![]() ![]() ![]() With seconds left until detonation, the bomb agrees to suspend its countdown for the moment while it ponders Doolittle's ideas. Doolittle space walks out to have a philosophical conversation with the bomb, but accidentally teaches it Cartesian doubt. Doolittle revives Powell, who advises him to teach the bomb phenomenology. This time the crew cannot convince the bomb to stand down. Once again, the computer is able to convince the bomb to return to the bomb bay, which the bomb again reluctantly does, but not before warning, "This is the last time." An accident with a laser while the ship's crew is preparing for a real bomb run causes mayhem, seriously damages the ship's computer, and damages the bomb-dropping mechanism, causing Bomb #20 to become stuck in the bomb bay while counting down to detonation. Subsequently, Pinback's alien activates the bomb circuits while loose from the storage room, causing Bomb #20 to again emerge from the bomb bay. Thermostellar Bomb #20 receives an erroneous order to deploy, but the ship's computer talks it back into the bomb bay, which it reluctantly does. He claims to really be Bill Froug and says that the real Pinback committed suicide prior to the mission, and he inadvertently took Pinback's place.Įn route to their next target in the Veil Nebula, the Dark Star is hit by electromagnetic energy during a space storm, resulting in another on-board malfunction. After it attempts to push him down an elevator shaft, he eventually accidentally kills it with a tranquilizer gun (which pops the alien like a balloon). Pinback plays practical jokes, maintains a video diary, and has adopted a ship's mascot in the form of a mischievous " beach ball"-like alien who refuses to stay in a storage room. The tedium of their work has driven the crew of Pinback, Boiler, and Talby "around the bend", so they have created distractions for themselves. Lieutenant Doolittle, a former surfer from Malibu, has taken over as commander. ![]() Commanding officer Powell has died in one such event (he is electrocuted by his malfunctioning chair), but remains aboard in cryogenic suspension. Twenty years into its mission (the crew only aging three years in that time), the Dark Star has aged and suffers frequent malfunctions of most systems. Armed with artificially intelligent Thermostellar Triggering Devices, which can talk and reason, the scout ship Dark Star searches for "unstable planets" which might threaten future colonization. In the mid-22nd century, mankind has begun to colonize interstellar space. It was the feature debut for O'Bannon, who also served as editor, production designer, and visual effects supervisor, and appeared as Sergeant Pinback. O'Bannon collaborated with home video distributor VCI in the production of releases on VHS, LaserDisc, DVD, and eventually Blu-ray.ĭark Star was Carpenter's feature directorial debut he also scored the film. The home video revolution of the early 1980s helped the movie achieve " cult classic" status. While initially unsuccessful with audiences, it was relatively well received by critics, and continued to be shown in theaters as late as 1980. Its final budget is estimated at $60,000. It follows the crew of the deteriorating starship Dark Star, twenty years into their mission to destroy unstable planets that might threaten future colonization of other planets.īeginning as a University of Southern California student film produced from 1970 to 1972, it was gradually expanded to feature-length until it appeared at Filmex in 1974, and subsequently received a limited theatrical release in 1975. Dark Star is a 1974 American science fiction comedy film directed and produced by John Carpenter and co-written with Dan O'Bannon.
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