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In lugnet.space, Duane Hess writes:
> This is somewhat off-topic for this group, but it is space related.
>
> I went to see Mission to Mars last night and found it to be one of the worst
> movies I've seen in a LONG time.
Pity it looked really cool.
> The story line was generic and predictable.
> The dialogue was cheesy. Even more so than Starship Troopers.
Now I thought that was a good (definately not the greatest, but a good) moive.
hmmm...
> There were
> several EVA scenes where the characters weren't tethered to the ship, even
> though they were in orbit around Mars with no hope of a rescue should anything
> happen.
Well it is a movie.
> The final straw for me was also an EVA rescue scene. One character had run his
> pack out of fuel and managed to turn himself into a Martian Satellite. The
> rescuing character, after expending half of her fuel trying to reach him, was
> commanded to stop at about the midway point otherwise she wouldn't have enough
> fuel to get back to the ship. This bothered me very much, because it would
> have taken the same amount of fuel to reach the victim and turn around as it
> would have to stop midway and turn around. The only difference being the
> ammount of time that a person would have to wait.
I hate when the story contradicts itself like that. Newer Star Trek does that
all the time.
>
> In short, save your money on this one. I sure wish I had my $8 back.
>
> -Duane
You pay $8 to see a movie!? I pay $5 and that includes drink and popcorn.
-Lord Insanity
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