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I think we can use some positive emotions in our lives and this 3:50-minute SF movie created by Erik Wernquist certainly delivers a positive view of our future in this solar system that seems to rather lack in stories coming out of Hollywood recently. Made my day again, same as movie shot by Juno probe at Jupiter. This really is a masterpiece and it must have taken tremendous amount of CGI work. Narration is by Carl Sagan reading the first chapter ("The Wanderers") from his 1994 book "The Pale Blue Dot." I wanted to describe the locations displayed in the movie, but it was too spoilery and you can easily guess most of them anyway.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH3c1QZzRK4
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/108650530
Erik has a website with more films at http://www.erikwernquist.com/
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 19 2017, @04:15PM (2 children)
Only the Solar System?
Right after Vir Cotto died?
When locations depicted in Babylon 5 were recreations of actual places in our Galaxy, according to deep space imagery of the day?
So. Lame.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday June 19 2017, @05:54PM (1 child)
Let me understand your complaint. Because works of fiction have been written that take place out in the big, wide galaxy, a video or story that explains how we might expand out into the solar system first is "lame".
I don't think the public agrees with you. People trekked to the theaters to pay good money to watch 'Pirates of the Caribbean'. Sailing ships are ancient history, and they don't rank anywhere near rocketry, let alone warp drives and such. Yet, the story sells.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 19 2017, @09:01PM
No, knumbskull, the complaint is about "Recreations Of Actual Places" in someplace small when MUCH BIGGER recreations have been done decades ago.
Why doesn't every live action movie filmed on location carry a notice declaring "FILMED ON PLANET EARTH!!!" ?