I fell so hard for Bruce Dern in that film. It's one of my favorites too, and I agree it's held up well.
Huey, Dewey, and Louie clearly served as prototypes for R2-D2. Ah, that's one of my favourites! I remember being in tears first time I saw it. But I was only 12 so that's OK. Those little robots are so cute and with Joan Baez's soundtrack and it's good eco-message it all left quite an impression, and it gets more valid as time goes by. It was on recently actually, still very good and not as dated as you'd think, the lack of CGI improves it greatly I think, but they wouldn't make a slow film like that now. Or one without any women I bet. ---In [email protected], <turquoiseb@...> wrote : From: salyavin808 <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2014 8:35 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Cosmic cherry tree mystery The plants on the moon are taking off next year: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/nasa-to-grow-plants-on-the-moon-by-2015-if-they-can-thrive-we-probably-can-too-8972642.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/nasa-to-grow-plants-on-the-moon-by-2015-if-they-can-thrive-we-probably-can-too-8972642.html The trees in space is one of many from the NASA site, I chose it coz of similarites but there are loads of experiments going on or planned. "Plants in space" reminds me of one of the most underappreciated SciFi movies ever, Douglas Trumbull's "Silent Running." The basic plot is that there are greenhouses in space, which now contain basically the only forests left from Earth. The astronaut running one complex of greenhouses (Bruce Dern) is ordered to destroy it all, and can't bring himself to do it. Cinematography (stunning) and special effects (minimal, given the pre-CGI times) are great, and what one would expect from the person who designed visual effects for "2001," "Blade Runner" and "Close Encounters." The movie has been referred to as the first ecology film ever made. Very dated, given its 1972 debut, but still cool, especially because of the three robots, Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Silent Running Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TckJBvl_uT0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TckJBvl_uT0 Silent Running Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TckJBvl_uT0 View on www.youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TckJBvl_uT0 Preview by Yahoo
