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scotpens
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 Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:13 pm Post subject: Re: Dark Star (1974) |
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| Bud Brewster wrote: | | The plot of this sci-fi black comedy involves the crew of a small starship whose mission is to cruise the galaxy in search of unstable stars, which they blow up with nuclear devices (a questionable concept, to say the least. Blow up a star because it's going to blow up? Okay, but . . . well, never mind). |
They were destroying unstable planets, actually. Early in the film, the ship's computer announces (in a breathy, sexy female voice): "The target planet has been destroyed. This sector is now cleared for colonization."
Presumably that means an unstable planet is a potential danger to other planets in its own solar system and beyond. Still doesn't make a whole lot of sense . . . |
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Bud Brewster
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| Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2024 12:39 pm Post subject: |
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Ah-ha! Thanks for the correction. The concept makes more sense than I thought.
Here's the 110 minute documentary about the making of Dark Star. I've ony watched the opening, but it seems to be clever. Perhaps I'll like it better then the movie itself. 
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_____ Let There Be Light The Odyssey of Dark Star
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Maurice
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| Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2024 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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I wish I had seen the original short film version of this. IIRC the feature-length version felt padded...which it was.
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