Bud Brewster
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~ Just how accurate is the science in science fiction? Read the discussion about that by clicking on the thread at the link below.
~ Did Altair 4 have oceans and jungles and ice caps? Take a ganger at the thread devoted to that subject by clicking on the link inthe second post.
~ Was Moon Zero Two as good as the poster made it look? Read the discussion on the thread which the third post is from.
But please don't just read All Sci-Fi's wonderful posts! They're discussions — not Blogs. They need replies, feedback, opinions, compliments, and politely worded criticisms! 
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Just How Accurate Are Science Fictional Space Battles?
You know what I really hate?
I hate the way they play all that music out in space!
I'm sitting there in the theater, trying to enjoy the battle around the Death Star in Star Wars, and the filmmakers insult my intelligence by letting the London Philharmonic Orchestra blast out that rousing soundtrack, even though we all know there's no air in space!
How are those musician supposed to blow those woodwinds and brass instruments if they're in a freakin' vacuum? Huh? Explain that one to me, please! 
I mean, dammit, sometimes the music is so loud it drowns out the explosions!
When are those Hollywood idiots going to realize you can't have music in space because there's . . . no . . . air!  ____________________________________________________________________
Forbidden Planet (1956)
| Krel wrote: | Jerry Farman's line about the landing coordinates being "way out there in the desert", would seem to indicate that Altair IV was not all desert. Altair IV is an alien planet, there is no reason it couldn't have other environments while not look like Earth.
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Actually, Jerry's line is "It's right back there in the desert," meaning they had just gone past the spot, I guess.
However, you're right, the other environments can be very different and not look like Earth -- but if these environments don't have what the Earth animals need, they can't live there. And what they need is edible vegetation and fresh water -- which tends to give the land a lovely green and blue motif, regardless of what planet it's on. 
I wish I could believe that the other hemisphere was all green and watery, but it sure doesn't look that way on the side we can see.
I mean, sure, it looks nice and blue during the initial approach —
— but when they make their close orbit we see an awful lot of pale landscape down there. I'm not seeing anything that resembles a small sea, much less an ocean. And during these scenes, the ship is moving pretty fast and we see more of the surface than we would in the kind of shots we've seen from the space shuttle.
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Moon Zero Two (1969 England)
Don't be mislead by the wonderful art on this poster. There aren't any cool rockets like this in the movie. But it's still kinda fun.
"2001: A Space Odyssey" made science fiction fashionable in the late 1960s, so Hammer Studios decided to produce one, choosing a less cerebral premise. Set in the year 2121, space has become the new Old West. The Moon is like the Nevada territory in the 1800s, with mines and miners and a heap-a-trouble over who's staked a claim in which areas.
James Olson plays a pilot-for-hire who transports a large sapphire to the Moon. He aids Catherine Schell in a search for her lost brother, and naturally he has to shoot it out with the bad guys.
Sad to say, the public didn't embrace this old-fashioned view of space, despite its good direction by Roy Ward Baker ("Five Million Years to Earth") and an interesting script by Michael Carreras (producer of "One Million Years B.C." and producer-director of 1968's "The Lost Continent").
The good news, pardners, is that there's a mighty fine double-feature DVD available of this here space Western adventure, available right across the street at old man Simpson's General Store — or you can order it by mail and let that Wells Fargo wagon bring it to ya'.
Better yet, clink on this here link and get it from them nice folks at Amazon!
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