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‘We used a beachball as an alien!’ John Carpenter on his gloriously shonky sci-fi comedy Dark Star (www.theguardian.com)

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‘The control room buttons were upside-down ice-cube trays, one space suit had a dish-drying rack on it – and the special effects guy wrote the theme tune lyrics’

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[–] Davel23@fedia.io 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I rewatched Dark Star somewhat recently and was struck by how much of it clearly influenced Alien.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Also, Red Dwarf is more-or-less Dark Star the series, including the slob, dead crew-mate, dubiously smart artificial intelligence, and a pet as main characters.

[–] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

Dan O'Bannon wrote both movies so I see Dark Star as more of a proto-Alien.