I remember seeing this on TV when I was a kid. Not sure if they did a rerun, because I was only three years in 1978, and I was older when I saw it I think. I didn't remember much, and wasn't even sure if this was what I had seen when I recently ordered the DVD. But one thing had etched itself into my brain and that was the footage from the mysterious planet Rossum: The scary people with scythes. And yes, it's what I had seen, and the scythe wielding farmers were a bit scary today as well.
At first I was less than impressed with the footage from space, and "pappmaché-planets", and why didn't they sleep in some "real" hibernation chambers? Was this "Fjernsynsteater in Space?" However, I knew they didn't have a lot of money to make the film and tried to forget about 32 years of progress within special effects and rather focus on the story. The storyline is good, and I knew it was futile to look for the most suspicious crew member. Still, when the stowaway was exposed, I was surprised at how easy it was done. Imho, the stowaway (being so adaptive) would have been able to keep it up so to speak. Or, the stowaway should have been exposed earlier.
Nevertheless, I enjoyed seeing the series again quite a lot, and it left me thinking that it's about time with the second Norwegian sci-fi film now that Norwegian films generally have become a lot better and special effects are a lot easier.
At first I was less than impressed with the footage from space, and "pappmaché-planets", and why didn't they sleep in some "real" hibernation chambers? Was this "Fjernsynsteater in Space?" However, I knew they didn't have a lot of money to make the film and tried to forget about 32 years of progress within special effects and rather focus on the story. The storyline is good, and I knew it was futile to look for the most suspicious crew member. Still, when the stowaway was exposed, I was surprised at how easy it was done. Imho, the stowaway (being so adaptive) would have been able to keep it up so to speak. Or, the stowaway should have been exposed earlier.
Nevertheless, I enjoyed seeing the series again quite a lot, and it left me thinking that it's about time with the second Norwegian sci-fi film now that Norwegian films generally have become a lot better and special effects are a lot easier.