$12.00
DARK STAR John Carpenter (1974); DVD
Cult/Sci-Fi/B-grade/Psychedelic/Comedy DVD, New
Three guys in space (plus their cryogenically-frozen “dead” commander) are tasked with destroying unstable planets so that the star systems they’re in can be safely colonized. Disaster strikes at the end of the film, but for the two “survivors,” it doesn’t mean much. In fact, the outcome seems like a pretty good thing to both of them! Along the way they must contend with an asteroid storm, a malfunctioning laser, a beach-ball Alien, and a malfunctioning bomb that enjoys phenomenological discourse and eventually concludes that it is God. Pack me another pipe and let’s watch it again…….