Saturday, April 5, 2014

Euopa Report 2013


Europa Report     Astronauts travel to the moon of Jupiter known as Europa in the spacecraft Europa One funded by a private company.  They are investigating the possibility of life on Europa since water has been discovered on this moon.  There is a communication breakdown with their home base because of sun storm activity.  Two of the men go outside to repair the system but one has his suit contaminated with Hydrazine and the other tears his glove.  The man with the torn suit is pushed into the airlock but the second man is lost in space.  Katya goes outside the ship to gather samples but she’s also lost.  The remaining crew members try to launch the spacecraft from the surface but there is a problem with the engines.  One crew member is killed inside the ship during the attempted launch.  A man goes outside to fix the fuel line but he doesn’t come back.  There is only one crew member left inside the ship.
     This film is a combination of Alien, Gravity and Prometheus.  The fictional story is based on real life events.  Water was discovered beneath the ice of Europa on November 2011.  The editing is in not in chronological order so you are given some of the ending in the beginning.  The scenery is beautiful but you know everything is computer generated.  3* (This movie is OK)

90 min, Sci-Fi directed by Sebastian Cordero, with Sharlto, Copley, Michael Nyqvist, Christian Camargo, Karoina Wydra, Anamaria Marinca, Embeth Davidtz, Isiah Whitlock, Jr., Dan Fogler.

Note:  Imdb 6.5 out of 10, 80% critic 57% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 3*.
Special Note:  It was announced on 4 April 2014 that salt water was discovered on Saturn's moon Enceladus.  There is an ocean as large as Lake Superior buried under 18-24 miles of ice.  




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