I must force myself to imagine 1974 and the state of movies back then so I can rate this average. Something that is done with a small budget and 4 guys can't possibly be awesome, so I am also lowering my expectations on that ground. However, it's still lacking.
If you thought 2001 A Space Odyssey was boring, then this one will make you fall asleep. The humour is there, the satire strong, but it feels like a gag movie with no real purpose.
Bottom line: very low budget, kind of slow, weird, might be fun but then it might not. It saddens me to see that people thought that space will be conquered by a mindless military, sending people ill and under equipped to fend for themselves... only to have the other side win: the endlessly stalling bureaucrats who can't risk anything unless their butts are safe. Seen in this light, this movie is terribly optimistic.
If you thought 2001 A Space Odyssey was boring, then this one will make you fall asleep. The humour is there, the satire strong, but it feels like a gag movie with no real purpose.
Bottom line: very low budget, kind of slow, weird, might be fun but then it might not. It saddens me to see that people thought that space will be conquered by a mindless military, sending people ill and under equipped to fend for themselves... only to have the other side win: the endlessly stalling bureaucrats who can't risk anything unless their butts are safe. Seen in this light, this movie is terribly optimistic.