Genesis II

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This was a surprisingly enjoyable movie for how old it was. The music was annoying though. Some of the future predictions made in this movie were surprisingly true, and some were completely wrong. It is interesting to see a movie made about 40 years ago and how they expected the future to be before and after a nuclear war. A list of my thoughts with SPOILERS:-The subshuttle was a brilliant guess about the future and its even possible that they exist now.-There are admitted underground locations for politicians and the military but there could even be vast underground complexes for the wealthy already made by now.-I have heard recently about discoveries that can slow aging. Not as much as was predicted in the movie, but to a noticeable degree.-The writers who thought of the idea of mutant plants and animals seems to base their believe from evolution of nuclear mutation but it reminds me more of our modern day genetic manipulation done by people in labs with plants and animals.-Lyra mentions that sunlight is like a medicine. It is known to help the human body produce vitamin d.-The supposed reason for the nuclear wars was animal lust? not evil? This is another evolutionary based belief where humans are nothing more than advanced animals and lack an ability to be good or evil, they just do or don't do. It seems to me that a nuclear war is more based on the desire for control and the desire to murder or get revenge or to achieve genocide. These emotional choices are not really part of normal animal mental processes in my opinion.-the Terrarian "training school" is nothing more than a "reeducation facility". It reminds me of parts of the Sword Of Truth books by Terry Goodkind where people can be basically brain washed through torture and or pleasure. There was even a hand held device in the book used to give pain and those who had it were feared.-the year 2133 where most of the movie takes place, minus the 154 years back to the scenes before the nuclear war, means that it was 1979 before the nuclear war in the movie. This means that when this movie was made, they were only looking 10 or less years ahead (might have taken a few years to film and produce the movie). So, the writers thought that in a mere decade there would be vast underground tunnels and bases, along with Stems that can give pain or pleasure, life extension technology, etc. Well the writers must have been still under the moon landing fever because the predictions they made which were true took a lot longer than a decade.-It is known that hyperbaric conditions (more air pressure, more oxygen) can cause quicker healing and more oxygen flow to the body due to blood carrying more oxygen (more stamina for work, etc). This makes sense that it would be needed to keep a body in stasis for long periods of time. However, I believe aging would not be fully stopped under these conditions even if some sort of sleep state was induced.-I was annoyed when I saw the horse being pushed over in the revolt scene. I sure hope the horse was trained for that and I hope it was not an actual accident. I don't know enough about horses to know if they can be ok after being pushed on their sides. I have heard stories of people going "cow tipping" and I assume the cows are ok afterwards, So I suppose the horse was ok, but still annoying to see.

Decent movie

another oldie but goodie trip down memory lane. This pilot was an attempt by Gene Roddenberry to launch another a 'Star Trek' like science fiction action series that aired back in the 70's. set in a post nuclear America in the 22nd century, Dylan Hunt (Alex Cord) plays a 1970's era NASA scientist lost in a suspended animation experiment that runs awry (Think 'Idiocracy' but only serious) till awakened by the scientist group 'Pax' (latin for peace)...when they discover him in their base in Carlsbad Caverns. he is nursed back to health by Mariette Hartley in one of her more memorable roles (most 'boomers' will remember her as James Garner's 'wife' in those old Polaroid commercials) who turns out belongs to another rival tribe - the Tyranians. Dylan has to get oriented to this new world, and decide which of these factions - the scientific 'Pax' or the people of the beautiful Lyra-a (Hartley) are telling the truth about which of their competing factions is the evil one. imagine a monk from the middle ages waking up in the 20th century and having to immediately decide to take the right side in the Cold War....** SPOILER ALERT **In the end, Dylan discovers Lyra-a is deceiving him, and that Tryrania is a brutal slave society, surrounded by and exploiting the local natives, who exist barely above caveman levels. Dylan gets into the appropriate action oriented adventures and sets things right with a Star Trek-like overthrow of the bad government, returns to Pax, and all is well, all with a cast of many recognizable 70's era character actors and Star Trek veterans. The setup for a weekly adventure is made for encountering an infinite variety of different tribal factions (aka planets) that they can visit through a pre-war worldwide network of superfast underground sub-shuttle subways (aka space ships) while the forces of reason and science (aka the Federation) try to bring sanity back to the world. there is even a new 'prime directive' (no killing, even in self defense) for Pax'ers. But the series that Gene hoped would be picked up but never was - in favor of 'Planet of the Apes', or so it is said.I have fond memories of this movie as a kid, and thought the sub-shuttle was a totally cool idea (did Elon Musk get the Hyperloop idea from this movie?), and you can see the influence of Genesis II in a variety of later TV shows and movies. But this is not 'great cinema' you will study in film school - it is a typical 70's era TV show, with Gene-like strengths and weaknesses: there is the positive view of the role of science and technology, and all races working together, but the plot, including the romance between Lyra-a and Dylan is predictable, the costumes as impractical as anything on the Paris runway, the characters two-dimensional, the special effects and sets so, well, 70's ish. Overall, it is a movie more memorable for its nostalgia and its bright vision than for its execution. I wish it had been taken up as a series, and in the end it is not a bad trip down memory lane, and a good entry into the Apocalypse genre . probably a boomer thing to watch it....

This is 1 of 2 different Movie of The Week pilots that Mr. Roddenberry submitted in the hopes of creating another sci-fi TV series after his original Star Trek was canceled. I'm a sucker for dystopian future stories and characters displaced in time, and this one has both. Great themes & writing. Evenly paced and never too heavy-handed or preachy. It's a great stay-at-home movie night flick. Just remember to turn down the lights & pop plenty of popcorn. P.S, - You may notice the hero's name in both Genesis II pilots is Dylan Hunt, a name he also used for Kevin Sorbo's character in his Andromeda TV series.

Comme d'hab ce film n'est pas Français

now this is how make a film

Gene Roddenberry's PAX Trilogy is a standout series of TV Movies from the 1970's. No far out aliens here, just some buffed dudes in tight spandex fighting futuristic zombies. Sadly, even after three tries he still couldn't get network approval for a series. In the end, his wife, Majel Barrett reproduced it years later as "Andromeda" even using Dylan Hunt's (Saxon's) name. Be sure to see all three TV Movie pilots: Genesis II, Planet Earth & Strange New World.

70’s kitsch- Star Trek fans must have

had seen it when it first came out and really enjoyed it alot then , and i enjoyed it even more this time around