When I saw the trailer for Pandorum I knew I had to watch it right away. A few months later and on DVD, I finally did. While it was still playing in cinemas, there was talk that it sucked. I can’t remember my sources but people were saying it was a bad mix of Event Horizon, Sunshine, Aliens and other sci-fi films with similar contributes – abandoned ship, hyper sleep-for-too-long, what is not what it seems – which made me cautious. I soon forgot about it.
She lives in the Ecological Development Embryonic Charter room
I just finished watching it on DVD and I personally think its pretty fucking awesome. First, the monsters were sleek and pale, not your drooling oozy ones, stood upright much like us. Second, Ben Foster is very fun to watch, he is the one that takes you through the plot. He is also in very good shape and looks really cute crawling through shafts. Third, the film doesn’t over explain itself. It cheats by giving people snippets and perspectives to choose from, but this is a good thing.
Breathe, that's just an oxygen mask on Foster not a 'face-hugger' from 'Aliens'
The way the ship is exposed, you can see how the writers wanted to save on sets and have the right amount to give people an idea of the size and complexity of the ship. There are cargo lockers, a white room with specimens of crickets and plants, a moldy steel prison with a crazy cannibal. The ship itself looks amazing, there aren’t many scenes of it but again, just enough to get your imagination going. This film is all about imagination, and like any idea that makes it out of the head, it doesn’t come out totally perfect. There are some bads to this movie, but the goods be smokin’
Holy Elysium! A rendering by jamajurabaev.deviantart.com
