In the days before Yuri orbited the World, or Neil bounced on the Moon, or Spirit and Opportunity rovered across Mars, everyone wondered what if? Werner and Chesley painted wondrous images of places and machines yet to be built. This film comes from this era. The scenes on orbit (Earth) of the wheel and the spaceship evoke a true sense of childlike wonder, and while the Greek tragedy of the father and son is a little silly, the depictions of the technology and landscape are very good for their time. Ironically this film with its primitive effects is more scientifically accurate and visually compelling than modern space operas.
One critic said that it was ahead of its time but behind ours, I'd like to remind the writer of those words that in CoS, they walk on Mars in 1980...we'll be lucky if get there by 2020, looks like we're at least 40 years behind.
One critic said that it was ahead of its time but behind ours, I'd like to remind the writer of those words that in CoS, they walk on Mars in 1980...we'll be lucky if get there by 2020, looks like we're at least 40 years behind.
