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Name this film.
Just been trying to remember a film title, but all I remember is the vague description.
It's about a space mission to a planet that astronomers have found orbits directly opposite the sun to Earth.
The maned mission goes to the planet and he finds that it is a complete mirror image of our Earth right down to the same people.
I distinctly remember him hooking up to the life support system in the ship that plugged tubes into his wrist.
Anyone remember what it's called?
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It's about a space mission to a planet that astronomers have found orbits directly opposite the sun to Earth.
The maned mission goes to the planet and he finds that it is a complete mirror image of our Earth right down to the same people.
I distinctly remember him hooking up to the life support system in the ship that plugged tubes into his wrist.
Anyone remember what it's called?
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I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
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I don't think this has to do with Oolite.
Could you please use the Outworld forum on this board for topics which have nothing to do with Oolite? Thank you.
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I think I will name it 'The Other Earth'. Ok, what do I win?
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Apologies. Posted in the wrong place.
That is the film I was thinking of too.
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That is the film I was thinking of too.
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Since they already knew the other planet was there, I take it it cannot be the film I saw where the astronaut(s?) is treated like a criminal and accused of having turned back once he (they) was a ¼ of the way round the sun.
In the one I saw, the atronaut(s) worked out that there must be this mirror-image world, but nobody would believe him (them).
In the one I saw, the atronaut(s) worked out that there must be this mirror-image world, but nobody would believe him (them).
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I thought it was "Journey to the Far Side of the Sun" - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064519/
... it was indeed Doppelgänger!
... it was indeed Doppelgänger!
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Never heard of it. But it sounds interesting. Is it worth hunting down a copy? I've been picking up some old scifi movies lately. My favs are the '70s "hippys in space" movies like Silent Running and Dark Star. You can keep your Avatar
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I remember it being pretty good, but it is a Gerry Anderson live action so it might be a bit odd and my child brain may have overlook lots of crap.
The usual Anderson models will be obvious. I'm still gonna watch it again if I can track down a copy.
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The usual Anderson models will be obvious. I'm still gonna watch it again if I can track down a copy.
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I recommend getting a German-dub version of Dark Star (same title as in English, sometimes "Dark Star - Finsterer Stern") , no matter if you won't understand a single word of it, just to listen to the ship's computer. The German voice-actress is mostly unheard-of, but she pulled this one off so nicely, I never heard a more ship-computer voice. Always the same calm, smooth, well-articulating, toneless-tone voice, no matter what.Azathoth wrote:Never heard of it. But it sounds interesting. Is it worth hunting down a copy? I've been picking up some old scifi movies lately. My favs are the '70s "hippys in space" movies like Silent Running and Dark Star. You can keep your Avatar
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If you are into odd olden SF films, looking through my EPG (http://www.tvbrowser.org) for what would be up that night on the telly, I recently stumbled across : a 1966 SF film with Jerry Lewis in the lead ? What ? WTF ?
I can't stand Jerry Lewis' early films (with Dean Martin), so I was very sceptical but then found myself being entertained to the max by Way ... Way Out.
J.L: is doing almost no grimassing, the little there is I felt it may have been done only to not totally repel his fans who may have gone to the theatre for exactly that.
"Way ... Way Out" = Earth' moon, and future=1986.
Be warned that this film portrays most idiotic male/female role ideas, but it may actually be watched as commenting on these roles / ideas / morals.
Technically it was done in Hayes-Code-times (also in Cold-War-times), but grossly violates it and makes fun of it, even using those "morals" as plot-device (no un-married male and female sleeping under the same roof, here : space station).
There is an article in the Wikipedia, but the plot description there is, hm, not (yet) perfect, and it does not make understand how wonderfully rescpectless the movie is - no more American Space Heroes (tm), astronauts may be lamers, suffer vertigo or claustrophobia, are womanisers, sexually obsessed pervs, beat each other up, will fraternise with the enemy at first opportunity, have orgies, etc. etc. . And US Airforce Generals may be maximum incompetence ignorant morons - it all made me think that had this fim be made in McCarthy era, we probably would not ever have heard anything again from anyone involved in this film.
Oh, the film is mostly filmed like a stage-piece, but some few "outdoors"-scenes with ever so adorable FX - well, at least they tried, even to have low-gravity-action-scenes (another brawl).
Probably best be watched in a crowd, with at least one bottle of Vodka handy.
Oh, PS - I am not sure if the thingy in the opening credits qualifies as a pad-computer ? Would have been before StarTrek had one.
and PS-2 : Robert Morley plays the head of "WASA".
Now that is an awesome article for being about an old SF film. Nice!El Viejo wrote:
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That is often the case. You remember a movie from when you're 10 and think its the bee's knees, but when you see it again 30 years later its ****(not very good). I still remember watching "The Black Hole" as a kid and thinking its great. Never seen it since, should I risk it?maaarcooose wrote:I remember it being pretty good, but it is a Gerry Anderson live action so it might be a bit odd and my child brain may have overlook lots of crap.
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Funny you should say that. My Cobra's onboard computer is set to Female German voice. For no reason other than I like the sound of it.snork wrote:I recommend getting a German-dub version of Dark Star (same title as in English, sometimes "Dark Star - Finsterer Stern") , no matter if you won't understand a single word of it, just to listen to the ship's computer. The German voice-actress is mostly unheard-of, but she pulled this one off so nicely, I never heard a more ship-computer voice. Always the same calm, smooth, well-articulating, toneless-tone voice, no matter what.Azathoth wrote:Never heard of it. But it sounds interesting. Is it worth hunting down a copy? I've been picking up some old scifi movies lately. My favs are the '70s "hippys in space" movies like Silent Running and Dark Star. You can keep your Avatar
The only German I know comes from '80s Commando comicbooks
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It's a long time since I watched it, too, but I guess I'd find Maximilian still scary. Whether the rest would hold up, I'm not so sure.Azathoth wrote:I still remember watching "The Black Hole" as a kid and thinking its great. Never seen it since, should I risk it?
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The Black Hole is still worth a watch. I think it holds up despite having Ernest Bornine in it.
For me it's the music that makes it epic.
Visually pretty good as well.
I watched it fairly recently and found more depth not just crap effects.
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For me it's the music that makes it epic.
Visually pretty good as well.
I watched it fairly recently and found more depth not just crap effects.
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Sorry to enthuse about it further, but that first proper shot of The Signus hanging in front of the black hole with that haunting theme is just epic.
Where my DVD copy?
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Where my DVD copy?
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