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The Spaceshipper 🚀@thespaceshipper.bsky.social |
John Carpenter's Dark Star premiered FIFTY years ago today. It was the start of a career for John Carpenter, but also for Dan O'Bannon, who would go on to work on Jodorowsky's unproduced Dune before co-creating Alien.
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Dave Palmer
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When I saw Dark Star I just assumed it was a satire inspired by Alien. I was very surprised to learn it was made first!
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Scott M. Fulton, III
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This movie was made for something like $3.58. What's shocking is that, the story is good. The fact that there are no female roles, and that the men are all anti-heroes, are key to the story. And the story is more of an inflated irony, but it all works out. It stuck in my mind. ("Benson, Arizona...")
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@slunggo.bsky.social
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Beware the alien beach ball!
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