Space Station 76
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That's the idea...
I watched it last night. I enjoyed it. Not really a plot, just a personal relationship Drama, like many from the 1990s or early 2000s. Kinda like 200 Cigarettes (Just a bunch of conversations and drama at a New Year's Party) in Space. Just getting to know the characters and their dramas.
I'm not sure how it was marketed. I could imagine if the Marketing gave a wrong impression, people could really hate it, due to the lack of actual plot. For example, The Village, was marketed as a Horror Film, and I hated it, because it wasn't a Horror Film. If I would've known what to expect from that movie, I may have enjoyed it.
There is a threat, but, the cast aren't even aware of the threat, until the very end of the film. But, the characters were interesting, and some of them are a real piece of work, LOL.
I'm not sure how it was marketed. I could imagine if the Marketing gave a wrong impression, people could really hate it, due to the lack of actual plot. For example, The Village, was marketed as a Horror Film, and I hated it, because it wasn't a Horror Film. If I would've known what to expect from that movie, I may have enjoyed it.
There is a threat, but, the cast aren't even aware of the threat, until the very end of the film. But, the characters were interesting, and some of them are a real piece of work, LOL.
That sounds like a breath of fresh air, actually, when most genre movies are a bunch of explosions strung together. Did you see it in a theater or did you find it on Pay-Per-View?
You can rent it on Amazon (Or purchase)
http://www.amazon.com/Space-Station...428351&sr=1-2&keywords=space+station+76+movie
Ah, cool. Thank you.
Hmmm ... You know I love that style of film. Now I'm going to have to check this out.
I should also check on what Blamire is up to. I heard he was going to do a Kickstarter for a third Lost Skeleton film.
He tried, but he wanted WAY more money than he could really get. After making two low-budget Skeleton movies in a row, he decided he wanted to make a high-concept, big-budget studio Skeleton movie, for a half-million dollars. I think he got about $75,000 in pledges.
For his style of movies, he could have made three new skeleton movies with that kind of money, but he didn't want to.
Wow, I did not see that. I would have pledged. Then he would have had $75,050. 
That's pretty crazy. $75,000 is damn good for that kind of movie. I don't know what made him think he could get half a mil.
That's pretty crazy. $75,000 is damn good for that kind of movie. I don't know what made him think he could get half a mil.
I thought this was great. It was like some awful 70s soap opera transposed onto a space station. It's very very downbeat, and is really just a tale of how everybody's miserable lives, and trivial, petty concerns collide, in a place there's no escaping from.
It's not laugh out loud funny, except for a few moments, but it's not aiming for that, it is great awkward comedy.
It's not laugh out loud funny, except for a few moments, but it's not aiming for that, it is great awkward comedy.
I might just blind buy it.
I looked up Larry Blamire's Lost Skeleton Kickstarter. He was looking for $410,000 and got $85,000 in pledges-- but it was an all or nothing, so he got nothing. That's a shame. I wish I had 85 grand to make a movie.
The good news is that he has an audio project and a graphic novel on the way. No news of any other movies, though.
I looked up Larry Blamire's Lost Skeleton Kickstarter. He was looking for $410,000 and got $85,000 in pledges-- but it was an all or nothing, so he got nothing. That's a shame. I wish I had 85 grand to make a movie.
The good news is that he has an audio project and a graphic novel on the way. No news of any other movies, though.
I'm not sure how the marketing could have been done without highlighting the 70's homage stuff. If hints of the interior drama that appears to predominate were emphasized, I think it would have given the impression of something extremely strange unless that material was played as bald soap opera parody like in Future's End.
Anyway, a pretty drastic disconnect with what the film actually offers. Maybe that's not so singular these days. I can't really comment as I pretty much stopped watching movies years ago.
Anyway, a pretty drastic disconnect with what the film actually offers. Maybe that's not so singular these days. I can't really comment as I pretty much stopped watching movies years ago.
I finally saw this yesterday on Amazon.
Hmmm....a 5/10. This almost seemed like territory Woody Allen could have been able to improve.
While I did like the performances and understood all these characters going through their nonsense, I wanted to know what the point was. Yes, I smiled when I heard Ambrosia's "That's How Much I Feel" playing...and enjoyed Liv Tyler's 1970s space-age skirt and boots outfit (and her character's calm demeanor maintained as she dealt with the extremely troubled characters). And, I enjoyed the innocent character Sunshine as well as Matt Bomer who played the father.
I surmised, based on how the story played out, that the asteroids would hit the station...and some would find some closure (either through death or escape from abusive spouses who would die). Alas, the movie ends and I was asking, "What was the point of all that?"
What it a commentary on the 1970s gender roles? Marriage?
Why even set it around a 1970s view of the future?
It was all style with no substance. Or, rather, it might have had a good idea....but there needed to be some extra brainstorming to give some content to the story. Give the audience (e.g. 'me') something to care about other than the performances since I don't see this as a film I would be returning to.
Hmmm....a 5/10. This almost seemed like territory Woody Allen could have been able to improve.
While I did like the performances and understood all these characters going through their nonsense, I wanted to know what the point was. Yes, I smiled when I heard Ambrosia's "That's How Much I Feel" playing...and enjoyed Liv Tyler's 1970s space-age skirt and boots outfit (and her character's calm demeanor maintained as she dealt with the extremely troubled characters). And, I enjoyed the innocent character Sunshine as well as Matt Bomer who played the father.
I surmised, based on how the story played out, that the asteroids would hit the station...and some would find some closure (either through death or escape from abusive spouses who would die). Alas, the movie ends and I was asking, "What was the point of all that?"
What it a commentary on the 1970s gender roles? Marriage?
Why even set it around a 1970s view of the future?
It was all style with no substance. Or, rather, it might have had a good idea....but there needed to be some extra brainstorming to give some content to the story. Give the audience (e.g. 'me') something to care about other than the performances since I don't see this as a film I would be returning to.
Interesting. Having lived through the 70s, I'll be interested to see if this is really about the 70s or about the current generation's perception of the 70s (just as modern period pieces about, say, the 30s are very different from the movies actually made in that era).
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