Dark Star

[Kevin Sommers]

> 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.
"This is your Captain speaking: your Captain is dead!"
Yes, a most excellent movie, filled with some of the cleverest, driest humor
I've seen.
Three thumbs up!


Kevin Sommers
 
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