Dark Star (1974)
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This is the main screen of the ship's computer, named "Mother." If that name sounds familiar, it should. The main computer of the starship "Nostromo" in Ridley Scott's Alien (1979) is also named "Mother." Alien was written by Dan O'Bannon, who also co-wrote Dark Star with John Carpenter and portrays Pinback in the film. Mother is a female version of HAL-9000, speaking in a calm soothing voice while the ship and the mission come apart at the seams. |
Below are two images of Bomb #20, the intelligent, smug, and stubborn thermonuclear device poised and ready to fulfill its destiny by blowing up an unstable planet. Trouble is, it's received false detonation orders, and it's up to the ship's captain, Doolittle, to convince it to disarm itself. He does this by trying to teach it some basic concepts of phenomonology. |
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All images from Dark Star © 1974 Image Films
