This "Apollo 13 Meets Close Encounters Space Odyssey" wannabe is seriously lacking in pace, energy, and focus. Don't even bother when the home video version comes out; you'll thank me later. Good actors plus lousy direction = lousy movie.Technical flaw for molecular biologists: the graphic image of the DNA molecule derived from the alien audio pulse code is stereoscopically inverted, as it is a left-handed double helix relative to standard B-form DNA (which is right-handed). It also has no major and minor grooves, again unlike B-form DNA. When the alien shows a DNA molecule image in its hand, it is in the correct B-form, with a right-handed double helix and major and minor grooves. There's other problems with the molecular biology used in the film, but why bother when the whole movie sucks!
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Topic - "Mission To Mars" was a crashing bore. - TAFKA Steve 19:10:25 03/15/00 (15)
- Re: "Mission To Mars" was a crashing bore. - Joe S 13:18:09 03/20/00 (0)
- Maybe not... I agreed with this guy... (link follows) - Jon 21:32:36 03/18/00 (1)
- Actually i think this one's closer to it... - Joe S 13:13:22 03/20/00 (0)
- Re: "Mission To Mars" was a crashing bore. - Audiophilander 14:02:31 03/17/00 (3)
- Yup, but "Sisters" was pretty good. (nt) - TAFKA Steve 15:21:32 03/17/00 (2)
- What?! And "Obsession"? "Dressed to Kill"? - Stephen Hayes 07:00:24 03/20/00 (0)
- What About "Body Double"? (nt) - AudioHead 09:26:47 03/18/00 (0)
- Bummer! Previews were so promising . . . (nt) - BobH 12:10:15 03/16/00 (7)
- I give up which previews to wit you're referring - Mart 06:40:22 03/17/00 (2)
- Previews in the theater, not TV. Good tease. (nt) - BobH 12:03:14 03/22/00 (0)
- Re: I give up which previews to wit you're referring - Rich S. 07:16:55 03/17/00 (0)
- You're bummed? I'm out seven bucks! - TAFKA Steve 16:16:35 03/16/00 (3)
- Re: You're bummed? I'm out seven bucks! - Rich S. 06:15:09 03/17/00 (2)
- com'on, y'all kin do betta dan dat [nt - Mart 09:51:23 03/17/00 (1)
- No! Robot Monster is my alltime vote for worst! (nt) - BobH 12:04:42 03/22/00 (0)