gagnonrich opened this issue on May 10, 2006 ยท 71 posts
Jimdoria posted Fri, 12 May 2006 at 3:14 PM
Never saw Starlost. Was it a UK or a US show? Did Harlan Ellison write it? I seem to remember that name in connection with his, somehow.
OMG DIOLMA! Pedantic?! Just a bit! "Space ship" vs "space construction" is really splitting hairs. Especially since just about anything in space MUST have some cabability to maneuver. Even orbiting stations would need attitude jets to make minor course corrections and keep from eventually de-orbiting due to atmospheric drag. Remember Skylab? (Pedants in da house! Woo hoo!)
I remember Silent Running too. I saw it as an adult back in the 90s. Great movie, great concept, and the sensibility was just about 180 degrees from modern day science fiction. (The hero of the movie is an ENVIRONMENTALIST? He feels REMORSE and GUILT over killing? He HUGS a ROBOT?! Who are they going to get to play him in the remake - The Rock?)
Does anyone remember Dark Star? Didn't that also involve a gigantic ship?