Spoilers LIFE (ISS-horror film)

[publiusr]

I didn't see a thread on this--so here goes

Spoiler: My thoughts

To start with, we have already had sample returns to Earth--namely to the Dugway prooving grounds--not from Mars however:

http://www.dugway.army.mil/Facts.aspx

The movie begins from the point of view of a Mars Sample Return MIssion-craft. It is coming in too fast and the ISS manipulator arm catches it. In reality, ISS would not be allowd in the path of such a fast mover. If a sample return mission were ever brought to some station--it would likely go to a free-flyer hab--part of a cis-lunar complex--not ISS.

http://spacenews.com/nasa-moving-ahead-with-plans-for-cislunar-human-outpost/
http://www.manyworlds.space/index.php/2017/03/15/a-vision-that-could-supercharge-nasa/

To do so might require craft like these to provide a slower approach:
http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=37322

ISS here looks as if it has grown a bit--and looks to be set in the near-future.

The cupola has either been moved--or a second one attached to a more roomy SLS launched module:
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=38818.msg1655815#msg1655815
http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/prod...ght-2017/spaceflight-vol-59-no-04-april-2017/


We see enclosed sleeping chambers for the astronauts. These do not exist--there is some danger of suffocation--so nothing is really enclosed--though that may change:
http://www.space.com/36107-spaceworks-hibernation-system-deep-space-exploration.html
http://www.space.com/35997-led-lights-help-astronauts-sleep-better.html

The glove box that initialy contains the organism allows human hands to enter. I'd prefer waldos to keep anything with a strong grip or sharp bits to punch through

In terms of strong grips:

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Back to the movie. The thing gets out and something called a Soyuz tries to push ISS to deep space. It looks more like an upper stage affixed to a Progress--but It would take an SLS launched Nuclear Thermal upper stage to shove ISS just to a higher orbit.

Still..nice visuals

 

[Commander Richard]

A generic but enjoyable movie. I wonder if we'll get a sequel.

Spoiler

Unfortunate that almost everyone met a gruesome end. Not sure who had it worse. Maybe "you know who" at the end in the capsule.

 

[tenmei]

Spoiler: Sequel

I think they've nicely set up an easy out for the sequel - were it to occur. I'd suspect something akin to War of the Worlds with the alien defeat with the common cold - except with salt water being used to temporarily contain it out in the middle of nowhere, the WHO, NASA and the US Navy transport it to Antarctica (we know cold can eventually send it into hibernation) and the sequel being much for The Thing.

As for "you know who" in the capsule - indeed.

 

[kitik]

We liked it a lot.
For anyone here on the fence, go see it.

 

[Richard Baker]

Definitely going to watch this although I will wait for DVD/BluRay. Theaters are too expensive for all but a couple of films which demand a big screen (Star Wars/Trek, Armageddon, ...) and usually you get a bunch of great making of features included.

 

[Eliczo]

I saw it today, the characters were likeable but a bit underdeveloped, nice idea with the creature so not a bad film and saw it for a reasonable price in the uk/

 

[publiusr]

Spoiler: Sequel

I think they've nicely set up an easy out for the sequel - were it to occur. I'd suspect something akin to War of the Worlds with the alien defeat with the common cold - except with salt water being used to temporarily contain it out in the middle of nowhere, the WHO, NASA and the US Navy transport it to Antarctica (we know cold can eventually send it into hibernation) and the sequel being much for The Thing.

As for "you know who" in the capsule - indeed.

Spoiler: response

All may not be lost. The last time we see the creture attack--it does something new. The poor astronaut seems to be caught in webbing. We don't see anything jump out. I'm thinking the thing is going through a reproduction cycle--so all seems quiet.

Until we see something like the brood of Eihort.

More:
http://www.space.com/36207-life-movie-space-history-easter-eggs.html
http://www.space.com/36194-live-space-film-review.html

This may be the station that sees any samples
http://www.space.com/36270-nasa-deep-space-gateway-moon-orbit.html

 

[Beagleman]

Saw it yesterday, great cast, nice visuals but overall too predictable and bland, for my taste, meh.

 

[Gaith]

Hang on if Calvin needed oxygen why didn't they just vent the box it was in when they first started to panic?

Here is the thread you seek.

 

[Markonian]

Watched the film in the cinema because my friend and I were in a Sci-Fi movie mood (also saw The Martian and Passengers to go along with it).
Scary. Such a super-creature. Felt a lot like alien. Ending was a gut-puncher.

 

[psCargile]

The movie begins from the point of view of a Mars Sample Return MIssion-craft. It is coming in too fast and the ISS manipulator arm catches it.

My mind is screaming something about delta v, and momentum exchange.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Christopher's mind is screaming something about delta v, and momentum exchange.

Fixed that for ya.

 

[psCargile]

^ Yeah.

Didn't see it, probably won't, but if they didn't want a dead sample burning up in the atmosphere (someone's math off? Is this Kerbal?) then obviously, a live sample. . . never mind.

 

[publiusr]

Some things can survive a bad re-entry
https://www.space.com/19538-columbia-shuttle-disaster-worms-survive.html

 

[RAMA]

Ok horror movies. I rarely watch them. Usually, they have a scifi element when I do. As far as these go "Life" has one thing most don't: there is a genuine attempt to make it plausible, and both the setting and acting ground this movie. It's a step above the usual genre fare and I'm quite surprised I liked it. 6.75/10 rating from me.

RAMA

 

[Richard Baker]

I watched this film last weekend- partially for the interesting alien and secondly I really like the ISS.
I know the interiors of things have to be modified for filming- the Memphis Bell was made twice as wide for the movie. The ISS looked too roomy for me- a lot of wasted space. The microgravity was shown for the most part well, some scenes they fudged a lot (like the crushed hand scene) for dramatic effect. I have yet to figure out how the creature can get from a closed fire suppression system into the general environment.

All in all, I would give it a B- grade, entertaining and well executed but with characters acting oddly or making poor decisions and physics taking a vacation just to move the script along.

 

[publiusr]

The so-called oxygen candle was supposed to be this cannister:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vika_oxygen_generator

Not ISS--but this might be a good setting:
http://spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/2017/06/safeguarding-earth-from-martians.html

 

[bigdaddy]

All in all, I would give it a B- grade, entertaining and well executed but with characters acting oddly or making poor decisions and physics taking a vacation just to move the script along.

It's not a horror movie unless everyone acts like an idiot.

 

[publiusr]

Ah--the virus explains it all.

In a world gone stupid--naturally dumb people are immune and have to save us...