Posted on 06/18/2009 6:11:56 PM PDT by KevinDavis
n the new film Moon, working on the lunar surface is an unglamourous affair.
Sam Bell, played by Sam Rockwell, toils alone in a stark-white base, working as a glorified handyman for Lunar Industries, an ominously glossy corporation that extracts helium-3 from the lunar surface to fuel fusion reactors back on Earth.
In this vision of the future, helium-3 supplies the majority of the world's energy needs, a scenario that is not entirely outlandish, as some suspect the moon contains a wealth of the material (see The mine on the moon). While the cost of retrieving the material may be prohibitive, in the world of Moon, Lunar Industries has found a way to make a profit, using mostly autonomous, regolith-munching machines.
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Hay, this is science fiction, everything is OK......
"The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress"
The only way Hollywood ever describes corporate America is that it is depraved. Just like all military veterans are either victims or criminals, all suburbs are seething pits of repressed rage and all middle-class fathers have incest with their children. These guys really need to get some new cliches, the old ones are very tired. I think I’ll skip this.
David Bowie’s son, Duncan Jones, wrote and directed Moon. Reviews have been excellent. He describes himself as a geek.
There’s talk of an Oscar nomination for Rockwell.
Jones’ next movie is “Escape from the Deep” based on the best selling WWII submarine novel and real life story.
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