholud have been like 70 in 2040 but he's only looks like 30.

Charlie is order buy Ug to put to the two remain eyes in a pods. Charlie get locked in the pod accidently. He is adjected into space he is inside there for 49 years. After the pod is collected by a salavage crew.

After there greed leader blast open the pods charlie is free. Unforunately the Crite eggs have hatched. Is weird is the Crites were in with Charlie and did not hurt him.

The Crites get loose on the space station and the killing begins over again. This movie is also a spoff of Closous there is a computer that talks named Adrina whos central logic is only at 50% . That pluse there is one part about 15 minuted into the movie there is and reactment of the trash compactor scence form episode 4 of starwars but is only half as good. When Charlie almost get sucked into space.

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Set in the year 0123 of the Universal Century--the main Gundam continuity--F91 the Movie premiered in Japan in 1991. Although she was raised as a normal girl in the space colony of Frontier IV, Cecily Fairchild is really Berah Ronah, the daughter of a powerful, aristocratic family. Her father and grandfather are plotting to create an extraterrestrial empire, Cosmo Babylon. But they didn't factor the Gundam F91 and its New Type pilot Seabook Arno into their calculations. With Seabrook at the controls, the F91 can defeat any number of lesser mobile suits from the Ronah private army, the Crossbone Vanguard. F91 the Movie suffers from too much plot for its limited running time: Enough material for at least one season of a TV series has been crammed into just under two hours. The crises end before they really begin, and the characters remain underdeveloped. The two-disc set includes a version with 5.1 Dolby Digital audio and a number of minor extras. (Rated PG-13, suitable for ages and older: violence) --Charles Solomon

Description

From director Yoshiyuki Tomino (Mobile Suit Gundam) -- U.C. 0123. After a generation of peace, the Earth Federation has begun to build new space colonies to house humanity's growing population. But a new force, the aristocratic Crossbone Vanguard, plans to seize the colonies of the newly constructed Frontier Side for itself. As their home becomes a battlefield, a handful of young civilians struggle to escape the conflict. To save his friends and family, the reluctant warrior Seabook Arno becomes the pilot of a new Gundam which bears the code name F91.

Customer Reviews:

a fine work of art.......2005-11-30

Another masterpiece in the extensive Gundam series. In the year 0123 of the Universal Century, Seabook Arno, his father, and his younger sister, Reese, live in a space colony. Their mother has left them to go and work as a engineer, and has also built the F91, which Seabook has been chosen to pilot. Well, I won't spoil it all. I'm not that good at describing things.

Animation-beautiful. Battle scenes just flow and everything is perfect. 5/5

Voice Acting-Youger kids are AWFUL, but all the older people are pretty good. Reese just has that voice like "NAH NAH NAH I GOT THE LAST COOKIE!!!!". Overall, it's pretty good. 4/5

Dub-Not sure if the dubbers pulling our chain or what, but the dub matches what the sub provides almost to the "t". I'll just base it on what the subtitle says, even though it probably isn't right. 4.5/5

Music-You don't really hear much music in this except for the theme (don't remember the name) and background music, but what I've heard is pretty good. 3.5/5

Overall Rating-5/5 Animation is great. Dub is great (if it's correct). Music is beautiful. Voice acting, meh, pretty good except for the young kids. Storyline is great, except there's enough material for almost a full series here, all crammed up into about an hour and a half.

F91...It all adds up to the same old thing.......2005-03-12

Originally intended as a TV series, Gundam F91 is the last of the original Universal Century movies (the rest being compilations of earlier series). 30 years have passed since Amuro and Char had their final climactic duel and things have only gotten worse for humanity. The corrupt Earth Federation have continued to let their power slip and are ill equipped to face a new spacenoid rebellion known as the Crossbone Vanguard. Waving the banner of spacenoid peace and supremacy, many colony citizens wonder if accepting them would be a good thing. But for every idealist there must be a greedy tyrant.Hope lies with a ragtag group of civillains and trainees and the prototype MS known as the F91...

Gundam F91 follows the classic Gundam plot structure- war comes into the mostly peaceful life of a young man and his friends and fate sees him as the pilot of the weapon which could end the conflict. By the time of it's appearance here, the structure is certainly showing some faults. The film perhaps even hurts itself by pointing out more than once that this isn't the first time this has happened in the Gundam world (This is an ongoing theme with the film- early on we see a war museum displaying old Zeon MS and the F91 receives it's 'Gundam' designation in honour of the suits which came before it).Whilst the basics are ok, the formula could really use some livening up.
Not helping things is the erratic pacing- due to being based off of half complete ideas for a TV series, F91 is a dissapointing mix of too many plot points and little resolution. Many times through the film I could see how certain elements would have been expanded in a full length series. Characters seem to be brought in just to be killed and 'develop' the main character.

Our lead is Seabook Arno, a 17 year old student who bears resemblance to Amuro and Kamille before him. Seabook has Tomino's trademark rough family life with a one parent family due to a mother who threw herself into her work, though the Arno's are perhaps one of the closer families in Gundam. Seabook's crush is beauty queen and tomboy Cecily Fairchild, who's past is somehow linked to the Vanguard's leaders. The connection is one of the key plot points and the source of much conflict between the two starstruck youths. Their ragtag group of refugees is rounded up by a bunch of fellow kids, mostly useless and annoying. Seabook's friends basically do nothing for the film and I'm constantly befuddled as to why Tomino seems to think it's a good idea including babies and toddlers in these groups. It does show that war picks on everyone, but their placement serves no real purpose and their comic relief moments fall flat.
On the other side of the cast we have the personalities of the Crossbone Vanguard, mostly the slightly deluded Ronah family. Having made their fortune by various spacenoid commodities, the Ronah's form a private army with the apparent intent of joining all humanity under one space nation ruled by themselves. The one Ronah who sticks out the most is the mysterious and creepy 'Iron Mask'. A hulk of a man with a full metal mask covering his head, Iron Mask is seemingly supporting the elder Ronah's vision but is in fact plotting something much more sinister...

On the DVD side of things, Bandai do an ok job. The release is hyped as a 'Special Edition' due to it being a 2 disc set. There's a big difference in content-

Disc 1 contains the film itself, with a stereo English and Japanese track and optional subtitles. The menus are well designed using animation of Seabook's home colony from the film. Extras consist of the always well researched Gundam Encylopedia from Keith Rhee and Mark Simmons, with technical and history information on the various mobile suits seen throughout the film.

Disc 2 is where a drop in content comes. Whilst low on extras, it's clear to see that disc 1 was at some point considered all there was to the release. The secondary disc feels rushed so Bandai could jack up the price. Gone are the well designed in-universe menus, replaced with a colour inverted image of the F91's head whilst the most annoying dialogue from the dub loops.
Disc 2 is an extras disc, but there's not much to get excited about. The best part is the audio commentary for the film between the dub's producer, one of the dub actors and a representative of Sunrise. Whilst things take a while to get going, by the end we learn some interesting anecdotes and trivia on the production of the dub and Gundam as a whole. There's also a 5.1 Dolby Digital English track for the film.
The rest of the extras are rather low- we get a brief character guide, a gallery of random shots from the film, shots of life-size F91 and Zaku heads and a brief timeline of the key events leading up to the events of the film. I really feel Bandai could have done more with this disc, such as the Gundam Evolve CGI shorts or Crossbone Gundam, the sequel manga to F91. Some of the content IS good, but as a whole it just feels rushed and unthought out.

Both casts do a great job. Bandai wisely hired Animaze/BangZoom for the project, leading to the cast being full of many talented voice actors. All the roles are perfectly cast and handled, unlike the hodge podge efforts from the Ocean Studios.

I wanted to like F91, really. This release (both the film itself and the DVD content) had alot of potential but it just comes short of the mark which is a shame because otherwise this could of been a good release. As is, I can only reccomend Gundam F91 to hardcore Gundam fans. Anyone else will likely not be interested.

NO CROSSBONE GUNDAM YOU"VE GOT TO BE JOKING ME!!.......2005-02-09

The only reason why I bought this was because of the reviews and if you evened heared about the Crosbone Gundams that the Crossbone Vanguard aka the bad guys were never seen the movie is really long and boring the fights were good but they were too fast and there was three really good fight only because they last a longer much longer then a couple minutes when the rest were less then a minute the movie is too short and does a horrible job at the end saying "this is only the begining..." yet this movie was made in the 90's and was release in america only a couple years ago it's very sad but the crossbone was in the manga so i was upset because i expected the F91 and the Crossbone to have a good fight and I REALLY WANTED TO SEE THE CROSSBONE IN ACTION oh well but i do belive there isn't going to be a sequal but it is something nice for a gundam fan to have.

very nice.......2005-02-08

F91 is one of the gundam features that I love for its animation quality. The action is spectacular, the Crossbone Vanguard mobile suit designs are spectacular, the characters are spectacular.

The film exemplifies gundam in all of its glory, by using the famous openning sequence in which an un-suspecting citizen, usually a naive young man, is forced to defend his home from mobile suit attack in an unfamiliar fighting machine.

Back in 2002 I was fearing that gundam might just be a one hit wonder in America with 'Gundam Wing' but its nice to finally see the entire gundam franchize taking off in the states. I cant wait for the American adaptations of Gundam X and Victory Gundam.

Please make this into a regular series........2005-02-04

After having seen Gundam F-91, I have to wonder why it wasn't released as a series. It easily holds its own as a movie, but it would have been nice to see it as a series. The Crossbone Vanguard made excellent foes and I wanted to see more of them. Further, I would have liked to see more of Seabook, Cecily and their friends. Perhaps Tomino can now go back and make Gundam F-91 as a proper series.

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very inspiring
L5-First City in Space
L-5: The First City in Space
Do not buy this DVD
A Major Step Forward for Space Awareness

L5 - First City in Space (IMAX)
Starring: Martha Henry , Rachel Walker , Colin Fox , Dennis Akayama , and Genevieve Langlois
Director: Toni Myers , and Allan Kroeker
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Release Date: 2005-06-07

Description

Set 100 years in the future, L5: FIRST CITY IN SPACE is a story told in flashback by the first child born in space. The film combines incredible computer-generated imagery, actual footage taken of space expeditions and scientific data to create a compelling vision of how humans may live and travel in our solar system in the next century

Customer Reviews:

very inspiring.......2007-04-14

Well I was VERY excited to see this movie. It not just another sci-fi adventure. Based on facts and technology this film gives hope for the different kind of approach that can change the way we think of our planet.

Great Details
Great Animation
Great Soundtrack
Great DVD layout

Horrible Acting (for which I only gave 4 stars)

But still its worth seeing.

L5-First City in Space.......2006-11-05

The producers should have decided to make a sci-fi feature or a documentary about the prospects of living in space. It was entertaining although I was curious about why they needed to send someone out to repair the probe when they already showed they have the robotic technology to build a whole colony? Plus the need for additional water on L5 demonstrates poor management of resources so how is it better than living on Earth. Earth is our home if we take good care of it. There is no reason to have space stations with large numbers of people orbiting the Earth. Best when shown with a digital projector on a large screen.

L-5: The First City in Space.......2006-10-25

Sorry to all those overly-judgmental viewers who gave this movie negative marks, I thought this little film was stupendous. In fact, i liked it so much in 3D that I saw it every chance I got--In Wash D.C., at Kennedy Space Center (at least four times there), and at Johnson Space Center. I'm a space junkie who will never get the chance to go out there. L-5 is the next best thing, with an upclose look at Saturn's rings and the inside of a habitable space station. I crawled inside and lived there for the 35 minutes or so of the film. I only wish I could get it in 3D for my home. A future remake?

Do not buy this DVD.......2006-01-18

This movie is a low budget production. The special effects are low grade, ( even for 1996 ) and its plot is poor.
The acting is just as bad.
At just 35 minutes long, you cannot even get into the story.
It may have been good on an IMAX screen, but on a DVD, it just doesn't work.

Stay away from this one and save your money. Even for a kids movie, it's not worth it.

A Major Step Forward for Space Awareness.......2005-09-27

The following is from my Xanga site AeroGo, which gives helpful info to students and others interested in going into the aerospace field:

I don't try too hard to turn my kids into space cadets, but when this film came out I took all but the youngest to go see it, way down at Moody Gardens in Galveston.

For those familiar with Gerard O'Neill's concepts for space colonies, much of it will be familiar, but the film is well-scripted and the graphics are great, especially in 3D if you can find it. Apparently a lot of the graphics were from veteran space artist Pat Rawlings, and quite good, but my favorite is a scene of Saturn and rings, from its moon Enceladus, created by Fujitsu. I wonder if there's a poster of that somewhere.

There's a dramatic part of the film where the hero lands on a comet, which in 3-D looks pretty harrowing, with chunks of ice and snow floating all over and hitting everything. Of course, with the results from the recent Deep Impact mission, scientists now think comets may be more like puffballs or "dirty dustballs" or even "brittle sponges" than "dirty snowballs" with large ice chunks, though water and organic molecules were found on Tempel I. Nevertheless, the film was a huge step forward for promoting space awareness; I'm just sad to say there's still nothing else like it.

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Classic Cheese
I don't understand...
What A Mess...slow and pedantic
What am I watching again?
Definitely NOT "Singin' in the Rain" - Somebody killed her robot!

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Starring: Farrah Fawcett , Kirk Douglas , Harvey Keitel , Christopher Muncke , and Douglas Lambert
Director: John Barry (III) , and Stanley Donen
Manufacturer: Geneon [Pioneer]
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Release Date: 1999-08-31

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Two lovers stationed at a remote base in the asteroid fields of Saturn are intruded upon by a retentive technocrat from Earth and a malevolent 8-ft robot. A film full of deep space terror and twisted love, in a man-made Garden of Eden. Kirk Douglas, Farrah Fawcett, Harvey Keitel

Customer Reviews:

Classic Cheese.......2007-03-15

I remember going to the theater to see this rotten movie. Now, years later it's like aged cheese. One of the cheesiest movies ever made. But made with real cheese! Dumb movie and you can't beat the price!

I don't understand..........2007-02-03

Saturn 3, while certainly not the best of films, does not deserve all of the bashing it gets. This film is sort of a "Fatal Attraction" meets the "Terminator" even though Saturn 3 was released years prior.
I really enjoyed this film. The "atmosphere" of the movie was very convincing and almost literally transports the viewer to the third moon of Saturn.
Yes, the movie has it's flaws. Farrah Fawcett is a terrible actress. She always was. But, then again, this '70s icon was never chosen for roles because of her acting ability, which, unfortunately, seems to be so commonplace in Hollywood.
Harvey Keitel, one of my favorite actors, does seem to give a very wooden performance, but that is probably due to the fact that the director did not like his Brooklyn accent and had all of his lines dubbed in by a British actor. Also, I think his character was meant to be dead-pan and wooden to reflect the current socialogical aspects of Earth's society (apparently, Earth is an overcrowded and socially bankrupt planet, much like it is today!).
The special effects are subpar when compared to similar sci-fi flicks of that time, but that is part of its charm. The effects, while slightly substandard, are still very eye-catching.
The story itself if very original. The idea of a robot becoming sexually obsessed with a woman just like his master and unable to fulfill his unnatural desires is executed in a logical and suspenseful way. The set design and costumes are also well done. The robot Hector, though, does seem to be designed rather oddly. That is probably due to the fact that a suit had to be built that could house a rather large-framed actor inside of it.
All in all, Saturn 3 is worth a look. Fans of sci-fi and thrillers should find this to be an excellent escape. I, for one, am glad to see that this movie is still around and available for purchase.

What A Mess...slow and pedantic.......2006-10-17

Firstly I am the a great Farrah fan...and am trying to complete my collection of ALL her work. So that is the only reason for purchasing this drivel. What a dissapointment this is... filmed at the height of the Sci Fi craze; Star Wars, Alien which it resembles at times but without the tension and fear...the story is slow and pedantic. The premise is not bad (two scientists working on a remote planet to save the world's food shortage peaceful existance is shattered by the arrival of a killer and his pyschotic robot) but there is no build up or character development at all. Harvey Keitel and Kirk Douglas are capable actors but one wouldnt say so from this drivel (Keitels voice is dubbed to add insult to injury) and Farrah...well...there is no hint here of the excellent character actress she would later become...but to be fair maybe she was only as good as the material she was given.

What am I watching again?.......2006-03-10

Ultimately this film doesn’t make much sense. Overall the movie just went from situation to situation without properly setting up the audience as to why everything is happening the way it is. The story lacks a lot of details and is executed in just that fashion. While the sets, the actors and even sound effects did well in their roles there wasn’t a good foundation to put them on. All in all the script needed a major rewrite. Only then would the better aspects of the movie shine better in my opinion.

Saturn 3 has plot holes galore. First off you have a psycho captain who apparently is willing to kill to get some new robot to a backwater science station that nobody wants to really visit in the first place. Why? I have no idea. The movie never established the reason for that. Saturn 3 is apparently a science lab of some sort trying to find alternate forms of food for Earth. Why is a station that seems so important to Earth’s well being given little regard? Why is there only two people working there for that matter? Again I am clueless as the movie never explains that either. All the two seem to do is frolic most of the time anyway. No wonder Earth is pissed at not getting results from them.

The scenes range from interesting to just really ticking me off. One thing I really hate in movies is when they make a point to kill a family dog or cat or whatever. Don’t mess with the pets! That’s a surefire way of losing my good nature towards a movie. If only a dead dog was the only reason I can’t recommend Saturn 3. Aside from the questions I mentioned before that were left unanswered or just don’t make sense most of the scenes seemed more like a high school love triangle than anything else. Lots of dialog about the new guy wanting the girl, but the girl wants the old guy and the old guy feels all threatened by the new guy. Is this a science fiction movie of an after school special?

If you can get beyond the terrible script and pointless scenes you will catch a few good things about Saturn 3 like Hector, the killer robot. Hector is an interesting design, and it is always neat to see cool robots. There is one scene where Captain Benson is having a conversation Hector and Hector reveals some interesting things that explain why the robot goes on a killing spree. That’s just about the only scene that intelligently moves the plot along. Also the sets are nice and colorful without being loud. The acting is well done too. I especially liked Harvey Keitel’s performance. Kurt Russel is good like he always is, and Farrah Fawcett is… well… Farrah. About the only thing that will bring in the Farrah fans is the fact she goes topless a few times on this movie.

Saturn 3 needed a major script overhaul. If a different script was used (which means scenes were changed or cut out completely) this movie could have been something a lot better than it was. As it stands this film is mediocre at best, which is a shame since everything else was pretty good. If you are crazy about robots then see Saturn 3 just to see Hector assembled and going into action. I don’t see much camp value in this movie so the rest of you I dunno…

Definitely NOT "Singin' in the Rain" - Somebody killed her robot!.......2005-08-10

I remember thumbing through OMNI Magazine (remember it?) circa 1979 and looking at cool sci-fi stills from SATURN 3 - but alas, since it was Rated R at the time, I couldn't go - but now, thanks to the miracle of DVD, I can finally sit down and watch it in all its..er..um...glory. This is simply awful. Dreadful. Abysmal. I mean, really, you watch the screen in disbelief and think: STANLEY DONEN directed this? Famed UK novelist MARTIN AMIS wrote this? Legendary composer ELMER BERNSTEIN scored this? KIRK DOUGLAS and HARVEY KEITEL appear in this? The mind boggles. FARRAH is, well, Farrah - certainly no worse than SOMEBODY KILLED HER HUSBAND, but not as good as her cameo in LOGAN'S RUN, a much, much better sci-fi flick. I give this DVD two stars only for the rather innovative production design (other reviewers have pointed out how THE MATRIX ripped-off the "port" concept, and JAMES CAMERON obviously stole whole sequences for this later sci-fi actioners), but the film as a whole is trite, dull, flat, and finally, ridiculous. And don't get me started on the amateurish, shoddy SPX - hard to believe this movie came out two years AFTER "Star Wars" - and a year after "Alien"?! Hello?! Utterly fake, the effects look more like shoestring SFX from '50s/'60s industrial films. Not scary at all, it's more kitsch and campy, so worth a peek or a rental at the very least. And tossing in the original trailer is fun to watch all over again.

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OK, but not as good as "Space Station"
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OK, but not as good as "Space Station".......2006-11-14

IMAX movies always lose much of their visual impact on the small screen. The better IMAX DVDs make up for this with more substance: "Space Station", for instance, includes an extensive documentary and an informal video tour of the station by the astronauts themselves. Unfortunately "Mission to Mir" offers nothing along these lines (the brief "behind the scenes" feature is really just an