I think Event Horizon is better. Stronger cast, better set design and a great premise. The "We're leaving" line is epic.
The funny thing to me is that EH routinely gets trashed as a bad movie. I loved it and watch it every time I run across it on tv. I thought it was an effective sci-fi/horror movie. --- In [email protected], Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > So "Event Horizon" isn't the best comparison, but is a better overall movie? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "B Smith" <daikaij...@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 2:46:25 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Pandorum > > > > > > > Why did you think the premise was bad? The execution was bit uneven at times > and the accelerated evolution (aided by the serum and high radiation levels) > required a bit of suspension of belief but I enjoyed it. I loved the ship > design and the dirty, working machine feel of it. > > BTW the monsters were my least favorite part of it. I think the movie would > have been just as effective if the antagonists were pandorum stricken humans > gone cannibal like a certain character. > > Keith, > On the surface Event Horizon seems like a good comparison but there are no > supernatural elements in Pandorum. I think it could have been an even better > film but I liked the world building and the premise. > > --- In [email protected] , Omari Confer <clockworkman@> wrote: > > > > The movie was kinda bad...real talk. Decent actors, bad premise...mediocre > > execution. > > > > Us sci fi nerds like to dissect all the cool stuff form our favorite genre > > but its all about the total execution. > > > > There was one surprise near the end that made it not a complete waste but > > those native ship monsters were sad. > > > > The synopsis above sounds like a good movie....when is it coming out..lol > > > > c w m > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Keith Johnson > > <KeithBJohnson@>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I've heard mixed views, but never a good synopsis, thanks. What you > > > presented made it sound like a great premise. I love the idea of > > > hypersleep > > > causing such problems. I may check it out. How does it compare to another > > > scifi film I really love, "Event Horizon"? I know that latter is much > > > more > > > of a horror-focused scifi film. > > > > > > As for hypersleep, I remember reading a book by Orson Scott Card > > > ("Ender's > > > Game", among many others). It postulated a fascinating world in which > > > people > > > who were deemed absolutely critical to humanity (great politicians, > > > wealthy > > > financiers, brilliant scientists, etc.) would "skip" generations. A > > > person > > > of sufficient means would live among humanity for a few years, doing > > > whatever he or she did for a living. Then, that person would go into > > > suspended animation for a time. As an example, Steve Jobs might run Apple > > > for three years, set its future course, then go into suspended animation > > > for > > > twenty or thirty years. He'd wake up, get the lay of the land, do some > > > more > > > work, then back into the routine. If you think about it, it's a cool way > > > to > > > be granted a sort of immortality, as you can skip across the centuries, > > > experiencing and influencing human development. > > > The only problem is that the sleeper's mind is "bubbled" into a storage > > > device before the body is put under. If something happened to that > > > device, > > > the sleeper would be rendered little more than a body with no mind, akin > > > to > > > a newborn babe, albeit in an adult's body. In one story, that very thing > > > happens with a colony ship to another planet. There's an accident, all > > > the > > > crew's bubbles are destroyed, and the one guy who was awake is left with > > > trying to retrain and re-educate all the now completely blank people. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "B Smith" <daikaiju66@> > > > To: [email protected] > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 12:52:40 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > > > Subject: [scifinoir2] Pandorum > > > > > > > > > > > > Has anyone seen this movie? I was pleasantly surprised. Don't get me > > > wrong > > > it's not great but it was interesting and pretty well executed. > > > > > > Long story short: An Earthlike exoplanet called Tanis is discovered in > > > the > > > early 21st century. A probe using an advanced drive is sent there, finds > > > that it's very, very Earthlike and can support life. > > > > > > 22nd century Earth is massively overpopulated, resources are dwindling, > > > etc. A generation ship called the Elysium is built by all nations and > > > 60,000 > > > volunteers set off for Tanis. The journey will take 123 years so multiple > > > crews rotate in two year shifts and go into hypersleep the rest of the > > > time. > > > > > > Hypersleep is a tough process and people wake up with memory loss, mild > > > sickness, etc. Some folks develop a severe type of sickness called > > > pandorum. > > > Another deep space Earth ship suffered a massive disaster when a pandorum > > > affected crew member jettisoned all of the ship's hyperspace modules, > > > killed > > > the remaining crew and then himself. > > > > > > A crewman on the Elysium wakes up out of hypersleep for his 2 year shift. > > > He's out of it, doesn't remember his name, etc. He reads his name off his > > > sleep pod and begins to remember that he is ship's engineer Bower. A > > > second > > > crewman, Lt. Payton, awakens and they realize that they are the only > > > people > > > from their shift that are awake. The power is down and they are cutoff > > > from > > > the rest of ship. The reactor is out of synch and needs to be repaired > > > before the ship's power can be restored. Bower grabs some tools and sets > > > off > > > to restore the power. > > > > > > Then the fun begins. > > > > > > I was surprised at how much I liked the movie. There were a few things > > > that > > > strained logic but it's a fun, scary movie with a healthy dose of > > > semihard > > > sci fi. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > READ MY BLOG > > http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com > > STRING THEORY > > http://stringtheory.podbean.com > > >
