http://www.cinema-suicide.com/2007/09/21/commies-in-space-first-spaceship-on-venus-aka-der-schweigende-stern/ A celebration of cheap thrills Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:41:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.cinema-suicide.com/2007/09/21/commies-in-space-first-spaceship-on-venus-aka-der-schweigende-stern/#comment-704 Bryan White Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:25:17 +0000 http://www.cinema-suicide.com/2007/09/21/commies-in-space-first-spaceship-on-venus-aka-der-schweigende-stern/#comment-704 I'm not terribly big on it, either, but choices were limited for the roundtable and I feel like I picked the most interesting one. It takes established cold-war sci-fi conventions and turns them on their head. If anything, it's interesting to see what kind of movies the communists were making while American producers were kicking out movie after movie where communism was a thinly veiled boogieman. I’m not terribly big on it, either, but choices were limited for the roundtable and I feel like I picked the most interesting one. It takes established cold-war sci-fi conventions and turns them on their head. If anything, it’s interesting to see what kind of movies the communists were making while American producers were kicking out movie after movie where communism was a thinly veiled boogieman.

]]> http://www.cinema-suicide.com/2007/09/21/commies-in-space-first-spaceship-on-venus-aka-der-schweigende-stern/#comment-703 T. Rigney Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:19:04 +0000 http://www.cinema-suicide.com/2007/09/21/commies-in-space-first-spaceship-on-venus-aka-der-schweigende-stern/#comment-703 I've never really been a huge fan of space-oriented science fiction, though I must admit this one sounds fairly interesting. I’ve never really been a huge fan of space-oriented science fiction, though I must admit this one sounds fairly interesting.

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