Going On A Space Adventure Night

Tonight's lineup is all about going on a space adventure from several different story arcs. The marathon consists of top notch special effects, clever and witty humor, colorful characters and amazing background scenery, and some truly badass movie scores. We have on our menu for this evening:

   Lost in Space 1998, Galaxy Quest 1999, Starship Troopers 1997, Star Trek 2009, and Guardians of the Galaxy 2014

 

 

We begin the night with the 1998 blockbuster Lost in Space, based on the popular 1960's television show. In this space adventure, The Robinson family initially planned on going into space to fight for a chance for humanity to survive but instead end up fighting for a way back home. The style of Lost in Space appeals to the other films in this lineup, even though it received critical panning upon release for not being on the level of intelligence the show possessed. The second movie in the lineup is the 1999 comedy adventure hit called Galaxy Quest. Starring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, and Alan Rickman, Galaxy Quest deals with an alumni cast of a space opera television series becoming forced to play their roles as the real characters when an alien race seeks their help. The sense of adventure and slick humor introduced in these two films pave the way for the next three films in the marathon that get progressively more exciting. Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers is a cult classic, centering around a battle between humans and an alien bug race in the outer parts of the galaxy. Great characters such as Rico played by Casper Van Dien, Carmen played by Denise Richards, and Dizzy played by Dina Meyer are introduced and played by then teen sensations from the late 1990s. The fourth film in the lineup is JJ Abrams 2009 mindblowing reboot of Star Trek. Nominated for four academy awards, Star Trek 09 goes back to its roots and shows us how the great enterprise team such as Capt Kirk, Spock, Bones, Scotty, and Sulu all meet and form one of the galaxies top leading enterprise teams. Star Trek combines all the elements that made the first three films so appealing and morphs them into one of the best science fiction adventures in modern times. Great character elements such as James T. Kirk trying to live up to his fathers legacy and Mr. Spock keeping him in check as they work together to take down a time-traveling Romulan who creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time. The fifth and final movie of the lineup for this evening is perhaps the biggest and most exciting of them all. It is what the first four films have been building up to and is ultimately the huge payoff. The 2014 science fiction blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy deals with a group of intergalactic criminals being forced to work together to stop a fanatical warrior from taking control of the universe.

So what are the messages behind all of these wonderful space operas? Lost in Space says that families that stick together are never lost. Galaxy Quest says that sometimes there's more to people than we automatically assume and situations like the one in the movie can bring out the best in them. Starship Troopers says that with heroism, courage, and sacrifice, humans can defeat any foe. Star Trek says that going by your gut instincts can prove to be more effective than what is being told for you to do. The message that Guardians of the Galaxy ultimately gives is that family and friends when working together can ultimately defeat evil.