OFF: Dark Star

[Bill Bradley]

> Has anyone ever seen the film 'Dark Star'? It's like a Hawkwind number
> turned into a film! Great fun. There was this freakish scene where one
> of the ship members was having a conversation with the cryogenically
> frozen captain!
>
> "AM PROGRAMMED TO DETONATE IN 9 MINUTES. DETONATION WILL OCCUR AT THE
> PROGRAMMED TIME" -  the talking thermostellar bomb that couldn't detach
> from the ship. Crewmembers are trying to talk it into disarming itself
>
> Directed by John Carpenter. It was a film he did originally in college
> then received a small, small budget to expand it into a showable
> production.

        And don't forget Dan O'Bannon, of Alien, Heavy Metal, Screamers,
and Total Recall as Pinback.  He co-wrote the movie with Carpenter when they
were in film school.

        Bill