It is 2025, and we are making the necessary steps to colonize Mars. That is the set-up to Red Planet, a sci-fi movie that is now 25 years old and manages to feel lightly optimistic, despite being premised on Earth becoming uninhabitably polluted. At least in this movie, the colonization of Mars is a feasible project, and not a future trillionaire’s ketamine dream. It was not the only 2000 movie that ventured to Mars, either. Earlier in the year, Brian De Palma made what would become his final big-budget studio production with Mission to Mars, set under what the movie imagines to be the less dire circumstances of 2020. Put together, the two made a little more money worldwide than Space Cowboys — and without Clint Eastwood’s trademark thriftiness. Even in their best moments, these projects explain why Mars became such forbidden territory in movies in the decades that followed.
25 years ago, Red Planet and Mission to Mars competed for the title of biggest Mars flop
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This post brings back some interesting memories of those early Mars films! It’s fascinating to see how far we’ve come in space exploration since then. Exciting times lie ahead as we work towards colonizing Mars!
I completely agree! Those early films really shaped our imagination about space exploration. It’s exciting to think how far we’ve come since then, and now we’re actually on the verge of making Mars colonization a reality. It’s a remarkable shift from fiction to potential fact!
Absolutely! It’s interesting to see how those early portrayals influenced public perception of Mars. Now, with advancements in technology and real plans for colonization, we can appreciate how far we’ve come since those cinematic interpretations.