The directorial debut of horrormeister John Carpenter comes in the way of Dark Star a parody of Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, 2001--A Space Odyssey. The story follows four hippyish techno-nerds in their mission through deep space to destroy planets and ward off boredom and loneliness as they attempt to hold on to what little they can remember of Earth. When their weapons system malfunctions, they are forced to deal with a "smart" bomb trapped in the launching mechanism, and the acting captain must debate phenomenology ...
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The directorial debut of horrormeister John Carpenter comes in the way of Dark Star a parody of Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, 2001--A Space Odyssey. The story follows four hippyish techno-nerds in their mission through deep space to destroy planets and ward off boredom and loneliness as they attempt to hold on to what little they can remember of Earth. When their weapons system malfunctions, they are forced to deal with a "smart" bomb trapped in the launching mechanism, and the acting captain must debate phenomenology with the device in order to dissuade it from destroying them all. The film also features an imaginative and amusing struggle between one crew member and an inflatable alien he attempts to keep as a pet, a long reflection on the virtues of surfing, a series of personality struggles, and a cryogenically-frozen captain whose brain is preserved on computer for the purpose of consultation. Jeremy Beday, Rovi
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Alan Sheretz, Joe Saunders, Cookie Knapp, Nick Castle, John Carpenter, Adam Beckenbaugh, Cal Kuniholm, Brian Narelle, Dre... Very good. 1974 Run time: 83. Providing great media since 1972. All used discs are inspected and guaranteed. Digital copy/codes may be expired or not included. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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Sort of the epoch of Star Trek, simple effects, but incredibly funny. Looks like a satire to all-and-any(!) science fiction movies without specific reference.
Yes, there are long dialogues, but watch it twice and they are all in context. Brilliant.
Piece of art.
Btw. Dan O' Bannon (Pinback) was the creator of Alien (the movie).
mehaul
Feb 25, 2010
John Carpenter's First Effort
TITLE: Dark Star
GENRE: SciFi - far future terran
CAST: Brian, Dre, Cal and Dan
PLOT: In a take-off of Douglas Adams' beginning of "Hitchhikers Guide
to The Galaxy", Earth space command has crews out blowing planets out of the way in case they might... blow up! Our descendents don't seem to be very bright judging by to this crew. A good case against drug culture. This is John Carpenter's College project!.!.!
RETURN ON INVESTMENT: 3 of 10; redeeming values are ... well they used
what sets they had well. This is.. ah .. a .. lot of the dialoge. A painted giant beach ball/tomato runs loose through the ship with a mind of it's own. Chuckle.
DVD BONUS: It comes in a snap case?
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