On March 31st you can can watch another space-related movie, though this one has a misleading name. Called Moonshot, the setting is actually a space colony on Mars. You can watch a trailer of the HBO Max movie here.
While its just a platform for a young adult romantic comedy, it will be fun to see how the film portrays life on the Red Planet. Given that it includes a stowaway on the trip to Mars, you have to wonder what kind of space program these people are running when every pound of extra weight is critical.
Of course, Netflix already did the Mars mission stowaway story in last year’s film Stowaway.
So don’t think too hard. Just enjoy the spacecraft and scenery.
Update: While the common complaint is that a Martian film should not be using “Moon” in its title, the Rotten Tomatoe’s Tomatometer gave it a 62 percent score. He is one reviewer’s comments (in podcast form):
‘Moonshot’ has some interesting things to say about the environment, capitalism and greed. Oh, and the interiors of the ship are very cute and the robots are very fun!
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