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Vision of the Future
Mars in the Movies
In 1976, the US sent two Viking lander [sic] to Mars. This mission began intense scientific research and returned sharp images of a beautiful, barren landscape. This also started a renewed public interest in Mars. After Viking, the obviously fake Mars images represented in movies disappeared and Hollywood began to take the appearance of Mars seriously.
Between 1990 and 2001, climate change and its impact became a major topic and a new theme for Mars movies. To escape the climate change disaster is to escape out into the universe. Terraforming lifeless planets like Mars to something more Earth-like became a focus. Today, NASA's exploration of Mars and its plan to send humans to the red planet in the 2030s continues to inspire writers and filmmakers.
1990: Total Recall:
Douglass Quaid is a bored construction worker in the year 2084 who dreams of visiting the colonized Mars. He visits "Rekall," a company that plants false memories into people's brains, in order to experience the thrill of Mars without having to travel there. But something goes wrong during the procedure; Quaid discovers that his entire life is actually a false memory and that the people who implanted it in his head now want him dead.
2000: Mission to Mars:
The first manned mission to Mars in 2020 ends in disaster when three of the crew are seemingly killed and the fourth, Luke Graham, is stranded with no way to contact earth. Jim McConnell, Woody Blake, Phil Ohlmyer and Terri Fisher are sent on a rescue mission to rescue any survivors and find out what happened. The team uncovers startling evidence that Mars may not be a dead planet after all.
2000: Red Planet:
Mission Commander Kate Bowman had the most important mission of the 21st century: saving the human race. It's 2050, Earth is dying, and colonizing Mars is the only alternative to obliteration. Bowman and her crew have made this journey to investigate what went wrong with the malfunctioning Mars Terraforming Project and to repair it. But what happens when they get there is far more terrifying than anyone could have guessed.
2015: The Martian:
When astronauts blast off from the planet Mars, they leave behind Mark Watney, presumed dead after a fierce storm. With only a meager amount of supplies, the stranded visitor must utilize his wits and spirit to find a way to survive on the hostile planet. Meanwhile, back on Earth, members of NASA and a team of international scientists work tirelessly to bring him home, while his crew mates hatch their own plan for a rescue mission. |