![]() ![]() Either that, or all the work around the radioactive material causes them to get sick after 3 years. It looks like the lifespan of a clone is around 3 years, which is why they are made to believe that they are on a 3-year mission. While the original Sam might have started his work on the Moon, he is never seen in the movie. Lunar Industries is basically evil and instead of training more astronauts and sending one over every 3 years, they simply have a cloning unit on the Moon. commercial director this is his debut feature.I’ll cut straight to the chase. ![]() Easy to understand if you know his father is David Bowie, which rhymes with Zoe, not Howie. Note : The film's capable director, Duncan Jones, was born Duncan Zowie Heywood Jones. This laptop I'm using is patient and can wait. How real are our emotions, anyway? How real are we? Someday I will die. Campbell Jr., the godmother of this genre, would have approved. "Moon" is a superior example of that threatened genre, hard science-fiction, which is often about the interface between humans and alien intelligence of one kind of or other, including digital. What kind of a man would volunteer for this duty? What kind of a corporation would ask him to? We, and he, find out. It even appears that a new man may have entered the orbits of his wife and daughter. Space is a cold and lonely place, pitiless and indifferent, as Bruce Dern's character grimly realized in Douglas Trumbull's classic " Silent Running." At least he had the consolation that he was living with Earth's last vegetation. All Sam knows is that he's past his shelf date, and ready to be recycled back to Earth. Gerty seems harmless and friendly, but you never know with these digital devils. ![]() Sam is all on his own, except for Gerty, whose voice by Kevin Spacey suggests he was programmed by the same voice synthesizers used for HAL. The "2001" vessel dealt with the physical challenges with its centrifuge. In an age when our space and distance boundaries are being pushed way beyond the human comfort zone, how do we deal with the challenges of space in real time? In lower gravity, how do our bodies deal with loss of bone and muscle mass? How do our minds deal with long periods of isolation? I want to take a step back and discuss some underlying matters in the film. A spoiler warning would mean secrets are revealed - and you'd look, wouldn't you, no matter what you say? He's injured and awakens in the station's medical facility. One day he's outside checking up on something, and his lunar rover smashes up. Sam doesn't do any actual mining, but his human hands and brain are needed for repairs, maintenance and inspection. Sam communicates frequently with the home office. The station is large and well-appointed, has entertainment resources and adequate supplies. My guess is, the station is on the far side because you don't want to go gazing at the Man in the Moon some night and see a big zit on his nose. The station is largely automated it processes lunar rock to extract Helium-3, used to provide Earth with pollution-free power from nuclear fusion. Talking to loved ones via video link doesn't satisfy. He's working out the final days of a three-year contract and is close to cracking from loneliness. At some point in the future (we can't nail down the story's time frame), this station on the far side is manned by a single crew member, Sam Bell ( Sam Rockwell). ![]()
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