Thursday, April 8, 2010

Movies

Project Moonbase (1958) Co-written by Robert Heinlein, a tale of the year 1970 when Enemies of Freedom are plotting to destroy the US Space Force space station. Their scheme goes awry, and a survey mission intended to photograph the far side of the moon is forced to make the first lunar landing. Makes a good attempt at gender equity considering the time it was written, though even the female top space pilot can be brought in line with the threat of a good spanking. Corrugated fibreglass panels must have seemed the material of tomorrow as they are used for the walls in all the spacecraft. Also a nice effort to depict weightless life in the space station by showing people walking on walls and ceilings using magnetic boots. Overall more of a TV show look to it, due to bright overhead studio lighting, but I'd call it a pretty good try. 7/10