In the mid twenty-first century, mankind has reached a point in its technological advances to enable colonization of the far reaches of the universe. DARK STAR is a futuristic scout ship traveling far in advance of colony ships. Armed with Exponential Thermosteller Bombs, it prowls the darkest reaches of space on a mission to seek out and destroy unstable planets ahead of the colonist. But there is one obstacle that its crew members did not count on — one of the ship’s thinking and talking bombs is lodged in the bay, threatening to destroy the entire ship and crew! DARK STAR was originally intended to be a 68 minute film. Jack Harris, the Hollywood producer, convinced the filmmakers to shoot 15 minutes of extra footage and he released the expanded version theatrically in 1975 through Bryanston Pictures.
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Funny and irrelevant, it’s almost like 4 insane space truckers are sharing the cab of a space truck doing space trucker things, all while going slowly more and more insane. The AI on the bomb isn’t the only thing that isn’t working right after a few years of living together.
Enjoyable for what it was, but don’t set your expections too high. or at all. set them pretty low is what I’m saying.
