worst space movie?

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 00:30:20 GMT, "bob"
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This set me to wondering: what ranks as the most unrealistic space movie? To
qualify, it has to have some pretense of realism (this excludes Star Wars
etc) votes anyone?

"Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land", maybe.

Brian

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On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 00:30:20 GMT, "bob"
wrote:

This set me to wondering: what ranks as the most unrealistic space movie?
To
qualify, it has to have some pretense of realism (this excludes Star Wars
etc) votes anyone?

"Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land", maybe.

Was that the one where a plane ended up in orbit and followed a shuttle down
in order to use it as a "heat shield"? I actually gagged on my drink when I
heard that while watching the movie. I guess they writers didn't understand
what a heat shield actually does.....

Some say Armageddon was bad but I actually kinda liked it. It was so silly
and funny, right from the start, that I never took it seriously as a Sci-Fi
story. Just a comedy - drama.

uray

what ranks as the most unrealistic space movie? BRBR

Starflight is hard to beat, though "Earth II" took a shot at it, and the
preposterous premises of "Plymouth" and "Capricorn One" earn them a place in
the space doody pile.


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On 20 Sep 2003 02:35:17 GMT, (MattWriter) wrote:

what ranks as the most unrealistic space movie? BRBR

Starflight is hard to beat, though "Earth II" took a shot at it, and the
preposterous premises of "Plymouth" and "Capricorn One" earn them a place
in
the space doody pile.

Backup a second. There's actually something about Capricorn One that
I like. I can't say what, because it IS a bad movie, but it's one of
those bad movies that I enjoy.

Maybe because the governments screwed at the end?

uray

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what ranks as the most unrealistic space movie? BRBR

Starflight is hard to beat, though "Earth II" took a shot at it, and the
preposterous premises of "Plymouth"

"Crimson Bridge...isn't that the deep space station half-way to Mars?" (An
orbit which, of course, would make it ALMOST COMPLETELY USELESS for travel
between Earth and Mars). Still, it *did* have Smilin' Pete Conrad.
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On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 00:30:20 GMT, "bob"
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This set me to wondering: what ranks as the most unrealistic space movie? To
qualify, it has to have some pretense of realism

I'd have to think about it a while, but one that springs to mind as
being bad was one about Apollo 13 that was made many years ago.
Probably a TV movie, but I can't remember the name. Anyhow, it was
almost entirely about (fictional) personal problems in the lives of
flight controllers during the Apollo 13 crisis.

It was titled "Houston, We Have A Problem." It was execrable.

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I remember with some amusement the list of things wrong with Apollo 13
(sound in vacuum, arguing astronauts etc)

However, these seem like quibbles after a recent movie i caught the majority
of on TV, "Red Planet" or some such, with val kilmer i believe on a mission
to mars.

It could not seem to go 30 seconds without something happening that
absolutely shattered any pretense of being anything like what would be done
by anything resembling professional astronauts or a planned mission. And I
was cracking up over how many mars probes that were lying around to be
salvaged and used.

This set me to wondering: what ranks as the most unrealistic space movie? To
qualify, it has to have some pretense of realism (this excludes Star Wars
etc)
votes anyone?

Hmmm... that's hard to say. "Saturn 3" qualifies, I think. Bad movie
all around, except maybe for the score.

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This set me to wondering: what ranks as the most unrealistic space movie? To
qualify, it has to have some pretense of realism (this excludes Star Wars
etc)
votes anyone?

I've managed to avoid most of a TV movie called "Apollo 11" that seems
to bring in a lot of imaginary crises.
You can just imagine the discussion after "Apollo 13" came out.
"What can we do - Apollo 14 ?"
"Which was the first landing ?"
long pause
"Apollo 11"
"But nothing happened"
"So ?"

The end of "Max Q" probably qualifies, when they land on a freeway.
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On 20 Sep 2003 02:35:17 GMT, (MattWriter) wrote:

what ranks as the most unrealistic space movie? BRBR

Starflight is hard to beat, though "Earth II" took a shot at it, and the
preposterous premises of "Plymouth" and "Capricorn One" earn them a place in
the space doody pile.

...."Earth II" wasn't *that* bad - and I'm assuming you're referring to
the Gary Lockwood pilot that aired on NBC back in '71 or thereabouts.
The ratings on it weren't bad either, but NBC passed on a series over
costs on special effects and Lockwood's wanting more money for a
regular series.


OM

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On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 20:05:15 -0700, Eddie Valiant
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Backup a second. There's actually something about Capricorn One that
I like. I can't say what, because it IS a bad movie, but it's one of
those bad movies that I enjoy.

....It's OJ catching the pass on Mars. That's the only thing anyone
remembers about that damn pile of **** on celluloid as being any good.


OM

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