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Mutiny in Outer Space

At 40 minutes into the movie, there is a discussion of life in the universe. The distance to the nearest star system is used as an example of the vast interstellar distance. Alpha Centauri is actually a triple star system, about 4.37 light years away. They say in the movie "4 light years away, 6 trillion miles." No - a light year is 6 trillion miles - the distance that light travels in a year. Four times six is 24 (rounded off). I more accurate distance is about 26 trillion miles away. There are 3 problems with the public in this area: 1) People confuse light years with time 2) The writers don't really know the subject 3) People like Walter Cronkite could not say "trillion". He would say "million million". Big numbers always bothered people - the term "vast multitude" was used, or terms like "quadrillion" were used.

It wasn't so much the special effects that killed this movie as it was the bad acting, horrible soundtrack and the creature effects were really bad. The fungus looked like hair rolled up from the salon. The story is slow and wrinkly. The film was in 4:3, the audio sounded like it was uploaded to Prime incorrectly. What was good was the human part of the plot. There are a lot of strong confident female characters in the film. 1965 looking to the future. Time in space corrupting and effecting the human mind and body. They even explained how the fungus, which can't stand cold temperatures, is attached to the outside hull, even though we know, space is frigid. I won't tell you why, but they did fix a believability question by explaining it. E for Effort. 5.0 (E+ MyGrade) = 5 IMDB.

The Mutiny in Outer Space, 1965. *Spoiler/plot- A moon landing crew contracts some unknown lunar fungus that gets accidentally transferred to their Space station with disastrous & dramatic results to all crew. *Special Stars- Arthur C. Pierce. With William Leslie, Dolores Faith, Pamela Curran, Richard Garland. *Theme- Healthy caution when exploring another planetary body is being smart. *Trivia/location/goofs- A European film. *Emotion- A very campy foreign sci-fi film, probably Italian made. Has some very unplanned funny aspects of plot and performance. *Based On- Moon flight fears.

I found this to be a good science fiction movie, although the special effects were weak. It has a crew revolt, ala The Caine Mutiny as noted in another review, as they have to overcome the mental breakdown of the station's commander to combat a fast-growing deadly fungus. It has elements of realism harking back to The Thing from Outer Space and the authorities at space command actually show intelligence by anticipating actions taken by the crew, understanding the nature of the fungus, and offering a possible solution to saving the crew and station. If you can ignore the lack of good special effects, this movie is worth the time.

Very nearly an episode of Star Trek in that the idea is good but it feels episodic. The film stock and sound quality were poor and whilst some acting was good a lot was toe curling.

I watched this movie first when I visited my best friend, it´s a tradition watching a DVD-movie when we met. It was not a well-known low-price-DVD which I didn´t know yet. The effects were lousy, the actors average, but this movie has a certain charme. If only Ed Wood had worked this way... Regards, Hans-Dieter

This movie obviously didn't have a lot of budget to work with, but a strong ensemble of actors really helps to humanize its story. Where there's an interesting storyline and believable, likable, three dimensional characters, I can forgive a sci fi movie's weak special effects.