Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Steve O (A) on October 06, 2015 at 08:11:29

In Reply to: RE: Crusoe on Mars. Excellent. See in 3D if you can, but see it. posted by free.ranger on October 05, 2015 at 22:14:42

I took the "joining of cultures" as a rather transparent concession to the world's (potentially) largest movie audience: China. Also, a possible slap to Russia. From a purely logical perspective, from what we know today, Russia has the more advanced space program and NASA has a history of cooperation with the Russians: much less so with the Chinese. IOW, the story on the screen portrays the "future" involving the Chinese and not the Russians. Didn't read the book so obviously speculation on my part.

Regardless, I really enjoyed the whole thing and appreciated CGI and other effects that served to enhance the story instead of dominating it.