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The THE MARS SOCIETY - SAN DIEGO hosts a monthly Mars Movie Night, usually (but
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We also generally show a short episode of the Duck Dodgers cartoon series, or
the Cowboy Bebop anime series, or currently the My Favorite Martian TV series.
Showtime is 7:00pm at Studio 106: Williams microCINEMA in the San Diego Reader
building in the Golden Hill area just east of downtown San Diego, unless
otherwise noted. Admission is FREE, and popcorn is provided (you can bring
snacks or drinks to share). Please RSVP to Gerry Williams as seating is limited.
Be sure to check out our sister film group, San Diego Vintage Sci-Fi!
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June 20, 2020
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May 16, 2020
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Friday
February 21, 2020
MARS FILMS OF THE NEW OUTER LIMITS!
THE OUTER LIMITS: THE SANDKINGS
(1995, Canada / USA - 93 minutes)
When his research project is closed down, Simon Kress rescues a few of its
living subjects and transplants them to a recreation of their native Martian
environment in his barn. They grow and learn, but then Kress makes an error with
disastrous implications.
THE OUTER LIMITS: THE VOYAGE HOME
(1995, Canada / USA - 44 minutes)
Three astronauts exploring Mars discover a mysterious canister. When they open
it, they are struck unconscious. Awakening nearly an hour later, they must hurry
back to their ship to make their launch window. But on the way home, Ed becomes
convinced that fellow astronaut Alan is not what he appears to be, and murders
him by forcing him out the airlock. Now Ed and his remaining crew member Pete
must decide what to do.
THE OUTER LIMITS: PHOBOS RISING
(1998, Canada / USA - 44 minutes)
For 30 years there has been a fragile truce between the Free Alliance and the
Coalition of Middle-Eastern and Pacific States, both on Earth and on Mars. Both
groups mine triradium, a super-powerful radioactive mineral that can be used for
both power and illegally for weapons. When a giant explosion appears to consume
the Earth and sends a giant shock-wave towards Mars, the soldiers at the Free
Alliance base on the Red Planet wonder if the truce has come to an end. Cut off
from Earth for 12 hours as Mars rotates, Colonel Samantha Elliot believes
someone from the Coalition has been smuggling triradium. With communications
temporarily out of order and a Coalition drone approaching the Alliance base,
Elliot prepares to launch a preemptive strike. Major James Bowen, who has grown
fond of Major Dara Talif, the Coalition liaison officer at the base, disagrees
with Elliot. He urges caution, arguing that there is no clear evidence that war
has resumed. As the clock ticks down and tensions rise, the fate of both Mars
colonies - perhaps even the human race -- depends on the outcome of this
struggle between trust and fear.
Series Trailer
Friday
January 17, 2020
THE MARS FILMS OF 2019!
AD ASTRA
(2019, USA & China - 123 minutes)
In the near future, the Solar System is being struck by mysterious power surges
of unknown origin, threatening the future of human life. After surviving an
incident on an immense space antenna caused by one of these surges, Major Roy
McBride, son of famed pioneering astronaut H. Clifford McBride is informed by
U.S. Space Command (SpaceCom), the United States Armed Forces branch operating
in Space, that the source of the surges has been traced to the "Lima Project"
base. The Lima Project had been sent some twenty-six years prior to search for
intelligent life from the farthest regions of the Solar System under Clifford
McBride's leadership, and disappeared sixteen years prior in orbit around
Neptune. A SpaceCom officer informs Roy that they believe Clifford may still be
alive, and he is tasked with the mission of traveling to Mars to try and
establish communication with him. McBride accepts the mission, and is joined by
an old associate of his father, Colonel Pruitt.
Trailer
ANIARA
(Sweden/Denmark, 2018 - 106 minutes)
Aniara is the story of one of the many spaceships used for transporting Earth's
population to their new home-planet Mars. But just as Aniara leaves the ruined
Earth, she collides with an asteroid and is knocked off her course. Aniara's
passengers slowly realize that they'll never be able to return; they will
continue onwards through an empty and cold universe forever.
Trailer
MY FAVORITE MARTIAN: A NOSE FOR NEWS
(USA 1964 - 25 minutes)
Tim gets mad at Martin for "disappearing and spying" on him while he has a date
at the apartment. To make up for this, Martin covers for Tim when he goes
missing from the office and Mr. Burns calls the apartment looking for him.
Martin goes on the story in his place and phones back to Mr. Burns with an
exclusive using Tim's voice. Unfortunately, Mr. Burns sees Tim in the office
when he is also on the talking to him on the phone.
Series Trailer
Friday
December 20, 2019
THE FANTASTIC FUTURES OF MARS!
MR. NOBODY
(2009 Canada/Belgium/France/Germany - 155 minutes)
Mr. Nobody takes place in 2092 at a time when Mars has become a vacation planet
and all humans have been made immortal thanks to scientific advancement. The
story follows a 120 year old man named Nemo Nobody who is not only the oldest
man alive, but also the last mortal human being. Nobody is preoccupied by the
question of whether or not he has lived the right life.
Trailer
MARS & AVRIL
(USA, 2012 - 91 minutes)
Set in a futuristic environment, Mars & Avril tells the story of an elderly
musician and his instrument maker who both become obsessed with the same woman.
She agrees to be the model for their next musical instrument but then gets lost
in a virtual world on the way to Mars.
Trailer
MY FAVORITE MARTIAN: SHAKE WELL AND DON'T USE
(USA 1964 - 25 minutes)
Tim and Mr. Burns' nephew, Freddie Carson, are in the running for promotion to
journeyman reporter at the newspaper. After finding out that Mr. Burns is a
gourmet, Martin decides that a way to swing the tide in Tim's favor is to cook
Mr. Burns a special meal, one which includes some special Martian condiments.
The Martian ingredients however react with the Earth ingredients to cause Mr.
Burns to move in slow motion.
Series Trailer
Friday
November 15, 2019
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S MARS - Season 2, Part 2!
MARS: CONTAGION
(USA, 2018 - 47 minutes)
Twelve hours after finding Marta, a mysterious illness kills one person in
Olympus Town and makes half of Lukrum sick. Before asking the Chinese government
for help, IMSF and Lukrum think of public relations to the news of a new disease
on Mars. Not one to wait, Cmdr. Seung calls the Chinese orbiting space station
asking for help for medication, which later arrives and prevents any more
fatalities both in Olympus Town and with Lukrum. Lt.Cmdr. Mike Glenn, 2nd in
command, questions Seung and asks the IMSF to be in charge of Olympus Town.
MARS: POWER PLAY
(USA, 2018 - 47 minutes)
By November 2042, Lt.Cmdr. Glenn's request to be in charge of Olympus Town is
denied by the IMSF. Lukrum and Russia make a backroom deal and the IMSF are
powerless. Hana Seung and Robert Foucault search for water, and Robert tells
Hana he is quitting Olympus Town to work for Lukrum. Both try to kindle a
budding relationship, which fails as Hana is devoted to the mission. Glenn cuts
power to Lukrum after exceeding the power agreement, unknowingly jeopardizing
the entire Lukrum base. When Cmdr. Seung later finds out, Lt.Cmdr. Glenn is
confined to his quarters. Amelie later goes into premature labor two months
early and gives birth.
MARS: THE SHAKEUP
(USA, 2018 - 47 minutes)
By December 2042, Lukrum uses an underground explosion to succeed finding liquid
water but this action also causes quakes. Lukrum colony gets hit worst with
several dead, including their commander who searched the wrecked station for
survivors and was asphyxiated when his spacesuit was damaged. On Earth Lukrum's
CEO tries to downplay the cause of the quake and buys his way into IMSF, only to
get stumped by IMSF director Richardson who hands the show to Olympus Town where
Seung reveals the truth about the quake and Amelie and Javier present their
baby, Gabriella Delgado Durand, to the audience on Earth. In the final scene
three years later in May of 2045, the team looks at the first cloud on a
satellite image and celebrates evidence of their efforts in terraforming Mars.
Series Trailer
MY FAVORITE MARTIAN: THE DISASTRO-NAUTS
(USA 1964 - 25 minutes)
Martin convinces Tim to use his connections as a reporter to get Martin a tryout
as the astronaut for a Mars destined rocket, privately financed by Omar M. Keck.
Despite a slew of younger stereotypical astronaut types vying for the job,
Martin's obvious advantages as a Martian get him the job. Before Martin is ready
to leave, he allows Tim to prepare a story of his uncle "The Martian" for
publication after Martin is on his way. On his way to the air force base with
Martin, Tim leaves the tape of the story on Mr. Burns' desk - based on his usual
schedule, Mr. Burns should arrive at the office after Martin and the rocket are
safely in space. However the launch of the rocket is delayed.
Series Trailer
Friday
October 18, 2019
NO SCREENING DUE TO ILLNESS
Friday
September 20, 2019
NO SCREENING DUE TO ILLNESS
Friday
August 16, 2019
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S MARS - Season 2, Part 1!
MARS: WE ARE NOT ALONE
(USA, 2018 - 47 minutes)
It is April 2042, five years after "Crossroads". Terraforming of Mars has
started with the arrival of a group of highly skilled astronauts/miners working
for a for-profit corporation called Lukrum specializing in natural-resource
extraction. The people at Lukrum's base request water and know Commander Hana
Seung of Olympus Town can't say no. Dr. Amelie Durand plans to go back to Earth.
In the real-world footage, the episode shows many people, including Neil
deGrasse Tyson, Andy Weir, Elon Musk and Kim Stanley Robinson talking about
capitalist pursuits on Earth of Arctic oil.
MARS: WORLDS APART
(USA, 2018 - 47 minutes)
In May 2042, Lukrum finds water on Mars and Marta Kamen demands to study it,
before Lukrum can damage any potential life living therein. Dr. Amelie Durand
finds out she's pregnant, maybe ending her plans to go back to earth. Hana Seung
and her sister Joon Seung are reunited, but not in the way they had hoped for.
MARS: DARKNESS FALLS
(USA, 2018 - 47 minutes)
By August 2042, Amelie and Javier have found out that they are having a girl. A
solar flare strikes Mars, knocking out power and communications to both Olympus
Town and Lukrum. Marta was outside looking for life, and becomes stranded as a
result of the power loss, putting her life in extreme jeopardy. Commander Seung
is distracted by her grief regarding a recent personal tragedy.
Series Trailer
MY FAVORITE MARTIAN: OH, MY ACHING ANTENN
(USA 1964 - 25 minutes)
Martin finds that he is prematurely aging due to the increased gravity on Earth
compared to Mars. Thus he goes through some anti-gravity therapy, which in turn
causes havoc for those around him.
Series Trailer
Friday
July 13, 2019
GOOFBALLS ON/FROM MARS!
ROCKETMAN
(USA, 1997 - 94 minutes)
Fred Z. Randall is a geeky and obnoxious spacecraft designer who gets the chance
to make his dream come true and travel to Mars as a member of the first crewed
flight there.
Trailer
MY FAVORITE MARTIAN
(USA, 1999 - 94 minutes)
Life couldn't get much worse for News Producer Tim O'Hara. He humiliates the one
he loves and ends up getting fired by her father. Then, a Martian from Mars
arrives in his home. The Martian adopts the name 'Uncle Martin' and becomes
friends with Tim, whilst he fixes his ship. Unaware to Martin, Tim actually
wants to reveal him to the world, but can he actually do that to his new friend
and 'Uncle'?
Trailer
MY FAVORITE MARTIAN: WHO'S GOT THE POWER
(USA 1964 - 25 minutes)
During an electrical storm, Martin gets an affliction called popsy, which causes
him to appear and disappear uncontrollably. With Tim's help, Martin needs to
long ground himself electrically to cure the popsy. Just as he does so, Mrs.
Brown drops by and accidentally completes the grounding. In doing so, she gets
Martin's levitation power.
Series Trailer
Friday
June 21, 2019
MISSIONS TO MARS - LIVE ON TV!
SPECIAL REPORT: JOURNEY TO MARS
(USA 1996 - 120 minutes)
When the world's first spaceship is close to its goal (Mars), the TV-network GNN
begins its live coverage of the last two hours of the mission and then the
problems start. The landing-computer malfunctions, the captain Eugene Slader
gets very sick and back on Earth it is discovered that big financial
corporations have an interest in the failure of the mission - and we, the
viewers, can see it all live on television.
ESCAPE FROM MARS
(USA 1999 - 100 minutes)
Five astronauts make the first manned trip to Mars, in the second decade of the
21st century. They must battle and overcome inferior computer components,
corporate greed and indifference, their own personal problems, as well as the
surprises that the Red Planet has in store for them.
MY FAVORITE MARTIAN: HOW ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP THEM DOWM OM THE PHARMACY
(USA 1964 - 25 minutes)
The Earthly environment is causing a vitamin deficiency in Martin. He draws on
energy and vitamins from everything and everyone around him. The effect on
things is for them to go haywire. And if people look him in the eyes, they will
fall asleep since they are sapped of their energy. Martin needs some vitamins
immediately or else he will grow weaker and weaker to the point of no return.
Luckily, the vitamins he needs can be found at any pharmacy, however by
prescription. Also it's Sunday and all the stores are closed.
Series Trailer
Friday
May 17, 2019
MARS MOVIE NIGHT -- HOW TO DATE A MARTIAN
EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY
(USA 1988 - 100 minutes)
Three furry (and funny) Martians travel around the universe in a spaceship and
receive a broadcast showing human females. They are fascinated by these shapely
creatures and discover that the broadcast came from Southern California on
Earth. Meanwhile, valley girl Valerie Gail feels her cold fiancee Dr. Ted
Gallagher is slipping away and decides to seduce him. Instead, she catches him
cheating on her with a nurse, throws him out, smashes his things and refuses to
see him again. The aliens' spaceship crash lands in Valerie's swimming pool -
putting a decided damper on her future wedding plans in Las Vegas. She brings
them into her home; and the aliens prove to be quick learners and absorb
American popular culture and language through television.
See the Trailer
VAMPIRELLA
(USA 1988 - 82 minutes)
Thirty centuries ago on the planet Drakulon a cult led by Vlad kills the Council
and escapes to Earth to become the bloodsuckers known as vampires. Ella,
daughter of the slain High Elder, pursues the cult with vengeance in her heart.
Shipwrecked for centuries on Mars, she eventually gets to Earth as stowaway on a
manned expedition. On present day Earth Adam, a descendant of the Van Helsings,
works for PURGE, a paramilitary group dedicated to hunting vampires. Ella is now
known as Vampirella, and must form an uneasy alliance with Adam in order to
locate and deal with their common enemy, Vlad.
See the Trailer
MY FAVORITE MARTIAN: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING UNCLE MARTIN
(USA 1964 - 25 minutes)
Martin needs to fly his space ship, which is deteriorating due to inertia. Tim's
fear is realized: Martin's flight is spotted as a UFO. Martin needs to take
another flight, but Mrs. Brown calls in the authorities - Jack and Jim being
their representatives - who use Tim and Martin's apartment as a sighting
station.
Series Trailer
Friday
April 19, 2019
MARS MOVIE NIGHT -- GERRY ANDERSON'S NEW CAPTAIN SCARLET & RED FACTION ORIGINS
RED FACTION: ORIGINS
(2011 USA - 93 minutes)
Twenty-five years have passed since Alec Mason led the Martian Colonies to
freedom...and 12 years since vengeful enemies killed his wife, kidnapped his
daughter Lyra, and left a broken hero in their wake. Jake Mason, Alec's last
surviving son and an officer in the Red Faction kidnapping, his sister is still
alive. As a powerful new enemy swarms across the planet, Jake goes out to find
her, only to learn that his lost sister is one of them... a cold-blooded soldier
sworn to destroy the Red Faction.
See Trailer
GERRY ANDERSON'S NEW CAPTAIN SCARLET: INSTRUMENT OF DESTRUCTION, PART 1
(UK 2005 - 22 minutes)
Dateline: 2068. When an unidentified mysterious extraplanetary signal from the
surface of Mars is detected, the world security organisation known as Spectrum
sends Captains Scarlet and Black on a search of the desert surface to find out
who is sending the signal. There, they discover a cloaked city, which they
destroy, fearing themselves under attack. The city rebuilds itself and the
inhabitants, calling themselves the Mysterons, announce that they will destroy
humanity with its own violence. Captain Black appears to be killed and Scarlet
is returned to Earth as the Mysterons' instrument of destruction.
See the Trailer
GERRY ANDERSON'S NEW CAPTAIN SCARLET: INSTRUMENT OF DESTRUCTION, PART 2
(UK 2005 - 22 minutes)
The Mysterons resurrect Captain Black, who gains control of a worldwide
distribution company and a Russian military leader. With the latter they launch
an all-out attack against Skybase whilst with the former they transport enough
nuclear material to Siberia to create a bomb large enough to crack the world
wide open. Meanwhile Captain Scarlet, who is now back to his old self, must earn
Captain Blue's trust as they must work together to stop Captain Black. Meanwhile
Black's former lover, Destiny Angel, must come to terms with the fact that the
man she once loved is now in league with the enemy.
See the Trailer
MY FAVORITE MARTIAN: IF YOU CAN'T LICK 'EM
(USA 1964 - 25 minutes)
Martin is stressed out because neighborhood kid, Horace, won't leave him alone
to work on his spaceship. The stress has caused Martin's antennae to be stuck in
its up position which in addition causes him to lose his Martian powers. With
Horace fast approaching, Martin has nowhere to hide, so fashions a pair of
antennae for Tim to wear. As such, Horace will think they're just playing.
Horace also wants to play Martian and goes out and buys a pair of antennae. This
starts a nation-wide fad of boys playing Martian wearing antennae.
Series Trailer
Friday
March 15, 2019
MARS MOVIE NIGHT -- WIZARDS AND WARLORDS!
THE WIZARD OF MARS (aka: HORRORS OF THE RED PLANET)
(USA 1964 - 85 minutes)
Four American astronauts, three men and a woman, crash-land in a desert region
of Mars. With an ever-decreasing air supply, the group ventures out into the red
planet's terrain. The group encounters alien terrors as they make their way to
an ancient city. There they meet the highly intelligent "Wizard," who blocks
their efforts to escape the hostile planet.
See the Trailer
WARLORDS OF ATLANTIS
(USA 1978 - 96 minutes)
Searching for the lost world of Atlantis, Prof. Aitken, his son Charles and Greg
Collinson are betrayed by the crew of their expedition's ship, attracted by the
fabulous treasures of Atlantis. The diving bell destroyed, a deep sea monster
attacks the boat. They are all dragged to the bottom of the sea where they meet
the inhabitants of the lost continent, an advance alien race from Mars that
makes slaves of the ship-wrecked sailors. The Martians want to rule the human
world -- due to his high IQ, they think that Charles may join them.
See the Trailer
MY FAVORITE MARTIAN: DANGER! HIGH VOLTAGE!
(USA 1964 - 25 minutes)
Martin needs to electrically charge himself for his trip back to Mars. However
he overcharges himself. He needs to rid himself of the excess electricity, and
when he initially tries to discharge it, he blacks out half of Los Angeles.
Series Trailer
Friday
February 15, 2019
MARS MOVIE NIGHT -- THE WARS OF THE WORLDS!
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: WAR OF THE WORLDS
(USA 2013 - 52 minutes)
Shortly after 8 p.m. on the Halloween Eve, 1938, the voice of a panicked radio
announcer broke in with a news bulletin reporting strange explosions taking
place on the planet Mars, followed minutes later by a report that Martians had
landed in the tiny town of Grovers Mill, New Jersey. Although most listeners
understood that the program was a radio drama, the next day's headlines reported
that thousands of others plunged into panic, convinced that America was under a
deadly Martian attack. It turned out to be H.G. Wells' classic The War of the
Worlds, performed by 23-year-old Orson Welles.
See the Trailer
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
(USA 1953 - 85 minutes)
Producer George Pal and director Byron Haskins' landmark adaptation of the H. G.
Wells classic novel that focuses on the invasion of the earth by Martian war
machines. The Martians unleash a direct assault to our planet, with hundreds of
invulnerable ships. The invasion takes place all over the world, and all the
major cities are destroyed one after one; even the atomic bomb can't stop them.
But, if the humans can't beat them, who can?
See the Trailer
NOTE: We will be screening the newly Restored and Remastered (4K) version of
this film... hopefully. :-J
MY FAVORITE MARTIAN: MARTIN AND THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE
(USA 1964 - 25 minutes)
A suspicious French clothier has eyes for Mrs. Brown, prompting Uncle Martin to
try romancing her to thwart him.
Series Trailer
Friday
January 18, 2019
MARS MOVIE NIGHT -- NEW MARS FILMS OF 2018
SEAT 25
(UK 2018 - 84 minutes)
When Faye Banks secretly enters a competition to win a seat on the first manned
mission to Mars, she never expects to win. But when the dangerous one way trip
becomes a reality, her life on Earth is turned upside down. With time running
out, Faye must decide whether to leave her husband, family and friends, or has
the prospect of leaving for ever made her realise what she has here on Earth?
See the Trailer
2036 ORIGIN UNKNOWN
(UK 2018 - 94 minutes)
After the first manned mission to Mars ends in a deadly crash, mission
controller Mackenzie 'Mack' Wilson assists an artificial intelligence system,
A.R.T.I. Their investigation uncovers a mysterious object under the surface of
Mars, that could change the future of our planet as we know it.
See the Trailer
MY FAVORITE MARTIAN: THE SINKABLE MRS. BROWN
(USA 1964 - 25 minutes)
Pete Dudley, a real estate salesman, convinces Mrs. Brown that she should sell
her ramshackle of a house, which causes a problem for Tim and Martin, especially
in hiding the spaceship. Dudley already has prospective buyers, Edgar and Emily
Graham, who would be especially interested in the garage since Mr. Graham wants
to make it into a workshop.
Series Trailer
Friday
December 14, 2018
MARS MOVIE NIGHT -- RAY BRADBURY'S THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES
THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES (USA 1979)
Earth sends its first manned probe to Mars in 1999, and a jealous Martian
murders the two astronauts when his wife has erotic dreams of meeting them.
Members of a subsequent expedition are hypnotized into believing that they have
landed in the childhood community of their leader and have been reunited with
deceased family and friends, and they are poisoned by the Martians.
Col. John Wilder leads a third expedition and learns that a chicken pox virus
brought to Mars by the first two expeditions has almost eradicated the Martian
population. A member of Wilder's team becomes obsessed with protecting Mars from
Earthmen and murders some of the others in Wilder's party.
Colonists arrive on Mars to settle, among them priests seeking God, and a lone
Martian masquerades as the most desired persons of various settlers.
Global war on Earth reduces man's natal planet to radioactive waste, and some of
the settlers returned there prior to the holocaust. Wilder struggles to assemble
the remaining humans on Mars, who cope with their loneliness in different ways
and will not leave their piece of Mars, before Wilder meets a Martian of past or
future who tells him the secret of simple Martian life and convinces him to
abandon the Earth lifestyle.
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NOTE: We will be screening all three episodes of this miniseries, so please
expect the evening to run long.
Friday
November 16, 2018
MARS MOVIE NIGHT -- MARTIAN CONSPIRACIES
THE ASTRONAUT (USA 1972)
In the not too distant future the first American astronaut prepares to set foot
on the planet Mars. The world is watching this event live on television.
Everything is a success, or so the world thinks, and he is treated as a hero
upon his return. Later, it is discovered that the mission was a failure and as
the astronaut was on Mars he died of an undetermined condition either due to
toxic poisoning due to conditions on Mars or some unknown bacteria native to
Mars. Mission controllers on Earth saw this happening and fed a false image into
the "live" broadcast so as not to panic the public. The "astronaut" who returned
to Earth was actually a double who had undergone surgery so as to look like the
real astronaut. Only the wife of the astronaut began to suspect the man who
returned, although looking identical to her husband, was somehow different.
CAPRICORN ONE (USA 1978)
Classic conspiracy tale about the first manned mission to Mars. All appears to
be going well until the astronauts are pulled off the ship just before launch by
shadowy government types and whisked off to a film studio in the desert. It
transpires that the space vehicle has a major defect which NASA just daren't
admit. At the studio, over a course of months, the astronauts are forced to act
out the journey and the landing to trick the world into believing they have made
the trip. Meanwhile, a Journalist is getting suspicious and every clue he
uncovers seems to result in an attempt on his life! The astronauts are just
about to splashdown when a further twist to the tale occurs, leaving them with
no choice but to try and escape ...
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MY FAVORITE MARTIAN: SUPER DOOPER SNOOPER (USA 1964)
Mrs. Brown is taking a course on how to be a private detective, and her first
assignment is to prepare a dossier on an unsuspecting person. Her choice of
subject is Martin. Of course, Martin knows what she's up to, but he is still a
bit concerned about her discovering his Martian identity.
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MARS MOVIE GUIDE
Updated 05 June 2020
by Gerry Williams, The Mars Society-San Diego
For listing in CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
For listing in ALPHABETICAL ORDER
For listings of TELEVISION and SHORT MARS FILMS
For listings of MARS DOCUMENTARY FILMS
For Mars Movies of the Future & News - COMING ATTRACTIONS & NEWS
For Mars Movie Guide FEATURED IN THE MEDIA
For MARS MOVIE NIGHTS
Back to THE MARS SOCIETY - SAN DIEGO Home Page.
IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
"AD ASTRA"
2019 USA & China (Feature Film, 123 minutes)
In the near future, the Solar System is being struck by mysterious power surges
of unknown origin, threatening the future of human life. After surviving an
incident on an immense space antenna caused by one of these surges, Major Roy
McBride, son of famed pioneering astronaut H. Clifford McBride is informed by
U.S. Space Command (SpaceCom), the United States Armed Forces branch operating
in Space, that the source of the surges has been traced to the "Lima Project"
base. The Lima Project had been sent some twenty-six years prior to search for
intelligent life from the farthest regions of the Solar System under Clifford
McBride's leadership, and disappeared sixteen years prior in orbit around
Neptune. A SpaceCom officer informs Roy that they believe Clifford may still be
alive, and he is tasked with the mission of traveling to Mars to try and
establish communication with him. McBride accepts the mission, and is joined by
an old associate of his father, Colonel Pruitt.
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"TRASH ON MARS"
2019 Czech Republic (Feature Film, 84 minutes)
Flying to Mars is long since out of fashion. The Martian science station is
maintained in emergency mode by an obsolete robot, Bot, left there to his own
devices long ago. Instead of spare parts, Czech tourists arrive on the planet
planning to hold a wedding. But people who don't have their own personal
problems sorted out shouldn't go to outer space. The robot has survived five
major sandstorms, has only been reading comic books about Indians, and has been
repeatedly struck by lightning. He does not want to be alone anymore. Can
artificial intelligence get jealous? When the ice caps start to melt, things
happen that normally could not.
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"ANIARA"
2019 Sweeden/Denmark (Feature Film, 106 minutes)
Aniara is the story of one of the many spaceships used for transporting Earth's
population to their new home-planet Mars. But just as Aniara leaves the ruined
Earth, she collides with an asteroid and is knocked off her course. Aniara's
passengers slowly realize that they'll never be able to return; they will
continue onwards through an empty and cold universe forever.
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"RED ROVER"
2018 Canada (Feature Film, 95 minutes)
After feeling he has nothing left to live for on earth, a lonely geologist tries
to qualify for a one-way mission to Mars with the help of an offbeat musician
who is just as lost as he is.
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"2036 ORIGIN UNKNOWN"
2018 UK (Feature Film, 94 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Origin Unknown"
After the first manned mission to Mars ends in a deadly crash, mission
controller Mackenzie 'Mack' Wilson assists an artificial intelligence system,
A.R.T.I. Their investigation uncovers a mysterious object under the surface of
Mars, that could change the future of our planet as we know it.
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"SEAT 25"
2018 UK (Feature Film, 83 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
When Faye Banks secretly enters a competition to win a seat on the first manned
mission to Mars, she never expects to win. But when the dangerous one way trip
becomes a reality, her life on Earth is turned upside down. With time running
out, Faye must decide whether to leave her husband, family and friends, or has
the prospect of leaving for ever made her realise what she has here on Earth?
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"STARSHIP TROOPERS: TRAITOR OF MARS"
2017 USA (Feature Film, 100 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Federation trooper Johnny Rico is ordered to work with a group of new recruits
on a satellite station on Mars, where giant bugs have decided to target their
next attack.
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"LIFE"
2017 USA (Feature Film, 103 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Six astronauts aboard the space station study a sample collected from Mars that
could provide evidence for extraterrestrial life on the Red Planet. The crew
determines that the sample contains a large, single-celled organism - the first
example of life beyond Earth. But..things aren't always what they seem. As the
crew begins to conduct research, and their methods end up having unintended
consequences, the life form proves more intelligent than anyone ever expected.
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"THE MAN FROM OUTER SPACE"
2017 USA (Feature Film, 74 minutes)
A failing script writer is given one last chance to save his career, yet at what
cost? Diving deeper into his script, Louis imagines himself as the main
character: a futuristic astronaut from Mars who crash lands on a desolate earth.
While in the real world his family struggles with his absence from their lives.
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"BRAVE NEW JERSEY"
2016 USA (Feature Film, 86 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A small New Jersey town in 1938 is overcome with mass hysteria on the night of
Orson Welles's legendary 1938 'War of the Worlds' radio broadcast, the hoax
which fooled millions into believing America was being invaded by Martians.
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"THE SPACE BETWEEN US"
2016 USA (Feature Film, 121 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Out of This World"
The first human born on Mars travels to Earth for the first time, experiencing
the wonders of the planet through fresh eyes. He embarks on an adventure with a
street smart girl to discover how he came to be.
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"FIRST MAN ON MARS"
2016 UK (Feature Film, 83 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The countdown to terror has begun. Astronaut Eli Cologne became the first man on
Mars, but something went horribly wrong. Infected by an alien organism, he
returned to Earth a savage monster with an unquenchable thirst for human flesh.
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"DESTINATION: PLANET NEGRO!"
2016 USA (Feature Film, 99 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Now available on Amazon Video
In 1939, African American leaders respond to Jim Crow segregation by building a
rocket to colonize Mars. The three person crew blasts off, but time travel
instead, arriving in present-day America revealing much about race today.
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"APPROACHING THE UNKNOWN"
2016 USA (Feature Film, 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Now available on Amazon Video
Captain William Stanaforth is on a one-way solo mission to take the first steps
in colonizing Mars. Like all pioneers throughout history, Stanaforth will face
insurmountable odds and life and death decisions as he rockets bravely through
space.
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"MARTIAN LAND"
2015 USA (Feature Film, 86 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
In the distant future, a large portion of humanity lives on Mars, in cities that
resemble those once found on Earth. The cities are protected from the
inhospitable Martian atmosphere by dome-like force-fields. When a massive
sandstorm breaks through the dome and destroys Mars New York, those in Mars Los
Angeles must figure out how to stop the storm before it wipes them out next.
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"THE MARTIAN"
2015 USA (Feature Film, 141 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a
fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds
himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he
must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal
to Earth that he is alive.
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"ZOMBIE CATS FROM MARS"
2015 USA (Feature Film, 89 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Billy sees a UFO land. Billy retreats into his head, imagining that aliens are
taking over the town. Billy's friend Cameron is skeptical, as is the rest of the
town. Meanwhile, people are starting to die. Billy, wrapped up in a world of
science fiction, discovers a story in which Martian Cats land on Earth and
inflict horror upon the town. Confident that the killings are the result of the
UFO delivering alien cats, he sets off on his own mission to save the town.
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"THE LAST DAYS ON MARS"
2013 UK (Feature Film, 91 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "The Animator"
A group of astronaut explorers succumb one by one to a mysterious and terrifying
force while collecting specimens on Mars.
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"ALIEN DAWN"
2013 USA/Canada (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Battle Invasion"
2012. The dawn of destruction. As giant alien machines enslave and feed off
humanity, the few remaining survivors band together to form a armed militia that
will be the last stand against total extinction.
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"JEFF WAYNE'S MUSICAL VERSION OF 'THE WAR OF THE WORLDS' ALIVE ON STAGE! THE NEW
GENERATION"
2013 UK (Concert Video, 118 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Stage musical adaptation of H.G. Wells' alien invasion novel, recorded live at
London's O2 arena in 2012. The reimagined story, which was first released in
1978 as a concept album by Jeff Wayne, is narrated by Liam Neeson and includes
performances by Jason Donovan, Marti Pellow and Ricky Wilson.
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"MARS ET AVRIL"
2012 Canada (Feature Film, 91 minutes)
aka: "Mars and April" [TMS-SD Library]
Set in a futuristic environment, Mars et Avril tells the story of an elderly
musician and his instrument maker who both become obsessed with the same woman.
She agrees to be the model for their next musical instrument but then gets lost
in a virtual world on the way to Mars.
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"WAR OF THE WORLDS: GOLIATH"
2012 USA (Animated Feature, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
In 1899, the Earth was attacked by ruthless invaders from the planet Mars. The
Martian's 80-ft tall, heat-ray spewing, tripod battle machines laid waste to the
planet, but the invaders ultimately fell prey to Earth's tiny bacteria. Fifteen
years later, Man has rebuilt his shattered world, in large part by utilizing
captured Martian technology. Equipped with giant, steam-powered tripod battle
machines, the international rapid reaction force, A.R.E.S., is Mankind's first
line of defense against the return of the rapacious Martian invaders. And return
the Martians do.
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"WAR OF THE WORLDS THE TRUE STORY"
2012 USA (Feature Film, 102 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Based on the most beloved alien invasion story of all time by H.G. Wells, the
film is presented as a news reporter's first hand memoirs. The film assumes the
world knows there was a war between Earth and Mars in the year 1900 and is
presented as the eyewitness account of Bertie Wells, the last living survivor of
the Earth/Mars War as he struggles to find his wife amidst the destruction of
humankind at the hands of terrifying alien invaders.
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"JOHN CARTER"
2012 USA (Feature Film, 132 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
One minute, dozing Civil War veteran John Carter is evading Apaches in a
deserted cave. The next, he's waking up on Mars, a once-Earthlike planet that's
devolved into chaos -- and civil war of a different sort. Based on Edgar Rice
Burroughs's classic "Barsoom Series," this sci-fi adventure finds Carter coming
to the aid of Martian princess Dejah Thoris and pitching in to help protect the
planet.
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"RED FACTION: ORIGINS"
2011 USA (Feature Film, 93 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Twenty-five years have passed since Alec Mason led the Martian Colonies to
freedom...and 12 years since vengeful enemies killed his wife, kidnapped his
daughter Lyra, and left a broken hero in their wake. Jake Mason, Alec's last
surviving son and an officer in the Red Faction Militia, has his world turned
inside out when he discovers that now, 12 years after her kidnapping, his sister
is still alive. As a powerful new enemy swarms across the planet, Jake goes out
to find her, only to learn that his lost sister is one of them... a cold-blooded
soldier sworn to destroy the Red Faction.
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"MARS NEEDS MOMS"
2011 USA (Feature Film, 88 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
After tormenting his sister and refusing to eat his veggies, Milo lands in big
trouble and starts viewing his Mom as uncaring and unfair. But when Martians
suddenly abduct her, Milo rushes to the rescue and discovers why all moms are so
special. In this fun-filled animated film, based on Berkeley Breathed's popular
book, Martians need loving, hardworking mothers just as much as humans do.
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"MASTER RACE FROM MARS"
2011 USA (Feature Film)
In 1888, a persecuted race from the planet Mars escaped to Philadelphia. There
were only a few Martians -- all women. A plan for the survival of their race
became Philadelphia history.
NOTE: This film has NOT yet been released.
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"TIN CAN"
2010 USA (Feature Film, 86 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
In the near future, three astronauts endeavor to complete a journey of
unprecedented ambition. Though they may leave Earth behind, they will soon
discover that the past is not as easy to escape.
NOTE: This film is currently only released through Amazon Instant Video.
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"MARS"
2010 USA (Feature Film, 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The discovery of life on Mars places a robotic expedition and a manned mission
in a race to the Red Planet. On the way we discover that love - biological,
spiritual, and even mechanical - can flourish in all kinds of ways.
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"QUANTUM APOCALYPSE"
2010 USA (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Quantum Apocalypse (Judgment Day)"
When a comet unexpectedly changes paths and collides with Mars, kicking up a
storm of debris, a team of government scientists looks to two oddball physicists
to investigate an even bigger threat: the force that caused the comet to veer
off track. In their battle to save Earth, the two geniuses get help from an
unlikely source: a small-town mayor's autistic brother.
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"EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS'S PRINCESS OF MARS"
2009 USA (Feature Film, 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Based on the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, a US soldier finds himself
inexplicably transported to Mars in the midst of a war between two alien races.
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"MR. NOBODY"
2009 Canada/Belgium/France/Germany (Feature Film, 157 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Mr. Nobody takes place in 2092 at a time when Mars has become a vacation planet
and all humans have been made immortal thanks to scientific advancement. The
story follows a 120 year old man named Nemo Nobody who is not only the oldest
man alive, but also the last mortal human being. Nobody is preoccupied by the
question of whether or not he has lived the right life.
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"THE BOX"
2009 USA (Feature Film, 115 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple
wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A
mysterious stranger delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon
its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However, pressing this button
will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the
world, someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their
possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling
moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.
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"WATCHMEN"
2009 USA (Feature Film, 162 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A group of heroes, forced into retirement a decade before are called together
once again to investigate the murder of one of their own. What they discover an
age-old conspiracy to change the balance of power in a world not different from
our own.
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"INTERPLANETARY"
2008 USA (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A motley assortment of men and women live and work together on a base on Mars
for the Interplanetary Corporation. Things are pretty dull and unexciting until
one day the crew find themselves under attack not only by a lethal group of
strangers, but also from a vicious reptilian humanoid alien beast.
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"MONSTER X STRIKES BACK"
2008 Japan (Feature Film, 98 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Girara no gyakushû: Tôya-ko Samitto kikiippatsu," "Guilala no gyakushû:
Tôya-ko Summit kikiippatsu," "Guilala's Counterattack: Lake Toya Summit Crisis,"
"The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit"
The G8 Summit is being held in Hokkaido, Japan, and the leaders of the World's
most powerful and prosperous nations have arrived to discuss environmental
issues. However, arriving at a diplomatic solution to global warming soon takes
a back seat to a greater crisis: a Chinese space probe returning from a mission
to Mars crash lands thirty miles away, and it's soon discovered that a strange
creature hitched a ride to Earth from the Red Planet. The fire- breathing
monster Guilala is now laying waste to the city of Sapporo, and the G8
organizers propose that the meeting be cancelled and the leaders sent home to
safety. However, the President of the United States is having none of it, and
urges his fellow executives to stay and lead the fight against the
interplanetary menace.
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"CAVE WOMEN ON MARS"
2008 USA (Feature Film, 73 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
It is the future: 1987. Great scientific advances have allowed mankind to
achieve that which previously only existed in speculative fiction -- space
travel. But, on the eve of humanity's first manned mission to the red planet, no
amount of speculation could adequately prepare us for the unexpected discovery
of ... Cave Women on Mars!
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"THE FLAMING LIPS: CHRISTMAS ON MARS!"
2008 USA (Feature Film, 82 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
It's Christmastime, and the colonization of Mars is underway. However, when an
oxygen generator and a gravity control pod malfunction, Major Syrtis and his
team fear the worst. Syrtis also hallucinates about the birth of a baby, and
many other strange things. Meanwhile, a compassionate alien superbeing arrives,
inspiring and helping the isolated astronauts.
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"WAR OF THE WORLDS 2: THE NEXT WAVE"
2008 USA (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The aliens return to complete their plan of human domination, launching a second
wave of attacks that threaten to destroy what is left of humanity. Sequel to The
Asylum's "H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds" (2005)
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"MARTIAN CHILD"
2007 USA (Feature Film, 106 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A science-fiction writer, recently widowed, considers whether to adopt a
hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially rejected boy who says he's
really from Mars.
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"RACE TO MARS"
2007 Canada (TV Mini-Series, 2 episodes, 93 minutes each, 186 minutes total)
[TMS-SD Library]
In the year 2030, the race to be the first to reach the Red Planet is on - and
China is leading the way. China has stunned the world by leapfrogging over
America's long-term plans and has landed a series of advanced rovers and robotic
landers in their quest to make the most important discovery in history -
extraterrestrial life on Mars. Once again, America and its partners, including
Canada, are thrust into a winner-take-all space race - but the stakes are higher
than the race to the Moon nearly seven decades earlier.
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"TRANSFORMERS"
2007 USA (Feature Film, 143 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Dueling alien races, the Autobots and the Decepticons, bring their battle to
Earth, leaving the future of humankind hanging in the balance.
NOTE: Mars is a very minimal part of this film.
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"JEFF WAYNE'S MUSICAL VERSION OF 'THE WAR OF THE WORLDS' - LIVE ON STAGE"
2006 UK (Concert Video, 111 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
In 1978 Jeff Wayne composed and produced one of the most groundbreaking and
best-selling musical works of all time. In 2006 it was brought to the stage for
the first time, playing to sold-out arenas across the United Kingdom and
Australia. It is a spectacular mix of live music, theatre, multi-media and
visual arts on a grand scale. Recorded live at the Wembley Arena, London.
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"SCARY MOVIE 4"
2006 USA (Feature Film, 83 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The unemployed Cindy Campbell is hired to work in a cursed house as caretaker of
an old lady and meets the ghost of a boy. Meanwhile, the teenager son Robbie and
the young daughter Rachel of his next door neighbor and crane operator Tom Ryan
are spending the weekend with their loser father. Cindy and Tom meet and fall in
love for each other, but when Giant TriPods invade Earth, Tom escapes with
Robbie and Rachel; Cindy travels to a village, trying to find the answer to a
riddle to save the world; and the president of USA organizes the defense of the
planet in the UN under his intelligence and leadership.
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"DOOM"
2005 USA (Feature Film, 100 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Something has gone wrong: A distress call from the Olduvai scientific research
station on Mars forces a Special Ops team to investigate. What they find are
creatures from another dimension, lurking in the darkness, killing off the
survivors. Based on the video game series.
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"CRIMSON FORCE"
2005 USA (Feature Film, 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Graveland"
The crew of the first manned mission to Mars crash land on the surface in search
of a clean everlasting power source they believe to be hidden somewhere beneath
the ground. However, the crew find themselves in the middle of a civil war
between the High Priest of Mars' royal guards and the High Priestess' warriors.
The crew is divided with one half deciding to help the High Priest make peace
with Earth and the other side with the High Priestess who is secretly plotting
to kill her husband and invade Earth.
"H. G. WELLS' WAR OF THE WORLDS"
2005 USA (Feature Film, 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Invasion"
The Asylum presents this modern retelling of H.G. Wells' sci-fi classic, in
which civilization is laid to ruin when a race of super aliens invades Earth.
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"WAR OF THE WORLDS"
2005 USA (Feature Film, 98 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
"They're already here!" (and apparently they're not Martians). Ray Ferrier is a
working class man living in New Jersey. He's estranged from his family, his life
isn't in order, and he's too caught up with himself. But the unthinkable and,
ultimately, the unexpected happens to him in an extraordinary sense. His small
town life is shaken violently by the arrival of destructive intruders: Aliens
which have come en masse to destroy Earth. As they plow through the country in a
wave of mass destruction and violence, Ray must come to the defense of his
children. As the world must fend for itself by a new and very advanced enemy not
of this world, its inhabitants must save humanity from a far greater force that
threatens to destroy it. A Tom Cruise/Steven Spielberg production.
NOTE: Mars and Martians are a non-existant part of this film.
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"H. G. WELLS' THE WAR OF THE WORLDS"
2005 USA (Feature Film, 180 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "The Classic War of the Worlds"
Pendragon Pictures presents the first authentic movie adaptation of the 1898
H.G. Wells classic novel. Martians launch a deadly attack on Earth.
"TOM AND JERRY: BLAST OFF TO MARS"
2005 USA (Feature Film, 75 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Tom and Jerry mistakenly stow away on the first manned mission to Mars and
discover we are NOT alone ... Martians do exist! The furry duo must join forces
with a young Martian girl to battle asteroid fields, the Martian invasion of
Earth, and a gigantic alien robot bent on destroying anything and anyone in its
path.
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"CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE 4TH KIND: INFESTATION FROM MARS"
2004 USA (Feature Film, 98 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "CE4K," "CE4K: Infestation from Mars," "Infestation from Mars"
A covert military effort is made to bring back a sample of germ-ridden Martian
soil, in order to develop the ultimate biological weapon of mass destruction. A
solar flare knocks the returning probe off-course, where it crashes on a farm in
Sandusky, Ohio. An innocent by-stander becomes infcted with the Martian germs,
and turns into a murderous alien hybrid killing machine.
"COWBOY BEBOP: THE MOVIE"
2003 Japan/USA (Anime Feature Film, 116 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Tengoku No Tobira"
Set on Mars in the year 2071, a tanker truck is blown to smithereens in the
middle of a busy street, and a deadly viral infection is released with the
explosion. The Bebop crew -- Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Faye Valentine, and
Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV - are instantly after the culprit when the
gargantuan reward of 300,000,000 woolongs is announced. But the case gets
stranger and stranger as the cold-blooded Vincent Volaju, who supposedly has
been dead for ten years, seems to be the prime suspect. Meanwhile, Spike
encounters the dangerous Electra, who too seeks the madman. Conspiracies and
secrets better left alone are uncovered, and Vincent's reign or terror is
nowhere near over yet ...
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"MUTANT SWINGER FROM MARS"
2003 USA (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A 'long lost sci-fi film' from the 50's, finally, has been recovered! Martians
from Mars come to Earth and force a mad scientist to create a 'chick-magnet' to
lure women so they may take them back to Mars because ... Mars needs women, of
course! It's up to Rusty Rave to stop them.
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"A LETTER FROM MARS"
2003 South Korea (Feature Film) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Man Who Went To Mars", "Hwaseongeuro Gan Sana"
A mysterious romance begins with a letter from Mars! After her father dies,
So-hee writes letters to him believing he has gone to Mars instead of Heaven.
Her kind-hearted neighbor Seung-jae does not want to let this innocent girl down
and starts writing back to her posing as her father. Years later, this young
girl turns into a successful career woman and the helpful young man becomes a
postman. Even though these two people may seem to be worlds apart in, Seung-jae
still saves his heart for So-hee while So-hee gets lost in her 24-7-business
world. One day this young lady finally finds out who always writes back letters
sealed with love.
"EMPIRE OF DANGER"
2003 USA (Feature Film, 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A time traveling spacecraft is designed, built and sent into space on a rescue
mission to save a crew lost on Mars. A programing mishap, sends the new crew to
an earlier time in the past, missing the first crew by a few years. Once there,
they find that Mars is now being ruled by a group called the Bararians. Its
leader, Giza, is a well-known female warrior who wants the ship in order to
travel through time for her own benefit. Her goal is to steal the ancient power
of Masha, which will make her the one and only ruler of the coveted Siperion
Empire.Sequel to "Lost on Mars."
See Trailer
"LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION"
2003 USA (Feature Film, 92 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The Looney Tunes (including special guest appearances by Marvin the Martian and
Duck Dodgers of the 24th-and-one-half Century) search for a man's missing father
and the mythical Blue Diamond.
NOTE: Mars and Martians are a very minimal part of this film.
"SPIRIT OF WONDER: THE MOVIE"
2003 Japan/USA (Anime Feaure Film, 97 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
As young boys, Cooper, Gordon, and Shepherd were enchanted by the theories of
life on Mars published by Percival Lowell. Forming a group club called the
"Scientific Boys Club" the trio will embark upon their long-time dream of
traveling to Mars!
"MARTIAN SUCCESSOR NADESICO - THE MOTION PICTURE: PRINCE OF DARKNESS"
2003 Japan/USA (Anime Feaure Film, 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The Earth is being attack by machines from Jupiter called Jovian Lizards, the
Earth's last hope may be the Nadesico, a highly advanced spaceship created by a
huge corporation. One of the crew-members, Atiko Tenkawa, a chef/pilot turns up
to discover his childhood friend Yurika Misumara is the captain. Yurika has a
crush on Akito, but other crew-members love him too, presenting Yurika with
competition. Akito, however, isn't interested in any of the girls, due to the
fact that he's busy cooking and trying to cope with a past trauma. Soon the crew
discovers that the Lizards aren't what they appear and may have more enemies
than they bargained for.
"DESTINATION: MARS!"
2002 USA (Feature Film, 80 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
This ambitious production captures the essence of 1950's sci-fi classic films:
it comes complete with Martian Women, Flying Saucers, killer robots and a 50's
typical Doomsday Weapon story line. It has the look and feel of an actual 1950's
movie, and is being billed as a "lost-film" that has been recently recovered and
restored.
See Trailer
"MERCANO THE MARTIAN"
2002 Argentina (Feature Film, 87 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Mercano, el Marciano"
Mercano's life on Mars is a peaceful one, until one day a wayward probe from
Earth smashes into his planet, killing his beloved dog. Enraged the intrepid
Marian climbs into his spacecraft and heads out for vengeance, crash landing in
Buenos Aires. Ordinarily his presence would cause alarm, but Argentine society
is so indifferent that nobody takes much notice - he's just another stranger
with no job or money. Frustrated he creates his own world on the Internet, where
he strikes up a friendship with a shy boy. However the shy boys father a
businessman always on the lookout for a quick buck, discovers the alien and sees
him as an untapped source of revenue.
"LOST ON MARS"
2002 USA (Feature Film, 87 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The first ship designed to go to Mars is scheduled for a routine planetary space
exploration mission. The mission is drastically changed once Earth receives a
strange signal transmitted by a probe on Mars. Once the three young astronauts
land on Mars, they find a device that sends them spiraling back to a time when
the ruthless Siperion Empire controls Mars. Their only chance of escaping from
the past is to find the time device that brought them there in the first place.
See Trailer
"PROJECT VIPER"
2002 USA (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
It was created to live on Mars, now it is loose on Earth. V.I.P.E.R. is the code
name for a terraforming agent that is to accompany the first group of humans to
Mars -- it has been designed to terraform the hostile the Martian environment
and leave the planet ready for human life. There's only one problem ... they
never get it to Mars.
See Trailer
"STRANDED"
2002 Spain (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Stranded: Naúfragos," "Naúfragos," "The Shelter"
The first manned mission to Mars crashes onto the surface of the planet. The
astronauts are faced with a dire situation. With no resources and no time to
wait for the rescue team to arrive, they have just one alternative: three must
die so the other two can survive. But who will live and who will die?
See Trailer
JOHN CARPENTER'S "GHOSTS OF MARS"
2001 USA (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
200 years in the future a Martian police unit is dispatched to transport a
dangerous prisoner from a mining outpost back to justice. But when the team
arrives they find the town deserted and some of the inhabitants possessed by the
former inhabitants of the planet.
See Trailer
"BLOOD RED PLANET: ORBIT INTO TERROR"
2000 USA (Feature Film, 83 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
From beyond the galaxy comes a terror heading toward earth, destroying
everything in its path: a rogue planetoid from the outer reaches of the cosmos
itself. After a failed attempt by the Omega 1 to eliminate the mysterious space
entity, the crew of the Omega 2 blast off as the last hope for mankind. As
minutes and seconds tick away, the motley crew discovers the terrible secret
inside the planetoid. They're the only ones keeping the human race from total
extinction! Can the world be saved?!
"MARS AND BEYOND"
2000 Canada/USA (Feature Film)
In the year 2014, an international team of astronauts is sent to Mars.
Officially, their dangerous mission is to explore the planet most like Earth.
But a privileged few know their real mission is to answer the question: "Are we
alone?"
"MISSION TO MARS"
2000 USA (Feature Film, 113 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Commander Luc Goddard is selected to lead the first manned mission to Mars. Upon
setting foot on the red planet, the team discovers an ancient, dome like
structure which appears to be a beacon. The dome destroys the team and leaves
Luc injured. The recently widowed Jim McConnell leads the rescue mission. When
they arrive, they find Luc surprisingly alive, and he has spent the time alone
learning the secrets of the mysterious construct. The question now becomes: do
they enter the dome and answer humanity's oldest question, perhaps risking their
lives in doing so, or return to Earth with what they do know and return in force
with equipment and supplies?
See Trailer
"RED PLANET"
2000 USA/Australia (Feature Film, 106 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
In the near future, Earth is dying. A new colony on Mars could be humanity's
only hope. A team of American astronauts, each a specialist in a different
field, is making the first manned expedition to the red planet and must struggle
to overcome the differences in their personalities, backgrounds and ideologies
for the overall good of the mission. When their equipment suffers
life-threatening damage and the crew must depend on one another for survival on
the hostile surface of Mars, their doubts, fears and questions about God, man's
destiny and the nature of the universe become defining elements in their fates.
In this alien environment they must come face to face with their most human
selves.
See Trailer
"ESCAPE FROM MARS"
1999 USA/Canada (Feature Film, 100 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Five astronauts make the first manned trip to Mars, in the second decade of the
21st century. They must battle and overcome inferior computer components,
corporate greed and indifference, their own personal problems, as well as the
surprises that the Red Planet has in store for them.
"KASEI NO WAGAYA"
1999 Japan (Feature Film, 104 minutes)
aka: "Mars Sweet Home"
In New York City, Mihiko's life as a vocalist changes dramatically when she
returns home to Japan to her estranged family. Her father Kohei has been buying
plots of land over the years on the planet Mars as an investment for his family,
but suffers a stroke. Michiko must heal the rift between her married sister
Kuniko and figure out how to care for her disabled father and what to do about
all that land on Mars.
"MY FAVORITE MARTIAN"
1999 USA (Feature Film, 93 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The Martian Has Landed - There Goes The Neighborhood! News producer Tim O'Hara
gets himself fired for unwillingly compromising his bosses' daughter Brace
Channing during a live transmission. A little later, he witnesses the crashing
of a small Martian spacecraft, realizing his one-time chance of delivering a
story that will rock the earth. Since Tim took the original, but scaled down
spaceship with him, the Martian follows him to retrieve it. Unfortunately, the
electron accelerator is broken and the Martian seeks Tim's help. Tim and "Uncle
Martin" now stay together, but Tim tapes the Alien with hidden cameras for his
story of a lifetime. Ruthless Brace acquires the cassettes after Tim has become
a friend with Martin and decided otherwise. Not only do they now have to hinder
the publication of the material, but also will the (rental) spaceship
self-destruct, if not back in space in a few hours.
See Trailer
"TOTAL RECALL 2070 - MACHINE DREAMS"
1999 Canada/Germany/USA (Feature Film, 83 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Based on "Total Recall: The Series"
A stunning futuristic thriller about a world so high-tech, man is the only flaw!
In the year 2070, the planet Earth is ruled by a single government entity and a
conglomeration of corporations that hold absolute power. The crime rate is
virtually nonexistent and the Citizen's Protection Bureau defends the innocent
from unchecked sociotechnological forces. But when the Bureau partner of Agent
David Hume is dramatically gunned down, Hume's determination to uncover the
dangerous truth behind this shocking crime leads him on a pulse-pounding race
through the galaxy!
See Trailer
"THE BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER GOES TO MARS"
1998 USA (TV Special, 73 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Thomas M. Disch's underwhelming sequel, based on the book sequel, has our heroes
zooming off to, of all places, Mars.
See Trailer
"MARTIAN LAW"
1998 USA (Unsold TV Series Pilot, 90 minutes)
A sheriff patrols the high-tech frontier of Mars and busts outlaws. Dubbed
"Gunsmoke in space."
"MARS"
1998 USA (Feature Film, 91 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
When renegade law enforcement officer Caution Templar receives a desperate
message from his brother Ino, he hurries to Mars. But his brother is dead, and a
mystery unfolds that could rock the sinister Company to its core. With the help
of a beautiful woman named "Doc" Haliday, Caution fights his way to the truth,
in a battle that threatens to turn the Red Planet red with blood ...
"SPECIES II"
1998 USA (Feature Film, 93 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Species 2: Offspring," "Species 2: Origins"
An astronaut gets infected with alien DNA during the first mission on Mars and
runs amok on earth. The surviving team members from the first film team up with
a peaceful, genetically re-engineered Sil to track the monster down.
See Trailer
"ROCKETMAN"
1997 USA (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Rocket Man"
Fred Z. Randall is geeky and obnoxious spacecraft designer, who gets the chance
to make his dream come true and travel to Mars as a member of the first manned
flight there.
See Trailer
"LIFEFORM"
1996 USA (Feature Film, 97 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "The Invader"
When the Viking space capsule suddenly returns to Earth from its long ago trip
to Mars, it brings with it an intelligent visitor that is part "Alien" and part
"ET." Encased in armor, it extends a humanlike form from its shell to examine
its surroundings and shows an interest in humans, including a soft caress of a
female scientist prior to the Army killing it. This only enrages its sibling.
See Trailer
"MARS ATTACKS!"
1996 USA (Feature Film, 106 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The Martians decide to attack our planet and devastate everything. Why? Because
it's fun!!! They enjoy killing people and destroy buildings; they even play
bowling with the statues at Easter Isles and pose for photos in front of temples
as they are blowing up. Will somebody find a way to stop them or will everyone
die in the war with these short, big-brained aliens?
See Trailer
"MOTHRA"
1996 Japan (Feature Film, 104 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Mosura," "Rebirth of Mothra"
A logging and mining company working in Northern Japan disrupts a set of magical
seals buried underground, causing the release of Death Ghidora, an enormous,
three-headed monster that had previously wiped out all life on Mars and caused
the extinction of the dinosaurs on Earth. When Death Ghidora begins sucking the
life out of the environment, the only thing that can save the planet from
destruction is Mothra, the giant flying insect.
See Trailer
"SPACE JAM"
1996 USA (Feature Film, 81 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Swackhammer, owner of the amusement park planet Moron Mountain is desperate get
new attractions and he decides that the Looney Tune characters (including Marvin
the Martian) would be perfect. He sends his diminutive underlings to get them to
him, whether Bugs Bunny & Co. want to go or not.
NOTE: Mars and Martians are a very minimal part of this film.
See Trailer
"SPECIAL REPORT: JOURNEY TO MARS"
1996 USA (Feature Film, 120 minutes)
When the world's first spaceship is close to its goal, Mars, the TV-network GNN
begins its live coverage of the last two hours. Then the problems start. The
landing-computer malfunctions, the captain Eugene Slader gets very sick and back
on Earth it is discovered that big financial corporations have an interest in
the failure of the mission - and we, the viewers, can see it all live on
television.
"VAMPIRELLA"
1996 USA (Feature Film, 86 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Thirty centuries ago on the planet Drakulon a cult led by Vlad kills the Council
and escapes to earth to become the bloodsuckers known as vampires. Ella,
daughter of the slain High Elder, pursues the cult with vengeance in her heart.
Shipwrecked for centuries on Mars, she eventually gets to earth as stowaway on a
manned expedition. On present day earth Adam, a descendant of the Van Helsings,
works for PURGE, a paramilitary group dedicated to hunting vampires. Ella is now
known as Vampirella, and must form an uneasy alliance with Adam in order to
locate and deal with their common enemy, Vlad.
NOTE: Mars and Martians are a very minimal part of this film.
See Trailer
"ALIEN ESCAPE"
1995 USA (Feature Film, 94 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Mars Assault!," "Galaxy Girls"
An alien vessel crashes on Earth and is discovered by Cindy, Shauna and Becky,
three friends beginning what they think to be a casual vacation in the
mountains. The alien creatures, escaping a death sentence on their own world,
are motivated only by death, destruction and a taste for blood. Ultimately,
nothing stands in the way of their gruesome carnage except Cindy, aided by Matt,
another visitor from beyond the stars, sent to recover the ship and bring them
to justice. Together, they set out to destroy the ship, though its destruction
could strand Matt on Earth forever.
"REVENGE OF THE PUSSY SUCKERS FROM MARS"
1995 USA (Feature Film, 83 minutes)
Adult hardcore: As an outer-space resident, you've got to find the perfect Earth
man to clone in order to take over the world. Your selection? Jake Williams.
Looks like humankind will be safe for awhile.
"PROJECT SHADOWCHASER III"
1995 USA (Feature Film, 99 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Project Shadowchaser 3000", "Project Shadowchaser III: The Edge of
Darkness"
It has been 25 years since the ore spaceship Siberia was last heard from.
Unfortunately, it is now on a collision course with the communications station
Comstat 5 which is orbiting Mars. After one successful maneuver to avoid the
Siberia, it rams Comstat 5 and the crew soon finds that the Siberia crew is dead
and the reason that it has been missing for 25 years. But that reason is trying
to destroy them all as it destroyed the Siberia crew.
See Trailer
"ARMITAGE III"
1994 Japan (Anime TV Series, 140 minutes total) [TMS-SD Library]
A four-part made-for-video Japanese animated series that was also re-edited as a
two-hour feature ("Armitage: Poly-Matrix") and shown in the U.S. on the Sci-Fi
Channel. (The III in the earlier title is not the mark of a sequel but a
reference to "Thirds," a special class of cyborg.) A policeman, Ross Sylibus, is
assigned to a unit on a Martian colony, to find that women are being murdered by
a psychotic named D'anclaude. He is assigned a very unorthodox partner named
Naomi Armitage, who seems to have links to the victims. To stir things up more,
every victim is found to be an illegally made third-generation android, built to
be almost perfect replications of humans. "Armitage III: 1-Electro Blood;"
"Armitage III: 2-Flesh and Stone;" "Armitage III: 3-Heat Core;" "Armitage III:
4-Bit of Love."
See Series Trailer
"BIG WARS"
aka: "Daisenki"
1993 Japan (Anime, 71 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
It is the dawn of the 21st century. Mankind has terraformed and colonized Mars
-- while an ancient race of alien beings known only as "The Gods" has been
watching our progress ... and waiting. Now the mysterious aliens have returned
to halt mankind's expansion into space by force, turning the planet named after
the God of War into our final battlefield.
See Trailer
"THE E.Y.E.S. OF MARS"
1993 Japan/France (Animated Feature - 80 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "M.O.T.H.E.R."
A young boy and girl attempt to save a human civilization on Mars before what
remains of the planet's ecosystem is destroyed.
See Trailer
"ULTRACOP 2000"
1992 Hong Kong/Philippines (Feature Film, 86 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Yu Zhou Zu Ji," "Magkasanga Sa Batas"
In the year 2000, Zorbak, the infamous outlaw from Mars, ignores the Universal
Treaty that forbids interplanetary war and goes on a killing spree on Earth. It
is up to Nunez and her fellow Ultracops to stop Zorbak from conquering the
Earth.
See Trailer
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 - "SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS"
1991 USA (TV Series, Season 4 Episode 21, 97 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Martians, upset that their children have become obsessed with TV shows from
Earth which extol the virtues of Santa Claus, start an expedition to Earth to
kidnap the one and only Santa. While on Earth, they kidnap two lively children
that lead the group of Martians to the North Pole and Santa. The Martians then
take Santa and the two children back to Mars with them. Voldar, a particularly
grumpy Martian, attempts to do away with the children and Santa before they get
to Mars, but their leader Lomas stops him. When they arrive on Mars, Santa, with
the help of the two Earth children and a rather simple-minded Martian lackey,
overcomes the Martians by bringing fun, happiness and Christmas cheer to the
children of Mars. As only the MST3K can spin it!
"BAD GIRLS FROM MARS"
1991 USA (Feature Film, 86 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
And you thought Earth girls were easy! Someone is killing off the female leads
of the movie production "Bad Girls from Mars." The producers feel they should
try to finish the film, even though they're making a lucrative amount from
insurance payoffs, so they fly in European sex bomb Emanuelle as the new lead.
Emanuelle immediately begins embarrassing the producers by leading a wild party
life around town. Meanwhile the killings continue, and detectives try to stop
the fiend responsible.
NOTE: The only reference to Mars is the title of the film.
See Trailer
"BILL & TED'S BOGUS JOURNEY"
1991 USA (Feature Film, 98 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Bill and Ted are killed by their evil robot doubles, sent from the future by the
megalomaniacal DiNomolos. In order to save the babes and win the San Dimas
Battle of the Bands, they must escape from Hell, challenge the Grim Reaper, meet
God, and defeat the evil Bill and Ted with the help of a Martian(s) named
Station.
NOTE: Mars and Martians are a very minimal part of this film.
See Trailer
"THE GIRL FROM MARS"
1991 Canada/New Zealand (Feature Film, 91 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A young girl who has telekinetic powers also claims to be a visitor from Mars.
The girl's father and a scientist who has befriended her try to discern exactly
who she is and what is happening.
"MARTIANS GO HOME"
1990 USA (Feature Film, 89 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Song writer Mark Devereaux accidentally calls millions of green Martians to
invade Earth. No they aren't dangerous, just wise-cracking, intrusive, pain in
neck, annoyances. No one can escape their distracting influence. It's up to Mark
to figure out how they got here, and most importantly, how to get rid of them
before they drive everyone crazy!
See Trailer
"SPACED INVADERS"
1990 USA (Feature Film, 100 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Martians!!!"
When one saucer of an invasion force has engine trouble, it lands on Earth. It
happens to be Halloween and it happens the invaders are only about 4 feet tall.
As the bumbling aliens wander around the countryside they are taken to be
children and they make friends with two children, one of whom is the daughter of
the sheriff. As their troubles mount (it's difficult for five aliens to conquer
a world) they begin to give up their plans of conquest, but then there is that
nasty killer robot.
See Trailer
"TOTAL RECALL"
1990 USA (Feature Film, 113-min) [TMS-SD Library]
What is reality when you can't trust your memory. Arnold Schwarzenegger is an
Earthbound construction worker who keeps having dreams about Mars. A trip to a
false memory transplant service for an imaginary trip to Mars goes terribly
wrong and another personality surfaces. When his old self returns, he finds
groups of his friends and several strangers seem to have orders to kill him. He
finds records his other self left him that tell him to get to Mars to join up
with the underground. The reality of the situation is constantly in question.
Who is he? Which personality is correct? Which version of reality is true?
See Trailer
"LOBSTER MAN FROM MARS"
1989 USA (Feature Film, 84 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Finally! The only motion picture that delivers Seafood From Outer Space! Young
film student tries to sell his weird movie to a desperate film producer who is
in need of a tax write-off. The producer screens the film "Lobster Man From
Mars." What follows is one of the most bizarre and funny film within-a-film
send-ups: Mars suffers from an air leakage, and send the dreaded Lobster Man to
Earth to steal its air. The plot is foiled by a mad scientist, a girl and an
army colonel. The producer buys the movie, but it makes a huge profit and the
producer is sent to jail, with the film student taking his place as the studio
hot shot.
See Trailer
"OVER-SEXED RUGSUCKERS FROM MARS"
1989 USA (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Vacuum cleaners rape women, and one falls in love with a man. They spend time
together, criminals are involved and the film ends with a chase with everyone on
shopping trolleys using groceries as weapons. One good scene to look out for is
the sequence where the man and his vacuum lover are reunited and run into each
others arms over a bridge to the tune of Romeo and Juliet!
See Trailer
"MIDNIGHT MOVIE MASSACRE"
1988 USA (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Attack from Mars"
Set in the '50s in a movie theatre showing a serial called "Space Patrol," this
particular episode being "Back from the Future." The evil scientist on the
serial goes back to the '50s and his crew members have to chase him. Meanwhile
at the theatre, patrons busy themselves doing strange things. An alien has
landed and is eliminating theatre staff and patrons.
"THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH"
1987 USA (TV Feature Film, 100 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Made-for-TV movie based on the Walter Tevis novel. An extraterrestrial who comes
to Earth on a desperate mission. He is obsessed with his goal but plagued by
unrelenting loneliness, symbolic of all outsiders who find themselves in a
strange land filled with strange inhabitants and customs.
"INVADERS FROM MARS"
1986 USA (Feature Film, 100 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
In this remake of the classic 50s SF tale, a boy tries to stop an invasion of
his town by aliens who take over the minds of his parents, his least-liked
schoolteacher and other townspeople. With the aid of the school nurse the boy
enlists the aid of the U.S. Marines.
See Trailer
"STAR CRYSTAL"
1986 USA (Feature Film, 94 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Set in 2032, as missions from Earth are being sent to explore Mars. After two
groups of astronauts are mysteriously killed following the discovery of strange
artifacts on the Martian surface, the crew of the SC-37 go in to try and find
out what happened. They soon learn what became of their predecessors when a
bloodthirsty space monster begins lunching on members of the crew. Will any of
them make it back to Earth alive?
See Trailer
"MURDER IN SPACE"
1985 Canada/USA (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Meurtre dans l'espace," "Mord i rymden," "Morderstwo w kosmosie"
The crew of an international space mission are on the return leg from Mars to
Earth when an explosion occurs on the craft Conestoga, shortly after the murders
start. The crew of the returning craft are forbidden to return until the
murderer is caught.
See Trailer
"SAYONARA JUPITER"
1983 Japan (Feature Film, 140 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Bye Bye Jupiter," "Sayônara, Jûpetâ"
In the 22nd Century, the United Earth Federation has begun colonizing
neighboring planets in the solar system. While attempting to extract water from
Mars' polar ice caps, a UEF science team uncovers ancient carvings that describe
the crash of an alien spacecraft on the planet Jupiter several millennia ago.
The discovery postpones the initial phase of the Jupiter Solarization Project, a
plan to transform the gas giant into a second sun, providing both additional
solar energy for Earth and making the outer worlds fit for colonization.
NOTE: Mars is a very minimal part of this film.
See Trailer
"WAR OF THE WORLD - NEXT CENTURY"
1981 Poland (Feature Film, 96 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Wojna Swiatów - Nastepne Stulecie"
Film opens on December 18, 1999, just a few days before the dawn of the new
century. A local reporter, Iron Idem, announces that the Martians have landed.
Shortly after that his program loses its independence: he is given the script
telling the crowds how to welcome the invaders. Then the chaos breaks out: the
Martians and police mistreat the populace; things become violent. Idem's own
wife is kidnapped and it seems somebody is trying to reduce his effectiveness as
a reporter. Idem decides to fight back: he illegally broadcasts a message during
the rock concert, but nobody believes him anymore.
"REVENGE OF THE MYSTERONS FROM MARS"
1981 UK (Feature Film, 91 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A television film incorporating re-edited footage from the 1967 British
Supermarionation television series "Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons:" An
attempt to survey the Mysterons' planet, Mars, with a space probe is threatened
when a scientist attached to the project is killed and duplicated by the
Mysterons.
See Trailer
"CONTAMINATION"
1980 Italy/West Germany (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Alien Contamination," "Toxic Spawn"
A ship pulls into New York Harbor with no one on board. The police find a cargo
full of green pulsating eggs. Upon contact, the eggs explode spreading a green
acid like substance that seeps into the skin and explodes. It is later
discovered that the eggs are being manufactured in South America by a one-eyed
Martian that grew from a tiny seed a former astronaut brought back from a
expedition to Mars.
See Trailer
"SEXO ESTÁ LOCO, EL"
1980 Spain (Feature Film, - 83 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Four Martian men come to Earth in search of fertile women to help re-populate
their homeworld. Their first victim is Juanita, who is raped and due to the
highly accelerated gestation period of the Martians is capable of giving birth
to 600 babies an hour! But it turns out that this is just a stage-show being put
on at an Atlantic City nightclub - and even that may not be as real as it seems
...
"THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES"
1979 USA (TV Mini-Series; 3 episodes, 98 minutes each, 293 minutes total)
[TMS-SD Library]
Earth sends its first manned probe to Mars in 1999, and a jealous Martian
murders the two astronauts when his wife has erotic dreams of meeting them.
Members of a subsequent expedition are hypnotized into believing that they have
landed in the childhood community of their leader and have been reunited with
deceased family and friends, and they are poisoned by the Martians. Col. John
Wilder leads a third expedition and learns that a chicken pox virus brought to
Mars by the first two expeditions has almost eradicated the Martian population.
A member of Wilder's team becomes obsessed with protecting Mars from Earthman
and murders some of the others in Wilder's party, before Wilder kills him.
Colonists arrive on Mars to settle, among them priests seeking God, and a lone
Martian masquerades as the most desired persons of various settlers. Global war
on Earth reduces man's natal planet to radioactive waste, and most of the
settlers returned there prior to the holocaust. Wilder struggles to assemble the
remaining humans on Mars, who cope with their loneliness in different ways and
will not leave their piece of Mars, before Wilder meets a Martian of past or
future who tells him the secret of simple Martian life and convinces him to
abandon the Earth lifestyle.
See Trailer
"THE BUGS BUNNY/ROAD RUNNER MOVIE"
1979 USA (Feature Film, 92 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Chuck Jones directed some of the funniest shorts in the history of filmmaking,
and this feature-length compilation includes several of his best cartoons,
including "Duck Dodgers in the 24th-1/2 Century" and "Hare-Way to the Stars" --
One of Marvin the Martian's funniest performance.
NOTE: Mars and Martians are a very minimal part of this film.
See Trailer
"WARLORDS OF ATLANTIS"
1978 UK (Feature Film, 96 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Warlords of the Deep", "Seven Cities of Atlantis"
Searching for the lost world of Atlantis, Prof. Aitken, his son Charles and Greg
Collinson are betrayed by the crew of their expedition's ship, attracted by the
fabulous treasures of Atlantis. The diving bell destroyed, a deep sea monster
attacks the boat. They are all dragged to the bottom of the sea where they meet
the inhabitants of the lost continent, an advance alien race from Mars that
makes slaves of the ship-wrecked sailors. The Martians want to rule the human
world -- due to his high IQ, they think that Charles may join them.
See Trailer
"CAPRICORN ONE"
1978 USA/UK (Feature Film, 123 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Classic conspiracy tale about the first manned mission to Mars. All appears to
be going well until the astronauts are pulled off the ship just before launch by
shadowy government types and whisked off to a film studio in the desert. It
transpires that the space vehicle has a major defect which NASA just daren't
admit. At the studio, over a course of months, the astronauts are forced to act
out the journey and the landing to trick the world into believing they have made
the trip. Meanwhile, a Journalist is getting suspicious and every clue he
uncovers seems to result in an attempt on his life! The astronauts are just
about to splashdown when a further twist to the tale occurs, leaving them with
no choice but to try and escape ...
See Trailer
"THE ALPHA INCIDENT"
1977 USA (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Gift from a Red Planet"
A microorganism from Mars, brought to Earth by a space probe, terrorizes
passengers in a railroad office.
See Trailer
"ALTERNATIVE 3"
1977 UK (TV-52 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
World ecological collapse; the next ice-age has already begun! Lucky for us,
governments know what to do. Unfortunately it's a conspiracy to end all
conspiracies. Vanishing scientists, dubious space missions, and a freak accident
which kills the courier of a tape containing a secret radio message from an
unmanned Mars probe - holds the key. Ruthless investigative reporters uncover
the ominous master plan.
"THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH"
1976 USA (140 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
David Bowie as Thomas Jerome Newton, a humanoid alien who comes to Earth to get
water for his dying planet. He starts a high technology company to get the
billions of dollars he needs to build a return spacecraft, and meets Mary-Lou, a
girl who falls in love with him. He does not count on the greed and ruthlessness
of business here on Earth, however.
See Trailer
"MARS MEN"
1976 Thailand, Taiwan, Japan, Italy (82 minutes)
aka: "Huo Xing Ren", "Les Hommes d'une Autre Planète", "Gli Uomini di Marte",
"Mars Adam"
Terrifying invasion from space! The unexpected death-dealing counterattack!
See Clip
"THE NIGHT THAT PANICKED AMERICA"
1975 USA (Made-for-TV Movie, 92 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The true story of the night that Orson Welles broadcast his version of H.G.
Welles' classic "The War of the Worlds" on the radio. Designed to be as
realistic as possible, many people were fooled into thinking that an alien
invasion was actually taking place.
See Trailer
"THE ASTRONAUT"
1972 USA (TV Feature Film, 72 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
In the not too distant future the first American astronaut prepares to set foot
on the planet Mars. The world is watching this event live on television.
Everything is a success, or so the world thinks, and he is treated as a hero
upon his return. Later, it is discovered that the mission was a failure and as
the astronaut was on Mars he died of an undetermined condition either due to
toxic poisoning due to conditions on Mars or some unknown bacteria native to
Mars. Mission controllers on Earth saw this happening and fed a false image into
the "live" broadcast so as not to panic the public. The "astronaut" who returned
to Earth was actually a double who had undergone surgery so as to look like the
real astronaut. Only the wife of the astronaut began to suspect the man who
returned, although looking identical to her husband, was somehow different.
Unfortunately for those who created the hoax, the Russians announced that due to
the American success they had launched their own mission which was now on its
way to Mars.
"THE CHRISTMAS MARTIAN"
1971 Canada (TV-65 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Martien de Noël, Le"
This is a French Canadian Christmas movie for children. The Martian comes to
this small town in Quebec and becomes friends with the town children. He gives
them smarties to get the children into his spacecraft. This alarms the parents
and they decide to kill the alien. The alien wins them over and they have a
great big Christmas party.
"MISSION MARS"
1968 USA (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Three American astronauts who land on Mars discover the body of a frozen Russian
cosmonaut and a mysterious talking orb.
See Trailer
"A WITCH WITHOUT A BROOM"
1968 Spain (Feature Film, 88 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
An American professor becomes the object of desire of a beautiful 15th-century
apprentice sorceress. She takes him on an odyssey from the Stone Age to a
futuristic Martian jaunt.
"THE X FROM OUTER SPACE"
1967 Japan (Feature Film, 89 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Uchu Daikaijû Girara," "Girara," "Big Space Monster Guilala," "Gilala"
The spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a
landing on the planet Mars and investigate reports of UFOs in the area. As they
near the red planet, they encounter a mysterious UFO that coats the ship's hull
with unusual spores. Taking one of the specimens back to earth, it soon develops
and grows into a giant chicken-lizard-alien monster that tramples Japan.
See Trailer
"MARS NEEDS WOMEN"
1967 USA (Feature Film, 83 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Tommy Kirk leads his fellow Martians to Earth on an interplanetary quest for
females. Kirk proves that Martians have impeccable taste when one of his first
conquests turns out to be sexy scientist Yvonne Craig.
See Trailer
"DON'T PLAY WITH THE MARTIANS"
1967 France (Feature Film, 100 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Ne Jouez Pas Avec Les Martiens," "Lent in the Month of March"
Two journalists who cover the birth of quintuplets in Brittany find vis-a-vis a
business of state: the nurse of the hospital was useful herself of their telex
to have fun and sent in Paris a news annoncing the unloading of the Martians!
See Trailer
"QUATERMASS AND THE PIT"
1967 UK (Feature Film, 98 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Five Million Years to Earth," "The Mind Benders"
Workers excavating at an underground station in London uncover the skeletal
remains of ancient apes with large skulls. Further digging reveals what is at
first believed to be an unexploded German bomb from World War II. Missile expert
Colonel Breen is brought in to investigate, accompanied by Professor Bernard
Quatermass. When the interior of the "missile" is exposed, a dead locust-like
creature that resembles the devil is found. It is determined by Quatermass that
these "locusts" are evil Martians who altered the brains of our simian ancestors
to eventually lay claim to the Earth. When Quatermass's suspicion that the
missile can reactivate the dormant evil in humans is confirmed, all hell breaks
loose.
See Trailer
"THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO"
1966 UK (Feature Film, 93 minutes [TMS-SD Library]
In 2065, the Zero-X spacecraft launches from Glenn Field as the first attempt at
a manned mission to Mars. Unknown to Captain Paul Travers and his crew of two
astronauts and two scientists, criminal mastermind The Hood has infiltrated the
ship to photograph Zero-X's wing mechanism. When his foot becomes trapped in the
hydraulics, The Hood causes a systems failure and Zero-X loses control. While
the villain manages to extract his bloodied foot and parachute from the
undercarriage, Travers and his crew eject in an escape pod and Zero-X crashes
into the ocean before leaving Earth's atmosphere. In 2067, at the conclusion of
an investigation into the loss of Zero-X, the Inquiry Board of the Space
Exploration Center reaches a verdict of sabotage. In the meantime, a second Mars
mission has been planned. Days before the launch of the new Zero-X,
International Rescue agrees to a request to organise security in view of the
possibility of another sabotage threat.
See Trailer
"THE GREAT MONSTER DUEL: GAMERA VS. BARUGON"
1966 Japan (Feature Film, 100 minutes [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Daikaijû Kettô: Gamera tai Barugon," "Gamera Strikes Again," "Gamera vs.
Barugon," "War of the Monsters"
Set after the events of Gammera the Invincible, a meteorite collides with the
rocket transporting the creature to Mars. Now free, Gamera returns to Earth and
destroys Kurobe Dam in Japan. Meanwhile, after a treacherous expedition to
retrieve a giant opal, disaster strikes as the opal reveals itself to be an egg
which spawns Barugon, demon dog from Hell! Armed with a deadly tongue and cold
beams, Barugon wreaks havoc on Japan. Gamera comes to save the day.
NOTE: Mars and Martians are a very minimal part of this film.
See Trailer
"THE DEADLY DIAPHONOIDS"
1966 Italy (Feature Film, 99 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Diafanoidi Vengono da Marte, I," "Diaphanoids, Bringers of Death," "War of
the Planets, The"
In the 21st century, aliens (weird, green, lights which sometimes manifest
themselves as large clouds of smoke) invade the solar system. Using Mars as
their base, they steal all of Earth's space stations then brainwash or kill the
crews. Next stop: Earth, unless Cmdr. Mike Halstead and his crew can stop them.
See Trailer
"QUEEN OF BLOOD"
1966 USA (Feature Film, 78 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Planet of Blood,""The Green Woman," "Planet of Terror," "Planet of
Vampires"
The year is 1990. An alien species makes contact with Earth through radio
transmission, notifying of an imminent visit. Alien ship crash lands on Mars,
and a rescue team is sent out from Earth. Eventually a surviving female is
located and brought on to the human ship. The female is light green with an
amazing hair-do. After some unsuccessful attempts by the human crew to feed her,
she is more or less left to herself. While most of the crew sleeps, the Alien
female hypnotizes the astronaut on guard. When the crew awakens, she is
sleeping, and the guard is dead!
See Trailer
"SANTO CONTRA LA INVASIÓN DE LOS MARCIANOS"
1966 Mexico (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Santo Versus the Martian Invasion"
Santo, the masked wrestler, battles Martians intent on taking over the Earth.
See Trailer
"GAMMERA THE INVINCIBLE"
1966 Japan (Feature Film, 86 minutes [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Gammera," "Gamera the Invincible"
An atomic explosion awakens Gammera--a giant, fire-breathing turtle
monster--from his millions of years of hibernation. Enraged at being roused from
such a sound sleep, he takes it out on Tokyo. The military try their best
efforts to kill him but don't succeed. They get rid of him in the end by
shipping him off to Mars in a rocket.
NOTE: Mars and Martians are a very minimal part of this film.
See Trailer
"FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE SPACE MONSTER"
1965 USA (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Mars Attacks/Invades Puerto Rico," "Duel of the Space Monsters,"
"Frankenstein Meets the Space Men," "Operation San Juan"
When an atomic war on Mars destroys the planet's women, it's up to Martian
Princess Marcuzan and her right-hand man Dr. Nadir to travel to earth and kidnap
women for new breeding stock. Landing in Puerto Rico, they shoot down a NASA
space capsule manned by an android. With his electronic brain damaged, the
android terrorizes the island while the Martians raid beaches and pool parties.
See Trailer
"THE FLYING SAUCER"
1964 Italian (Feature Film, 94 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Il Disco Volante"
A dimwitted police sergeant and his inept sidekick must investigate the arrival
of a flying saucer full of sexy space women in a small rural Venetian community.
The Martian vixens kidnap several Earth men to help them understand our planet.
During the investigation, however, each eyewitness confesses to seeing something
completely different from everyone else.
"ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS"
1964 USA (Feature Film, 110 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
One U.S. astronaut pitted against all the odds beyond this earth! Stranded on
Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find
oxygen, water, and food on the lifeless planet.
See Trailer
"EARTH'S GREATEST BATTLE"
1964 Japan (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "San Daikaijû: Chikyu Saidai No Kessen," "The Biggest Battle on Earth,"
"The Biggest Fight on Earth," "Ghidora, the Three-Headed Monster," "Ghidrah,"
"Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster," "Kingughidorah: chikyu saidai no kessen,"
"Greatest Battle on Earth, The," "The Greatest Fight on Earth," "Monster of
Monsters," "Three Giant Monsters: The Earth's Greatest Decisive Battle"
A princess from a small Himalayan country becomes possessed by the spirit of a
Venusian (Martian in the American version) and escapes a plane just as it
explodes. As this happens a meteorite falls from the sky containing Ghidorah,
the monster responsible for her planet's destruction. At the same time, Godzilla
and Rodan emerge from hibernation and not only attack Japan, but each other as
well. Mothra, along with its twin priestesses, attempt to convince Godzilla and
Rodan to stop their fighting. At the same time, the princess is being hunted by
a group of assassins who want to kill her so that her enemies can take over her
homeland.
See Trailer
"I MARZIANI HANNO DODICI MANI"
1964 Italian/Spanish (Feature Film, 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars"
Four Martians assume human guises for a trip to Earth. They're supposed to be
preparing for an invasion by the Red Planet but discover that life on Earth
isn't bad. One gets into the real estate business, another becomes involved in
politics, a third falls in love, and the last ends up as--of all things--a
science-fiction author!
"PAJAMA PARTY"
1964 USA (Feature Film, 82 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "The Maid and the Martian"
Gogo, a Martian teenager, is sent to Earth to prepare the way for an invasion.
The first Earthling he meets, one Aunt Wendy, is a rich widow who runs a dress
shop catering to teenagers. Her nephew, Big Lunk, is a volleyball-loving guy
with little interest in romance, which causes frustration for his girlfriend
Connie. Naturally, Gogo meets Connie and they fall in love. Meanwhile, Aunt
Wendy's shady neighbor and his gang concoct a scheme to part Aunt Wendy from her
cash. Also meanwhile, the local motorcycle gang wants revenge on the volleyball
players for ... getting footprints on their beach. Somehow all the subplots come
together at the pajama party.
See Trailer
"SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS"
1964 USA (Feature Film, 81 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Martians, upset that their children have become obsessed with TV shows from
Earth which extol the virtues of Santa Claus, start an expedition to Earth to
kidnap the one and only Santa. While on Earth, they kidnap two lively children
that lead the group of Martians to the North Pole and Santa. The Martians then
take Santa and the two children back to Mars with them. Voldar, a particularly
grumpy Martian, attempts to do away with the children and Santa before they get
to Mars, but their leader Lomas stops him. When they arrive on Mars, Santa, with
the help of the two Earth children and a rather simple-minded Martian lackey,
overcomes the Martians by bringing fun, happiness and Christmas cheer to the
children of Mars.
See Trailer
"THE WIZARD OF MARS"
1964 USA (Feature Film, 81 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "The Horrors of the Red Planet"
Four American astronauts, three men and a woman, crash-land in a desert region
of Mars. With an ever-decreasing air supply, the group ventures out into the red
planet's terrain. The group encounters alien terrors as they make their way to
an ancient city. There they meet the highly intelligent "Wizard," who blocks
their efforts to escape the hostile planet.
See Trailer
"BATTLE BEYOND THE SUN"
1962 USA/Russia (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Nebo Zovyot"
Two Soviet films, "Nebo Zovyot" (1959) and "Planeta Ber" (1962), were reedited
and dubbed into this science fiction adventure yarn about rival space missions
to put a man on Mars. Competing against the Soviet Union, American scientists
race to build a spaceship to travel to the Red Planet. Unbeknownst to all,
however, is the fact that Mars contains horrors that mankind should not disturb.
Produced by Roger Corman and re-directed by Francis Ford Coppola under the name
Thomas Colchart.
See Trailer
"THE DAY MARS INVADED EARTH"
1962 USA (Feature Film, 70 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
After a robotic Martian probe stops transmitting, lead scientist David Fielding
takes off a few days to try and save his crumbling marriage. Gathered in the
small house on the grounds of a huge, abandoned estate, David, his wife Clair
and their two kids attempt to enjoy a belated Christmas and New Years, but they
begin to see duplicates of themselves on the grounds.
See Trailer
"THE THREE STOOGES IN ORBIT"
1962 USA (Feature Film, 87 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The Three Stooges have a show to do, but since the rehearsals require cooking,
they manage to get themselves thrown out of every hotel they can find. They
finally find room and board at the home of the goofy inventor, Professor
Danforth, but that home has its own problems. Namely, the Professor is working
on a new all-terrain, flying, space worthy submersible. With some persuading,
the Stooges agree to help him finish his invention and demonstrate it to the
military. However, the Martians are interested in the vehicle as well and when
they learn of its perfection, they plan to steal it and destroy the Earth. Like
it or not, the fate of the world rests on the courage of Moe, Larry and
Curly-Joe.
"ASSIGNMENT: OUTER SPACE"
1961 Italy (Feature Film, 79 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Space Men"
Astronauts on a secret mission to Mars discover that an unstoppable renegade
space station is speeding toward a defenseless Earth on a deadly collision
course. The scientists are faced with a horrific choice--watch helplessly as
their planet is destroyed or risk their lives on a million-to-one chance to stop
the impact. When every option seems exhausted, a heroic reporter makes a final
attempt to save the Earth.
"BATTLE OF THE WORLDS"
1961 Italy (Feature Film, 84 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Pianeta Degli Uomini Spenti, Il," "Guerre Planetarie," "Planet of the
Lifeless Men"
A stray planet on a collision course with Earth instead takes orbit around our
blue marble. What seems like a dead planet suddenly launches a fleet of flying
saucers which attack our space fleets.
"A MARTIAN IN PARIS"
1961 France (Feature Film, 87 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Un martien à Paris"
The higher-ups on Mars want to learn all about that strange commodity, peculiar
to the planet Earth, known as "Love." The Martian soon figures out what makes
the world go 'round when he meets the gorgeous Liliane.
"THE ANGRY RED PLANET"
1960 USA Feature Film, 83 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A rocket ship returns from Mars. Contact was lost since the ship arrived on
Mars. Now the crew does not answer any radio messages from mission control. The
people from mission control try to land the rocket ship by remote control and
investigate what happened on Mars.
"NEBO ZOVYOT"
1960 Russia (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Battle Beyond the Sun" (re-edited/dubbed American version), "The Heavens
Call," "The Sky Calls," "The Sky Is Calling"
Two countries race to have the first successful landing on Mars.
"IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE"
1958 USA (Feature Film, 69 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "It! The Vampire from Beyond Space," "The Terror from Beyond Space"
In 1973, the first manned expedition to Mars is marooned; by the time a rescue
mission arrives, there is only one survivor: the leader, Col. Edward Caruthers,
who appears to have murdered the others! According to Caruthers, an unknown life
form killed his comrades during a sandstorm. But the skeptical rescuers little
suspect that "it" has stowed away for the voyage back to Earth ...
"WORLD WITHOUT END"
1956 USA (Feature Film, 81 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Four astronauts returning from mankind's first mission to Mars enter a time warp
and crash on a 26th Century Earth devastated by atomic war. Our heroes meet with
hideous mutant cavemen, giant spiders, love-struck beauties in short dresses,
and jealous old geezers in sparkly skullcaps as they struggle to save humanity
and build a new world.
"THE CONQUEST OF SPACE"
1955 USA (Feature Film, 81 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Mars Project"
See how it will happen - in your lifetime! A team of American astronauts leave
their space station on the first mission to Mars, but the captains religious
beliefs may get in the way.
See the Trailer
"DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS"
1954 UK (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
An uptight, leather-clad female alien, armed with a ray gun and accompanied by a
menacing robot, comes to Earth to collect Earth's men as breeding stock.
"ABBOTT AND COSTELLO GO TO MARS"
1953 USA (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to
Mars. Instead it goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They are then forced by
bank robber Mugsy and his pal Harry to fly to Venus where they find a
civilization made up entirely of women, men having been banished.
"INVADERS FROM MARS"
1953 USA Feature Film, 78 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Little David MacLean has a problem--all the adults in town begin acting
strangely shortly after he sees strange lights settling behind a hill near his
home. As more and more adults are affected, he must turn to the pretty Dr. Blake
for protection. Eventually, he must confront his fears in the unusual
conclusion.
"ROBOT MONSTER"
1953 USA (Feature Film, 66 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Monster From Mars," "Monsters from the Moon"
The Robot Monster has been sent to Earth as the advance party of an impending
invasion. Ordered by The Great One to capture several humans, the Robot Monster
becomes confused once it learns more about humans. Ro-Man, an alien that looks
remarkably like a gorilla in a diving helmet, has destroyed all but six people
on the planet Earth. He spends the entire film trying to finish off these
survivors, but complications arise when he falls for the young woman in the
group.
NOTE: Mars and Martians are a very minimal part of this film, depending on which
version you watch.
"THE WAR OF THE WORLDS"
1953 USA (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Producer George Pal and director Byron Haskins' landmark adaptation of the H. G.
Wells classic novel that focuses on the invasion of the earth by Martian war
machines. The Martians unleash a direct assault to our planet, with hundreds of
invulnerable ships. The invasion takes place all over the world, and all the
major cities are destroyed one after one; even the atomic bomb can't stop them.
But, if the humans can't beat them, who can? Maybe something MUCH smaller than
them ...
"RED PLANET MARS"
1952 USA (Feature Film, 87 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
An American scientist contacts Mars by radio and receives information that Mars
is a utopia and that Earth's people can be saved if they return to the worship
of God. Revolution sweeps the Earth, including the Soviet Union. But there
remains doubt about the messages being genuine, as an ex-Nazi claims he was
duping the Americans.
"FLIGHT TO MARS"
1951 USA (Feature Film, 72 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A newspaper reporter and a bunch of scientists fly a rocket to Mars just to find
out that Martians look exactly like us. Mars is running low on one of their
natural resources (Corium), and plan to steal the Earth astronauts' rocket and
conquer Earth. The Martian underground helps the Earthmen stop the insidious
plan.
"FLYING DISC MAN FROM MARS"
1950 USA (Serial, 12 episodes, 167 minutes total; also edited to a 75 minute
Feature) [TMS-SD Library]
A strange craft spying on industrialist Bryant's plant is brought down by
Bryant's new atomic ray. Bryant meets the one survivor ... Mota from the planet
Mars! Not exactly benevolent, Mota enlists the aid of Bryant (a former Nazi) in
a scheme to bring Earth under control of a supreme dictator, for its own good of
course, using advanced atomic weapons. But their attempts to steal uranium alert
Kent Fowler of Fowler Air Patrol, who sets out single-handed to foil the
villains. Fist-fights and wrecks in every episode (black and white serial in 12
parts).
"ROCKETSHIP X-M"
1950 USA (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Expedition Moon," "None Came Back," "Rocket to the Moon," "Rocketship
Expedition Moon"
Astronauts blast off to explore the moon. Because of craft malfunction and some
fuel calculations, they end up landing on Mars. On Mars, evidence of a once
powerful civilization is found. The scientists determined that an atomic war
destroyed most of the Martians (who surprisingly look like humans). Those that
survived reverted to a caveman-like existence. Two of the Astronauts are killed
while on Mars. The remaining three Astronauts attempt to return to Earth.
"THE PURPLE MONSTER STRIKES"
1945 USA (Serial, 15 episodes, 14 minutes each, 209 minutes total) [TMS-SD
Library]
aka: "D-Day on Mars," "The Purple Shadow Strikes"
Invasion of America from 50,000,000 miles away! Daring! Thrilling! Weird!
Wonderful! A Martian spacecraft crash-lands near the observatory of Cyrus
Layton, designer of Earth's first spaceship. The survivor, forerunner of an
invasion, can assume the form of any earthman. Calling himself the "Purple
Monster," the humanoid invader sets about gaining control of Layton's rocket
project. Opposing him is Craig Foster, former Secret Service man, who episode by
episode tries to thwart the monster's attempts to acquire rocket components.
Will Craig ever suspect that his closest associate is really the monster?
FLASH GORDON - "THE DEADLY RAY FROM MARS"
1938 USA (Feature Film, 99 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The Earth is being ravaged by mysterious floods, hurricanes and earthquakes.
After blasting off in a rocket ship, Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Zarkov
discover that the source of the destruction is a mysterious ray emanating from
the planet Mars. Flying to the rescue, Flash and his friends must overcome the
cruel and beautiful Queen Azura and the legions of Claymen and Treemen of Mars.
But lurking behind Azura's deadly schemes is the real culprit, Flash's archrival
Ming the Merciless!
FLASH GORDON - "MARS ATTACKS THE WORLD"
1938 USA (Feature Film, 68 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
As a deadly ray from space hits the Earth, Flash Gordon travels to its source,
the planet Mars, only to find his old enemy emperor Ming of Mongo. With the help
of the clay people and other fantastic creatures, he fights for the freedom of
two planets! A 97 minute edited version of the 1938 serial "Flash Gordon's Trip
to Mars."
"JUST IMAGINE"
1930 USA (Feature Film, 109 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
New York, 1980: airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills
have replaced food, government-arranged marriages have replaced love, and test
tube babies have replaced ... well, you get the idea. Scientists revive a man
struck by lightning in 1930; he is rechristened "Single O." He is befriended by
J-21, who can't marry the girl of his dreams because he isn't "distinguished"
enough -- until he is chosen for a 4-month expedition to Mars by a renegade
scientist. On Mars, J-21, his friend, and stowaway Single O visit is full of
scantily clad women doing Busby Berkeley-style dance numbers and worshiping a
fat middle-aged man.
"AELITA - THE QUEEN OF MARS"
1924 Russia (Feature Film, - 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Aelita," "Revolt of the Robots"
Bolshevik propaganda: the comparison between 1921's Russia, and a capitalistic
planet Mars. Engineer Los is building a spaceship to reach Mars. He is in love
with Aelita, the regent, who he met in his dreams.
"M.A.R.S."
1923 USA (Feature Film, 95 minutes)
aka: "The Man From Mars," "Mars Calling," "Radio-Mania" (reissue title)
Directed by Roy William Neill, a 95 minute silent film shot in Teleview 3-D. A
man dreams that he is having a two way radio communication with Mars from where
he receives various secrets including instructions to transform coal and clay
into diamonds. The Martians are shown as large brained creatures with big ears.
"A MESSAGE FROM MARS"
1921 USA (69 minutes)
Directed by Maxwell Karger, based on a popular stage play of the time.
"THE SHIP THAT WAS SENT OFF TO MARS"
1921 USA
Sci-Fi directed by Raymond Griffith. No description currently available.
"DAS HIMMELSKIBET"
1917 Denmark (81 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "The Airship," "A Ship to Heaven," "400 Million Miles From Earth,"
"Fourteen Million Leagues From Earth," "Sky Ship," "A Trip to Mars"
A pacifist tale of Professor Planetarios who takes his son to Mars where they
find a vegetarian, white-robed, peace-loving people. The high priest's daughter
agrees to return with them to Earth where their plea for peace is received
enthusiastically by everybody except the villain on duty.
"A MESSAGE FROM MARS"
1913 UK (59 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
As a punishment for stealing somebody else's idea, Ramiel (a Martian) is
condemned to Earth where he must help a selfish man, Horace Parlan, become a
better person. The stakes are high, for the Martian will only be permitted to
return to his home planet if he is successful in his mission to instill a change
of heart in his Earthly subject.
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"2036 ORIGIN UNKNOWN"
2018 UK (Feature Film, 94 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Origin Unknown"
After the first manned mission to Mars ends in a deadly crash, mission
controller Mackenzie 'Mack' Wilson assists an artificial intelligence system,
A.R.T.I. Their investigation uncovers a mysterious object under the surface of
Mars, that could change the future of our planet as we know it.
See Trailer
"ABBOTT AND COSTELLO GO TO MARS"
1953 USA (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to
Mars. Instead it goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They are then forced by
bank robber Mugsy and his pal Harry to fly to Venus where they find a
civilization made up entirely of women, men having been banished.
"AD ASTRA"
2019 USA & China (Feature Film, 123 minutes)
In the near future, the Solar System is being struck by mysterious power surges
of unknown origin, threatening the future of human life. After surviving an
incident on an immense space antenna caused by one of these surges, Major Roy
McBride, son of famed pioneering astronaut H. Clifford McBride is informed by
U.S. Space Command (SpaceCom), the United States Armed Forces branch operating
in Space, that the source of the surges has been traced to the "Lima Project"
base. The Lima Project had been sent some twenty-six years prior to search for
intelligent life from the farthest regions of the Solar System under Clifford
McBride's leadership, and disappeared sixteen years prior in orbit around
Neptune. A SpaceCom officer informs Roy that they believe Clifford may still be
alive, and he is tasked with the mission of traveling to Mars to try and
establish communication with him. McBride accepts the mission, and is joined by
an old associate of his father, Colonel Pruitt.
See Trailer
"AELITA"
1924 Russia (Feature Film, - 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Aelita - The Queen of Mars"
"AELITA - THE QUEEN OF MARS"
1924 Russia (Feature Film, - 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Aelita," "Revolt of the Robots"
Bolshevik propaganda: the comparison between 1921's Russia, and a capitalistic
planet Mars. Engineer Los is building a spaceship to reach Mars. He is in love
with Aelita, the regent, who he met in his dreams.
"AGENT Z AND THE PENGUIN FROM MARS"
1997 UK (TV Series, 6 episodes, 25 minutes each)
Ben Simpson and his pals Barney and Jenks form the Crane Grove Gang, a secret
society dedicated to playing ingenious practical jokes in an initiative called
Agent Z. The gang are named after the street where they live (Ben at number 36),
which they feel is the dullest place in the United Kingdom. The arrival of a
boring new neighbour, supposed lottery-winner Dennis Sidebottom and his family,
inspires the gang to plot their biggest ever practical joke: they set up an
elaborate plan involving a penguin, an alien from Mars, a spaceship and a
'message for mankind' carved on a meteorite. These disparate objects are
delivered in the middle of the night to Dennis Sidebottom's garden while he
innocently studies the heavens from his own personal observatory.
"THE AIRSHIP"
1917 Denmark (81 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Das Himmelskibet"
"ALIEN CARGO"
1999 USA (Feature Film, 89 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
To survive a hazardous eight-month voyage to Mars, the crew of an intergalactic
transport ship must sustain life support through an extended sleep state called
hypersleep. Two crew members awaken to discover that something has gone terribly
wrong. Something or someone has destroyed the navigational support systems and
set the ship terminally off-course. RTo make matters worse, a homicidal
bio-agent has been unleashed, imperiling the lives of the people on board ...
and the very future of mankind.
"ALIEN CONTAMINATION"
1980 Italy/West Germany (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Contamination"
"ALIEN DAWN"
2013 USA/Canada (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Battle Invasion"
2012. The dawn of destruction. As giant alien machines enslave and feed off
humanity, the few remaining survivors band together to form a armed militia that
will be the last stand against total extinction.
"ALIEN ESCAPE"
1995 USA (Feature Film, 94 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Mars Assault!," "Galaxy Girls"
An alien vessel crashes on Earth and is discovered by Cindy, Shauna and Becky,
three friends beginning what they think to be a casual vacation in the
mountains. The alien creatures, escaping a death sentence on their own world,
are motivated only by death, destruction and a taste for blood. Ultimately,
nothing stands in the way of their gruesome carnage except Cindy, aided by Matt,
another visitor from beyond the stars, sent to recover the ship and bring them
to justice. Together, they set out to destroy the ship, though its destruction
could strand Matt on Earth forever.
"THE ALPHA INCIDENT"
1977 USA (Feature Film, 86 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Gift from a Red Planet"
A microorganism from Mars, brought to Earth by a space probe, terrorizes
passengers in a railroad office.
"ALTERNATIVE 3"
1977 UK (TV-52 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
World ecological collapse; the next ice-age has already begun! Lucky for us,
governments know what to do. Unfortunately it's a conspiracy to end all
conspiracies. Vanishing scientists, dubious space missions, and a freak accident
which kills the courier of a tape containing a secret radio message from an
unmanned Mars probe - holds the key. Ruthless investigative reporters uncover
the ominous master plan.
"THE ANGRY RED PLANET"
1960 USA Feature Film, 83 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A rocket ship returns from Mars. Contact was lost since the ship arrived on
Mars. Now the crew does not answer any radio messages from mission control. The
people from mission control try to land the rocket ship by remote control and
investigate what happened on Mars.
"THE ANIMATOR"
2013 UK (Feature Film, 91 minutes)
See "TheLast Days on Mars"
"ANIARA"
2019 Sweeden/Denmark (Feature Film, 106 minutes)
Aniara is the story of one of the many spaceships used for transporting Earth's
population to their new home-planet Mars. But just as Aniara leaves the ruined
Earth, she collides with an asteroid and is knocked off her course. Aniara's
passengers slowly realize that they'll never be able to return; they will
continue onwards through an empty and cold universe forever.
See Trailer
NOTE: In theaters and OnDemand May 17th.
"AOKI RYÛSEI SPT REIZUNÂ"
1985 Japan (TV Series, 38 episodes at 25 minutes each)
See "Blue Comet SPT Layzner"
"APPROACHING THE UNKNOWN"
2016 USA (Feature Film, 90 minutes)
Captain William Stanaforth is on a one-way solo mission to take the first steps
in colonizing Mars. Like all pioneers throughout history, Stanaforth will face
insurmountable odds and life and death decisions as he rockets bravely through
space.
See Trailer
"ARMITAGE: DUAL MATRIX"
2001 Japan (Anime Feature Film, 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A sequel to "Armitage III" (1994-1997), a four-part made-for-video Japanese
animated series (that was also re-edited as a two-hour feature, "Armitage:
Poly-Matrix," and shown in the U.S. on the Sci-Fi Channel). It plunges us right
into the continuing tensions between humans and robots in this far-off future
society in which a growing Mars colony seeks independence from Earth and greater
rights for robots.
"ARMITAGE III"
1994 Japan (Anime Video Series 140 minutes total) [TMS-SD Library]
A four-part made-for-video Japanese animated series that was also re-edited as a
two-hour feature ("Armitage: Poly-Matrix") and shown in the U.S. on the Sci-Fi
Channel. (The III in the earlier title is not the mark of a sequel but a
reference to "Thirds," a special class of cyborg.) A policeman, Ross Sylibus, is
assigned to a unit on a Martian colony, to find that women are being murdered by
a psychotic named D'anclaude. He is assigned a very unorthodox partner named
Naomi Armitage, who seems to have links to the victims. To stir things up more,
every victim is found to be an illegally made third-generation android, built to
be almost perfect replications of humans. "Armitage III: 1-Electro Blood;"
"Armitage III: 2-Flesh and Stone;" "Armitage III: 3-Heat Core;" "Armitage III:
4-Bit of Love."
"ASSIGNMENT: OUTER SPACE"
1961 Italy (Feature Film, 79 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Space Men"
Astronauts on a secret mission to Mars discover that an unstoppable renegade
space station is speeding toward a defenseless Earth on a deadly collision
course. The scientists are faced with a horrific choice--watch helplessly as
their planet is destroyed or risk their lives on a million-to-one chance to stop
the impact. When every option seems exhausted, a heroic reporter makes a final
attempt to save the Earth.
"THE ASTRONAUT"
1972 USA (TV Feature Film, 73 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
In the not too distant future the first American astronaut prepares to set foot
on the planet Mars. The world is watching this event live on television.
Everything is a success, or so the world thinks, and he is treated as a hero
upon his return. Later, it is discovered that the mission was a failure and as
the astronaut was on Mars he died of an undetermined condition either due to
toxic poisoning due to conditions on Mars or some unknown bacteria native to
Mars. Mission controllers on Earth saw this happening and fed a false image into
the "live" broadcast so as not to panic the public. The "astronaut" who returned
to Earth was actually a double who had undergone surgery so as to look like the
real astronaut. Only the wife of the astronaut began to suspect the man who
returned, although looking identical to her husband, was somehow different.
Unfortunately for those who created the hoax, the Russians announced that due to
the American success they had launched their own mission which was now on its
way to Mars.
"ATTACK FROM MARS"
1988 USA (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Midnight Movie Massacre"
Set in the '50s in a movie theatre showing a serial called "Space Patrol," this
particular episode being "Back from the Future." The evil scientist on the
serial goes back to the '50s and his crew members have to chase him. Meanwhile
at the theatre, patrons busy themselves doing strange things. An alien has
landed and is eliminating theatre staff and patrons.
"BAD GIRLS FROM MARS"
1991 USA (Feature Film, 86 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
And you thought Earth girls were easy! Someone is killing off the female leads
of the movie production "Bad Girls from Mars." The producers feel they should
try to finish the film, even though they're making a lucrative amount from
insurance payoffs, so they fly in European sex bomb Emanuelle as the new lead.
Emanuelle immediately begins embarrassing the producers by leading a wild party
life around town. Meanwhile the killings continue, and detectives try to stop
the fiend responsible.
NOTE: The only reference to Mars is the title of the film.
"BATTLE BEYOND THE SUN"
1962 USA/Russia (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Nebo Zovyot"
Two Soviet films, "Nebo Zovyot" (1959) and "Planeta Ber" (1962), were reedited
and dubbed into this science fiction adventure yarn about rival space missions
to put a man on Mars. Competing against the Soviet Union, American scientists
race to build a spaceship to travel to the Red Planet. Unbeknownst to all,
however, is the fact that Mars contains horrors that mankind should not disturb.
Produced by Roger Corman and re-directed by Francis Ford Coppola under the name
Thomas Colchart.
"BATTLE INVASION"
2013 USA/Canada (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Alien Dawn"
"BATTLE OF THE WORLDS"
1961 Italy (Feature Film, 84 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Pianeta Degli Uomini Spenti, Il," "Guerre Planetarie," "Planet of the
Lifeless Men"
A stray planet on a collision course with Earth instead takes orbit around our
blue marble. What seems like a dead planet suddenly launches a fleet of flying
saucers which attack our space fleets.
"BIG SPACE MONSTER GUILALA"
1967 Japan (Feature Film, 89 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "The X from Outer Space"
"BIG WARS"
aka: "Daisenki"
1993 Japan (Anime, 71 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
It is the dawn of the 21st century. Mankind has terraformed and colonized Mars
-- while an ancient race of alien beings known only as "The Gods" has been
watching our progress ... and waiting. Now the mysterious aliens have returned
to halt mankind's expansion into space by force, turning the planet named after
the God of War into our final battlefield.
"THE BIGGEST BATTLE ON EARTH"
1964 Japan (Feature Film, 73 minutes)
See "Earth's Greatest Battle"
"THE BIGGEST FIGHT ON EARTH"
1964 Japan (Feature Film, 73 minutes)
See "Earth's Greatest Battle"
"BIKER MICE FROM MARS"
1993-1995 USA (Animated TV Series) [TMS-SD Library]
On the planet Mars, there existed a race of anthropomorphic mice who enjoyed
motorsports and had a very similar culture and society to that of human beings.
At some point in time they were all but wiped out by the Plutarkians, an alien
race of obese, foul-smelling, fish-like humanoids who plunder other planets'
natural resources because they have wasted all of their own. Three survivors,
Throttle, Modo and Vinnie, manage to find a spaceship and escape the Plutarkian
takeover but they are soon shot down by a Plutarkian warship and end up
crash-landing on Earth in the city of Chicago. There they meet a charming female
mechanic named Charlene "Charley" Davidson and discover that the Plutarkians
have come to Earth to steal its natural resources.
"BILL & TED'S BOGUS JOURNEY"
1991 USA (Feature Film, 98 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Bill and Ted are killed by their evil robot doubles, sent from the future by the
megalomaniacal DiNomolos. In order to save the babes and win the San Dimas
Battle of the Bands, they must escape from Hell, challenge the Grim Reaper, meet
God, and defeat the evil Bill and Ted with the help of a Martian(s) named
Station.
NOTE: Mars and Martians are a very minimal part of this film.
"BLAST OFF TO MARS"
2005 USA (Feature Film, 75 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars"
"BLOOD RED PLANET: ORBIT INTO TERROR"
2000 USA (Feature Film, 83 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
From beyond the galaxy comes a terror heading toward earth, destroying
everything in its path: a rogue planetoid from the outer reaches of the cosmos
itself. After a failed attempt by the Omega 1 to eliminate the mysterious space
entity, the crew of the Omega 2 blast off as the last hope for mankind. As
minutes and seconds tick away, the motley crew discovers the terrible secret
inside the planetoid. They're the only ones keeping the human race from total
extinction! Can the world be saved?!
"BLUE COMET SPT LAYZNER"
1985 Japan (TV Series, 38 episodes, 25 minutes each)
aka: "Aoki Ryûsei SPT Reizunâ", "Layzner"
One of the lesser known "Giant Robot" series from Japan. It starts on the
surface of Mars, the latest bone of contention between the US and Russia. Little
do they realize that the alien world of Gurados has plans for invasion of the
solar system. A group of students known as the "Cosmic Culture Club" is caught
up in a war they don't understand. Their only help is from a mysterious pilot
named Eiji, who claims to be a soldier from Gurados. He pilots an experimental
Super Powered Tracer called Layzner, assisted by his on board computer, Rei.
See the Series
"THE BOX"
2009 USA (Feature Film, 115 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple
wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A
mysterious stranger delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon
its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However, pressing this button
will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the
world, someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their
possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling
moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.
"THE BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER GOES TO MARS"
1998 USA (TV Special, 73 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Thomas M. Disch's underwhelming sequel, based on the book sequel, has our heroes
zooming off to, of all places, Mars.
"BRAVE NEW JERSEY"
2016 USA (Feature Film, 86 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A small New Jersey town in 1938 is overcome with mass hysteria on the night of
Orson Welles's legendary 1938 'War of the Worlds' radio broadcast, the hoax
which fooled millions into believing America was being invaded by Martians.
See Trailer
"THE BUGS BUNNY/ROAD RUNNER MOVIE"
1979 USA (Feature Film, 92 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Chuck Jones directed some of the funniest shorts in the history of filmmaking,
and this feature-length compilation includes several of his best cartoons,
including "Duck Dodgers in the 24th-1/2 Century" and "Hare-Way to the Stars" --
One of Marvin the Martian's funniest performance.
"BUTT-UGLY MARTIANS"
2001 USA (Animated TV Series, 26 episodes, 22 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
When the Butt Ugly Martians invade Earth and discover video games, pop music and
french fries, they give up their mission and decide to protect their new
happening planet instead. Fearless leader B-Bop-a-Luna, hi-tech handyman
2-T-Fru-T, and cuddly critter Do-Wah-Diddy team up with Earth teens Mike, Cedric
and Angela to outsmart evil-doers from all over the galaxy, including Stoat
Muldoon, host of the TV show "Stoat Muldoon: Alien Hunter." Sometimes protecting
Earth means chanting 'B-K-M'(Butt Kicking Mode) and transforming into fearsome,
armored butt-kickers, but all the Uglies really want is a little downtime so
they can hang out at ZAPZ and work on dance moves for their new music video!
"CAPRICORN ONE"
1978 USA/UK (Feature Film, 123 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Classic conspiracy tale about the first manned mission to Mars. All appears to
be going well until the astronauts are pulled off the ship just before launch by
shadowy government types and whisked off to a film studio in the desert. It
transpires that the space vehicle has a major defect which NASA just daren't
admit. At the studio, over a course of months, the astronauts are forced to act
out the journey and the landing to trick the world into believing they have made
the trip. Meanwhile, a Journalist (played by Gould) is getting suspicious and
every clue he uncovers seems to result in an attempt on his life! The astronauts
are just about to splashdown when a further twist to the tale occurs, leaving
them with no choice but to try and escape ...
"CAVE WOMEN ON MARS"
2008 USA (Feature Film, 73 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
It is the future: 1987. Great scientific advances have allowed mankind to
achieve that which previously only existed in speculative fiction -- space
travel. But, on the eve of humanity's first manned mission to the red planet, no
amount of speculation could adequately prepare us for the unexpected discovery
of ... Cave Women on Mars!
"CE4K"
2004 USA (Feature Film, 75 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Close Encounters of the 4th Kind: Infestation from Mars"
"CE4K: INFESTATION FROM MARS"
2004 USA (Feature Film, 75 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Close Encounters of the 4th Kind: Infestation from Mars"
"THE CHRISTMAS MARTIAN"
1971 Canada (TV-65 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Martien de Noël, Le"
This is a French Canadian Christmas movie for children. The Martian comes to
this small town in Quebec and becomes friends with the town children. He gives
them smarties to get the children into his spacecraft. This alarms the parents
and they decide to kill the alien. The alien wins them over and they have a
great big Christmas party.
"CHRISTMAS ON MARS!"
2008 USA (Feature Film, 82 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "The Flaming Lips: Christmas on Mars!"
"THE CLASSIC WAR OF THE WORLDS"
2005 USA (Feature Film, 180 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds"
"CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE 4TH KIND: INFESTATION FROM MARS"
2004 USA (Feature Film, 98 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "CE4K," "CE4K: Infestation from Mars," "Infestation from Mars"
A covert military effort is made to bring back a sample of germ-ridden Martian
soil, in order to develop the ultimate biological weapon of mass destruction. A
solar flare knocks the returning probe off-course, where it crashes on a farm in
Sandusky, Ohio. An innocent by-stander becomes infcted with the Martian germs,
and turns into a murderous alien hybrid killing machine.
"THE CONQUEST OF SPACE"
1955 USA (Feature Film, 81 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Mars Project"
See how it will happen - in your lifetime! A team of American astronauts leave
their space station on the first mission to Mars, but the captains religious
beliefs may get in the way.
See the Trailer
"CONTAMINATION"
1980 Italy/West Germany (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Alien Contamination," "Toxic Spawn"
A ship pulls into New York Harbor with no one on board. The police find a cargo
full of green pulsating eggs. Upon contact, the eggs explode spreading a green
acid like substance that seeps into the skin and explodes. It is later
discovered that the eggs are being manufactured in South America by a one-eyed
Martian that grew from a tiny seed a former astronaut brought back from a
expedition to Mars.
"COSMOSHIP YAMATO"
1974 Japan (TV Series 26 episodes, 50 minutes each) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Uchû Senkan Yamato"
"COWBOY BEBOP: THE MOVIE"
2003 Japan/USA (Anime Feature Film, 116 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Tengoku No Tobira"
Set on Mars in the year 2071, a tanker truck is blown to smithereens in the
middle of a busy street, and a deadly viral infection is released with the
explosion. The Bebop crew -- Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Faye Valentine, and
Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV - are instantly after the culprit when the
gargantuan reward of 300,000,000 woolongs is announced. But the case gets
stranger and stranger as the cold-blooded Vincent Volaju, who supposedly has
been dead for ten years, seems to be the prime suspect. Meanwhile, Spike
encounters the dangerous Electra, who too seeks the madman. Conspiracies and
secrets better left alone are uncovered, and Vincent's reign or terror is
nowhere near over yet ...
"CRIMSON FORCE"
2005 USA (Feature Film, 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Graveland"
The crew of the first manned mission to Mars crash land on the surface in search
of a clean everlasting power source they believe to be hidden somewhere beneath
the ground. However, the crew find themselves in the middle of a civil war
between the High Priest of Mars' royal guards and the High Priestess' warriors.
The crew is divided with one half deciding to help the High Priest make peace
with Earth and the other side with the High Priestess who is secretly plotting
to kill her husband and invade Earth.
"D-DAY ON MARS"
1945 USA (Serial, 15 episodes, 14 minutes each, 209 minutes total) [TMS-SD
Library]
See "The Purple Monster Strikes"
"DAIKAIJÛ KETTÔ: GAMERA TAI BARUGON"
1966 Japan (Feature Film, 100 minutes [TMS-SD Library]
See "The Great Monster Duel: Gamera vs. Barugon"
"DAISENKI"
1993 Japan (Anime, 71 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Big Wars"
"THE DAY MARS INVADED EARTH"
1962 USA (Feature Film, 70 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
After a robotic Martian probe stops transmitting, lead scientist David Fielding
takes off a few days to try and save his crumbling marriage. Gathered in the
small house on the grounds of a huge, abandoned estate, David, his wife Clair
and their two kids attempt to enjoy a belated Christmas and New Years, but they
begin to see duplicates of themselves on the grounds.
"THE DEADLY DIAPHONOIDS"
1966 Italy (Feature Film, 99 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Diafanoidi Vengono da Marte, I," "Diaphanoids, Bringers of Death," "War of
the Planets, The"
In the 21st century, aliens (weird, green, lights which sometimes manifest
themselves as large clouds of smoke) invade the solar system. Using Mars as
their base, they steal all of Earth's space stations then brainwash or kill the
crews. Next stop: Earth, unless Cmdr. Mike Halstead and his crew can stop them.
"THE DEADLY RAY FROM MARS" - FLASH GORDON
1938 USA (Feature Film, 99 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The Earth is being ravaged by mysterious floods, hurricanes and earthquakes.
After blasting off in a rocket ship, Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Zarkov
discover that the source of the destruction is a mysterious ray emanating from
the planet Mars. Flying to the rescue, Flash and his friends must overcome the
cruel and beautiful Queen Azura and the legions of Claymen and Treemen of Mars.
But lurking behind Azura's deadly schemes is the real culprit, Flash's archrival
Ming the Merciless!
"DESTINATION: MARS!"
2002 USA (Feature Film, 80 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
This ambitious production captures the essence of 1950's sci-fi classic films:
it comes complete with Martian Women, Flying Saucers, killer robots and a 50's
typical Doomsday Weapon story line. It has the look and feel of an actual 1950's
movie, and is being billed as a "lost-film" that has been recently recovered and
restored.
"DESTINATION: PLANET NEGRO!"
2016 USA (Feature Film, 99 minutes)
In 1939, African American leaders respond to Jim Crow segregation by building a
rocket to colonize Mars. The three person crew blasts off, but time travel
instead, arriving in present-day America revealing much about race today.
See Trailer
"DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS"
1954 UK (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
An uptight, leather-clad female alien, armed with a ray gun and accompanied by a
menacing robot, comes to Earth to collect Earth's men as breeding stock.
"DIAFANOIDI VENGONO DA MARTE, I"
1966 Italy (Feature Film, 99 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "The Deadly Diaphonoids"
"DIAPHANOIDS, BRINGERS OF DEATH"
1966 Italy (Feature Film, 99 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See Deadly Diaphonoids, The
"DISCOVERY MARS"
1997 USA (Feature Film, 113 minutes)
See "Mission to Mars"
"DON'T PLAY WITH THE MARTIANS"
1967 France (Feature Film, 100 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Ne Jouez Pas Avec Les Martiens," "Lent in the Month of March"
Two journalists who cover the birth of quintuplets in Brittany find vis-a-vis a
business of state: the nurse of the hospital was useful herself of their telex
to have fun and sent in Paris a news annoncing the unloading of the Martians!
"DOOM"
2005 USA (Feature Film, 100 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Something has gone wrong: A distress call from the Olduvai scientific research
station on Mars forces a Special Ops team to investigate. What they find are
creatures from another dimension, lurking in the darkness, killing off the
survivors. Based on the video game series.
"DREAM COME TRUE, A"
1963 Russia (Feature Film, - 63 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Mechte Navstrechu"
"DUEL OF THE SPACE MONSTERS"
1965 USA (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster"
"EARTH'S GREATEST BATTLE"
1964 Japan (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "San Daikaijû: Chikyu Saidai No Kessen," "The Biggest Battle on Earth,"
"The Biggest Fight on Earth," "Ghidora, the Three-Headed Monster," "Ghidrah,"
"Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster," "Kingughidorah: chikyu saidai no kessen,"
"Greatest Battle on Earth, The," "The Greatest Fight on Earth," "Monster of
Monsters," "Three Giant Monsters: The Earth's Greatest Decisive Battle"
A princess from a small Himalayan country becomes possessed by the spirit of a
Venusian (Martian in the American version) and escapes a plane just as it
explodes. As this happens a meteorite falls from the sky containing Ghidorah,
the monster responsible for her planet's destruction. At the same time, Godzilla
and Rodan emerge from hibernation and not only attack Japan, but each other as
well. Mothra, along with its twin priestesses, attempt to convince Godzilla and
Rodan to stop their fighting. At the same time, the princess is being hunted by
a group of assassins who want to kill her so that her enemies can take over her
homeland.
"EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS'S PRINCESS OF MARS"
2009 USA (Feature Film, 90 minutes)
Based on the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, a US soldier finds himself
inexplicably transported to Mars in the midst of a war between two alien races.
"EMPIRE OF DANGER"
2003 USA (Feature Film, 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A time traveling spacecraft is designed, built and sent into space on a rescue
mission to save a crew lost on Mars. A programing mishap, sends the new crew to
an earlier time in the past, missing the first crew by a few years. Once there,
they find that Mars is now being ruled by a group called the Bararians. Its
leader, Giza, is a well-known female warrior who wants the ship in order to
travel through time for her own benefit. Her goal is to steal the ancient power
of Masha, which will make her the one and only ruler of the coveted Siperion
Empire.Sequel to "Lost on Mars."
"ENCOUNTER IN SPACE"
1963 Russia (Feature Film, - 63 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Mechte Navstrechu"
"ESCAPE FROM MARS"
1999 USA/Canada (Feature Film, 100 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Five astronauts make the first manned trip to Mars, in the second decade of the
21st century. They must battle and overcome inferior computer components,
corporate greed and indifference, their own personal problems, as well as the
surprises that The Red Planet has in store for them.
"THE EXPANSE"
2015 USA (TV Series, 10 episodes, 42 minutes each)
Set in a future where humanity has colonized the Solar System, a police
detective, a ship's officer and his crew unravel a conspiracy that threatens
peace across the Solar System and the survival of humanity.
"EXPEDITION MOON"
1950 USA (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Rocketship X-M"
"THE E.Y.E.S. OF MARS"
1993 Japan/France (Animated Feature - 80 minutes)
aka: "M.O.T.H.E.R."
A young boy and girl attempt to save a human civilization on Mars before what
remains of the planet's ecosystem is destroyed.
"FIVE MILLION YEARS TO EARTH"
1967 UK (Feature Film, 98 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Quatermass and the Pit"
"THE FLAMING LIPS: CHRISTMAS ON MARS!"
2008 USA (Feature Film, 82 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
It's Christmastime, and the colonization of Mars is underway. However, when an
oxygen generator and a gravity control pod malfunction, Major Syrtis and his
team fear the worst. Syrtis also hallucinates about the birth of a baby, and
many other strange things. Meanwhile, a compassionate alien superbeing arrives,
inspiring and helping the isolated astronauts.
"FLIGHT TO MARS"
1951 USA (Feature Film, 72 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A newspaper reporter and a bunch of scientists fly a rocket to Mars just to find
out that Martians look exactly like us. Mars is running low on one of their
natural resources (Corium), and plan to steal the Earth astronauts' rocket and
conquer Earth. The Martian underground helps the Earthmen stop the insidious
plan.
"FLYING DISC MAN FROM MARS"
1950 USA (12 episode serial 167 minutes; also edited to a 75 minute Feature)
[TMS-SD Library]
A strange craft spying on industrialist Bryant's plant is brought down by
Bryant's new atomic ray. Bryant meets the one survivor ... Mota from the planet
Mars! Not exactly benevolent, Mota enlists the aid of Bryant (a former Nazi) in
a scheme to bring Earth under control of a supreme dictator, for its own good of
course, using advanced atomic weapons. But their attempts to steal uranium alert
Kent Fowler of Fowler Air Patrol, who sets out single-handed to foil the
villains. Fist-fights and wrecks in every episode (black and white serial in 12
parts).
"THE FLYING SAUCER"
1964 Italian (Feature Film, 94 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Il Disco Volante"
A dimwitted police sergeant and his inept sidekick must investigate the arrival
of a flying saucer full of sexy space women in a small rural Venetian community.
The Martian vixens kidnap several Earth men to help them understand our planet.
During the investigation, however, each eyewitness confesses to seeing something
completely different from everyone else.
"FOURTEEN MILLION LEAGUES FROM EARTH"
1917 Denmark (81 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Das Himmelskibet"
"FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE SPACE MEN"
1965 USA (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster"
"FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE SPACE MONSTER"
1965 USA (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Mars Attacks/Invades Puerto Rico," "Duel of the Space Monsters,"
"Frankenstein Meets the Space Men," "Operation San Juan"
When an atomic war on Mars destroys the planet's women, it's up to Martian
Princess Marcuzan and her right-hand man Dr. Nadir to travel to earth and kidnap
women for new breeding stock. Landing in Puerto Rico, they shoot down a NASA
space capsule manned by an android. With his electronic brain damaged, the
android terrorizes the island while the Martians raid beaches and pool parties.
"FUTURAMA"
1999 USA (TV Series, 5 seasons 1999-2003, 72 episodes, 25 minutes each) [TMS-SD
Library]
Phillip J. Fry is a 25-year-old pizza delivery boy whose life is going nowhere.
When he accidentally freezes himself on December 31, 1999, he wakes up 1,000
years in the future and has a chance to make a fresh start. He goes to work for
the Planet Express Corporation, a futuristic delivery service that transports
packages to all five quadrants of the universe. His companions include the
delivery ship's captain, Leela, a beautiful one-eyed female alien who kicks some
serious butt, Bender, a robot with very human flaws, and Amy Wong, who is a
Martian intern who comes from a rich family.
"GALAXY APPLAUDS YOU, THE"
1963 Russia (Feature Film, - 63 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Mechte Navstrechu"
"GALAXY GIRLS"
1995 USA (Feature Film, 94 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Alien Escape"
"GAMMERA"
1966 Japan (Feature Film, 86 minutes [TMS-SD Library]
See "Gammera the Invincible"
"GAMERA STRIKES AGAIN"
1966 Japan (Feature Film, 100 minutes [TMS-SD Library]
See "The Great Monster Duel: Gamera vs. Barugon"
"GAMERA THE INVINCIBLE"
1966 Japan (Feature Film, 86 minutes [TMS-SD Library]
See "Gammera the Invincible"
"GAMMERA THE INVINCIBLE"
1966 Japan (Feature Film, 86 minutes [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Gammera," "Gamera the Invincible"
An atomic explosion awakens Gammera--a giant, fire-breathing turtle
monster--from his millions of years of hibernation. Enraged at being roused from
such a sound sleep, he takes it out on Tokyo. The military try their best
efforts to kill him but don't succeed. They get rid of him in the end by
shipping him off to Mars in a rocket.
NOTE: Mars and Martians are a very minimal part of this film.
"GAMERA VS. BARUGON"
1966 Japan (Feature Film, 100 minutes [TMS-SD Library]
See "The Great Monster Duel: Gamera vs. Barugon"
"GENESIS CLIMBER MOSPEADA"
1984 Japan (TV Series, 25 episodes at 25 minutes each) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Kikô Sôseiki Mospeada"
In the 21st century, Earth is invaded and quickly subdued by a alien race called
the Inbit. The Terran population stationed on Mars try to liberate the planet,
but are fought off. Years later, a second Terran attack is attempted with a
force armed with new weapons vastly superior to the enemy, but again Inbit
defenses prove to be too strong. One of the few survivors to reach Earth is
Stick Bernard, a young mecha fighter pilot who witnessed the death of his fiance
in the battle. Separated and alone, the aggrieved pilot sets out to attempt to
complete his mission, to find Reflex Point, the suspected Inbit headquarters,
and do what he can to destroy it. Along the way, he meets up others who
eventually join to form a small band of guerilla fighters who must find their
way to Reflex Point and stop the Inbit. The best out of the "Robotech" bunch.
"GERRY ANDERSON'S NEW CAPTAIN SCARLET"
2005 UK (TV Series, 25 episodes, 21 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "New Captain Scarlet"
"GHOSTS OF MARS," JOHN CARPENTER'S
2001 USA (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
200 years in the future a Martian police unit is dispatched to transport a
dangerous prisoner from a mining outpost back to justice. But when the team
arrives they find the town deserted and some of the inhabitants possessed by the
former inhabitants of the planet.
"GILALA"
1967 Japan (Feature Film, 89 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "The X from Outer Space"
"GIFT FROM A RED PLANET"
1977 USA (Feature Film, 86 minutes)
See "The Alpha Incident"
"GHIDRAH"
1964 Japan (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Earth's Greatest Battle"
"GHIDRAH, THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER"
1964 Japan (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Earth's Greatest Battle"
"GHIDORA, THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER"
1964 Japan (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Earth's Greatest Battle"
"GIRARA"
1967 Japan (Feature Film, 89 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "The X from Outer Space"
"GIRARA NO GYAKUSHÛ: TÔYA-KO SAMITTO KIKIIPPATSU"
2008 Japan (Feature Film, 98 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Monster X Strikes Back"
"THE GIRL FROM MARS"
1991 Canada/New Zealand (Feature Film, 91 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A young girl who has telekinetic powers also claims to be a visitor from Mars.
The girl's father and a scientist who has befriended her try to discern exactly
who she is and what is happening.
"GLI UOMINI DI MARTE"
1976 Thailand, Taiwan, Japan, Italy (82 minutes)
See "Mars Men"
"GRAVELAND"
2005 USA (Feature Film, 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Crimson Force"
"THE GREAT MONSTER DUEL: GAMERA VS. BARUGON"
1966 Japan (Feature Film, 100 minutes [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Daikaijû Kettô: Gamera tai Barugon," "Gamera Strikes Again," "Gamera vs.
Barugon," "War of the Monsters"
Set after the events of Gammera the Invincible, a meteorite collides with the
rocket transporting the creature to Mars. Now free, Gamera returns to Earth and
destroys Kurobe Dam in Japan. Meanwhile, after a treacherous expedition to
retrieve a giant opal, disaster strikes as the opal reveals itself to be an egg
which spawns Barugon, demon dog from Hell! Armed with a deadly tongue and cold
beams, Barugon wreaks havoc on Japan. Gamera comes to save the day.
NOTE: Mars and Martians are a very minimal part of this film.
"THE GREATEST BATTLE ON EARTH"
1964 Japan (Feature Film, 73 minutes)
See "Earth's Greatest Battle"
"THE GREATEST FIGHT ON EARTH"
1964 Japan (Feature Film, 73 minutes)
See "Earth's Greatest Battle"
"THE GREEN WOMAN"
1966 USA (Feature Film, 78 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Queen of Blood"
"GUERRE PLANETARIE"
1961 Italy (Feature Film, 84 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Battle of the Worlds"
"GUILALA NO GYAKUSHÛ: TÔYA-KO SUMMIT KIKIIPPATSU"
2008 Japan (Feature Film, 98 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Monster X Strikes Back"
"GUILALA'S COUNTERATTACK: LAKE TOYA SUMMIT CRISIS"
2008 Japan (Feature Film, 98 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Monster X Strikes Back"
"THE HEAVENS CALL"
1960 Russia (Feature Film, 77 minutes)
See "Nebo Zovyot"
"H. G. WELLS' THE WAR OF THE WORLDS"
2005 USA (Feature Film, 180 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "The Classic War of the Worlds"
Pendragon Pictures presents the first authentic movie adaptation of the 1898
H.G. Wells classic novel. Martians launch a deadly attack on Earth.
"H. G. WELLS' WAR OF THE WORLDS"
2005 USA (Feature Film, 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Invasion"
The Asylum presents this modern retelling of H.G. Wells' sci-fi classic, in
which civilization is laid to ruin when a race of super aliens invades Earth.
"H. G. WELLS' THE WAR OF THE WORLDS"
2005 USA (Feature Film, 180 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "The Classic War of the Worlds"
Pendragon Pictures presents the first authentic movie adaptation of the 1898
H.G. Wells classic novel. Martians launch a deadly attack on Earth.
"THE HIMMELSKIBET"
1917 Denmark (81 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "The Airship," "A Ship to Heaven," "400 Million Miles From Earth,"
"Fourteen Million Leagues From Earth," "Sky Ship," "A Trip to Mars"
A pacifist tale of Professor Planetarios who takes his son to Mars where they
find a vegetarian, white-robed, peace-loving people. The high priest's daughter
agrees to return with them to Earth where their plea for peace is received
enthusiastically by everybody except the villain on duty.
"THE HORRORS OF THE RED PLANET"
1964 USA (Feature Film, 81 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "The Wizard of Mars"
"HUO XING REN"
1976 Thailand, Taiwan, Japan, Italy (82 minutes)
See "Mars Men"
"HWASEONGEURO GAN SANA"
2003 South Korea (Feature Film) [TMS-SD Library]
See "A Letter from Mars"
"IL DISCO VOLANTE"
1964 Italian (Feature Film, 94 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "The Flying Saucer"
"INFESTATION FROM MARS"
2004 USA (Feature Film, 75 minutes)
See "Close Encounters of the 4th Kind: Infestation from Mars"
"INTERPLANETARY"
2008 USA (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A motley assortment of men and women live and work together on a base on Mars
for the Interplanetary Corporation. Things are pretty dull and unexciting until
one day the crew find themselves under attack not only by a lethal group of
strangers, but also from a vicious reptilian humanoid alien beast.
"THE INVADER"
1996 USA (Feature Film, 97 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Lifeform"
"INVADERS FROM MARS"
1953 USA Feature Film, 78 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Little David MacLean has a problem--all the adults in town begin acting
strangely shortly after he sees strange lights settling behind a hill near his
home. As more and more adults are affected, he must turn to the pretty Dr. Blake
for protection. Eventually, he must confront his fears in the unusual
conclusion.
"INVADERS FROM MARS"
1986 USA (Feature Film, 100 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
In this remake of the classic 50s SF tale, a boy tries to stop an invasion of
his town by aliens who take over the minds of his parents, his least-liked
schoolteacher and other townspeople. With the aid of the school nurse the boy
enlists the aid of the U.S. Marines.
"INVASION"
2005 USA (Feature Film, 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds"
"IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE"
1958 USA (Feature Film, 69 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "It! The Vampire from Beyond Space," "The Terror from Beyond Space"
In 1973, the first manned expedition to Mars is marooned; by the time a rescue
mission arrives, there is only one survivor: the leader, Col. Edward Caruthers,
who appears to have murdered the others! According to Caruthers, an unknown life
form killed his comrades during a sandstorm. But the skeptical rescuers little
suspect that "it" has stowed away for the voyage back to Earth ...
"IT! THE VAMPIRE FROM BEYOND SPACE"
1958 USA (Feature Film, 69 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "It! The Terror from Beyond Space"
"JEFF WAYNE'S MUSICAL VERSION OF 'THE WAR OF THE WORLDS' - LIVE ON STAGE"
2006 UK (Concert Video, 111 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
In 1978 Jeff Wayne composed and produced one of the most groundbreaking and
best-selling musical works of all time. In 2006 it was brought to the stage for
the first time, playing to sold-out arenas across the United Kingdom and
Australia. It is a spectacular mix of live music, theatre, multi-media and
visual arts on a grand scale. Recorded live at the Wembley Arena, London.
"JEFF WAYNE'S MUSICAL VERSION OF 'THE WAR OF THE WORLDS' ALIVE ON STAGE! THE NEW
GENERATION"
2013 UK (Concert Video, 118 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Stage musical adaptation of H.G. Wells' alien invasion novel, recorded live at
London's O2 arena in 2012. The reimagined story, which was first released in
1978 as a concept album by Jeff Wayne, is narrated by Liam Neeson and includes
performances by Jason Donovan, Marti Pellow and Ricky Wilson.
See Trailer
"JOHN CARTER"
2012 USA (Feature Film, 132 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
One minute, dozing Civil War veteran John Carter is evading Apaches in a
deserted cave. The next, he's waking up on Mars, a once-Earthlike planet that's
devolved into chaos -- and civil war of a different sort. Based on Edgar Rice
Burroughs's classic "Barsoom Series," this sci-fi adventure finds Carter coming
to the aid of Martian princess Dejah Thoris and pitching in to help protect the
planet.
"JOURNEY TO MARS"
1996 USA (Feature Film, 120 minutes)
See "Special Report: Journey to Mars"
"JUST IMAGINE"
1930 USA (Feature Film, 109 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
New York, 1980: airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills
have replaced food, government-arranged marriages have replaced love, and test
tube babies have replaced ... well, you get the idea. Scientists revive a man
struck by lightning in 1930; he is rechristened "Single O." He is befriended by
J-21, who can't marry the girl of his dreams because he isn't "distinguished"
enough -- until he is chosen for a 4-month expedition to Mars by a renegade
scientist. On Mars, J-21, his friend, and stowaway Single O visit is full of
scantily clad women doing Busby Berkeley-style dance numbers and worshiping a
fat middle-aged man.
"JUSTICE LEAGUE"
2001 USA (TV Series, 91 episodes, 22 minutes each)
aka: "JL," "JLA," "Justice League of America" and "Justice League: Unlimited"
Forces of evil, chaos, and destruction await. Not even protectors like Superman,
Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, the Flash, Hawkgirl or the Martian
Manhunter may have a chance alone. But together as the Justice League, they are
a metahuman force (and a hope) to be reckoned with.
View the trailer
"JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA"
1997 USA (TV movie, 86 minutes)
New Metro City is threatened with destruction by a madman with the ability to
control the weather. The only thing that stands between the city and certain
obliteration is a small band of costumed superheroes, The Justice League of
America (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, the Flash, Hawkgirl or
the Martian Manhunter, J'onn J'onnz (voiced by David Ogden Stiers)- but will
even they be enough?
View the trailer
"JUSTICE LEAGUE: UNLIMITED"
2001 USA (TV Series)
See "Justice League"
"KASEI NO WAGAYA"
1999 Japan (Feature Film, 104 minutes)
aka: "Mars Sweet Home"
In New York City, Mihiko's life as a vocalist changes dramatically when she
returns home to Japan to her estranged family. Her father Kohei has been buying
plots of land over the years on the planet Mars as an investment for his family,
but suffers a stroke. Michiko must heal the rift between her married sister
Kuniko and figure out how to care for her disabled father and what to do about
all that land on Mars.
"KENRAN BUTOU MATSURI"
2004 Japan (Anime TV Series - 10 parts, 850 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "The Mars Daybreak"
"KENRAN BUTOUSAI"
2004 Japan (Anime TV Series - 10 parts, 850 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "The Mars Daybreak"
"KENRAN BUTOH SAI"
2004 Japan (Anime TV Series - 10 parts, 850 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "The Mars Daybreak"
"KIDÔ SENKAN NADESHIKO"
1996 Japan (TV Series) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Martian Successor Nadesico"
"KIKÔ SÔSEIKI MOSPEADA"
1984 Japan (TV Series, 25 episodes at 25 minutes each) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Genesis Climber Mospeada"
"KINGUGHIDORAH: CHIKYU SAIDAI NO KESSEN"
1964 Japan (Feature Film, 73 minutes)
See "Earth's Greatest Battle"
"THE LAST DAYS ON MARS"
2013 UK (Feature Film, 91 minutes)
aka: "The Animator"
A group of astronaut explorers succumb one by one to a mysterious and terrifying
force while collecting specimens on Mars.
"LAYZNER"
1985 Japan (TV Series, 38 episodes at 25 minutes each)
See "Blue Comet SPT Layzner"
"LENT IN THE MONTH OF MARCH"
1967 France (Feature Film, 100 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Don't Play with the Martians," "Ne Jouez Pas Avec Les Martiens"
"LES HOMMES D'UNE AUTRE PLANÈTE"
1976 Thailand, Taiwan, Japan, Italy (82 minutes)
See "Mars Men"
"A LETTER FROM MARS"
2003 South Korea (Feature Film) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Man Who Went To Mars", "Hwaseongeuro Gan Sana"
A mysterious romance begins with a letter from Mars! After her father dies,
So-hee writes letters to him believing he has gone to Mars instead of Heaven.
Her kind-hearted neighbor Seung-jae does not want to let this innocent girl down
and starts writing back to her posing as her father. Years later, this young
girl turns into a successful career woman and the helpful young man becomes a
postman. Even though these two people may seem to be worlds apart in, Seung-jae
still saves his heart for So-hee while So-hee gets lost in her 24-7-business
world. One day this young lady finally finds out who always writes back letters
sealed with love.
"LIFE"
2017 USA (Feature Film, 103 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Six astronauts aboard the space station study a sample collected from Mars that
could provide evidence for extraterrestrial life on the Red Planet. The crew
determines that the sample contains a large, single-celled organism - the first
example of life beyond Earth. But..things aren't always what they seem. As the
crew begins to conduct research, and their methods end up having unintended
consequences, the life form proves more intelligent than anyone ever expected.
See Trailer
"LIFEFORM"
1996 USA (Feature Film, 97 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "The Invader"
When the Viking space capsule suddenly returns to Earth from its long ago trip
to Mars, it brings with it an intelligent visitor that is part "Alien" and part
"ET." Encased in armor, it extends a humanlike form from its shell to examine
its surroundings and shows an interest in humans, including a soft caress of a
female scientist prior to the Army killing it. This only enrages its sibling."
"LOBSTER MAN FROM MARS"
1989 USA (Feature Film, 84 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Finally! The only motion picture that delivers Seafood From Outer Space! Young
film student tries to sell his weird movie to a desperate film producer who is
in need of a tax write-off. The producer screens the film "Lobster Man From
Mars." What follows is one of the most bizarre and funny film within-a-film
send-ups: Mars suffers from an air leakage, and send the dreaded Lobster Man to
Earth to steal its air. The plot is foiled by a mad scientist, a girl and an
army colonel. The producer buys the movie, but it makes a huge profit and the
producer is sent to jail, with the film student taking his place as the studio
hot shot.
"LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION"
2003 USA (Feature Film, 92 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The Looney Tunes (including special guest appearances by Marvin the Martian and
Duck Dodgers of the 24th-and-one-half Century) search for a man's missing father
and the mythical Blue Diamond.
NOTE: Mars and Martians are a very minimal part of this film.
"LOST ON MARS"
2002 USA (Feature Film, 87 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The first ship designed to go to Mars is scheduled for a routine planetary space
exploration mission. The mission is drastically changed once Earth receives a
strange signal transmitted by a probe on Mars. Once the three young astronauts
land on Mars, they find a device that sends them spiraling back to a time when
the ruthless Siperion Empire controls Mars. Their only chance of escaping from
the past is to find the time device that brought them there in the first place.
"MAGKASANGA SA BATAS"
1992 Hong Kong/Philippines (Feature Film, 86 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Ultracop 2000"
"THE MAID AND THE MARTIAN"
1964 USA (Feature Film, 82 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Pajama Party"
"THE MAN FROM MARS"
1923 USA (Feature Film, 95 minutes)
See "M.A.R.S."
"THE MAN FROM OUTER SPACE"
2017 USA (Feature Film, 74 minutes)
A failing script writer is given one last chance to save his career, yet at what
cost? Diving deeper into his script, Louis imagines himself as the main
character: a futuristic astronaut from Mars who crash lands on a desolate earth.
While in the real world his family struggles with his absence from their lives.
See Trailer
"THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH"
1976 USA (140 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
David Bowie as Thomas Jerome Newton, a humanoid alien who comes to Earth to get
water for his dying planet. He starts a high technology company to get the
billions of dollars he needs to build a return spacecraft, and meets Mary-Lou, a
girl who falls in love with him. He does not count on the greed and ruthlessness
of business here on Earth, however.
"THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH"
1987 USA (TV Feature Film, 100 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Made-for-TV movie based on the Walter Tevis novel. An extraterrestrial who comes
to Earth on a desperate mission. He is obsessed with his goal but plagued by
unrelenting loneliness, symbolic of all outsiders who find themselves in a
strange land filled with strange inhabitants and customs.
""MAN WHO WENT TO MARS"
2003 South Korea (Feature Film) [TMS-SD Library]
See "A Letter from Mars"
"M.A.R.S."
1923 USA (Feature Film, 95 minutes)
aka: "The Man From Mars," "Mars Calling," "Radio-Mania" (reissue title)
Directed by Roy William Neill, a 95 minute silent film shot in Teleview 3-D. A
man dreams that he is having a two way radio communication with Mars from where
he receives various secrets including instructions to transform coal and clay
into diamonds. The Martians are shown as large brained creatures with big ears.
"MARS"
1998 USA (Feature Film, 91 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
When renegade law enforcement officer Caution Templar receives a desperate
message from his brother Ino, he hurries to Mars. But his brother is dead, and a
mystery unfolds that could rock the sinister Company to its core. With the help
of a beautiful woman named "Doc" Haliday, Caution fights his way to the truth,
in a battle that threatens to turn the Red Planet red with blood ...
"MARS"
2010 USA (Feature Film, 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The discovery of life on Mars places a robotic expedition and a manned mission
in a race to the Red Planet. On the way we discover that love - biological,
spiritual, and even mechanical - can flourish in all kinds of ways.
"MARS ADAM"
1976 Thailand, Taiwan, Japan, Italy (82 minutes)
See "Mars Men"
"MARS AND BEYOND"
2000 Canada/USA (Feature Film)
In the year 2014, an international team of astronauts is sent to Mars.
Officially, their dangerous mission is to explore the planet most like Earth.
But a privileged few know their real mission is to answer the question: "Are we
alone?"
"MARS AND APRIL"
2012 Canada (Feature Film, 91 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See Mars et Avril
"MARS ASSAULT!"
1995 USA (Feature Film, 85 minutes)
See "Alien Escape"
"MARS ATTACKS!"
1996 USA (Feature Film, 106 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The Martians decide to attack our planet and devastate everything. Why? Because
it's fun!!! They enjoy killing people and destroy buildings; they even play
bowling with the statues at Easter Isles and pose for photos in front of temples
as they are blowing up. Will somebody find a way to stop them or will everyone
die in the war with these short, big-brained aliens?
"MARS ATTACKS PUERTO RICO"
1965 USA (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster"
"MARS ATTACKS THE WORLD" - FLASH GORDON
1938 USA (Feature Film, 68 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
As a deadly ray from space hits the Earth, Flash Gordon travels to its source,
the planet Mars, only to find his old enemy emperor Ming of Mongo. With the help
of the clay people and other fantastic creatures, he fights for the freedom of
two planets! A 97 minute edited version of the 1938 serial "Flash Gordon's Trip
to Mars."
"MARS ET AVRIL"
2012 Canada (Feature Film, 91 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Mars and April"
Set in a futuristic environment, Mars et Avril tells the story of an elderly
musician and his instrument maker who both become obsessed with the same woman.
She agrees to be the model for their next musical instrument but then gets lost
in a virtual world on the way to Mars.
"MARS INVADES PUERTO RICO"
1965 USA (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster"
"MARS MEN"
1976 Thailand, Taiwan, Japan, Italy (82 minutes)
aka: "Huo Xing Ren", "Les Hommes d'une Autre Planète", "Gli Uomini di Marte",
"Mars Adam"
Terrifying invasion from space! The unexpected death-dealing counterattack!
See Clip
"MARS NEEDS MOMS"
2011 USA (Feature Film, 88 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
After tormenting his sister and refusing to eat his veggies, Milo lands in big
trouble and starts viewing his Mom as uncaring and unfair. But when Martians
suddenly abduct her, Milo rushes to the rescue and discovers why all moms are so
special. In this fun-filled animated film, based on Berkeley Breathed's popular
book, Martians need loving, hardworking mothers just as much as humans do.
"MARS NEEDS WOMEN"
1967 USA (Feature Film, 83 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Tommy Kirk leads his fellow Martians to Earth on an interplanetary quest for
females. Kirk proves that Martians have impeccable taste when one of his first
conquests turns out to be sexy scientist Yvonne Craig.
"MARS PROJECT"
1955 USA (Feature Film, 81 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "The Conquest of Space"
"MARS SWEET HOME"
1999 Japan (Feature Film, 104 minutes)
See "Kasei No Wagaya"
"THE MARTIAN"
2015 USA (Feature Film, 141 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a
fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds
himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he
must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal
to Earth that he is alive.
"MARTIAN CHILD"
2007 USA (Feature Film, 106 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A science-fiction writer, recently widowed, considers whether to adopt a
hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially rejected boy who says he's
really from Mars.
"THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES"
1979 USA (TV Mini-Series, 3 episodes, 98 minutes each, 293 minutes total)
[TMS-SD Library]
Earth sends its first manned probe to Mars in 1999, and a jealous Martian
murders the two astronauts when his wife has erotic dreams of meeting them.
Members of a subsequent expedition are hypnotized into believing that they have
landed in the childhood community of their leader and have been reunited with
deceased family and friends, and they are poisoned by the Martians. Col. John
Wilder leads a third expedition and learns that a chicken pox virus brought to
Mars by the first two expeditions has almost eradicated the Martian population.
A member of Wilder's team becomes obsessed with protecting Mars from Earthman
and murders some of the others in Wilder's party, before Wilder kills him.
Colonists arrive on Mars to settle, among them priests seeking God, and a lone
Martian masquerades as the most desired persons of various settlers. Global war
on Earth reduces man's natal planet to radioactive waste, and most of the
settlers returned there prior to the holocaust. Wilder struggles to assemble the
remaining humans on Mars, who cope with their loneliness in different ways and
will not leave their piece of Mars, before Wilder meets a Martian of past or
future who tells him the secret of simple Martian life and convinces him to
abandon the Earth lifestyle.
"A MARTIAN IN PARIS"
1961 France (Feature Film, 87 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Un martien à Paris"
The higher-ups on Mars want to learn all about that strange commodity, peculiar
to the planet Earth, known as "Love." The Martian soon figures out what makes
the world go 'round when he meets the gorgeous Liliane.
"MARTIAN LAND"
2015 USA (Feature Film, 86 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
In the distant future, a large portion of humanity lives on Mars, in cities that
resemble those once found on Earth. The cities are protected from the
inhospitable Martian atmosphere by dome-like force-fields. When a massive
sandstorm breaks through the dome and destroys Mars New York, those in Mars Los
Angeles must figure out how to stop the storm before it wipes them out next.
See Trailer
"MARTIAN LAW"
1998 USA (Unsold TV Series Pilot, 90 minutes)
A sheriff patrols the high-tech frontier of Mars and busts outlaws. Dubbed
"Gunsmoke in space."
"MARTIAN SUCCESSOR NADESICO"
1996 Japan(Anime TV Series) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Kidô Senkan Nadeshiko" and "Mobile Battleship Nadesico"
Aliens known as the Jovians destroyed earth's base on Mars, wiping out its space
fleets. Only one ship stands between Earth and total annihilation - Nadesico.
Six feature-length episodes: 1-Chronicle 1 (Invasion); 2-Mission to Mars;
3-Danger Zones; 4-Paradigm Shifts; 5-Secrets and Lies; 6-Endgame.
"MARTIAN SUCCESSOR NADESICO - THE MOTION PICTURE: PRINCE OF DARKNESS"
2003 Japan (Anime Feature Film, 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The Earth is being attack by machines from Jupiter called Jovian Lizards, the
Earth's last hope may be the Nadesico, a highly advanced spaceship created by a
huge corporation. One of the crew-members, Atiko Tenkawa, a chef/pilot turns up
to discover his childhood friend Yurika Misumara is the captain. Yurika has a
crush on Akito, but other crew-members love him too, presenting Yurika with
competition. Akito, however, isn't interested in any of the girls, due to the
fact that he's busy cooking and trying to cope with a past trauma. Soon the crew
discovers that the Lizards aren't what they appear and may have more enemies
than they bargained for.
"MARTIANS!!!"
1990 USA (Feature Film, 100 minutes)
See "Spaced Invaders"
"MARTIANS GO HOME"
1990 USA (Feature Film, 89 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Song writer Mark Devereaux accidentally calls millions of green Martians to
invade Earth. No they aren't dangerous, just wise-cracking, intrusive, pain in
neck, annoyances. No one can escape their distracting influence. It's up to Mark
to figure out how they got here, and most importantly, how to get rid of them
before they drive everyone crazy!
"MARTIEN DE NOËL, LE"
1971 Canada (TV-65 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "The Christmas Martian"
"UN MARTIEN À PARIS"
1961 France (Feature Film, 87 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "A Martian in Paris"
"MARZIANI HANNO DODICI MANI, I"
1964 Italian/Spanish (Feature Film, 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars"
Four Martians assume human guises for a trip to Earth. They're supposed to be
preparing for an invasion by the Red Planet but discover that life on Earth
isn't bad. One gets into the real estate business, another becomes involved in
politics, a third falls in love, and the last ends up as--of all things--a
science-fiction author!
"MASTER RACE FROM MARS"
2011 USA (Feature Film)
In 1888, a persecuted race from the planet Mars escaped to Philadelphia. There
were only a few Martians -- all women. A plan for the survival of their race
became Philadelphia history.
"MERCANO THE MARTIAN"
2002 Argentina (Feature Film, 87 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Mercano, el Marciano"
Mercano's life on Mars is a peaceful one, until one day a wayward probe from
Earth smashes into his planet, killing his beloved dog. Enraged the intrepid
Marian climbs into his spacecraft and heads out for vengeance, crash landing in
Buenos Aires. Ordinarily his presence would cause alarm, but Argentine society
is so indifferent that nobody takes much notice - he's just another stranger
with no job or money. Frustrated he creates his own world on the Internet, where
he strikes up a friendship with a shy boy. However the shy boys father a
businessman always on the lookout for a quick buck, discovers the alien and sees
him as an untapped source of revenue.
"MERCANO, EL MARCIANO"
2002 Argentina (Feature Film, 87 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Mercano the Martian"
"A MESSAGE FROM MARS"
1921 USA (69 minutes)
Directed by Maxwell Karger, based on a popular stage play of the time.
"A MESSAGE FROM MARS"
1913 UK (59 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
As a punishment for stealing somebody else's idea, Ramiel (a Martian) is
condemned to Earth where he must help a selfish man, Horace Parlan, become a
better person. The stakes are high, for the Martian will only be permitted to
return to his home planet if he is successful in his mission to instill a change
of heart in his subject.
"MEURTRE DANS L'ESPACE"
1985 Canada/USA (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Murder in Space"
"MIDNIGHT MOVIE MASSACRE"
1988 USA (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Attack from Mars"
Set in the '50s in a movie theatre showing a serial called "Space Patrol," this
particular episode being "Back from the Future." The evil scientist on the
serial goes back to the '50s and his crew members have to chase him. Meanwhile
at the theatre, patrons busy themselves doing strange things. An alien has
landed and is eliminating theatre staff and patrons.
"THE MIND BENDERS"
1967 UK (Feature Film, 98 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Quatermass and the Pit"
"MISSION MARS"
1968 USA (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Three American astronauts who land on Mars discover the body of a frozen Russian
cosmonaut and a mysterious talking orb.
"MISSION TO MARS"
2000 USA (Feature Film, 113 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Commander Luc Goddard is selected to lead the first manned mission to Mars. Upon
setting foot on the red planet, the team discovers an ancient, dome like
structure which appears to be a beacon. The dome destroys the team and leaves
Luc injured. The recently widowed Jim McConnell leads the rescue mission. When
they arrive, they find Luc surprisingly alive, and he has spent the time alone
learning the secrets of the mysterious construct. The question now becomes: do
they enter the dome and answer humanity's oldest question, perhaps risking their
lives in doing so, or return to Earth with what they do know and return in force
with equipment and supplies?
"MOBILE BATTLESHIP NADESICO"
1996 Japan (TV Series) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Martian Successor Nadesico"
"MONSTER FROM MARS"
1953 USA (Feature Film, 66 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Robot Monster"
"MONSTER OF MONSTERS"
1964 Japan (Feature Film, 73 minutes)
See "Earth's Greatest Battle"
"MONSTER X STRIKES BACK"
2008 Japan (Feature Film, 98 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Girara no gyakushû: Tôya-ko Samitto kikiippatsu," "Guilala no gyakushû:
Tôya-ko Summit kikiippatsu," "Guilala's Counterattack: Lake Toya Summit Crisis,"
"The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit"
The G8 Summit is being held in Hokkaido, Japan, and the leaders of the World's
most powerful and prosperous nations have arrived to discuss environmental
issues. However, arriving at a diplomatic solution to global warming soon takes
a back seat to a greater crisis: a Chinese space probe returning from a mission
to Mars crash lands thirty miles away, and it's soon discovered that a strange
creature hitched a ride to Earth from the Red Planet. The fire- breathing
monster Guilala is now laying waste to the city of Sapporo, and the G8
organizers propose that the meeting be cancelled and the leaders sent home to
safety. However, the President of the United States is having none of it, and
urges his fellow executives to stay and lead the fight against the
interplanetary menace.
"THE MONSTER X STRIKES BACK: ATTACK THE G8 SUMMIT"
2008 Japan (Feature Film, 98 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Monster X Strikes Back"
"MORD I RYMDEN"
1985 Canada/USA (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Murder in Space"
"MORDERSTWO W KOSMOSIE"
1985 Canada/USA (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Murder in Space"
"MOSURA"
1996 Japan (Feature Film, 104 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Mothra"
"M.O.T.H.E.R."
1993 Japan/France (Animated Feature - 80 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "The E.Y.E.S. of Mars"
A young boy and girl attempt to save a human civilization on Mars before what
remains of the planet's ecosystem is destroyed.
"MURDER IN SPACE"
1985 Canada/USA (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Meurtre dans l'espace," "Mord i rymden," "Morderstwo w kosmosie"
The crew of an international space mission are on the return leg from Mars to
Earth when an explosion occurs on the craft Conestoga, shortly after the murders
start. The crew of the returning craft are forbidden to return until the
murderer is caught.
"MR. NOBODY"
2009 Canada/Belgium/France/Germany (Feature Film, 138 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Mr. Nobody takes place in 2092 at a time when Mars has become a vacation planet
and all humans have been made immortal thanks to scientific advancement. The
story follows a 120 year old man named Nemo Nobody who is not only the oldest
man alive, but also the last mortal human being. Nobody is preoccupied by the
question of whether or not he has lived the right life.
"MUTANT SWINGER FROM MARS"
2003 USA (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A 'long lost sci-fi film' from the 50's, finally, has been recovered! Martians
from Mars come to Earth and force a mad scientist to create a 'chick-magnet' to
lure women so they may take them back to Mars because ... Mars needs women, of
course! It's up to Rusty Rave to stop them.
"MY FAVORITE MARTIAN"
1999 USA (Feature Film, 93 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The Martian Has Landed - There Goes The Neighborhood! News producer Tim O'Hara
gets himself fired for unwillingly compromising his bosses' daughter Brace
Channing during a live transmission. A little later, he witnesses the crashing
of a small Martian spacecraft, realizing his one-time chance of delivering a
story that will rock the earth. Since Tim took the original, but scaled down
spaceship with him, the Martian follows him to retrieve it. Unfortunately, the
electron accelerator is broken and the Martian seeks Tim's help. Tim and "Uncle
Martin" now stay together, but Tim tapes the Alien with hidden cameras for his
story of a lifetime. Ruthless Brace acquires the cassettes after Tim has become
a friend with Martin and decided otherwise. Not only do they now have to hinder
the publication of the material, but also will the (rental) spaceship
self-destruct, if not back in space in a few hours.
"MY FAVORITE MARTIAN"
1963 USA (TV Series 1963-1966, 107 episodes, 30 minutes each) [TMS-SD Library]
Exodus, an alien from the planet Mars, comes to earth and lives with Timothy
O'Hara under the guise of his uncle Martin O'Hara. He spends most of his time
trying to solve some problems caused by his presence in Earth.
"NAÚFRAGOS"
2002 Spain (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Stranded"
"NE JOUEZ PAS AVEC LES MARTIENS"
1967 France (Feature Film, 100 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Don't Play with the Martians," "Lent in the Month of March"
"NEBO ZOVYOT"
1960 Russia (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Battle Beyond the Sun" (re-edited/dubbed American version), "The Heavens
Call," "The Sky Calls," "The Sky Is Calling"
Two countries race to have the first successful landing on Mars.
"NEGADON - THE MONSTER FROM MARS"
2005 Japan (Feature Film, 21 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
It is the near future, in the 100th year of Showa (year 2025). The population of
world is more than 10 billion, and a world-class space development project
called "Mars Terraforming Project" is in process. One day, a spaceship "Izanami"
crashes in Japan on the way from Mars, and it revives the monster Negadon, which
was captured by the spaceship. Can the human race knock down the monster!? Under
the desperate situation, a middle age man Ryuichi Narasaki rises up against the
monster. He is an expert of robot engineering who lost his daughter in an
accident which happened during his experiments. Now, a desperate struggle of
Narasaki and Negadon begin!!
"THE NIGHT THAT PANICKED AMERICA"
1975 USA (Made-for-TV Movie, 92 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The true story of the night that Orson Welles broadcast his version of H.G.
Welles' classic "The War of the Worlds" on the radio. Designed to be as
realistic as possible, many people were fooled into thinking that an alien
invasion was actually taking place.
"NONE CAME BACK"
1950 USA (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Rocketship X-M"
"OPERATION SAN JUAN"
1965 USA (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster"
"OPERAZIONE VEGA"
1962 Italy (TV Series, 7 episodes, 60 minutes each)
When Earth authorities threaten to use military force against a rebellious
Martian colony, the settlers on Venus choose the risk of bombardment rather than
be a party to the repression.
"ORIGIN UNKNOWN"
2018 UK (Feature Film, 94 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "2036 Origin Unknown"
"OUT OF THIS WORLD"
2016 USA (Feature Film, ?? minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "The Space Between Us"
"OVER-SEXED RUGSUCKERS FROM MARS"
1989 USA (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Vacuum cleaners rape women, and one falls in love with a man. They spend time
together, criminals are involved and the film ends with a chase with everyone on
shopping trolleys using groceries as weapons. One good scene to look out for is
the sequence where the man and his vacuum lover are reunited and run into each
others arms over a bridge to the tune of Romeo and Juliet!
"PAJAMA PARTY"
1964 USA (Feature Film, 82 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "The Maid and the Martian"
Gogo, a Martian teenager, is sent to Earth to prepare the way for an invasion.
The first Earthling he meets, one Aunt Wendy, is a rich widow who runs a dress
shop catering to teenagers. Her nephew, Big Lunk, is a volleyball-loving guy
with little interest in romance, which causes frustration for his girlfriend
Connie. Naturally, Gogo meets Connie and they fall in love. Meanwhile, Aunt
Wendy's shady neighbor and his gang concoct a scheme to part Aunt Wendy from her
cash. Also meanwhile, the local motorcycle gang wants revenge on the volleyball
players for ... getting footprints on their beach. Somehow all the subplots come
together at the pajama party.
"PIANETA DEGLI UOMINI SPENTI, IL"
1961 Italy (Feature Film, 84 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Battle of the Worlds"
"PLANET OF BLOOD"
1966 USA (Feature Film, 78 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Queen of Blood"
"PLANET OF TERROR"
1966 USA (Feature Film, 78 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Queen of Blood"
"PLANET OF VAMPIRES"
1966 USA (Feature Film, 78 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Queen of Blood"
"PLANET OF THE LIFELESS MEN"
1961 Italy (Feature Film, 84 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Battle of the Worlds"
"PRINCESS OF MARS, EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS'S"
2009 USA (Feature Film, 90 minutes)
Based on the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, a US soldier finds himself
inexplicably transported to Mars in the midst of a war between two alien races.
"PROJECT VIPER"
2002 USA (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
It was created to live on Mars, now it is loose on Earth. V.I.P.E.R. is the code
name for a terraforming agent that is to accompany the first group of humans to
Mars -- it has been designed to terraform the hostile the Martian environment
and leave the planet ready for human life. There's only one problem ... they
never get it to Mars.
"PROJECT SHADOWCHASER III"
1995 USA (Feature Film, 99 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Project Shadowchaser 3000"
It has been 25 years since the ore spaceship Siberia was last heard from.
Unfortunately, it is now on a collision course with the communications station
Comstat 5 which is orbiting Mars. After one successful maneuver to avoid the
Siberia, it rams Comstat 5 and the crew soon finds that the Siberia crew is dead
and the reason that it has been missing for 25 years. But that reason is trying
to destroy them all as it destroyed the Siberia crew.
"PROJECT SHADOWCHASER 3000"
1995 USA (Feature Film, 99 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Project Shadowchaser III"
"THE PURPLE MONSTER STRIKES"
1945 USA (Serial, 15 episodes, 14 minutes each, 209 minutes total) [TMS-SD
Library]
aka: "D-Day on Mars," "The Purple Shadow Strikes"
Invasion of America from 50,000,000 miles away! Daring! Thrilling! Weird!
Wonderful! A Martian spacecraft crash-lands near the observatory of Cyrus
Layton, designer of Earth's first spaceship. The survivor, forerunner of an
invasion, can assume the form of any earthman. Calling himself the "Purple
Monster," the humanoid invader sets about gaining control of Layton's rocket
project. Opposing him is Craig Foster, former Secret Service man, who episode by
episode tries to thwart the monster's attempts to acquire rocket components.
Will Craig ever suspect that his closest associate is really the monster?
"THE PURPLE SHADOW STRIKES"
1945 USA (Serial, 15 episodes, 14 minutes each, 209 minutes total) [TMS-SD
Library]
See "The Purple Monster Strikes"
"QUANTUM APOCALYPSE"
2010 USA (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Quantum Apocalypse (Judgment Day)"
When a comet unexpectedly changes paths and collides with Mars, kicking up a
storm of debris, a team of government scientists looks to two oddball physicists
to investigate an even bigger threat: the force that caused the comet to veer
off track. In their battle to save Earth, the two geniuses get help from an
unlikely source: a small-town mayor's autistic brother.
"QUATERMASS AND THE PIT"
1967 UK (Feature Film, 98 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Five Million Years to Earth," "The Mind Benders"
Workers excavating at an underground station in London uncover the skeletal
remains of ancient apes with large skulls. Further digging reveals what is at
first believed to be an unexploded German bomb from World War II. Missile expert
Colonel Breen is brought in to investigate, accompanied by Professor Bernard
Quatermass. When the interior of the "missile" is exposed, a dead locust-like
creature that resembles the devil is found. It is determined by Quatermass that
these "locusts" are evil Martians who altered the brains of our simian ancestors
to eventually lay claim to the Earth. When Quatermass's suspicion that the
missile can reactivate the dormant evil in humans is confirmed, all hell breaks
loose.
"QUATERMASS AND THE PIT"
1958 UK (TV Series, 6 episodes, 33 minutes each, broadcast live)
Work on a new London underground line is halted when a skeleton and what appears
to be World War II missile are uncovered. But the 'missile' turns out to be an
alien spacecraft and Professor Bernard Quatermass is called in to investigate.
It soon turns out that the locust like aliens entombed in the ship are not as
dead as they seem and that millions of years before they had had arrived on
Earth from Mars to tamper with the brains of primitive ape creatures. The
opening of the ship unleashes the ancient forces of evil that have lain dormant
in humanity for millenia.
"QUEEN OF BLOOD"
1966 USA (Feature Film, 78 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Planet of Blood," "The Green Woman," "Planet of Terror," "Planet of
Vampires"
The year is 1990. An alien species makes contact with Earth through radio
transmission, notifying of an imminent visit. Alien ship crash lands on Mars,
and a rescue team is sent out from Earth. Eventually a surviving female is
located and brought on to the human ship. The female is light green with an
amazing hair-do. After some unsuccessful attempts by the human crew to feed her,
she is more or less left to herself. While most of the crew sleeps, the Alien
female hypnotizes the astronaut on guard. When the crew awakens, she is
sleeping, and the guard is dead!
"RACE TO MARS"
2007 Canada (TV Mini-Series, 2 episodes, 93 minutes each, 186 minutes total)
[TMS-SD Library]
In the year 2030, the race to be the first to reach the Red Planet is on - and
China is leading the way. China has stunned the world by leapfrogging over
America's long-term plans and has landed a series of advanced rovers and robotic
landers in their quest to make the most important discovery in history -
extraterrestrial life on Mars. Once again, America and its partners, including
Canada, are thrust into a winner-take-all space race - but the stakes are higher
than the race to the Moon nearly seven decades earlier.
"RADIO-MANIA"
1923 USA (Feature Film, 95 minutes)
See "M.A.R.S."
"REBIRTH OF MOTHRA"
1996 Japan (Feature Film, 104 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Mothra"
"RED FACTION: ORIGINS"
2011 USA (Feature Film, 93 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Twenty-five years have passed since Alec Mason led the Martian Colonies to
freedom...and 12 years since vengeful enemies killed his wife, kidnapped his
daughter Lyra, and left a broken hero in their wake. Jake Mason, Alec's last
surviving son and an officer in the Red Faction Militia, has his world turned
inside out when he discovers that now, 12 years after her kidnapping, his sister
is still alive. As a powerful new enemy swarms across the planet, Jake goes out
to find her, only to learn that his lost sister is one of them... a cold-blooded
soldier sworn to destroy the Red Faction.
"RED PLANET"
2000 USA/Australia (Feature Film, 106 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
In the near future, Earth is dying. A new colony on Mars could be humanity's
only hope. A team of American astronauts, each a specialist in a different
field, is making the first manned expedition to the red planet and must struggle
to overcome the differences in their personalities, backgrounds and ideologies
for the overall good of the mission. When their equipment suffers
life-threatening damage and the crew must depend on one another for survival on
the hostile surface of Mars, their doubts, fears and questions about God, man's
destiny and the nature of the universe become defining elements in their fates.
In this alien environment they must come face to face with their most human
selves.
"RED PLANET MARS"
1952 USA (Feature Film, 87 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
An American scientist contacts Mars by radio and receives information that Mars
is a utopia and that Earth's people can be saved if they return to the worship
of God. Revolution sweeps the Earth, including the Soviet Union. But there
remains doubt about the messages being genuine, as an ex-Nazi claims he was
duping the Americans.
"REVENGE OF THE MYSTERONS FROM MARS"
1981 UK (Feature Film, 91 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A television film incorporating re-edited footage from the 1967 British
Supermarionation television series "Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons:" An
attempt to survey the Mysterons' planet, Mars, with a space probe is threatened
when a scientist attached to the project is killed and duplicated by the
Mysterons.
"REVENGE OF THE PUSSY SUCKERS FROM MARS"
1995 USA (Feature Film, 83 minutes)
Adult hardcore: As an outer-space resident, you've got to find the perfect Earth
man to clone in order to take over the world. Your selection? Jake Williams.
Looks like humankind will be safe for awhile.
"REVOLT OF THE ROBOTS"
1924 Russia (Feature Film, - 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Aelita - The Queen of Mars"
"ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS"
1964 USA (Feature Film, 110 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
One U.S. astronaut pitted against all the odds beyond this earth! Stranded on
Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find
oxygen, water, and food on the lifeless planet.
"ROBOT MONSTER"
1953 USA (Feature Film, 66 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Monster From Mars," "Monsters from the Moon"
The Robot Monster has been sent to Earth as the advance party of an impending
invasion. Ordered by The Great One to capture several humans, the Robot Monster
becomes confused once it learns more about humans. Ro-Man, an alien that looks
remarkably like a gorilla in a diving helmet, has destroyed all but six people
on the planet Earth. He spends the entire film trying to finish off these
survivors, but complications arise when he falls for the young woman in the
group.
NOTE: Mars and Martians are a very minimal part of this film, depending on which
version you watch.
"ROCKET MAN"
1997 USA (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Rocketman"
"ROCKETMAN"
1997 USA (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Rocket Man"
Fred Z. Randall is geeky and obnoxious spacecraft designer, who gets the chance
to make his dream come true and travel to Mars as a member of the first manned
flight there.
"ROCKET TO THE MOON"
1950 USA (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Rocketship X-M"
"ROCKETSHIP EXPEDITION MOON"
1950 USA (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Rocketship X-M"
"ROCKETSHIP X-M"
1950 USA (Feature Film, 77 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Expedition Moon," "None Came Back," "Rocket to the Moon," "Rocketship
Expedition Moon"
Astronauts blast off to explore the moon. Because of craft malfunction and some
fuel calculations, they end up landing on Mars. On Mars, evidence of a once
powerful civilization is found. The scientists determined that an atomic war
destroyed most of the Martians (who surprisingly look like humans). Those that
survived reverted to a caveman-like existence. Two of the Astronauts are killed
while on Mars. The remaining three Astronauts attempt to return to Earth.
"SAN DAIKAIJÛ: CHIKYU SAIDAI NO KESSEN"
1964 Japan (Feature Film, 73 minutes)
See "Earth's Greatest Battle"
"SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS"
1964 USA (Feature Film, 81 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Martians, upset that their children have become obsessed with TV shows from
Earth which extol the virtues of Santa Claus, start an expedition to Earth to
kidnap the one and only Santa. While on Earth, they kidnap two lively children
that lead the group of Martians to the North Pole and Santa. The Martians then
take Santa and the two children back to Mars with them. Voldar, a particularly
grumpy Martian, attempts to do away with the children and Santa before they get
to Mars, but their leader Lomas stops him. When they arrive on Mars, Santa, with
the help of the two Earth children and a rather simple-minded Martian lackey,
overcomes the Martians by bringing fun, happiness and Christmas cheer to the
children of Mars.
"SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS" - MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000
1991 USA (TV Series, 120 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Martians, upset that their children have become obsessed with TV shows from
Earth which extol the virtues of Santa Claus, start an expedition to Earth to
kidnap the one and only Santa. While on Earth, they kidnap two lively children
that lead the group of Martians to the North Pole and Santa. The Martians then
take Santa and the two children back to Mars with them. Voldar, a particularly
grumpy Martian, attempts to do away with the children and Santa before they get
to Mars, but their leader Lomas stops him. When they arrive on Mars, Santa, with
the help of the two Earth children and a rather simple-minded Martian lackey,
overcomes the Martians by bringing fun, happiness and Christmas cheer to the
children of Mars. As only the MST3K can spin it!
"SANTO CONTRA LA INVASIÓN DE LOS MARCIANOS"
1966 Mexico (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Santo Versus the Martian Invasion"
Santo, the masked wrestler, battles Martians intent on taking over the Earth.
"SANTO VERSUS THE MARTIAN INVASION"
1966 Mexico (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Santo Contra la Invasión de los Marcianos"
"SAYONARA JUPITER"
1983 Japan (Feature Film, 140 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Bye Bye Jupiter," "Sayônara, Jûpetâ"
In the 22nd Century, the United Earth Federation has begun colonizing
neighboring planets in the solar system. While attempting to extract water from
Mars' polar ice caps, a UEF science team uncovers ancient carvings that describe
the crash of an alien spacecraft on the planet Jupiter several millennia ago.
The discovery postpones the initial phase of the Jupiter Solarization Project, a
plan to transform the gas giant into a second sun, providing both additional
solar energy for Earth and making the outer worlds fit for colonization.
NOTE: Mars and Martians are a very minimal part of this film.
"SEAT 25"
2016 UK (Feature Film, 83 minutes)
When Faye Banks secretly enters a competition to win a seat on the first manned
mission to Mars, she never expects to win. But when the dangerous one way trip
becomes a reality, her life on Earth is turned upside down. With time running
out, Faye must decide whether to leave her husband, family and friends, or has
the prospect of leaving for ever made her realise what she has here on Earth?
See Trailer
"SEVEN CITIES OF ATLANTIS"
1978 UK (Feature Film, 96 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Warlords of Atlantis"
"SEXO ESTÁ LOCO, EL"
1980 Spain (Feature Film, - 83 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Four Martian men come to Earth in search of fertile women to help re-populate
their homeworld. Their first victim is Juanita, who is raped and due to the
highly accelerated gestation period of the Martians is capable of giving birth
to 600 babies an hour! But it turns out that this is just a stage-show being put
on at an Atlantic City nightclub - and even that may not be as real as it seems
...
"THE SHIP THAT WAS SENT OFF TO MARS"
1921 USA
Sci-Fi directed by Raymond Griffith. No description currently available.
"THE SHELTER"
2002 Spain (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Stranded"
"A SHIP TO HEAVEN"
1917 Denmark (81 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Das Himmelskibet"
"THE SKY CALLS"
1960 Russia (Feature Film, 77 minutes)
See "Nebo Zovyot"
"THE SKY IS CALLING"
1960 Russia (Feature Film, 77 minutes)
See "Nebo Zovyot"
"SKY SHIP"
1917 Denmark (81 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Das Himmelskibet"
"SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO"
1974 Japan (TV Series, 26 episodes, 50 minutes each) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Uchû Senkan Yamato"
"THE SPACE BETWEEN US"
2016 USA (Feature Film, 121 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Out of This World"
The first human born on Mars travels to Earth for the first time, experiencing
the wonders of the planet through fresh eyes. He embarks on an adventure with a
street smart girl to discover how he came to be.
See Trailer
"SPACE CRUISER YAMATO"
1974 Japan (TV Series, 26 episodes, 50 minutes each) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Uchû Senkan Yamato"
"SPACE JAM"
1996 USA (Feature Film, 81 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Swackhammer, owner of the amusement park planet Moron Mountain is desperate get
new attractions and he decides that the Looney Tune characters (including Marvin
the Martian) would be perfect. He sends his diminutive underlings to get them to
him, whether Bugs Bunny & Co. want to go or not.
NOTE: Mars and Martians are a very minimal part of this film.
"SPACE MEN"
1961 Italy (Feature Film, 79 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Assignment: Outer Space"
"SPACED INVADERS"
1990 USA (Feature Film, 100 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Martians!!!"
When one saucer of an invasion force has engine trouble, it lands on Earth. It
happens to be Halloween and it happens the invaders are only about 4 feet tall.
As the bumbling aliens wander around the countryside they are taken to be
children and they make friends with two children, one of whom is the daughter of
the sheriff. As their troubles mount (it's difficult for five aliens to conquer
a world) they begin to give up their plans of conquest, but then there is that
nasty killer robot.
"SPECIAL REPORT: JOURNEY TO MARS"
1996 USA (Feature Film, 120 minutes)
When the world's first spaceship is close to its goal, Mars, the TV-network GNN
begins its live coverage of the last two hours. Then the problems start. The
landing-computer malfunctions, the captain Eugene Slader gets very sick and back
on Earth it is discovered that big financial corporations have an interest in
the failure of the mission - and we, the viewers, can see it all live on
television.
"SPECIES II"
1998 USA (Feature Film, 93 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Species 2: Offspring," "Species 2: Origins"
An astronaut gets infected with alien DNA during the first mission on Mars and
runs amok on earth. The surviving team members from the first film team up with
a peaceful, genetically re-engineered Sil to track the monster down.
"SPECIES II: OFFSPRING"
1998 USA (Feature Film, 93 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Species 2"
"SPECIES II: ORIGINS"
1998 USA (Feature Film, 93 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Species 2"
"SPIRIT OF WONDER: THE MOVIE"
2003 Japan/USA (Anime Feaure Film) [TMS-SD Library]
As young boys, Cooper, Gordon, and Shepherd were enchanted by the theories of
life on Mars published by Percival Lowell. Forming a group club called the
"Scientific Boys Club" the trio will embark upon their long-time dream of
traveling to Mars!
"STAR BLAZERS"
1974 Japan (TV Series, 26 episodes, 50 minutes each) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Uchû Senkan Yamato"
"STAR CRYSTAL"
1986 USA (Feature Film, 94 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Set in 2032, as missions from Earth are being sent to explore Mars. After two
groups of astronauts are mysteriously killed following the discovery of strange
artifacts on the Martian surface, the crew of the SC-37 go in to try and find
out what happened. They soon learn what became of their predecessors when a
bloodthirsty space monster begins lunching on members of the crew. Will any of
them make it back to Earth alive?
"STARSHIP TROOPERS: TRAITOR OF MARS"
2017 USA (Feature Film, 100 minutes)
Federation trooper Johnny Rico is ordered to work with a group of new recruits
on a satellite station on Mars, where giant bugs have decided to target their
next attack.
NOTE: This film releases to theaters on August 21, 2017.
See Trailer
"STRANDED"
2002 Spain (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Stranded: Naúfragos," "Naúfragos," "The Shelter"
The first manned mission to Mars crashes onto the surface of the planet. The
astronauts are faced with a dire situation. With no resources and no time to
wait for the rescue team to arrive, they have just one alternative: three must
die so the other two can survive. But who will live and who will die?
"STRANDED: NAÚUFRAGOS"
2002 Spain (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Stranded"
"TENGOKU NO TOBIRA"
2003 Japan/USA
See "Cowboy Bebop: The Movie"
"TERRAHAWKS"
1983 UK (TV Series, 30 minutes each) [TMS-SD Library]
In the year 2020 Earth is under threat from Martian androids who want revenge on
the human race. They consist of Zelda, her son Youngstar and her sister called
Sister. An organization is set up on Earth called Terrahawks, which is top
secret to the rest of the world. This is led by Dr Tiger Ninestein with other
characters such as Sergeant Major Zero.
"THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE"
1958 USA (Feature Film, 69 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "It! The Terror from Beyond Space"
"THREE GIANT MONSTERS: THE EARTH'S GREATEST DECISIVE BATTLE"
1964 Japan (Feature Film, 73 minutes)
See "Earth's Greatest Battle"
"THE THREE STOOGES IN ORBIT"
1962 USA (Feature Film, 87 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The Three Stooges have a show to do, but since the rehearsals require cooking,
they manage to get themselves thrown out of every hotel they can find. They
finally find room and board at the home of the goofy inventor, Professor
Danforth, but that home has its own problems. Namely, the Professor is working
on a new all-terrain, flying, space worthy submersible. With some persuading,
the Stooges agree to help him finish his invention and demonstrate it to the
military. However, the Martians are interested in the vehicle as well and when
they learn of its perfection, they plan to steal it and destroy the Earth. Like
it or not, the fate of the world rests on the courage of Moe, Larry and
Curly-Joe.
"THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO"
1966 UK (Feature Film, 93 minutes [TMS-SD Library]
In 2065, the Zero-X spacecraft launches from Glenn Field as the first attempt at
a manned mission to Mars. Unknown to Captain Paul Travers and his crew of two
astronauts and two scientists, criminal mastermind The Hood has infiltrated the
ship to photograph Zero-X's wing mechanism. When his foot becomes trapped in the
hydraulics, The Hood causes a systems failure and Zero-X loses control. While
the villain manages to extract his bloodied foot and parachute from the
undercarriage, Travers and his crew eject in an escape pod and Zero-X crashes
into the ocean before leaving Earth's atmosphere. In 2067, at the conclusion of
an investigation into the loss of Zero-X, the Inquiry Board of the Space
Exploration Center reaches a verdict of sabotage. In the meantime, a second Mars
mission has been planned. Days before the launch of the new Zero-X,
International Rescue agrees to a request to organise security in view of the
possibility of another sabotage threat.
"TIN CAN"
2010 USA (Feature Film, 86 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
In the near future, three astronauts endeavor to complete a journey of
unprecedented ambition. Though they may leave Earth behind, they will soon
discover that the past is not as easy to escape.
NOTE: This film is currently only released through Amazon Instant Video.
"TOM AND JERRY: BLAST OFF TO MARS"
2005 USA (Feature Film, 75 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Tom and Jerry mistakenly stow away on the first manned mission to Mars and
discover we are NOT alone ... Martians do exist! The furry duo must join forces
with a young Martian girl to battle asteroid fields, the Martian invasion of
Earth, and a gigantic alien robot bent on destroying anything and anyone in its
path.
"TOTAL RECALL"
1990 USA (Feature Film, 113 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
What is reality when you can't trust your memory. Arnold Schwarzenegger is an
Earthbound construction worker who keeps having dreams about Mars. A trip to a
false memory transplant service for an imaginary trip to Mars goes terribly
wrong and another personality surfaces. When his old self returns, he finds
groups of his friends and several strangers seem to have orders to kill him. He
finds records his other self left him that tell him to get to Mars to join up
with the underground. The reality of the situation is constantly in question.
Who is he? Which personality is correct? Which version of reality is true?
"TOTAL RECALL: THE SERIES"
1998 Canada/Germany/USA (TV Series, 22 episodes, 50 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Total Recall 2070"
"TOTAL RECALL 2070"
1998 Canada/Germany/USA (TV Series, 22 episodes, 50 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Total Recall: The Series"
In the year 2070, police detective David Hume and his partner Ian Farve attempt
to track down a group of murderous androids with ties to a corrupt corporation,
named Recall, which are based on the planet Mars in this pilot for the sci-fi TV
series.
"TOTAL RECALL 2070 - MACHINE DREAMS"
1999 Canada/Germany/USA (Feature Film, 83 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Based on "Total Recall: The Series"
A stunning futuristic thriller about a world so high-tech, man is the only flaw!
In the year 2070, the planet Earth is ruled by a single government entity and a
conglomeration of corporations that hold absolute power. The crime rate is
virtually nonexistent and the Citizen's Protection Bureau defends the innocent
from unchecked sociotechnological forces. But when the Bureau partner of Agent
David Hume is dramatically gunned down, Hume's determination to uncover the
dangerous truth behind this shocking crime leads him on a pulse-pounding race
through the galaxy!
"TOWARD MEETING A DREAM"
1963 Russia (Feature Film, - 63 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Mechte Navstrechu"
"TOXIC SPAWN"
1980 Italy/West Germany (Feature Film, 95 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Contamination"
"TRASH ON MARS"
2019 Czech Republic (Feature Film, 84 minutes)
Flying to Mars is long since out of fashion. The Martian science station is
maintained in emergency mode by an obsolete robot, Bot, left there to his own
devices long ago. Instead of spare parts, Czech tourists arrive on the planet
planning to hold a wedding. But people who don't have their own personal
problems sorted out shouldn't go to outer space. The robot has survived five
major sandstorms, has only been reading comic books about Indians, and has been
repeatedly struck by lightning. He does not want to be alone anymore. Can
artificial intelligence get jealous? When the ice caps start to melt, things
happen that normally could not.
See Trailer
"TRANSFORMERS"
2007 USA (Feature Film, 143 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Dueling alien races, the Autobots and the Decepticons, bring their battle to
Earth, leaving the future of humankind hanging in the balance.
"A TRIP TO MARS"
1917 Denmark (81 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "The Himmelskibet"
"A TRIP TO MARS"
1910 USA (Short, 4 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
This black and white film produced by Thomas Edison was the first "movie" about
Mars. A professor discovers that when he mixes two magical powders he has the
power to reverse gravity. Some of the powder falls on him, and he is lifted up,
flying through the sky until he finally falls down on the surface of Mars. He
escapes some gnarly-limbed trees only to fall over a ridge and land on the lip
of a giant Martian. The giant exhales and blows the professor into the air, then
catches him, again and again, until the professor is propelled back to Earth.
After crash landing back in his laboratory, the professor tries to destroy the
powder only to wind up combining them again. The final shot shows the professor
sitting on the floor of his chaotically spinning laboratory.
(NOTE: Some sources claim that this movie was actually a pirated version of
Georges Méliès popular 1902 silent film, "Le Voyage dans la Lune." Having seen
this film, this is definitely not the case.)
"THE TWELVE-HANDED MEN OF MARS"
1964 Italian/Spanish (Feature Film, 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Marziani Hanno Dodici Mani, I"
"UCHU DAIKAIJÛ GIRARA"
1967 Japan (Feature Film, 89 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "The X from Outer Space"
"UCHÛ SENKAN YAMATO"
1974 Japan (TV Series, 26 episodes, 50 minutes each) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Cosmoship Yamato," "Space Battleship Yamato," "Space Cruiser Yamato,"
"Star Blazers"
In 2199, the population of the Earth has retreated underground after pollution
destroys the surface. The survivors of the cataclysm are further menaced by the
brutal aliens from the planet Gorgon whose relentless assaults look set to crush
the last of the human race. But when a spaceship from the planet Iskandair
crashes on Mars, Earth learns of a substance known as Cosmo-DNX which can clean
the planet's blighted atmosphere. They also find plans that helps them to
develop a faster-than-light that will enable to to travel to Iskandair for help
- the drive is built and fitted to the specially converted World War II
battlecruiser which sets out on a journey beset by running battles with the
Gorgon forces.
"ULTRACOP 2000"
1992 Hong Kong/Philippines (Feature Film, 86 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Yu Zhou Zu Ji," "Magkasanga Sa Batas"
In the year 2000, Zorbak, the infamous outlaw from Mars, ignores the Universal
Treaty that forbids interplanetary war and goes on a killing spree on Earth. It
is up to Nunez and her fellow Ultracops to stop Zorbak from conquering the
Earth.
"VAMPIRELLA"
1996 USA (Feature Film, 86 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Thirty centuries ago on the planet Drakulon a cult led by Vlad kills the Council
and escapes to earth to become the bloodsuckers known as vampires. Ella,
daughter of the slain High Elder, pursues the cult with vengeance in her heart.
Shipwrecked for centuries on Mars, she eventually gets to earth as stowaway on a
manned expedition. On present day earth Adam, a descendant of the Van Helsings,
works for PURGE, a paramilitary group dedicated to hunting vampires. Ella is now
known as Vampirella, and must form an uneasy alliance with Adam in order to
locate and deal with their common enemy, Vlad.
NOTE: Mars and Martians are a very minimal part of this film.
"WAR OF THE MONSTERS"
1966 Japan (Feature Film, 100 minutes [TMS-SD Library]
See "The Great Monster Duel: Gamera vs. Barugon"
"WAR OF THE PLANETS, THE
1966 Italy (Feature Film, 99 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "The Deadly Diaphonoids"
"WAR OF THE WORLD - NEXT CENTURY"
1981 Poland (Feature Film, 96 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Wojna Swiatów - Nastepne Stulecie"
Film opens on December 18, 1999, just a few days before the dawn of the new
century. A local reporter, Iron Idem, announces that the Martians have landed.
Shortly after that his program loses its independence: he is given the script
telling the crowds how to welcome the invaders. Then the chaos breaks out: the
Martians and police mistreat the populace; things become violent. Idem's own
wife is kidnapped and it seems somebody is trying to reduce his effectiveness as
a reporter. Idem decides to fight back: he illegally broadcasts a message during
the rock concert, but nobody believes him anymore.
"WAR OF THE WORLDS"
1988 - 1990 USA (TV Series, 2 seasons, 43 episodes, 50 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "War of the Worlds: The Second Invasion"
The attempted Martian invasion of the Earth in the 1950s was thrwated when the
aliens fell foul ofthe common cold virus. But rather than die, the invaders
simply went into hibernation and thirty years later they are revived and a
second invasion attempt begins. The Martians can now possess human bodies and
are opposed by a small band of resistance fighters.
"WAR OF THE WORLDS"
2005 USA (Feature Film, 98 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
"They're already here!" (and apparently they're not Martians). Ray Ferrier is a
working class man living in New Jersey. He's estranged from his family, his life
isn't in order, and he's too caught up with himself. But the unthinkable and,
ultimately, the unexpected happens to him in an extraordinary sense. His small
town life is shaken violently by the arrival of destructive intruders: Aliens
which have come en masse to destroy Earth. As they plow through the country in a
wave of mass destruction and violence, Ray must come to the defense of his
children. As the world must fend for itself by a new and very advanced enemy not
of this world, its inhabitants must save humanity from a far greater force that
threatens to destroy it. A Tom Cruise/Steven Spielberg production.
NOTE: Mars and Martians are a non-existant part of this film.
See Trailer
"WAR OF THE WORLDS: GOLIATH"
2012 USA (Animated Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
In 1899, the Earth was attacked by ruthless invaders from the planet Mars. The
Martian's 80-ft tall, heat-ray spewing, tripod battle machines laid waste to the
planet, but the invaders ultimately fell prey to Earth's tiny bacteria. Fifteen
years later, Man has rebuilt his shattered world, in large part by utilizing
captured Martian technology. Equipped with giant, steam-powered tripod battle
machines, the international rapid reaction force, A.R.E.S., is Mankind's first
line of defense against the return of the rapacious Martian invaders. And return
the Martians do.
"WAR OF THE WORLDS, H. G. WELLS'"
2005 USA (Feature Film, 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Invasion"
The Asylum presents this modern retelling of H.G. Wells' sci-fi classic, in
which civilization is laid to ruin when a race of super aliens invades Earth.
"THE WAR OF THE WORLDS"
1953 USA (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Producer George Pal and director Byron Haskins' landmark adaptation of the H. G.
Wells classic novel that focuses on the invasion of the earth by Martian war
machines. The Martians unleash a direct assault to our planet, with hundreds of
invulnerable ships. The invasion takes place all over the world, and all the
major cities are destroyed one after one; even the atomic bomb can't stop them.
But, if the humans can't beat them, who can? Maybe something MUCH smaller than
them ...
"THE WAR OF THE WORLDS"
2005 USA (Feature Film, In Production)
The first authentic movie adaptation of the 1898 H.G. Wells classic novel.
"WAR OF THE WORLDS: THE SECOND INVASION"
1988 - 1990 USA (TV Series, 2 seasons, 43 episodes, 50 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "War of the Worlds
"WAR OF THE WORLDS THE TRUE STORY"
2012 USA (Feature Film, 102 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Based on the most beloved alien invasion story of all time by H.G. Wells, the
film is presented as a news reporter's first hand memoirs. The film assumes the
world knows there was a war between Earth and Mars in the year 1900 and is
presented as the eyewitness account of Bertie Wells, the last living survivor of
the Earth/Mars War as he struggles to find his wife amidst the destruction of
humankind at the hands of terrifying alien invaders.
See Trailer
"WAR OF THE WORLDS 2: THE NEXT WAVE
2008 USA (Feature Film, 85 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The aliens return to complete their plan of human domination, launching a second
wave of attacks that threaten to destroy what is left of humanity. Sequel to The
Asylum's "H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds" (2005)
"WARLORDS OF ATLANTIS"
1978 UK (Feature Film, 96 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Warlords of the Deep", "Seven Cities of Atlantis"
Searching for the lost world of Atlantis, Prof. Aitken, his son Charles and Greg
Collinson are betrayed by the crew of their expedition's ship, attracted by the
fabulous treasures of Atlantis. The diving bell destroyed, a deep sea monster
attacks the boat. They are all dragged to the bottom of the sea where they meet
the inhabitants of the lost continent, an advance alien race from Mars that
makes slaves of the ship-wrecked sailors. The Martians want to rule the human
world, and due to his high IQ, they think that Charles may join them.
See Trailer
"WARLORDS OF THE DEEP"
1978 UK (Feature Film, 96 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Warlords of Atlantis"
"WATCHMEN"
2009 USA (Feature Film, 162 minutes)
A group of heroes, forced into retirement a decade before are called together
once again to investigate the murder of one of their own. What they discover an
age-old conspiracy to change the balance of power in a world not different from
our own.
"A WITCH WITHOUT A BROOM"
1968 Spain (Feature Film, 88 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
An American professor becomes the object of desire of a beautiful 15th-century
apprentice sorceress. She takes him on an odyssey from the Stone Age to a
futuristic Martian jaunt.
"THE WIZARD OF MARS"
1964 USA (Feature Film, 81 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "The Horrors of the Red Planet"
Four American astronauts, three men and a woman, crash-land in a desert region
of Mars. With an ever-decreasing air supply, the group ventures out into the red
planet's terrain. The group encounters alien terrors as they make their way to
an ancient city. There they meet the highly intelligent "Wizard," who blocks
their efforts to escape the hostile planet.
"WOJNA SWIATÓW - NASTEPNE STULECIE"
1981 Poland (Feature Film, 96 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "War of the World - Next Century"
"WORLD WITHOUT END"
1956 USA (Feature Film, 81 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Four astronauts returning from mankind's first mission to Mars enter a time warp
and crash on a 26th Century Earth devastated by atomic war. Our heroes meet with
hideous mutant cavemen, giant spiders, love-struck beauties in short dresses,
and jealous old geezers in sparkly skullcaps as they struggle to save humanity
and build a new world.
"THE X FROM OUTER SPACE"
1967 Japan (Feature Film, 89 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Uchu Daikaijû Girara," "Girara," "Big Space Monster Guilala," "Gilala"
The spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a
landing on the planet Mars and investigate reports of UFOs in the area. As they
near the red planet, they encounter a mysterious UFO that coats the ship's hull
with unusual spores. Taking one of the specimens back to earth, it soon develops
and grows into a giant chicken-lizard-alien monster that tramples Japan.
"YU ZHOU ZU JI"
1992 Hong Kong/Philippines (Feature Film, 86 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
See "Ultracop 2000"
"ZOMBIE CATS FROM MARS"
2015 USA (Feature Film, 89 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Billy sees a UFO land. Billy retreats into his head, imagining that aliens are
taking over the town. Billy's friend Cameron is skeptical, as is the rest of the
town. Meanwhile, people are starting to die. Billy, wrapped up in a world of
science fiction, discovers a story in which Martian Cats land on Earth and
inflict horror upon the town. Confident that the killings are the result of the
UFO delivering alien cats, he sets off on his own mission to save the town.
See Trailer
"ZOMBIES OF THE STRATOSPHERE"
1952 USA (Serial, 12 episodes, 14 minutes each, 167 minutes total) [TMS-SD
Library]
Security agent Larry Martin, who can fly with an experimental rocket suit,
investigates clandestine visits to earth by a Martian spaceship. Meanwhile,
villainous Martians conspire with a traitorous atomic scientist to blast earth
out of its orbit and replace it with Mars! Can Larry and his cohort Bob Wilson
stop the Martians before they complete their dastardly project? Not a zombie in
sight.
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"WAR OF THE WORLDS"
2019 UK, France, USA (TV Series, 8 episodes, 49 minutes each, 392 minutes total)
Set in contemporary France, this Anglo-French reimagining of H. G. Wells'
classic in the style of Walking Dead follows pockets of survivors forced to team
up after an apocalyptic extra-terrestrial strike.
NOTE: Mars and Martians are a non-existant part of this film.
See Trailer
"THE WAR OF THE WORLDS"
2019 UK (TV Mini-Series, 3 episodes, 48 minutes each, 144 minutes total)
In London during the Edwardian era, George and Amy's attempt to start a life
together in defiance of British society. They suddenly must face the escalating
terror of an invasion of England from Mars, while also fighting for their very
lives against an unstoppable enemy beyond humanity's comprehension.
See Trailer
"92MARS"
2018 USA (7 minutes)
[TMS-SD Library]
Ever since Arora was a kid she wanted to become an astronaut. She worked hard
and did everything she thought will get her closer to her dream, including
letting go of her loved ones. As she fulfilled her goals, she realized that
every step she took, also prepared her to embrace what she will ultimately call
"The greatest adventure of her life".
Watch the Film
"MAN FROM MARS"
2018 USA (6 minutes)
An Astronaut, the first man to walk on Mars, is suffering from PTSD from
something he saw that he wasn't supposed to.
"REDEMPTION"
2018 USA (4 minutes)
[TMS-SD Library]
Astronaut, Alice Price, is on the mission of a lifetime -- the first manned
spacecraft to Mars. But this mission is more than just scientific discovery,
it's also a chance to redeem her family's name.
Watch the Film
"TEAM MARS: ANTARCTICA"
2018 USA (Web Series, 6 episodes, 10 minutes each)
A comedy series about a group of astronauts living in a Mars simulation in
Antarctica. The astronauts spend three years living together in 1200 square
feet, simulating what life would be like if they lived together on Mars.
Watch the Series
"LIFE ON MARS?"
2018 UK (3 minutes)
[TMS-SD Library]
NASA have sent Curiosity on a long journey to reach Mars and analyse the surface
for any signs of life. This short film attempts to bring humour to the world of
science whilst exploring the possibility that we could one day enjoy life on
Mars with some interesting species.
Watch the Film
"FATMAN AT LIGHTSPEED"
2018 Canada, UK (TV Series, 22 Episodes, 47 minutes each) Now in production
Mars is inhabited, humans genetically modified to live in the Martian
environment, that was working fine. Recently though, ordinary Humans, (who call
the modified humans "Martinis") start to aggressively Terra-forming Mars to
their liking. The two cannot flourish in the same conditions and stealth wars
break out between them. To the tall, thin Martinies, all non-modified humans are
"FATmen" a reference to comparative appearance, but also to the greedy appetites
of Earth-borne immigrants. Tedesco, his argumentative family in tow, is one such
immigrant family coming into Mars (on his used former space-brothel ship).
Tedescoe is an ex-police-man now in search of a new kind of work, a safe place
for his family, and a life free of politics. But soon his job providing security
at a terra-forming station, will cause him to take sides, the consequences for
his family and him will be life-changing.
"THE FIRST"
2018 USA (TV Series, 8 episodes, 45 minutes each)
Now available on Hulu.com
The First is a near-future drama about a crew of astronauts attempting to become
the first humans on Mars. Under the direction of visionary aerospace magnate Laz
Ingram, the crew contends with peril and personal sacrifice as they undertake
the greatest pioneering feat in human history.
Watch the Film
"GALILEO: AWAKENED UNIVERSE"
2018 SKorea (TV Series, 10 episodes, 8 minutes each)
A reality program that will show facets on surviving in planet Mars. It has been
a favorite subject in the world of science, so a project of this magnitude and
concept would surely raise curiosity from the viewers. The new experimental TV
program is a new concept that takes a science-fiction variety approach. The crew
joins the team of "Mars Exploration Project", currently conducted in Mars Desert
Research Station (MDRS) in Utah, which houses a simulated environment of the
planet Mars.
Watch the First Episode
"THERE LIES ANOTHER WORLD"
2017 USA (Short, 8 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
When teenage siblings Jack and Jessie discover the whereabouts of their missing
toys, they climb over the neighbor's fence to retrieve their belongings against
their better judgement. Jack discovers strange instruments and a half-built
makeshift telescope hiding in the back when he is confronted by the scary
neighbor in a gas mask - who turns out to be nothing but a friendly little girl,
Zaniah. Zaniah explains herself through a live streaming of a reporter covering
the launch of NASA's first colonization shuttle to Mars and points out to the
telescope and the ticking clock. Jack and Jessie decide to help Zaniah finish
building the telescope before time runs out so they could all see the launch
together. What begins as a rescue mission soon turns into a space expedition as
they witness the beginning of a new era - Three very different kids brought
together by space, by the future and by their love of exploration.
Watch the Film
"OTHERS WILL FOLLOW"
2017 USA (Short, 9 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The lone survivor of the first mission to Mars uses his last moments to pass the
torch of inspiration.
Watch the Film
"DOCTOR WHO: THE EMPRESS OF MARS"
2017 UK (TV Series, Season 10 Episode 9, 61 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The Doctor, Bill and Nardole arrive on Mars, and find themselves in an
impossible conflict between Ice Warriors... and Victorian soldiers. As the
Martian hive awakens around them, the Doctor faces a unique dilemma -- this time
the humans, not the Ice Warriors are the invaders. When Earth is invading Mars,
whose side is he on?
Watch the Trailer
"SOL 87"
2017 USA (Short, 10 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
On his isolation cycle to Mars, Astronaut Commander Stephen James inadvertently
discovers the darker side of the planet. This Science fiction thriller explores
what a mission to Mars could look like in the near future.
Watch the Film
"MARTIAN ROMANCE"
2017 USA (Short, 2 minutes)
Men are from Mars and women are from Venus. A man's point of view of his break
up with his girlfriend.
"MARTIAN SANDS"
2016 USA (4 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Welcome toShort, the working week.
Watch the Film
"MARS IV"
2016 France (Short, 15 minutes)
2053. Four astronauts, assisted by a robot, are stationed on Mars in an
underground base for a two-year mission. As they make an unexpected discovery
that will force them to face serious responsibilities towards Earth, they are
victims of violent hallucinations...
Watch a trailer
"THE MARS 500 SHOW"
2016 USA (Web series, 8 episodes, ~7 minutes each, 57 minutes total) [TMS-SD
Library]
In 2010 ASSA (American Science of Space Agency) designed a program to test the
limits of the human mind in an isolated environment. The goal of the experiment
was to discover what the mental toll would be for the crew of a manned mission
to Mars. So a test was approved, and in September of 2010, four volunteers
stepped into a windowless, carpeted basement in Cape Canaveral, FL and were
sealed inside for five hundred days of isolation. They were never seen again...
and this is the story."
Watch the Seres
"SOUTH PARK: THE END OF SERIALIZATION AS WE KNOW IT"
2016 USA (Animated TV Series, Season 20 Episode 10, 21 minutes)
Stan and Kyle run away with Ike, Cartmans' trip to Mars lands him on death row,
Mr. Garrison and Randy help the trolls destroy a country.
"MARS"
2016 USA (Mini-Series, 6 episodes, 47 minutes each, 283 minutes total) [TMS-SD
Library]
From the National Geographic Channel: In a unique hybrid of scripted drama and
documentary, executive producers Brian Grazer & Ron Howard present this epic
series following a thrilling quest - the first manned voyage from Earth to Mars
leads to a 2032 mission to colonize the red planet.
Watch the Trailer
"FIRED ON MARS"
2016 USA (Short, 7 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Jeff just got fired from his job on Mars. With no hope of re-employment on his
desolate horizon and his wife spending an unhealthy amount of time with her yoga
teacher, he turns to DVD box-sets and chips for consolation.
Watch the Film
"WOMEN ARE FROM MARS"
2016 USA (Web series, 3 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
An all women group of international astronauts embark on a one-way mission to
colonize Mars - not realizing their billionaire male patron is along for the
ride, cryogenically frozen in a locked room on the ship.
Watch the Series
"THE SIMPSONS: THE MARGE-IAN CHRONICLES"
2016 USA (Animated TV Series, Season 27 Episode 16, 22 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Not feeling unique, Lisa signs up for a one-way Mars Space Colony - to Marge's
dismay. Marge and the family go through the training process with Lisa, hoping
to force her to quit.
Watch the Film
"THE EXPANSE"
2015 USA (TV Series, 49 episodes, 42 minutes each)
Set in a future where humanity has colonized the Solar System, a police
detective, a ship's officer and his crew unravel a conspiracy that threatens
peace across the Solar System and the survival of humanity.
See Trailer-Season One
Watch the Series
See Trailer-Season Two
"CITIZEN MARS"
2015 USA (Web series, 5 episodes, 8 minutes each) [TMS-SD Library]
You've heard about Mars One. We've spoken to its CEO and co-founder. And, plenty
of ink's been spilled on the project due to the unanswered questions regarding
its scientific, technological and financial feasibility. The concerns don't end
there, either. Traveling to Mars is an incredibly lengthy and dangerous
endeavor, and it's unclear how the crew will deal with the social and
psychological stresses inherent to the mission. There are those who believe Mars
One is preying upon the largesse of its backers and would-be colonists. Who
would, despite such questions, still dedicate themselves to Mars One and the
dream of walking on another planet? Citizen Mars tells the story of five such
individuals.
Watch the Series
"MARTIAN ARTS / MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLERS"
2015 USA (Short, 2 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Martian arts, multimedia storytellers, asked us to create a video that
represents the way they like to work. We put all our heart and we really enjoyed
to do it.
Watch the Film
"DELIVERY FROM EARTH"
2015 USA (Short, 7 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A science-fiction short film about the first human born on Mars, told from the
perspective of a Navajo family living in Gallup, New Mexico.
Watch the Film
"MARS NEEDS MOVIES"
2015 USA (Short, 3 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
With The Martian coming out and with Mars all over the news, we thought it would
be fun to explore movies featuring Mars.
Watch the Film
"RED MISSION"
2015 USA (Short, 24 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
In the year 2053, Richards, Hudson, and Bowman are the first astronauts to be
sent on a mission to the Red Planet. Richards, who is alone in the Mars Red II
Recon Orbiter, must figure out what has happened to his friends when the mission
takes an unexpected turn.
Watch the Film
"SUPERGIRL"
USA 2015 (TV Series, 109 episodes) 43 minutes [TMS-SD Library]
Years ago, Krypton was about to explode and Kal-El was sent to Earth to escape
that fate. However, his older cousin, Kara, was also intended to accompany the
infant as his protector. Unfortunately, Kara was accidentally diverted into the
timeless Phantom Zone for years before finally arriving on Earth decades later
and found by her cousin who had grown into Superman. Years later, Kara Danvers
is a young professional adrift in a thankless job until a fateful crisis ignites
a sense of purpose using Kryptonian powers she had long hidden. Inspired, Kara
decides to emulate her cousin's superheroic ways, only to find her foster sister
introducing her to the secret Department of Extra-Normal Operations, dedicated
to fighting alien menaces including those Kara inadvertently led to Earth. Now
with such help, the Maid of Might takes her place as Earth's newest champion
with new friends and enemies challenging her world.
"MARS-3"
Spain 2015 (Short, 7 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Whatever happened to the Mars 3 probe lander?
Watch the Film
"'WATERS OF MARS' ABRIDGED (DOCTOR WHO PUPPETS)"
UK 2015 (Short, 1 minute) [TMS-SD Library]
The thrilling episode of Doctor Who, The Waters of Mars, in 75 seconds reenacted
by PUPPETS!
Watch the Film
"CASTLE: THE WRONG STUFF"
USA 2015 (TV Series, Season 7 Episode 16) 43 minutes [TMS-SD Library]
When an astronaut in a Mars simulation is killed, Castle and Beckett don
spacesuits and enter the simulation to investigate. Much to their surprise, it
seems no one inside and no one outside could have committed the murder.
See the Trailer
"RED PEARL"
2015 USA (Short, 13 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A Nigerian girl embarks on an extraordinary life journey to keep her mother's
spirit alive.
CineSpace Jury Award from NASA and the Houston Cinema Arts Society at the 2015
Houston Cinema Arts Festival.
Watch the Film
"MARTIAN"
2015 Latvia (Short, 7 minutes)
A boy wins a new toy in a claw machine - an ordinary Martian doll. It turns out
that things are not that simple, the boy finds himself on Mars and he has to
fight with a whole bunch of the Martians.
"LEGO THE MARTIAN"
2015 USA (Short, 2 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A short funny stop motion video on the troubles that come with being abandoned
on Mars, based off the upcoming movie "The Martian."
Watch the Film
"MARS 299 792 458 M S 1"
2015 France (Short, 1 minute) [TMS-SD Library]
56 million kilometers separate the Earth from Mars, at this distance the
communication is long in arriving.
Watch the Film
"SPACE 1889: THE MOVIE"
2015 Germany (Short, 8 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Prolific inventer Thomas Alva Edison invents an "ether propeller" which can
propel ships through the "luminiferous aether" (the universal medium that
permeates space), and travel to Mars in 1870 accompanied by Scottish soldier of
fortune Jack Armstrong, where they discover that the planet is inhabited. They
soon, with Martian help, open up the solar system for colonial exploitation.
Watch the Short Film Trailer
"LOVE ON MARS - A LEGO FILM WITH CURIOSITY"
2015 USA (Short, 8 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A Love Story with Curiosity, the rover sent by the NASA in 2012 to explore Mars.
Watch the Film
"HAWAII FIVE-0: KE KOHO MAMAO AKU"
2014 USA (TV Series, Season 5 Episode 9, 43 minutes)
It's Christmas and the team are off to the Big Island to solve a cowboy's murder
on Mars.
Watch the episode on CBS All Access
"LAST SUNRISE"
2014 USA (Short, 38 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Dr. Steven Drake is stranded on Mars. With his oxygen supply compromised, Steven
is unable to reach base. He is on-camera talent for REDTHESIS. The reality show
that brings the planet MARS into your living room.
Watch the Film
"ALICE ON MARS"
2014 UK (Short, ?? minutes)
We all know Alice -- one of the most popular female characters in history! Her
first adventures were written 150 years ago and nearly every adventure film
since then has simply been an adaptation of her adventures in wonderland! Now it
is time for a brand new adventure! When Alice is abducted by aliens she begins
her biggest and strangest adventure. In a tale told to the boy Robert by his
Granddad's ventriloquists' dummy, Alice, together with her loyal and brave flock
of performing kiwi birds, becomes embroiled in a twisted epic saga of worlds
domination, robot wars and thwarted romance..
Watch the Trailer
"ALDNOAH.ZERO"
2014 Japan (Anime TV series, 40 episodes, 24 minutes)
In 1972, an ancient alien hypergate was discovered on the surface of the moon.
Using this technology, humanity began migrating to Mars and settling there.
After settlers discovered additional advanced technology, the Vers Empire was
founded, which claimed Mars and its secrets for themselves. Later, the Vers
Empire declared war on Earth, and in 1999, a battle on the Moon's surface caused
the hypergate to explode, shattering the Moon and scattering remnants into a
debris belt around the planet. Cut off from Mars, the remnants of the Vers
Empire established several massive orbital space stations within the debris belt
and a ceasefire was established. 15 years later, in 2014, an attack on the Vers
princess during a peace mission causes the Empire to launch a new attack on
Earth, this time determined to conquer it once and for all.
See the Trailer
"MARTIAN AMERICAN"
2014 USA (Short, 21 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A lonely Martian travels to Los Angeles to start a new life and make new
friends, but when faced with adversity, culture shock, and self doubt, he
struggles to find the courage to stay.
See the Trailer
Watch the Film
"MARS"
2014 France (Short, 1 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
An experimentation at the intersection of illustration, animation and comic.
About space, Mars and human colonisation.
Watch the Film
"MAN ON MARS"
2013 USA (Short, 13 minute)
Unable to readjust after a long journey, an Astronaut must choose between the
draw of space or the love of his wife.
"FUTURESTATES: THE 6TH WORLD"
2013 USA (Short, 15 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Navajo Astronaut Tazbah Redhouse is a pilot on the first spaceship sent to
colonize Mars. But a mysterious dream the night before her departure indicates
there may be more to her mission than she understands.
Watch the Film
"MARS MAN"
2013 USA (Short, 3 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A man on Mars is sent to fix the malfunctioning life support machine for his
space station when he has an accident and injures his space suit, can he fix the
machine in time before his oxygen runs out?
See the Film
"THARSIS SLEEPS"
2013 UK (Short, 5 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
'Tharsis Sleeps' is a frame by frame embroidered animation. Tharsis is a
volcanic region on Mars that is home to some of the largest volcanoes in the
solar system. Terra forming is the theoretical process of deliberately modifying
a planets atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology to be similar
to the biosphere of Earth to make if habitable by Earth-like life. By dropping a
nuclear bomb into Mars' volcano Tholus, Throne aim to erupt all the volcanoes on
the red planet thus heating up the atmosphere and rising the icy seas that lie
beneath it's surface. Making Mars habitable and saving the human race from
imminent self-destruction on their home planet, Earth.
See the Film
"MARS II"
2013 UK (Short, 13 minutes)
Four scientists taking part in an earth-based simulation of the journey to Mars.
When complications occur within the simulator, it becomes apparent all may not
be what it seems. The crew are forced into making choices from conflicting facts
and beliefs; choices that could mean life or death, Earth or Mars.
"THE MARTIAN"
2013 USA (Short, 10 minutes)
After anxiety-prone Emily breaks up with slightly-autistic Marvin, he reveals
his plans to lock himself in his basement for the next 2 years as a Mars Capsule
simulation. Emily must now decide whether to let Marvin cut himself off from the
world or to join him on his journey to 'Mars.'
"DOCTOR WHO: COLD WAR"
2013 USA (TV Series, Season 7 Episode 9, 45 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The Doctor and Clara find themselves dealing with Cold War tensions when the
TARDIS lands aboard a disabled Soviet ballistic submarine. The Doctor isn't the
only alien being on board however - while engaged in undersea drilling,
Professor Grisenko thought he'd found a mammoth and brought the creature on the
boat encased in ice. It isn't a mammoth but an Ice Warrior, who has been lying
dormant for 5000 years. He identifies himself as Grand Marshal Skaldak but when
he cannot contact others of his kind, he assumes he is the last of his race. He
now has every intention of starting a thermonuclear war between the superpowers
and destroy Earth.
See the Trailer
"DUMBEST GIRL ON MARS"
2013 USA (Short, 1 minute) [TMS-SD Library]
NASA sent a girl into space, to land on Mars and set up a base. A one way trip
up into the stars; meet Lisa, the dumbest girl on Mars.
Watch the Film
"PHONE HOME"
2012 UK (Short, 3 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The first man on Mars makes an historic phone call.
Watch the Film
"MAN ON MARS"
2012 Canada (Short, 1 minute) [TMS-SD Library]
Man On Mars follows the liftoff sequence of astronaut J.T. on a 506 day solo
mission to Mars. In the final seconds to takeoff, J.T. is hit by a wave of
anxiety. J.T. begins to contemplate the worldly things he is leaving behind. As
the countdown hits one the ship has already taken off; the disassociation from
humanity is complete.
Watch the Film
"LIFE ON MARS"
2011 UK (Short, 4 minutes)
aka: "Exciting New Life on Mars"
Witness the stunning development on the surface of Mars; resourceful, mysterious
and fascinating planet. Every day the future of mankind is being shaped by the
hundreds of countless engineers and architects who work tirelessly on
terraforming the hostile atmosphere of Mars.
Watch the film
"MARS: NO MESSAGE RECEIVED"
2011 USA (Short, 10 minutes)
A meta-fictional "found footage" re-telling of NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission as
a story of outcast people and forgotten technology. The film is comprised of one
long take and actual material from the surface of Mars.
Watch the film
"MARTIAN 2"
2011 USA (Short, 7 minutes)
Captain Courageous joins the team to battle a space dragon.
"THE MARTIAN"
2011 Germany (Short, 1 minute) [TMS-SD Library]
The Martian is a short clip that combines computer animation and the art of
sticking strange things into peoples faces. It features lots of gold, deep
marsian reds and a touch of Star Wars.
Watch the Film
"MARS"
2011 Austria (Short, 4 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
MARS is about the first landing of mankind on the red planet. This mission does
not quite go according to plan and a bitter race around the planet begins.
Watch the Film
"MARS!"
2011 UK (Short, 4 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A short narrative about human interplanetary exploration.
Watch the film
"LAST FLIGHT"
2011 New Zealand (Short, 15 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
200 million kilometers from Earth, her base destroyed and her oxygen supply
running out, a lone astronaut begins a perilous trek across the windswept
deserts of Mars. Her only company are the sporadic transmissions she receives
from Earth; radio reports counting down the minutes to global war. As her
difficulties increase, the astronaut is forced to search for a way to come to
terms with her circumstances - for herself and for the future of life in the
universe.
Watch the Film
"MARTIAN"
2010 USA (Short, 7 minutes)
Martian and Terra discover a lifeless Jovian freighter is not abandoned.
"PIONEER ONE"
2010 USA (Web Episode Series, Season 1 Episodes 1-6, 35 minutes) [TMS-SD
Library]
A mysterious spaceship enters Earth's atmosphere, spreading radiation over
hundreds of miles of rural Montana. Officials are quick to bring up the
possibility of a terrorist attack, specifically the detonation of a dirty bomb,
but an investigation of the debris in Canada uncovers a live human being in a
Soviet space suit in an unstable condition. A note handwritten in Russian found
at the crash site says that the man is the child of cosmonauts living at a base
on Mars.
Watch the series
"DOCTOR WHO: THE WATERS OF MARS"
2010 USA (TV Series, Season 2008-2010 Special, 62 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The Doctor arrives on Mars in the year 2059 and joins the first human Earth
colony led by Adelaide Brooke. The day he arrives is also the day history
records the entire settlement destroyed in an unknown cataclysm with all members
of the settlement being killed. Everyone soon realizes that colonists are being
infected by some unknown agent and are being transformed into zombie-like
creatures. For reasons that are eventually explained, The Doctor is not prepared
to save them and tells Brooke that she has to die.
See the Trailer
"THE PLANETEER"
2010 USA (Short, 17 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Like Ferdinand Magellan, eleven-year-old Bradley Maguire, an imaginative
backyard astronomer, has dreams to set sail... around the solar system. So, in
preparation for his future endeavors, Bradley's built an accurate and detailed
model of the solar system with hopes of taking home a first place ribbon at the
school science fair. To Bradley's surprise, no one shows any interest in
Bradley's model except for visiting former astronaut, Commander Perry Scott, and
when NASA loses contact with the crew on a Mars-bound mission, Bradley's solar
system model may help the world's leading scientists unravel the cosmic mystery.
Watch the Film
"FREEBORN"
2010 USA (Short, 6 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Fifty years after the first rover landings, mankind spreads upon Mars in waves.
Peace and unity between the two planets is short lived as civil unrest leads to
the beginnings of an interplanetary revolution, a compassionate DC government
agent finds herself torn between her allegiance to Earth and an impending Mars
invasion.
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"THE CATS OF MARS MEET THE TOY CAR"
2010 USA (Short, 8 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
In Mars' ancient ruins live the Cats of Mars. One day a toy car lands. He only
wants to work and work, he never wants to sleep or play. The cats think he's
sad, they decide to help.
Watch the Film
"MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE: MICKEY'S MESSAGE FROM MARS"
2009 USA (Animated TV Series, Season 2 Episode 31, 18 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Mickey, Goofy, Daisy and Pluto fly to the red planet.
Watch the Film
"A MARTIAN CHRISTMAS"
2008 USA (Animated Short, 48 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
When a Martian civilization discovers a space exploration device from Earth,
they mistakenly assume Earthlings are planning to invade Mars! In response, they
send a spaceship to destroy Earth, which just happens to arrive during one of
our most beloved holiday seasons -- Christmas. But things don't go as planned:
an 8-year-old Martian kid, Kip, stowaways on the ship to spend time with his
busy father, the commander of the ship.
See the Trailer
"MURDOCH MYSTERIES: THE ANNOYING RED PLANET"
2008 Canada (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 13, 4 minutes)
Murdoch and Crabtree investigate the strange murder of Henri Gaston, who is
found lying in the upper limbs of a very tall tree. There were no footprints
leading up to tree so they have no theories as to how he may have gotten there.
Gaston was an avid astronomer with a particular fascination about Mars and
Constable Crabtree begins to think that Martians may be responsible. Murdoch
however suspects a more human perpetrator, especially when he learns that Gaston
was refusing to sell his land to a developer. What they eventually stumble upon
is something that is completely alien to their experience.
Watch the Film
"THE CARTOON ADVENTURES OF MAJOR MARS"
2008 USA (Animated, 9 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
An action-packed parody of 1940s adventure serials rendered as an homage to
1960s Saturday-morning cartoons. Major Mars ("...whose middle names are
Danger...Disaster...and Catastrophe!") battles Dr. XYZ ('The Last Name in Evil')
in a more innocent time of comic entertainment and sugar-coated cereals.
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"ROBOT CHICKEN: MAURICE WAS CAUGHT: ANNIE'S SUPER SWEET 16"
2008 USA (Animated TV Series, Season 4 episode 72 segment, 3 minutes) [TMS-SD
Library]
A stupidly hilarious AdultSwim adventure - It'd be nice to say money didn't
change Little Orphan Annie. It'd be nice to say, but it would be a lie.
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"ROBOT CHICKEN: THEY TOOK MY THUMBS: BRING A SIDEKICK TO WORK DAY"
2008 USA (Animated TV Series, Season 4 episode 62 segment, 3 minutes) [TMS-SD
Library]
The Justice League takes a pause from crimefighting for an afternoon of sexual
innuendo, pranks, and boy-hunting.
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"ARIA: THE ANIMATION"
2008 Japan (Anime TV series, 40 episodes, 24 minutes)
This animated series follows the adventures of Akari, a young apprentice
gondolier in the winding canals of Neo-Venezia, a city on the planet Aqua,
formerly known as Mars but now, in the 24th century, a water-rich terraformed
world. As she slowly works her way up in the Aria canal-guide company, she
befriends and faces challenges with her teacher, fellow apprentices and various
inhabitants of Aqua.
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"BAH, HUMDUCK! A LOONEY TUNES CHRISTMAS"
2006 USA (Animated Short, 46 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Marvin the Martian appeared in this Looney Tunes version of "A Christmas Carol"
as an employee at Daffy Duck's Lucky Duck Super Store. Marvin, homesick for his
planet Mars, wants to go back for Christmas (but also mentions that he's
planning to destroy the Earth while he's there). At first, Daffy doesn't let him
take Christmas off, since he expects the employees to work on Christmas Day.
After being visited by the abrasive yet well- intentioned Christmas ghosts,
Daffy is redeemed, and as part of a surprise Christmas celebration, gives Marvin
a rocket that will go faster than the speed of light, allowing him to make it to
Mars yesterday.
NOTE: Mars and Martians are a very minimal part of this film.
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"LIFE ON MARS: LIFE IS A ROCK"
2008 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 17, 42 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A present-day car accident mysteriously sends a detective back to the 1970s. An
American remake of the BBC series. The series centers around Detective Sam
Tyler, assigned to the 125th Precinct Detective Squad of the New York City
Police Department. At the end of the series, in what appears to be a deus ex
machina, it is revealed that Tyler's 2008 and 1973 realities were both
fictitious, created by the onboard computer of a spacecraft that is carrying
Tyler, Hunt, Norris, Carling, and Skelton on the first ever manned mission to
the planet Mars, in 2035.
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"PHINEAS AND FERB -- UNFAIR SCIENCE FAIR & UNFAIR SCIENCE FAIR (REDUX)"
2007-2009 USA (Animated TV Series, Season 2, Episode 2 & 3, 23 minutes) [TMS-SD
Library]
After Phineas and Ferb built a portal to Mars for Baljeet, Candace enters it
because she thinks her friends avoid her, but then the portal wears. Perry helps
Dr. Doofenshmirtz by Shopping for his giant bicarbonate volcano.
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"POSTCARDS FROM THE FUTURE"
2007 USA (Short, 38 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A large-format feature motion picture that explores our future in space - seen
through the eyes of an engineer working to build a base on the moon, and who
occasionally sends video postcards back to his wife and family on Earth.
See the Trailer
"MARS:2020:SPRINGTIME"
2006 USA (Animated Short, 2 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Animation created for a contest using Carrara Studio software. Contest theme was
Mars in the year 2020 in the springtime. "At the time I created it there was
much talk in the news about previous Mars probes that had failed," says creator
Nick Jacoubousky.
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"THE SEA OF PERDITION"
2006 Iceland (Experimental, 9 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
An experimental short film portraying a stranded cosmonaut on Mars by cult
favorite director Richard Stanley as part of the IBM 1401 - A Users Manual
project -- one of five short films based on the 5th act of the album by
Icelandic composer Johann Johannsson.
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"THE ADVENTURES OF JIMMY NEUTRON: BOY GENIUS -- KING OF MARS"
2006 USA (Animated TV Series, Season 3, Episode 18, 24 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
It's a race through space and across the surface of Mars as Jimmy, Carl, Sheen,
Cindy and Libby try to beat billionaire boy Eustace Strytch to a new source of
power that could revolutionize the energy industry forever!
"MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE: GOOFY ON MARS"
2006 USA (Animated TV Series, Season 1 Episode 9, 23 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
When Goofy crash lands on Mars, it's up to Mickey and friends to save him!
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"ROBOT CHICKEN: LUST FOR PUPPETS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CALVIN"
2006 USA (Animated TV Series, Season 2 episode 38 segment, 2 minutes) [TMS-SD
Library]
A stupidly hilarious AdultSwim adventure - Calvin and Hobbes have fun therapy
adventures.
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"THE SIMPSONS: TREEHOUSE OF HORROR XVII -- THE DAY THE EARTH LOOKED STUPID"
2006 USA (Animated TV Series, Season 18 Episode 4, 7 minutes)
In the late 1930s, Kang and Kodos land in Springfield as part of an alien
invasion, but the town, completely taken in by Orson Welles' "The War of the
Worlds" radio broadcast, doesn't pay much attention.
"GRIM & EVIL: BILLY & MANDY VS. THE MARTIANS"
2006 USA (Animated TV Series, Season 6 Episode 8, 24 minutes)
Grim finally manages to escape from Billy and Mandy, but he finds himself
working for an even more sinister force -- the Martian Grim Reaper and his
zombie army.
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"NEW CAPTAIN SCARLET"
2005 UK (TV Series, 25 episodes, 21 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet"
Captain Scarlet is the indestructible hero of Spectrum at war with the
Mysterons. Even though they managed to kill him with a self-made weapon, the
Mysterons rebuilt Scarlet as an invincible human replica to infiltrate Earth and
lead their war against our planet. But Captain Scarlet's human psyche survived,
took control of his human body, and now this indestructible hero leads the fight
against the evil force!
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"TOM ON MARS"
2005 USA (Short, 7 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
An astronaut goes on a second mission to Mars, but something is different when
he comes back. A cinematic perspective on psychological problems of space travel
and solitude.
Watch it online here.
"THE CODE"
2005 USA (TV Series, 330 minutes)
Take an amazing journey through history to examine the technology of ancient
civilizations on both Earth and Mars. In 1982, Carl Munck uncovered what is now
thought to be the oldest code system on the planet. Based on the structural
design and location of the world's ancient artifacts, this deceptively simple
system tells of space travel thousands of years ago, as well as a strong link
between our planet and Mars.
"STAR TREK ENTERPRISE: DEMONS"
2005 USA (TV Series, Season 4 Episode 20, 42 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A xenophobic faction of humanity known as Terra Prime creates a Vulcan-human
hybrid child from Trip's and T'Pol's DNA. The organization, led by John
Frederick Paxton, is dedicated to repelling all non-human species from Earth and
Earth's solar system. The group takes over a meteorite-deflector array on Mars
in order to undermine talks on Earth to form a new coalition of planets.
Part 1 of a 2 part story arc.
"STAR TREK ENTERPRISE: TERRA PRIME"
2005 USA (TV Series, Season 4 Episode 21, 42 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
"John Frederick Paxton, the leader of the human xenophobic group Terra Prime
introduced in the previous episode, threatens to destroy Starfleet Command,
using a meteorite-deflector array on Mars, unless all aliens leave Earth
immediately. Archer, Reed, Phlox and Mayweather take a shuttlepod to the array
under cover of a terraforming asteroid impact in order to stop him.
Part 2 of a 2 part story arc.
"MARS OF DESTRUCTION"
2005 Japan (Anime, 20 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "IF Mate - Hametsu no Marusu," "Hametsu no Mars"
In the year 2010, a space mission to Mars goes horribly awry on reentry. Soon
afterwards, Tokyo is besieged by "Ancients," and the defense of the world is
placed, predictably, in the hands of a bunch of cute girls, and a guy in a power
suit. And then the Ancients deliver a great surprise about the truth behind
humanity.
"ROBOT CHICKEN: KIDDIE POOL: MISSION TO MARS - DAY 293"
2005 USA (Animated TV Series, Season 1 episode 15 segment, >1 minute) [TMS-SD
Library]
A stupidly hilarious AdultSwim adventure - This ride is going to be long.
"ROBOT CHICKEN: KIDDIE POOL: MISSION TO MARS - DAY 312"
2005 USA (Animated TV Series, Season 1 episode 15 segment, >1 minute) [TMS-SD
Library]
A stupidly hilarious AdultSwim adventure - The trouble with air-tight spaces.
"ROBOT CHICKEN: KIDDIE POOL: MISSION TO MARS - DAY 331"
2005 USA (Animated TV Series, Season 1 episode 15 segment, >1 minute) [TMS-SD
Library]
A stupidly hilarious AdultSwim adventure - It's not as exciting a trip as you
might think.
"ROBOT CHICKEN: KIDDIE POOL: MISSION TO MARS - DAY 332"
2005 USA (Animated TV Series, Season 1 episode 15 segment, >1 minute) [TMS-SD
Library]
A stupidly hilarious AdultSwim adventure - The mission to Mars is a long voyage.
"NEGADON - THE MONSTER FROM MARS"
2005 Japan (Computer-Generated, 21 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
It is the near future, in the 100th year of Showa (year 2025). The population of
world is more than 10 billion, and a world-class space development project
called "Mars Terraforming Project" is in process. One day, a spaceship "Izanami"
crashes in Japan on the way from Mars, and it revives the monster Negadon, which
was captured by the spaceship. Can the human race knock down the monster!? Under
the desperate situation, a middle age man Ryuichi Narasaki rises up against the
monster. He is an expert of robot engineering who lost his daughter in an
accident which happened during his experiments. Now, a desperate struggle of
Narasaki and Negadon begin!!
"GREG THE BUNNY: MARTIAN SERUM 7 FROM MARS"
2005 USA (TV Series, Season 1, Episode 11, 12 minutes
Along the lines of Ed Wood, young, enthusiastic Greg seeks to make a short film
about his idol, the great Count Blah.
"CAMP LAZLO: BEANS ARE FROM MARS"
2005 USA (Animated TV Series, Season 1 Episode 1, 25 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The Squirrel scouts discover that the Jelly Beans are from another planet and
kidnap them to get more information.
"VIAJE A MARTE (JOURNEY TO MARS)"
2004 Argentina (Animated Short, 16 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The story of Antonio, a boy from the 60s, who is a great fan of science fiction
TV serials and space trips. In view of the child's passion, his grandfather
decides to take him to Mars in his tow truck.
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"THE MARS DAYBREAK"
2004 Japan (Anime TV series Series - 10 parts, 850 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Kenran Butou Matsuri," "Kenran Butoh Sai," "Kenran Butousai"
Based on the PlayStation 2 game "Kenran Butousai." It has been generations since
Mars (somehow covered by oceans) was colonized by Earth, and various colonies
have sprung up on its surface and within its seas. The economy on Mars is in bad
shape, and people have begun to find work scarce and life difficult. Gram River
is a skilled mecha worker in one of these colonies, and life seems pretty normal
until a series of events finds him on the notorious pirate ship, the Aurora, and
making friends with its very un-piratey crew - a gaggle of people who oppose the
Earth military for humanitarian reasons. Along the way, he finds out that his
old lover is now a pilot for the military (who naturally want to capture the
pirates), and that there are people out to exploit the fragile relationship
between the two planets for their own gain. Of course, there's also a quest for
treasure!
"ATOMIC BETTY: MARTIAN MAKEOVER"
2004 USA/Canada/France (Animated TV Series episode, 12 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Betty, A smart, and sugary-sweet schoolgirl leads a double life as a defender of
the galaxy. On Earth, Duncan has a crush on Penelope, and Noah agrees to "coach"
Duncan in how to woo her if Duncan agrees to stop bullying him. In space, Betty
has her own matchmaking problems as she must preside over an arranged marriage
between two warring tribes on the planet Namimbulah.
"THE BACKYARDIGANS: MISSION TO MARS"
2004 Canada/USA (Animated TV Series, 4 episodes, 24 minutes each) [TMS-SD
Library]
The Backyardigans is an animated musical adventure series about five
high-spirited preschool friends who rely on their vivid imaginations to embark
on amazing, epic adventures. In every episode, the backyard transforms into a
new fantastic, photoreal landscape that serves as the backdrop for completely
original, story-driven musicals. The main episode takes the Backyardigans to
outer space and an underground Martian city.
"DUCK DODGERS"
2003-2005 USA (Animated TV Series, 39 episodes, 22 minutes each) [TMS-SD
Library]
"If he's our future, we're history!" Duck Dodgers (Daffy Duck) is a hapless soul
who was accidentally frozen inside a spacecraft in the 21st century and thawed
out 351 years later. Through his scheming and lies, Duck Dodgers has convinced
the Earth's Defensive Protectorate that he is a hero from the 21st century and
has been given a starship and crew - an adoring and eager young Space Cadet
(Porky Pig). Together they form a "galactic force" that must team up against
Earth's major foe, Mars, and its Martian Commander X-2 (played by Marvin the
Martian). Each episode revolves around Duck Dodgers' adventures, blundering
successes and "day-saving" defeats. He's an unlikely hero who somehow always
manages to come out on top. Duck Dodgers is created by Warner Bros. Animation
for Cartoon Network. Each episode generally features two 11 minute cartoons.
Go to the Duck Dodgers Episode Guide.
"AVENGER"
2003 Japan (Anime TV Series, 13 episodes, 25 minutes each, 325 minutes total)
[TMS-SD Library]
Years into the future, colonies have been established on Mars. Resources on the
dying red planet are thin, and the domed cities have resorted to a gladiator
contest to determine which of them receive the most rations. Layla Ashley is the
representative fighter for Serena City, Mars. She and Speedy, a doll breeder,
run across Nei, a mechanical doll with curious characteristics. Together they
wander and fight their way across the planet, to take revenge against a man from
Layla's past.
"THE WEST WING: LIFE ON MARS"
2003 USA (TV Series, Season 4 Episode 21, 42 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A parking spot covered in mayonnaise, a 22-year old clerk, and an office in the
steam pipe trunk distribution venue seem to be the worst aspects of Republican
lawyer Joe Quincy's first day on the job -- until CJ dumps a seemingly silly
press inquiry about life on Mars into his lap.
"VOICES OF A DISTANT STAR"
2003 Japan (Animated, 25 minutes)
aka: Hoshi no koe
A high school romance is split apart when one member of the couple enlists in
the UN space army to fight aliens who attacked our Martian colony. We follow
their lives through the text messages they send one another, though the delivery
times increase from a a few minutes while she trains in orbit to over a eight
years as her crew delves deeper into the universe searching for Earth's enemies.
"PLANETEN MARS - TÆT PÅ JORDEN"
2003 Denmark (TV Series, 43 minutes, 2 episodes)
Bjørn Franck Jørgensen and Michael Linden-Vørnle from Tycho Brahe Planetarium in
Copenhagen give lectures about the planet Mars, explaining its similarities and
relation to Earth.
"BABY LOONEY TUNES: OH WHERE, OH WHERE HAS MY BABY MARTIAN GONE"
2003 USA (TV Series, 2 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
All the classic Looney Tunes characters -- much younger, of course -- and the
trials and tribulations of growing up at Granny's house. Each episode features
two 11-minute shorts, and a one minute song/music video. This was a song
segment.
"FUTURAMA: WHERE THE BUGALOO ROAM"
2002 USA (TV Series, Season 4 Episode 6, 25 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Kif goes to Amy's home on Mars to meet her parents. They immediately dislike him
saying he's too much of a wimp. Native Martians rustle away the family buggalo
because they feel they got cheated when they traded away their land in exchange
for a bead. Trying to prove himself, Kif volunteers to get them back. He does,
but loses Amy in the process.
"DAN DARE - PILOT OF THE FUTURE: THE ARK OF PHOBOS" (PART 1 & 2)
2002 USA (Animated TV Series, Season 1 Episodes 3 & 4)
The little known story of England's conquest of space circa 1950. Complications
arise when animals are removed from the Phobos moon of Mars.
"ENCOUNTERS WITH THE UNEXPLAINED: MARTIAN CIVILIZATIONS: WHAT'S REALLY ON MARS?"
2002 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 24, 46 minutes)
The mysterious planet of Mars has long captured our imaginations. As our nearest
planetary neighbor, it is the most "earthlike" of all the planets in the
universe. But it has persistently defied our best efforts to unlock its mystery.
Why have so many Soviet and American space missions to Mars failed? Is someone -
or something - preventing us from exploring the infamous red planet? What about
the photographic evidence of seemingly man-made structures on Mars? Are they
links to another civilization . . . one that predates our own? What does our
government really know about Mars? And why won't they tell us? New-found
evidence and recently released government photographs from the surface of Mars
provide some startling new answers!
"STARHUNTER: FAMILY VALUES"
2001 Canada (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 3) [TMS-SD Library]
The year is 2275. Bounty Hunter Dante Montana and his ragtag crew are
commissioned to track and capture dangerous interplanetary criminals, including
an evil force Dante believes kidnapped his son. Hunting a pair of con artists on
Mars, Dante and Luc encounter a Raider with a boy who may be Dante's kidnapped
son. Percy becomes trapped in Dante's virtual reality device, which simulates
his dead wife, Penny.
"HORSES ON MARS"
2001 USA (Animated Short, 8 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Venus is No Good!"
"He's 3.5 microns tall, and he's 100 million miles from home." Some 3.6 billion
years ago, two microbes are playing "king of the pebble" when an event occurs
that will separate them and change their future forever. This is the story of
the microbe that remains on that pebble, and his amazing journey through time
and space.
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"Z.O.E DOLORES, I: SAYONARA MARS"
2001 Japan (Anime TV Series, Season 1 Episode 23, 25 minutes)
The story centers around a space cargo transporter named James Links, his
family, and their adventures in the Zone of the Enders universe. A misfortuned
space-trucker who gets his hands on something he does not really want, but is
intensely desired by nearly everyone else: the Orbital Frame called Dolores. He
is married to a martian, Rachel Links, but was separated from her when she left
to work on Mars.
NOTE: Mars and Martians are a very minimal part of this film.
"BUTT-UGLY MARTIANS"
2001 USA (Animated TV Series, 22 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
When the Butt Ugly Martians invade Earth and discover video games, pop music and
french fries, they give up their mission and decide to protect their new
happening planet instead. Fearless leader B-Bop-a-Luna, hi-tech handyman
2-T-Fru-T, and cuddly critter Do-Wah-Diddy team up with Earth teens Mike, Cedric
and Angela to outsmart evil-doers from all over the galaxy, including Stoat
Muldoon, host of the TV show "Stoat Muldoon: Alien Hunter." Sometimes protecting
Earth means chanting 'B-K-M'(Butt Kicking Mode) and transforming into fearsome,
armored butt-kickers, but all the Uglies really want is a little downtime so
they can hang out at ZAPZ and work on dance moves for their new music video!
"JUSTICE LEAGUE"
2001 USA (TV Series)
aka: "Justice League of America" and "Justice League: Unlimited"
Forces of evil, chaos, and destruction await. Not even protectors like Superman,
Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, the Flash, Hawkgirl or the Martian
Manhunter may have a chance alone. But together as the Justice League, they are
a metahuman force (and a hope) to be reckoned with.
"MARVIN THE MARTIAN"
2000 USA (Animated Short, 13 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Mayhem ensues when Marvin's new computer game, "Martian Massacre," becomes a
little too virtual and he finds himself face to Martian face with a heavily
armed spaceship bent on his destruction.
"ER: MARS ATTACKS"
2000 USA (TV Series, Season 7 Episode 3, 44 minutes)
An unfortunate incident at a Science Fiction convention makes it look like
scenes from the movie 'Mars Attacks!'
"TOTAL RECALL 2070"
1998 Canada/Germany/USA (TV series, 22 episodes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Total Recall: The Series"
In the year 2070, police detective David Hume and his partner Ian Farve attempt
to track down a group of murderous androids with ties to a corrupt corporation,
named Recall, which are based on the planet Mars in this pilot for the sci-fi TV
series.
"STAR TREK VOYAGER: ONE SMALL STEP"
1999 USA (TV Series, Season 6 Episode 8, 42 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Voyager encounters a graviton ellipse, a phenomenon that emerges from subspace
on rare occasions. The anomaly engulfed a manned vessel during a Mars mission in
2032 and Chakotay is determined to retrieve the debris from inside the ellipse.
Chakotay, Paris and Seven take the Delta Flyer in, but when an asteroid strikes,
Chakotay, obsessed with retrieving the module, disobeys Janeway's order to
leave. The collision renders the Flyer flightless as the ellipse prepares to
return to subspace.
"STAR TREK VOYAGER: 11:59"
1999 USA (TV Series, Season 5 Episode 23, 42 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The crew of Voyager swap stories of family histories. Janeway is most proud of
her ancestor Shannon O'Donnell, who has been celebrated by the Janeway clan for
generations as an astronaut and pivotal member of The Millenium Gate and several
Mars projects that followed. When research and history-buff Tom Paris prove the
stories wrong, that O'Donnell wasn't the hero Janeway made her out to be, the
crew points out that her inspiration made Janeway join Starfleet and that is an
accomplishment in itself.
"MARVIN THE MARTIAN: SPACE TUNES"
1999 USA (Compilation of Animated Shorts, 80 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Eighty great minutes of classic Looney Tunes with a sci-fi theme. While most of
the toons deal with Marvin the Martian (featured prominently on the video
cover), the collection includes lesser-known shorts such as "Rocketbye Baby" (a
Martian and human baby are switched), "Space Net" (a Dragnet parody featuring
Daffy Duck), and the inspired "Hyde and Go Tweet" (Tweety Bird turns into a
monster). Most of the toons are directed by Chuck Jones, including one of the
all-time classics, "Duck Dodgers in the 24-1/2th Century." The tape also
includes the lesser-known 1980 sequel, as well as "Hareway to the Stars," "The
Hasty Hare," "Spaced Out Bunny," "Mad as a Mars Hare," "Jumpin' Jupiter,"
"Lumber Jack Bunny," and "Haredevil Hare." Nearly as fun as having your own
Uranium Pew-36 Explosive Space Modulator.
"FUTURAMA: MARS UNIVERSITY"
1999 USA (TV Series, Season 2 Episode 2, 30 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Fry matriculates at Mars University and competes with a monkey made smart by
Prof. Farnsworth's latest invention while Bender tries to make the local chapter
of his robot fraternity cool.
"FUTURAMA: A CLONE OF MY OWN"
1999 USA (TV Series, Season 2 Episode 2, 30 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
It's Farnsworth's 150th birthday, and a party is being held for him at Mars
University. However the party makes him realize there is so much he has to do,
and so little time to do it.
"CRUSADE: RULING FROM THE TOMB"
1999 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 6, 50 minutes each) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Babylon 5: Crusade," "The Babylon Project: Crusade," "Crusade: The Babylon
Project"
Gideon and Lochley must prevent a doomsday cult from killing everyone at a virus
conference on Mars.
"CRUSADE: WAR ZONE"
1999 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 1, 50 minutes each) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Babylon 5: Crusade," "The Babylon Project: Crusade," "Crusade: The Babylon
Project"
At the end of the television movie Babylon 5: A Call to Arms, the Drakh fleet
was defeated but "poisoned the well" by dumping a plague into Earth's
atmosphere. Calculations say that all life will be dead on the planet within
five years; lives are already being wiped out across the globe. Earthforce,
operating out of Mars during the crisis, has chosen Captain Matthew Gideon to
lead a team consisting of Earthforce scientists, archaeologists, a telepath, a
thief and a techno-mage in order to find a cure while working with the Rangers
and gaining assistance from the crew manning space station Babylon 5.
"THE OUTER LIMITS: PHOBOS RISING"
1998 Canada/USA (TV Series, Season 4 Episode 24, 44 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
For 30 years there has been a fragile truce between the Free Alliance and the
Coalition of Middle-Eastern and Pacific States, both on Earth and on Mars. Both
groups mine triradium, a super-powerful radioactive mineral that can be used for
both power and illegally for weapons. When a giant explosion appears to consume
the Earth and sends a giant shock-wave towards Mars, the soldiers at the Free
Alliance base on the Red Planet wonder if the truce has come to an end. Cut off
from Earth for 12 hours as Mars rotates, Colonel Samantha Elliot believes
someone from the Coalition has been smuggling triradium. With communications
temporarily out of order and a Coalition drone approaching the Alliance base,
Elliot prepares to launch a preemptive strike. Major James Bowen, who has grown
fond of Major Dara Talif, the Coalition liaison officer at the base, disagrees
with Elliot. He urges caution, arguing that there is no clear evidence that war
has resumed. As the clock ticks down and tensions rise, the fate of both Mars
colonies - perhaps even the human race -- depends on the outcome of this
struggle between trust and fear.
"BABYLON 5: OBJECTS IN MOTION"
1998 USA (TV Series, Season 5 Episode 20, 45 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
As G'Kar plans to leave Babylon 5 with Lyta, the crew avert an assassination
attempt on Garibaldi and Lise with the help of an old ally.
"DEXTER'S LABORATORY: MY FAVORITE MARTIAN"
1998 USA (Animated TV Series, Season 2 Episode 28, 30 minutes
Dexter discovers evidence that there were single-celled organisms on Mars, and
is eager to find out if they ever evolved into something more advanced. He
immediately rockets off to the red planet, unaware that Dee Dee has stowed away.
While Dexter goes searching for aliens, Dee Dee sets foot on the planet and gets
covered by red dirt. Dexter sees her and mistakes her for a Martian -- a mistake
she doesn't bother to correct.
"COWBOY BEBOP - COMPLETE SESSIONS COLLECTION"
1998 Japan (Animated TV Series, 26 episodes, 25 minutes each) [TMS-SD Library]
Meet Spike and Jet, a drifter and a retired cyborg cop. They've formed a
partnership in a bounty hunting enterprise that specializes in adventure and
cash. Using an old converted fishing ship called the Bebop, with the help of the
intelligent data dog, Ein, the mysterious and vexing femme fatale, Faye
Valentine, and Ed, the genius hacker -- Spike and Jet scour the galaxy to clean
up space, one bounty at a time.
"AGENT Z AND THE PENGUIN FROM MARS"
1997 UK (TV Series, 6 episodes, 25 minutes each)
Ben Simpson and his pals Barney and Jenks form the Crane Grove Gang, a secret
society dedicated to playing ingenious practical jokes in an initiative called
Agent Z. The gang are named after the street where they live (Ben at number 36),
which they feel is the dullest place in the United Kingdom. The arrival of a
boring new neighbour, supposed lottery-winner Dennis Sidebottom and his family,
inspires the gang to plot their biggest ever practical joke: they set up an
elaborate plan involving a penguin, an alien from Mars, a spaceship and a
'message for mankind' carved on a meteorite. These disparate objects are
delivered in the middle of the night to Dennis Sidebottom's garden while he
innocently studies the heavens from his own personal observatory.
"BABYLON 5: RISING STAR"
1997 USA (TV Series, Season 4 Episode 21, 45 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Sheridan faces the consequences of his actions against Clark and EarthForce.
Marcus makes the ultimate sacrifice. Delenn organizes the various races into a
history-making Alliance.
"BABYLON 5: ENDGAME"
1997 USA (TV Series, Season 4 Episode 20, 45 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Garibaldi is captured by the Mars Resistance. Ivanova's fleet clashes with
Clark's forces. A plan to free Sheridan is launched.
"BABYLON 5: BETWEEN THE DARKNESS AND THE LIGHT"
1997 USA (TV Series, Season 4 Episode 19, 45 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
As Sheridan continues to suffer at the hands of EarthForce, Ivanova takes
command of the fleet for their next engagement. Garibaldi tries to prove his
innocence to the Mars Resistance.
"BABYLON 5: THE FACE OF THE ENEMY"
1997 USA (TV Series, Season 4 Episode 17, 45 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Sheridan's search for his father leads him into danger on Mars. Lyta warns of an
impending clash between telepaths and mundanes. Garibaldi learns of a new
threat.
"BABYLON 5: THE EXERCISE OF VITAL POWERS"
1997 USA (TV Series, Season 4 Episode 16, 45 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Garibaldi arrives on Mars and meets William Edgars. Lyta helps Franklin in an
attempt to make contact with the frozen telepaths.
"BABYLON 5: CONFLICTS OF INTEREST"
1997 USA (TV Series, Season 4 Episode 12, 45 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Garibaldi starts a new job on Mars. The Resistance Anti-Government broadcasts
begin. Sheridan plans to protect the Non-Aligned Worlds from raiders.
"BABYLON 5: LINES OF COMMUNICATION"
1997 USA (TV Series, Season 4 Episode 11, 45 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Franklin and Marcus attempt to persuade the Mars Resistance to assist Sheridan
in opposing President Clark. Delenn learns of the Drakh and of increasing caste
tensions on Minbar.
"BABYLON 5: RACING MARS"
1997 USA (TV Series, Season 4 Episode 10, 45 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Captain Sheridan takes Garibaldi to task over the latter's inexplicably contrary
behavior. Marcus and Franklin arrive on Mars, but their plan to link up with the
Resistance hits a snag. Can this setback have anything to do with their
eccentric travelling companion Captain Jack?
"BABYLON 5: ATONEMENT"
1997 USA (TV Series, Season 4 Episode 9, 45 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Delenn is recalled to Minbar to resolve a problem and faces up to her role in
the Earth-Minbari War. Marcus and Franklin go to Mars on a secret mission.
"BABYLON 5: THE ILLUSION OF TRUTH"
1997 USA (TV Series, Season 4 Episode 8, 45 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The command crew take a chance when an ISN reporter arrives on the station,
claiming that he wants to do an objective and truthful story on Babylon 5.
"BOULEDOGUE BAZAR: OBJECTIF MARS"
1997 Canada (TV Series, 25 minutes)
Max, Jules and a crowd of characters entertain you in a swirl of adventures
where the friendship and audacity come to an end from the worst obstacles.
"JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA"
1997 USA (TV Series)
New Metro City is threatened with destruction by a madman with the ability to
control the weather. The only thing that stands between the city and certain
obliteration is a small band of costumed superheroes, The Justice League of
America (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, the Flash, Hawkgirl or
the Martian Manhunter, J'onn J'onnz (voiced by David Ogden Stiers)- but will
even they be enough?
"THE X-FILES: TUNGUSKA"
1993 USA (TV Series, Season 4 Episode 8, 45 minutes)
A rock sample taken from Mars is intercepted at an airport and infects a
security officer with the Black Cancer, while Mulder is given a tip about
potentially dangerous paramilitary operations but is doubtful when the informant
turns out to be Alex Krycek. Reluctantly, Mulder accepts Krycek's help and
tracks the rock to Russia where he discovers an elaborate t est being performed
by Russian scientists.
"MARTIAN SUCCESSOR NADESICO"
1996 Japan (Anime TV Series) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Kidô Senkan Nadeshiko" and "Mobile Battleship Nadesico"
Aliens known as the Jovians destroyed earth's base on Mars, wiping out its space
fleets. Only one ship stands between Earth and total annihilation - Nadesico.
Six feature-length episodes: 1-Chronicle 1 (Invasion); 2-Mission to Mars;
3-Danger Zones; 4-Paradigm Shifts; 5-Secrets and Lies; 6-Endgame.
"BAD TRIP TO MARS"
1996 Switzerland (Short, 17 minutes)
Two Soviet cosmonauts on a mission to Mars are forgotten in space. Who will come
to to their rescue?
"MARVIN THE MARTIAN IN THE THIRD DIMENSION"
1996 USA (Animated Short, 12 minutes)
aka: "Duck Dodgers in the Third Dimension"
Warner Bros. Movie World honored Marvin the Martian with the launch of the
world's first computer-animated 3D movie. Marvin Martian and K-9 have captured
Daffy Duck (a.k.a. Duck Dodgers).
Go to the Duck Dodgers Episode Guide.
"SPACE: ABOVE AND BEYOND: PILOT"
1995 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episodes 1 & 2, 90 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Short-lived live action show about a group of US Marines fighting in an alien
war. In the pilot movie they perform a risky training exercise on Mars and
accidentally discover one of the aliens.
"THE OUTER LIMITS: THE VOYAGE HOME"
1995 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 15, 44 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Three astronauts exploring Mars discover a mysterious canister. When they open
it, they are struck unconscious. Awakening nearly an hour later, they must hurry
back to their ship to make their launch window. But on the way home, Ed becomes
convinced that fellow astronaut Alan is not what he appears to be, and murders
him by forcing him out the airlock. Now Ed and his remaining crew member Pete
must decide what to do.
"THE OUTER LIMITS: THE SANDKINGS"
1995 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 1, 93 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
When his research project is closed down, Simon Kress rescues a few of its
living subjects and transplants them to a recreation of their native Martian
environment in his barn. They grow and learn, but then Kress makes an error with
disastrous implications.
"THE TWISTED ADVENTURES OF FELIX THE CAT: MARS NEEDS FELIX"
1995 USA (Animated Short, Season 1 Episode 6, 7 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
In search of food, Felix is duped into taking a trip to Mars and being forced to
work in a Martian task force.
"THE MASK: MARTIAN MASK"
1995 USA (Animated TV Series, Season 1 Episode 11, 25 minutes)
The Mask, in his Spacemaskmobile, is putting fear in the heart of government
agents who think he's an alien!
"SEAQUEST DSV: BETTER THAN MARTIANS"
aka: "SeaQuest 2032"
1994 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 1, 47 minutes)
When the first manned mission to Mars, led by a personal friend of Bridget's,
crashes into the ocean near a southeast Asian confederation after returning to
Earth, the seaQuest races to rescue the survivors while the confederation rushes
to retrieve the astronauts first.
"THE X-FILES: LITTLE GREEN MEN"
1993 USA (TV Series, Season 2 Episode 1, 45 minutes)
With the X-Files shut down, Mulder is assigned to wire taps while Scully returns
to teaching at Quantico. All hopes dulled of ever finding evidence to what he
has seen, Mulder is about to give up hope; luckily, however, the proof he was
looking for may have just presented itself.
"RED PLANET"
1994 USA (Animated TV Mini-Series, 3 episodes, 22 minutes each, 66 minutes
total)
A couple of teens (Jim and P.J.) and their little furry "pet" bouncer Willis
stumble onto a conspiracy at their Mars colony that could endanger everyone's
lives. They're forced to flee into the deserts of Mars when the conspirators
decide that the teens know too much. They manage to survive in the harsh Martian
terrain and have an encounter with the native Martians. Although they aren't
able to understand the natives, they see that the Martians immediately begin to
act tenderly towards Willis. Jim and PJ realize that Willis is an immature
Martian, and that he's about to go into a long hibernation. When he emerges
decades later, Willis looks like the adult Martians and tells his friend's
descendants of the heroic adventure of how they saved the colony and began a
friendship between the natives and the colonists.
Based on Robert A. Heinlein's juvenile novel.
Watch the Series
"EXOSQUAD: MARTIAN LUCK"
1994 USA (Animated TV Series, Season 2 Episode 36, 30 minutes)
The capture of Marduk, a Neo sapien who has supplied the ExoFleet with
information, prompts Winfield to send two exosquads to Mars. Eventually Typhonus
uses the spy as bait to ensnare the exosquads in a trap, but is not entirely
successful. Torres gets shot down and rescued by some ExoScouts.
"BABYLON 5: SPIDER IN THE WEB"
1994 USA (TV Series, Season 2 Episode 6, 45 minutes)
An old friend of Talia Winters is murdered by what appears to be an agent of a
Martian resistance movement.
"BABYLON 5: A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS, PART 2"
1994 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 19, 45 minutes)
Sinclair fights two turf battles at once as alien invaders claim the planet the
station orbits, and an Earthforce captain disagrees with him about how to deal
with the situation.
"BABYLON 5: A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS, PART 1"
1994 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 18, 45 minutes)
Seismic activity on the planet near the station uncovers what may be signs of an
extinct alien civilization. An old mentor pays a visit to Ambassador Delenn. The
unrest on the Mars Colony intensifies.
"THE X-FILES: SPACE"
1993 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 8, 45 minutes)
a reporter talking about photographs from Mars that show water was on the
planet, and of the 'face on Mars' phenomenon. Mulder's childhood hero, Lt. Col.
Marcus Aurelius Belt, chalks up that face to the solar winds that blow on the
surface of Mars at 300 mph. Back at home, however, the 'face' photograph haunts
Belt. He dreams about being on a spacewalk where something is out there with
him. He looks up at the ceiling and sees the Mars face come down at him.
"BIKER MICE FROM MARS"
1993-1995 USA (Animated TV Series) [TMS-SD Library]
On the planet Mars, there existed a race of anthropomorphic mice who enjoyed
motorsports and had a very similar culture and society to that of human beings.
At some point in time they were all but wiped out by the Plutarkians, an alien
race of obese, foul-smelling, fish-like humanoids who plunder other planets'
natural resources because they have wasted all of their own. Three survivors,
Throttle, Modo and Vinnie, manage to find a spaceship and escape the Plutarkian
takeover but they are soon shot down by a Plutarkian warship and end up
crash-landing on Earth in the city of Chicago. There they meet a charming female
mechanic named Charlene "Charley" Davidson and discover that the Plutarkians
have come to Earth to steal its natural resources.
"MAN ON MARS"
1992 USA (Short, 3 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The first man to set foot on Mars gets locked out if his lander by is jerk crew.
(One of the first films by Trey Parker & Matt Stone, done for a college class.)
Watch the Film
"THE RAY BRADBURY THEATER: THE SILENT TOWNS"
1992 Canada/USA/UK/New Zealand/France (TV Series, Season 6 Episode 9, 25
minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A technician accidentally stranded on Mars by a sudden evacuation searches
desperately for another human being on the desolate world. When he finds an
equally lonely woman, she is not what he was expecting.
"THE RAY BRADBURY THEATER: THE MARTIAN"
1992 Canada/USA/UK/New Zealand/France (TV Series, Season 5 Episode 8, 25
minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A middle-aged Earth couple emigrates to Mars after the death of their son Tom.
On a particularly bad night of grieving, a psychically sensitive native Martian
is captured by their strong emotions and forced into the form of Tom and is
accepted as such by the bereaved mother. The father, though, is torn by the
conflict between his revulsion and concern for his wife.
"THE RAY BRADBURY THEATER: THE CONCRETE MIXER"
1992 Canada/USA/UK/New Zealand/France (TV Series, Season 5 Episode 5, 25
minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
An invasion force from Mars heads to Earth, prepared to overcome a strong
military resistance. Instead, when they arrive they are greeted by glad-handing
community representatives, a marching band, and the key to the city. The aliens
are soon introduced to the vulgar and consumer-oriented "American way of life"
which turns out to be a bigger threat than an armed resistance would have been.
"THE RAY BRADBURY THEATER: THE EARTHMEN"
1992 Canada/USA/UK/New Zealand/France (TV Series, Season 5 Episode 1, 25
minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Earth astronauts land on Mars and are puzzled by the reception they receive:
most of the Martians are annoyed or angered by their arrival.
"ASTRO FARM: WILD MARTIAN TIGER"
1992 UK (Animated TV Series, 10 minutes)
When a radio newsflash warns that a wild Martian Tiger has escaped from the zoo,
the Foxwoods and all their animals take refuge in the farmhouse.
"BUGS BUNNY'S LUNAR TUNES"
1991 USA (Animated Short, 24 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Marvin the Martian goes before an out-of-this-world court for a permit to blow
up the Earth, and Bugs Bunny's got 23 minutes to save it! The prosecution's
case: Earthlings are accused of creating pollution, cluttnig outer space, and
portraying space people as monsters in the movies -- so Marvin's sent a missile
to destroy the little blue planet! Now, Bugs must defend his home against "the
big Kaboom!" Will there be outer space for rent if Bugs loses his argument? Will
Marvin write the Earth's orbit-uary? Will Daffy Duck (as Duck Dodgers) lend the
defendant some gravity? Can Bugs show enough cartoon evidence to thwart that
little dipper Marvin? The defense never rests, folks -- and neither does de
rabbit!
"THE RAY BRADBURY THEATER: THE LONG YEARS"
1990 Canada/USA/UK/New Zealand/France (TV Series, Season 4 Episode 11, 25
minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A family of Earth colonists was stranded on Mars twenty years ago when they
missed the order to evacuate. Now, after their long wait, a ship from Earth
arrives to take them home, but the rescuers notice something odd.
"THE RAY BRADBURY THEATER: AND THE MOON BE STILL AS BRIGHT"
1990 Canada/USA/UK/New Zealand/France (TV Series, Season 4 Episode 7, 25
minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
An archaeologist on Mars goes berserk and takes the side of the extinct Martian
race.
"THE RAY BRADBURY THEATER: MARS IS HEAVEN"
1990 Canada/USA/UK/New Zealand/France (TV Series, Season 4 Episode 1, 25
minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The first Earth visitors to Mars discover a replica of small town America, just
as they remembered it from their childhoods.
"ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES: TOMATO INVASION FROM MARS"
1990 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 5, 23 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Tomatoes from Mars -- what could possibly go wrong?
"WAR OF THE WORLDS"
1988 - 1990 USA (TV Series, 43 episodes, 50 minutes each) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "War of the Worlds: The Second Invasion"
The attempted Martian invasion of the Earth in the 1950s was thrwated when the
aliens fell foul ofthe common cold virus. But rather than die, the invaders
simply went into hibernation and thirty years later they are revived and a
second invasion attempt begins. The Martians can now possess human bodies and
are opposed by a small band of resistance fighters.
"STAR COPS"
1987 UK (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 9, 51 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Rumors swell of alien artefacts discovered on Mars. An attempt is made to kill
Nathan Spring as he investigates drug smuggling and the deaths of two pilots.
The episode and the series ends with the question "Anyone for Mars?"
"STARCOM - THE U.S. SPACE FORCE: CAVERNS OF MARS"
1987 USA (Animated TV Series, Season 1 Episode 4, 25 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The U.S. Space Force is an animated syndicated series in the 1980s that spawned
a successful motorized toy line franchise in Europe and Asia for Mattel, despite
its failures to succeed in its U.S. domestic market. The plot was based on the
adventures of an American astronaut brigade as they fought off attempted
invasions by Shadow Force, a nasty collection of aliens and robots led by the
nefarious Emperor Dark.
"GALAXY HIGH SCHOOL: MARTIAN MUMPS"
1986 USA (Animated TV Series, Season 1 Episode 12, 24 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Everybody but the humans (and a teacher) get martian mumps and it's up to them
to find a cure before it's too late.
"DENNIS THE MENACE: THE MARTIANS ARE COMING"
1986 USA (Animated TV Series, Season 1 Episode 63, 7 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Dennis and friends are using a radio station's recording room to tape their
school radio show about a Martian invasion when Ruff's tail puts them on the
air. The town is in a panic and coincidentally real Martians do land and are
scared away by the crowds of people running in the street.
"BLUE COMET SPT LAYZNER"
1985 Japan (TV Series, 38 episodes at 24 minutes each) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Aoki Ryûsei SPT Reizunâ", "Layzner"
One of the lesser known "Giant Robot" series from Japan. It starts on the
surface of Mars, the latest bone of contention between the US and Russia. Little
do they realize that the alien world of Gurados has plans for invasion of the
solar system. A group of students known as the "Cosmic Culture Club" is caught
up in a war they don't understand. Their only help is from a mysterious pilot
named Eiji, who claims to be a soldier from Gurados. He pilots an experimental
Super Powered Tracer called Layzner, assisted by his on board computer, Rei.
"THE JETSONS: ELROY MEETS ORBITY"
1984 USA (Animated TV Series, 24 minutes)
On a field trip to Mars Elroy picks up a remarkable looking stone and takes it
home. It turns out to be the cocoon of a rare pet. The Jetsons decide to keep
the pet and call it Orbity. Orbity turns all kinds of colors to show its
emotions.
"GENESIS CLIMBER MOSPEADA"
1984 Japan (TV Series, 25 episodes at 25 minutes each) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Kikô Sôseiki Mospeada"
In the 21st century, Earth is invaded and quickly subdued by a alien race called
the Inbit. The Terran population stationed on Mars try to liberate the planet,
but are fought off. Years later, a second Terran attack is attempted with a
force armed with new weapons vastly superior to the enemy, but again Inbit
defenses prove to be too strong. One of the few survivors to reach Earth is
Stick Bernard, a young mecha fighter pilot who witnessed the death of his fiance
in the battle. Separated and alone, the aggrieved pilot sets out to attempt to
complete his mission, to find Reflex Point, the suspected Inbit headquarters,
and do what he can to destroy it. Along the way, he meets up others who
eventually join to form a small band of guerilla fighters who must find their
way to Reflex Point and stop the Inbit. The best out of the "Robotech" bunch.
"TAZ-MANIA: THE MAN FROM M.A.R.S."
1983 USA (Animated TV Series, 10 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Taz, the verbally challenged Tasmanian devil, is listening to a "War Of The
Worlds"-like broadcast on the radio, when Marvin The Martian turns up.
"TERRAHAWKS"
1983 UK (TV Series, 30 minutes each) [TMS-SD Library]
In the year 2020 Earth is under threat from Martian androids who want revenge on
the human race. They consist of Zelda, her son Youngstar and her sister called
Sister. An organization is set up on Earth called Terrahawks, which is top
secret to the rest of the world. This is led by Dr Tiger Ninestein with other
characters such as Sergeant Major Zero.
"INSPECTOR GADGET: THE INVASION"
1983 France (Animated TV Series, Season 1 Episode 17, 15 minutes) [TMS-SD
Library]
Inspector Gadget, Chief Quimby and Penny battle against M.A.D. when they try to
disguise themselves as Martians.
"DANGER MOUSE: THE MARTIAN MISFIT"
1981 USA (Animated TV Series, Season 1 Episode 5, 10 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Baron Greenback creates a 'Martian' to keep Danger Mouse busy while he sets out
on a crime spree.
"A PICNIC ON MARS"
1981 USA (Short, 8 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A couple's romantic picnic in the remote Barsoomian desert are interrupted by a
four-armed Great White Ape and a ten-legged Banth lion.
"DUCK DODGERS AND THE RETURN OF THE 24-1/2TH CENTURY"
1980 USA (Animated Short, 6 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Daffy Duck reprises his famous role of Duck Dodgers in another spoof of Saturday
afternoon space serials. Assigned to locate the rack-and-pinion molecule needed
for yo-yo polish, Dodgers and his assistant, an eager young space cadet (Porky
Pig), crash their spaceship into a giant egg-shell, where they find Marvin
Martian, who is, as usual, scheming to destroy Earth.
Go to the Duck Dodgers Episode Guide.
"BUGS BUNNY: SPACED OUT BUNNY"
1980 USA (Animated Short, 6 minutes)
Bugs Bunny is abducted by Marvin the Martian and brought to Mars to be the
companion to his pet abominable snowman Hugo, who will "hug him and squeeze him
and call him George."
"REPRODUCTION CYCLE"
1978 USA (Animated Short, 11 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Reproduction Cycle Among Unicellular Life Forms," "Reproduction Cycle
Among Unicellular Life Forms Under the Rocks of Mars"
"Reproduction Cycle" uses claymation to follow the life of the Martian
"Peenworm" which similarly involves feeding, vomiting, metamorphosis, and
partial self-destruction.
"MARTIAN IN MOSCOW"
1978 Russia (Animated TV Series 4 episodes, 42 minutes total) [TMS-SD Library]
Four animated programs about the adventures of a Martian in Moscow. For use in
beginning and intermediate Russian language classes. About a cute, friendly
little Martian who lands in Moscow and makes friends with a custodian. They have
a lot of adventures together before the Martian has to return home.
"THE BIONIC WOMAN: THE MARTIANS ARE COMING, THE MARTIANS ARE COMING"
1978 USA (TV Series, Season 3 Episode 15, 46 minutes)
While working on a project to track UFOs, Dr. Rudy Wells and Ray Fisk are
abducted by a flying saucer.
"THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF MAJOR MARS"
1976 USA (Short, 9 minutes)
A brilliant send-up of 1940s Republic movie serials. Major Mars, stalwart
hero-scientist-adventurer, who uses his rocket-suit jet-pack with helmet to fly
through the air and save people and pets from danger, like Commando Cody, King
of the Rocketmen.
"THE ADVENTURES OF THE MOUSE ON MARS"
1976 & 1982 Germany (TV Series, 56 episodes, 5 minutes)
aka: "Die Abenteuer der Maus auf dem Mars"
Mouse, who lived at Cape Canaveral, one day accidentally climbs aboard a rocket
bound for Mars. Mouse explores the strange planet, meets fabulous creatures and
mythical plants, nibbles at the Dondrino-trees on which candy canes and
lollipops grow, befriends an equally large brown mole, visits a robot on his
metal planet, and has many more adventures.
"DOCTOR WHO: PYRAMIDS OF MARS"
1975 UK (TV Series, 4 episodes, Season 13 Episodes 9-12, 97 minutes) [TMS-SD
Library]
aka: "Pyramids Of Mars"
The Doctor and Sarah find themselves in 1911 England, where an archeologist's
discovery unleashes a menace whose evil stretches from ancient Egypt to the
planet Mars and threatens all life on Earth.
"DOCTOR WHO: THE MONSTER OF PELADON"
1974 UK (TV Series, 6 episodes, Season 5 Episodes 15-20, 150 minutes) [TMS-SD
Library]
aka: "The Monster of Peladon"
When the TARDIS lands 50 years after its first visit to Peladon, the Doctor and
Sarah Jane discover a troubled planet ruled by the late king's daughter. Peladon
is at the center of a war--and the Galactic Federation desperately needs a
mineral found in the mines. But why is the ghost of Aggedor killing miners, and
why can't everyone be trusted? Queen Thalira needs the Doctor's help to find
out.
"MY FAVORITE MARTIANS"
1973 USA (Animated TV Series, 16 episodes, 28 minutes each)
Based on the live action TV series: Uncle Martin comes back to earth, this time
with his nephew Andy and dog Okie. They stay at Tim's house and Tim now has a
niece named Katie. Of course their nosey neighbor, Officer Brennan would always
try to expose who they really are and would end up falling down right into the
rain barrel!
"THE FIRESIGN THEATRE'S MARTIAN SPACE PARTY"
1972 USA (Short, 28 minutes)
aka: "The Martian Space Party"
A short concert film/mockumentary posing as live news coverage from the 1972
National Surrealist Party Convention, interrupted by news flashes from Monster
Island, where the president is denied entrance to the Forbidden City, but does
meet his nemesis, Glutomoto.
"DOCTOR WHO: THE CURSE OF PELADON"
1972 UK (TV Series, 4 episodes, Season 9 Episodes 5-9, 97 minutes) [TMS-SD
Library]
aka: "The Curse of Peladon"
Taking a test flight in the TARDIS, the Doctor and Jo make an inelegant landing
on the planet Peladon. When they are mistaken for representatives from Earth,
the Doctor soon finds himself chairing the committee of alien delegates
assessing Peladon's petition to join the Galactic Federation. When one of the
King's advisors is killed, the High Priest fears the ancient Curse of Aggedor is
at work, but the Doctor suspects his old enemies the Ice Warriors are to blame.
Can the Doctor and Jo uncover the identity of the saboteurs before a major
diplomatic incident plunges them into war?
"EVOLUTION"
1972 Canada (Short)
From giggling, cavorting single cell organisms to little green Martian visiting
Earth and - in the final shot - planet swallowing space creature, Evolution
tracks the biological history of a an imaginary set of alien creatures who like
nothing better than to consume each other and breed.
"FUN ON MARS"
1971 USA (Short, 4 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Sally Cruikshank: "I made this film when I went to the San Francisco Art
Institute, after graduating from Smith a semester early. It was my reaction to
California. "Sweeping the Clouds Away" is sung by Charles "Buddy" Rodgers, who
was Mary Pickford's husband. huh? who? The doctored photo was of an astronaut on
the moon-- I thought he looked like a duck and made him one."
"ASTRO NUT: MARTIAN MOOCHERS"
1970 USA (Animated Short, 5 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Astro Nuut is a kind, zany guy from outer space who always seemed to get into
trouble. Astro Nut is plagued by two cute-as-heck little space moochers who go
after the prize steaks in suburban America.
"DOCTOR WHO: THE SEEDS OF DEATH"
1969 UK (TV Series, 4 episodes, Season 6 Episodes 23-28, 150 minutes) [TMS-SD
Library]
aka: "The Seeds of Death"
The second Doctor Who adventure to feature the popular nemesis the Ice Warriors.
Broadcast six months before the first manned moon landing, here the Doctor and
companions Jamie and Zoe beat Neil Armstrong & Co. in boarding a rocket to the
moon, where they face the icy Martian invaders who have taken over Earth's T-Mat
teleportation system in prelude to a full-scale invasion. The plot encompasses
weather control, rising global disaster as food shortages sweep the world's
cities, and--remarkably--a fungus that can remove oxygen from the atmosphere but
which is destroyed by water!
"JOHNNY CYPHER IN DIMENSION ZERO: THE MARTIAN PLAGUE"
1968 Japan/USA (Animated TV Series, 6 minutes each)
Johnny Cypher is a brilliant scientist. He develops an ability to travel though
inner space and combat the forces of evil throughout the universe.
"I DREAM OF JEANIE: U-F-OHH JEANNIE"
1968 USA (TV Series, Season 4, Episode 1, 25 minutes)
Tony and Roger are testing an experimental aircraft that resembles a flying
saucer. When Jeannie pops in, her weight causes the aircraft to land far off
course. A family of hillbillies mistake them for Martians and try to turn them
into NASA for a reward.
"WAR OF THE WORLDS"
1968 USA (TV Series pilot - unaired)
George Pal is probably best remembered for producing the 'War of the Worlds'
movie that won an Academy Award for best special effects in 1952. What many
people do not know was that in 1968, Pal put together a short film as a pilot
for a proposed TV series based on the same novel his 1952 movie was adapted
from. It never aired on TV. The DVD "George Pal's War of the Worlds - A Video
Scrapbook" includes the promo footage explaining the crew of the star shiop
Pegusus, their special abilities, and the opening shots of the first day's
filming.
"DOCTOR WHO: THE ICE WARRIORS"
1967 UK (TV Series, 6 episodes, Season 5 Episodes 11-16, 116 minutes) [TMS-SD
Library]
aka: "The Ice Warriors"
The world is held in the grip of a second Ice Age, and faces total destruction
from rapidly advancing glaciers. Doctor Who, with Victoria and Jamie, lands at a
top scientific base in England, where they have just unearthed an ancient Ice
Warrior. Can the Doctor overcome these warlike Martians and halt the relentless
approach of the ice glaciers?
"CAPTAIN SCARLET AND THE MYSTERONS"
1967 UK (TV Series, 32 episodes, 25 minutes each) [TMS-SD Library]
In the 21st century, the nightmare of H.G. Wells comes true. An expedition to
the planet Mars results in the accidental destruction of an old Martian city,
causing a mysterious force, called the Mysterons, to retaliate. The Mysterons
appear to posses the ability to recreate anyone (or any object) they have
previously destroyed, thereby gaining complete control over the person in
question. The Earth is thus confronted with a host of enemy agents, which are
indistinguishable from normal human beings. Supermarionation puppetry.
"WHAT ON EARTH!"
1967 Canada (Animated Short, 10 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A training film for the Martian landing teams. The scientists have finally
figured out that there is life on earth; it travels the highways and feeds at
the filling stations. Unfortunately, it's plagued by the human parasites that
travel inside it and build homes that get in the way. And while the scientists
can't go inside the factories where the dominant species reproduces, they have
some conjectures of what happens there.
"LOST IN SPACE: WEST OF MARS"
1966 USA (TV Series, Season 2 Episode 11, 50 minutes)
Zeno, an intergalactic gun fighter, is Doctor Smith's doppelgänger, and he
switches places with Smith. Smith confesses to Zeno's crimes out of fear.
NOTE: The only reference to Mars is the title of the episode.
"THE TIME TUNNEL: ONE WAY TO THE MOON"
1966 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 2, 50 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Dr. Tony Newman and Dr. Doug Phillips of Project Tic-Toc find themselves on
board a spacecraft's service module just before blast off. The spacecraft, part
of the M.E.M. (Mars Excursion Module) ten years in Tony and Doug's future, is to
be the first U.S. manned spaceflight to Mars. It is the M.E.M. IV flight, and it
is manned by Col. Kane the captain, Nazarro the radioman, Beard and Maj. Harlow
the doctor. Tony and Doug's added weight makes it impossible for the spacecraft
to reach escape velocity in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
Captain Kane decides to jettison the service module, effectively scrubbing the
mission and killing Tony and Doug, but Beard, who wants the mission to continue,
furtively fires the boosters to achieve escape velocity. Unable to get
directions from mission control due to being incommunicado with a sabotaged
radio, Kane makes the command decision to make a stop on the moon to replenish
the fuel that Beard expended and continue the mission. When Tony and Doug are
discovered they are treated as spies. Beard wants to throw them off the ship.
Tony and Doug prove themselves honest by assisting in repairing the hull of the
ship after they are struck by a meteor.
"THUNDERBIRDS: MARTIAN INVASION"
1966 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 24, 50 minutes)
The Hood sabotages an effects sequence on an 'invasion from space' film being
shot in the Nevada Desert. Two actors, portraying policemen, are trapped inside
a cave which begins to fill with water from an underground river - when
International Rescue arrives, the entire rescue operation is captured on film!
"THE SUPER 6: MARTIAN MIXUP"
1966 UK (TV Series, 10 minutes)
The Super 6 were a group of crime-fighters for hire who worked for The Super
Services Incorporated. Each of the heroes had a unique transformable talent
which they applied to the tasks assigned to them.
"FEARLESS FLY: MARTIANS MEET THEIR MATCH"
1966 UK (TV Series, 10 minutes)
Hiram needs only his super glasses, and he is no longer just a fly at the sugar
bowl, he becomes Fearless Fly!
"OUT OF THE UNKNOWN: NO PLACE LIKE EARTH"
1965 UK (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 1, 53 minutes)
aka: "No Place Like Earth"
Earth is no more, destroyed by nuclear war; but itinerant handyman Bert Foster,
wandering the canals of Mars, is possessed by a restlessness for a home which no
longer exists. Perhaps the isolated outpost on Venus retains something which
could satisfy this hunger; or has the madness which shattered a world merely
settled in a new location?
"THE MUNSTERS: IF A MARTIAN ANSWERS, HANG UP"
1965 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 18, 30 minutes)
Herman has a new Ham radio and picks up two friends of Eddie playing Spacemen on
their walkie talkies. Thinking Martians have landed, he and Grandpa go out
searching for spaceships using the latter's radio direction finder.
"THE NEW THRE STOOGES: THE THREE ASTRONUTZ"
1965 USA (TV Series, Season 1, Episode 32, 4 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The Stooges rocket to Mars in search of alien specimens they can bring back to
Earth. They encounter a small robot-like creature, and it evades their every
attempt at capture.
"THE NEW THRE STOOGES: THE LITTLEST MARTIAN"
1965 USA (TV Series, Season 1, Episode 144, 7 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The Martians have invaded! Or have they? The neighbor kids are playing tricks on
the Stooges -- but who gets the last laugh?
"ASTRO NUT: MARTIAN RECIPE"
1965 USA (Animated Short, 5 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A man is on his way to buy some lots on the Moon from an ad that he's just seen
on TV. On the way, a con artist sells him a talking horse. He rushes home to
show his wife his new investment, but the horse quits talking...
"GILLIGAN'S ISLAND: SMILE, YOU'RE ON MARS CAMERA"
1965 USA (TV Series, Season 2 Episode 4, 25 minutes)
A satellite bound for Mars lands on the island. The castaways hope to use it to
provide visual evidence to the world that they are still alive.
"THE BIG WORLD OF LITTLE ADAM: KITTY HAWK TO MARS"
1964 USA (TV Series, 5 minutes)
Produced originally for the United States Air Force, this series consisted of
the adventures of Little Adam and Wilbur on Outer Space topics. Using a NASA
documentary short, the kids follow the history of flight from Orville and Wilbur
Wright's first powered flight in 1903 to the Mariner 4 flyby of Mars in 1964.
"THE OUTER LIMITS: THE BRAIN OF COLONEL BARHAM"
1964 USA (TV Series, Season 2 Episode 15, 50 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A dying astronaut volunteers his mind be linked to a supercomputer, to enable
the U.S. to beat the Soviet Union to Mars. His wife and an Air Force
psychiatrist oppose the brain removal, fearing that the arrogant spaceman's
brain won't adapt, making his death futile. But the Cold War space race takes
precedence, so the experiment proceeds, despite eerie developments.
"THE OUTER LIMITS: THE INVISIBLE ENEMY"
1964 USA (TV Series, Season 2 Episode 7, 50 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Two astronauts travel to Mars, but never return home. A second expedition is
sent to find out why, and two crew members are mysteriously suctioned into the
sand shortly after arrival. Mission Commander Merritt and his Captain are
left--with the shocking realization that their 'invisible enemy' is really a
band of man-eating sand sharks! When Merritt gets marooned in the middle of the
shark-infested sand pool, a safe return to the ship seems impossible. With only
minutes left to blast-off, Merritt must outsmart his deadly opponents -- or
never see Earth again!
"THE OUTER LIMITS: CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT"
1964 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 16, 50 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Martian Chief Inspector Phobos One visits Earth to study the phenomenon of
murder, which is unique to this planet. Does it pose a threat to the galaxy?
Assisted by Caretaker Deimos, Phobos prepares to study an impending murder.
Using their Temporal Condenser, the Martians replay the crime again and again.
But Phobos actually changes the outcome, earning a harsh rebuke from Mars and a
frightening glimpse of what could be if he tampers with fate.
"MECHTE NAVSTRECHU"
1963 Russia (Feature Film, 63 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "A Dream Come True," "Toward Meeting a Dream," "The Galaxy Applauds You,"
"Encounter in Space"
A rocket from a distant planet approaching Earth must land on Mars due to a
technical defect, thus the inhabitants of the Earth rush to their help.
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"BUGS BUNNY: MAD AS A MARS HARE"
1963 USA (Animated Short, 7 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Marvin Martian is monitoring through his telescope a rocket launch on Earth. The
rocket heads straight for him and lands on Mars. The only occupant is Bugs
Bunny, lured into Cape Canaveral by a carrot and sent to Mars as an expendable
"astro-rabbit." Bugs is to claim Mars in the name of the Earth, but Marvin won't
allow an Earth creature to contaminate his atmosphere.
"CASPER THE FRIENDLY GHOST: A VISIT FROM MARS"
1963 USA (Animated Short, 6 minutes)
When young Marty the Martian lands on Earth in a flying saucer, Casper acts as
his guide. Their tour is suddenly interrupted by a threat from the Martians that
they are on their way to earth to recover their missing spaceship.
"MY FAVORITE MARTIAN"
1963 USA (TV Series, 1963-1966, 107 episodes, 30 minutes each) [TMS-SD Library]
Exodus, an alien from the planet Mars, comes to earth and lives with Timothy
O'Hara under the guise of his uncle Martin O'Hara. He spends most of his time
trying to solve some problems caused by his presence in Earth.
"THE ELEVENTH HOUR: IS MR. MARTIAN COMING BACK?"
1963 USA (TV Series, Season 2 Episode 13, 60 minutes)
Directed by Richard Donner and starred Ronny Howard, Bert Lahr, and Marion Ross.
"OPERAZIONE VEGA"
1962 Italy (TV Series, 7 episodes, 60 minutes each)
When Earth authorities threaten to use military force against a rebellious
Martian colony, the settlers on Venus choose the risk of bombardment rather than
be a party to the repression.
"MARTIAN THROUGH GEORGIA"
1962 USA (Animated Short, 7 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Way out in space, on another world whose population is contented, one of its
people decides that travel broadens the mind and relieves boredom. So, he flies
to Earth in hope of helping the alien Earthlings improve their lot, only to
cause panic and be declared a monster just because he looks different. So, he
decides to return home, where, at least, he can find love.
"ARMCHAIR THEATRE: DUMB MARTIAN"
1962 UK (TV Series, Season 4 Episode 54, 60 minutes)
An adaptation of John Wyndham's short story Dumb Martian was originally intended
to launch the series "Out of This World". However, it was broadcast as part of
Armchair Theatre the week before. The play ended with an epilogue by Boris
Karloff introducing and previewing the new spin-off series.
"THE MARTIANS"
1962 USA (Short 10 minutes)
A pilot for a never-made TV series about two Martians who come to Earth and see
the sights. The Martians, Skodo and Palachu, are played by hand puppets (that
look like those old Whimsie dolls). And the sights include touring Broadway and
seeing Liberache at a nightclub; goggling the Weeki Wachee mermaids in Florida;
and taking a whirl on Coney Island's Wonder Wheel.
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"OUT OF THIS WORLD: DUMB MARTIAN"
1962 UK (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 1, 60 minutes)
A spin-off from the popular anthology series Armchair Theatre . An Earthman on a
solo tour of duty on one of Jupiter's moons, buy a Martian woman as a companion.
He mistreats her, assuming her to be just a "dumb martian." He learns, to his
cost, that she has more intelligence than he gives her credit for.
"THE TWILIGHT ZONE: WILL THE REAL MARTIAN PLEASE STAND UP?"
1961 USA (TV Series, Season 2 Episode 19, 25 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Following a frantic phone call about a crashed spaceship, two policeman try and
determine who among the passengers of a bus at a snowed-in roadside diner is
from another world.
"THE TWILIGHT ZONE: PEOPLE ARE ALIKE ALL OVER"
1961 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 25, 25 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A crash landing on Mars leaves a fretful scientist as the lone survivor of an
expedition. After something starts banging on the outside of the spaceship, he
opens the door to discover a race of human-like Martians, who comfort him,
temporarily, in homey settings.
"THE TWILIGHT ZONE: MR. DINGLE, THE STRONG"
1961 USA (TV Series, Season 2 Episode 28, 25 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
During a bar argument where a meek salesman, Dingle, is getting punched by an
irate patron, invisible aliens give him superhuman strength equal to 300 men's
strength. Leaving the bar, he begins to demonstrate his strength to the public,
creating a media frenzy. During a demonstration, the aliens decide to end their
experiment mid-demo, making Dingle a laughing stock. As he's nursing his sorrows
about losing his powers, another pair of aliens arrive to conduct a
super-intelligence experiment. The first aliens direct them to Dingle...
"STOP DRIVING US CRAZY"
1961 USA (Animated Short, 10 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Rusty, a spy from Mars, pays a visit to Earth and discovers how its inhabitants
disrespect one another by driving poorly. The film espouses a Christian
viewpoint on safety, stating that 'reckless driving is a sin.'
"LASSIE: TIMMY AND THE MARTIANS"
1961 USA (TV Series, Season 7 Episode 36, 25 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Lassie uses her supernatural abilities to sniff out aliens in two
out-of-this-world episodes. Timmy thinks he may have spied a spaceship, so he
and his talented collie go off to investigate the landing site in "Man from
Mars." His parents laugh at the notion of wee visitors from outer space, but
Timmy and Lassie might know better.
"MODERN MADCAPS: THE KID FROM MARS"
1961 USA (Animated Short, 7 minutes)
A little Martian lands on Earth near a circus and, with his ray gun, wreaks
havoc for the ringmaster. He causes trouble until the ringmaster offers him a
job.
"MEN INTO SPACE: MISSION TO MARS"
1960 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 32, 26 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
On the Moon the US and Soviets are in an informal race to be the first to Mars.
Both sides play down the need to rush with concerns about safety. Ultimately
both missions launch within minutes of each other, but a terrible accident
completely changes the game and the ultimate fate of both crews.
"THE TWILIGHT ZONE: THE FUGITIVE"
1960 USA (TV Series, Season 3 Episode 25, 25 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Little Jenny wears a brace on her leg. Her best friend, an old man named Old
Ben, brightens her life by performing magic -- he can turn into anything he
wants. One day, two men show up looking for Old Ben and Jenny asks if they are
policemen. Not exactly. Old Ben evades them and confesses to Jenny that he's
from another planet. Old Ben is a fugitive, but he is not a criminal.
"MEN INTO SPACE: FLIGHT TO THE RED PLANET"
1960 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 38-unaired, 30 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The first mission to Mars is nearing the red planet when a series of accidents
and break downs put the mission in doubt. The crew must balance the need for
caution and safety against the massive amount of scientific data that could be
gained on such an expedition.
"PATHFINDERS TO MARS"
1960 UK (TV Series, 6 episodes, 30 minutes each)
The Pathfinders serials were an early attempt at science fiction serials aimed
at a children's audience, and are regarded by many as the forerunner of "Doctor
Who," as both were produced by the same man, Canadian Sydney Newman. In all,
there were four Pathfinders serials - Target Luna, Pathfinders in Space,
Pathfinders to Mars and Pathfinders to Venus.
"POPEYE THE SAILOR: FROM WAY OUT"
1953 USA (Animated Short, 6 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A professor calls Popeye and Olive Oyl into his space observatory to demonstrate
his new scientific magnet. The pull is so strong that it pulls stars from the
sky... then, it pulls a spaceship and a space gun. The professor's "space
magnet" then hauls in a young alien boy (a "Martian Monster" dressed like a
biker in a black leather jacket) who is not happy with the professor's machine,
and who has an attitude for mischief and destruction.
"MARTIAN MAGOO"
1960 USA (Animated Short, 5 minutes)
Magoo mistakes a fishbowl for a TV set. Two strange-looking Martians crawl out
of a flying spaceship and invade Magoo's house.
"FELIX THE CAT: MARTIN THE MARTIAN MEETS FELIX THE CAT"
1960 USA (Animated Short, 25 minutes)
The good martian who always helps Felix and his friends whenever they are in a
space jam.
"FELIX THE CAT: THE MARTIAN RESCUE"
1960 USA (Animated Short, 25 minutes)
Felix is back! And now he has a bag of tricks. This bag is the what the
Professor and his assistant Rock Bottom are after, but Felix never fails in
foiling them. No episode information is currently available.
"BEYOND THE MOON"
1960 USA (Short, 11 minutes)
An amateur filmmaker, R.E. Barnes creates a lo-fi science fiction narrative
using miniatures and models. It follows a rocket's journey from the launchpad to
Mars and is rich with nostalgia for the excitement of imagining life among the
stars.
Preserved by Prelinger Archives
"LASSIE: THE MAN FROM MARS"
1959 USA (TV Series, Season 6 Episode 13, 25 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
When Timmy sees a meteorite fall on the Martins' property, he's sure it was a
spaceship from another planet - and that a man from Mars is wandering around the
farm. Funny thing is: food keeps disappearing from the Martin house!
"QUATERMASS AND THE PIT"
1958 UK (TV Series, 6 episodes, 33 minutes each)
Work on a new London underground line is halted when a skeleton and what appears
to be World War II missile are uncovered. But the 'missile' turns out to be an
alien spacecraft and Professor Bernard Quatermass is called in to investigate.
It soon turns out that the locust like aliens entombed in the ship are not as
dead as they seem and that millions of years before they had had arrived on
Earth from Mars to tamper with the brains of primitive ape creatures. The
opening of the ship unleashes the ancient forces of evil that have lain dormant
in humanity for millenia.
"BUGS BUNNY: HARE-WAY TO THE STARS"
1958 USA (Animated Short, 7 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
While Bugs is sleeping, a rocket is placed over his hole. He climbs aboard and
finds himself in space, where Marvin the Martian has finished his laboratory
research and is about to destroy the Earth; it's up to Bugs to save the world.
"STUDIO ONE: THE NIGHT AMERICA TREMBLED"
1957 USA (TV Series, Season 10, Episode 1, 53 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The first dramatization of the events that happened during the radio broadcast
of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds on October 30, 1938. Newsman Edward R. Murrow
adds modern perspective to '50s audiences about subsequent events that make this
Orson Welles production still seem frightening to anyone who didn't hear the
beginning of the broadcast having switched from Bergin and McCarthy on NBC.
"COSMIC CAPERS"
1957 USA (Animated Short) [TMS-SD Library]
The history of astronomy, from ancient times, through the Greeks, whose Ptolemy
decreed the Earth to be the center of the Universe, stifling thought for over
1,000 years. In the Renaissance, Copernicus and Galileo reformed our views.
Bernard de Fontanelle described a wide and fanciful variety of life on other
planets. A Swedish philosopher also had some amusing views of planetary life. In
the 19th century, more people thought there was life on Mars; another round of
imaginative fiction ensued. H.G. Wells produced The War of the Worlds along with
some more serious (but still wrong) speculation. Edgar Rice Burroughs produced a
Martian bestiary. Many people today believe Martians walk among us or have sent
flying spacecraft in various forms; we also see a prototypical (and amusing)
sci-fi plot, with a cameo by Donald Duck.
"BOYHOOD DAZE"
1957 USA (Animated Short, 7 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Young Ralph Phillips is scolded for breaking a window and sent to his room,
where he lets his imagination run riot and fantasizes he is in prison, next that
he is in Africa, and then that he is a space ace pilot who single-handedly
thwarts a Martian invasion.
"WALT DISNEY'S WONDERFUL WORLD OF COLOR: MARS AND BEYOND"
1957 USA (TV Series, Season 4 Episode 12, 53 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Before man ventured into space, Walt Disney took the nation there. One of three
53-minute segments on space travel dealing with space flight and going to the
Moon and Mars. A combination of lecture (by the tops in the field, including Dr.
Werner von Braun), animation, live-action segments and models, as they
effortlessly teach such elements as why rockets are in stages, what is
gravitational force, orbiting, air pressure, and even the psychological effects
on the mind. The wonder of a most poetic survey about what life might be like on
Mars illustrates Disney animated magic at its best.
"WOODY WOODPECKER: ROUND TRIP TO MARS"
1957 USA (Animated Short, 7 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Woody tricks a scientist into thinking he's landed on Mars, and that Woody is a
Martian.
"ROCKET-BYE BABY"
1956 USA (Animated Short, 7 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A cosmic mix-up results in a Martian baby being delivered to Earth, while an
Earth baby is sent to Mars. Joseph Wilbur and his wife try to raise the
green-skinned, ingenious Martian tyke as if he were an Earthling. But the kid
builds his own spaceship and flies away, and Wilbur must find him and bring him
back, or he'll never be able to make an exchange with the Martian parents for
his own boy.
"MARTIANS COME BACK"
1956 USA (Animated Short)
From the Gerald McBoing-Boing Show.
"DESTINATION EARTH"
1956 USA (Animated Short, 14 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
In this corporate-sponsored cartoon, Martian dissidents learn that oil and
competition are the two things that make America great.
"WOODY WOODPECKER: WOODPECKER FROM MARS"
1956 USA (Animated Short, 6 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Woody Woodpecker is a guest at a television show and walks off with a space
helmet and a space gun as souvenirs. He pretends to be a man from Mars, and is
believed to the extent that he is caught and sent to an atomic laboratory for
testing, which convinces the scientists he does belong on Mars. They send him to
Mars on a rocket-ship and, once there, the Martians are convinced he is a crazy
alien from Earth, and start testing him in their laboratories.
"FLASH GORDON: THE RACE AGAINST TIME"
1955 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 19, 25 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Kribian of Pluto is the latest to vote on disbanding the G.B.I. Commander
Richards is authorized to carry Earth's deciding vote to the Mars Conference,
and asks Flash and Dale to accompany him in the Skyflash II. However as they
pass Planetoid Epsilon 30 their ship is hit by a mysterious Ray in an attempt to
keep them from representing Earth in the United Planets election.
"I LOVE LUCY: LUCY IS ENVIOUS"
1954 USA (TV Series, Season 3 Episode 23, 25 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A former classmate of Lucy Ricardo has done very well for herself, and now heads
up a charitable drive for their alma mater. She contacts Lucy for a donation,
and Lucy attempts to impress her old classmate by exaggerating her wealth and
status. Soon Lucy and Ethel both find themselves in debt to this woman by five
hundred dollars each, and in their desperation, they take stunt jobs as "women
from Mars" to promote a new movie.
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"COMMANDO CODY - SKY MARSHAL OF THE UNIVERSE: ROBOT MONSTER OF MARS"
1955 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 7, 25 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A serial or a television series? It was originally intended as a TV series, but
contractual obligations forced Republic Pictures to give it a theatrical release
before allowing it to be broadcast on TV. While each episode bears a "number"
and title, the episodes do not end in "cliffhangers," a hallmark of the classic
movie serial. Unlike TV series of that period, though, the episodes are not
completely self contained--they follow a definite story arc, and cannot be shown
out of order and remain comprehensible to the viewer.
"DUCK DODGERS IN THE 24-1/2TH CENTURY"
1953 USA (Animated Short, 7 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Space hero Duck Dodgers, along with Eager Young Space Cadet Porky, travel to
Planet X in search of Alludium Phosdex, the shaving cream atom. Unfortunately,
Commander X-2 arrives in his "Martian Maggot" spaceship with his own designs on
the place.
Go to the Duck Dodgers Episode Guide.
"POPEYE THE SAILOR: ACE OF SPACE"
1953 USA (Animated Short, 7 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Popeye is abducted by aliens who want to do weird experiments on him.
"ROD BROWN OF THE ROCKET RANGERS: RETURN OF THE STICKMEN"
1953 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 44, 30 minutes)
In 2153, Rocket Rangers operate from Omega Base to safeguard the peace and
freedom of the solar system. Two men from Mars capture a Neptunian Stickman, a
creature resembling a bundle of sticks.
"ROD BROWN OF THE ROCKET RANGERS: THE MAGIC MAN OF MARS"
1953 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 31, 30 minutes)
A carnival entertainer who specializes in magic has a more lucrative secret life
as a space pirate.
"ROD BROWN OF THE ROCKET RANGERS: THE ROBOT ROBBER OF DEIMOS"
1953 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 30, 30 minutes)
The Rocket Rangers are called into action after a humanoid robot is used to
pilots\ a spaceship and rob the First Martian Bank.
"ROD BROWN OF THE ROCKET RANGERS: THE MARTIAN QUEEN"
1953 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 17, 30 minutes)
Rod Brown and the Rocket Rangers follow a trail of peanut shells leading to a
gang of saboteurs.
"CAPTAIN VIDEO AND HIS VIDEO RANGERS: ADVENTURE ON PHOBOS"
1953 USA (TV Series, 30 minutes)
The Video Rangers face crisis on Mars' moon Phobos, as the secret weapons
laboratories there are targeted by thieves.
"BUGS BUNNY: THE HASTY HARE"
1952 USA (Animated Short, 7 minutes)
Marvin Martian arrives on Earth with his soldier dog, K-9, under orders to bring
an Earthling back to Mars, and he decides to take Bugs, who commandeers Marvin's
spaceship
"WOODY WOODPECKER: TERMITES FROM MARS"
1952 USA (Animated Short, 6 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
When a local observatory notices Martian spaceships rocketing through space,
news and bulletins are sent out to warn Earth of their inevitable invasion. When
Woody Woodpecker notices a bulletin about them on TV, he pays no mind until he
sees the spaceships landing outside his tree home. The Martians are revealed to
be termites who immediately get to work devouring Woody's home. Woody tries to
stop them but the creatures are one step ahead of him until he notices their
weakness.
"TALES OF TOMORROW: APPOINTMENT ON MARS"
1952 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 39, 30 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Three astronauts land on Mars, hoping to find valuable minerals. After
discovering a rich deposit of uranium ore, one of the men becomes increasingly
paranoid. Is it just his imagination, or are they really being watched?
"TALES OF TOMORROW: PLAGUE FROM SPACE"
1952 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 30, 30 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
USAF Colonel Jeffrey Ward's abilities are put to the ultimate test when a
Martian spaceship lands at his base. At first glance the craft has only one
passenger, but when an infection breaks out it becomes clear that there was more
than one Martian on the ship.
"TALES OF TOMORROW: BOUND TOGETHER"
1952 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 23, 30 minutes)
A space pilot reported missing on a trip to Mars unexpectedly returns to his
wife.
"TALES OF TOMORROW: MOMENTO"
1952 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 21, 30 minutes)
A scientist who spent his life building a ship that can fly to Mars, discovers
he cannot make the trip, and embittered, he plans to destroy it till fate alters
his course.
"ZOMBIES OF THE STRATOSPHERE"
1952 USA (Serial, 12 episodes, 14 minutes each, 167 minutes total) [TMS-SD
Library]
Security agent Larry Martin, who can fly with an experimental rocket suit,
investigates clandestine visits to earth by a Martian spaceship. Meanwhile,
villainous Martians conspire with a traitorous atomic scientist to blast earth
out of its orbit and replace it with Mars! Can Larry and his cohort Bob Wilson
stop the Martians before they complete their dastardly project? Not a zombie in
sight.
"TOM CORBETT, SPACE CADET: THE MARTIAN REVOLT"
1952 USA (TV Series, 15 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The announced plan to divide the Space Academy into a number of separate
campuses is really a front for revolutionaries to overthrow the Solar Guard and
take over the Solar System. The space cadets are trapped in a rocket ship
designed to crash onto the surface of Mars, killing everyone aboard.
"TRAIL OF THE ROCKET"
1951 USA (Short, 31 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Singers Lucille and Johnny, whose radio show is sponsored by Oldsmobile, are
invited to visit the Olds factory to see why the product is superior. While
touring the plant, Johnny becomes concerned that another visitor is a Martian
spy dedicated to subverting Earth's autonomy.
"TALES OF TOMORROW: THE CRYSTAL EGG"
1951 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 9, 30 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
After a customer is overly eager to buy a crystal egg, an antique shop owner
does the only logical thing: takes it to the chairman of Cambridge's physics
department, who discovers the egg's secret. From a story by H. G. Wells.
"TALES OF TOMORROW: TEST FLIGHT"
1951 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 10, 30 minutes)
Bull-headed Crowder, a weathly industrialist and CEO of a major company is
determined to build a space ship that will enable him to be the first to travel
to another planet. He hires a brilliant young rocket scientist who convinces him
that he alone can build the right motor to propell the rocket to another planet,
with the conditions that he have no interference and that he be on the first
test flight into space. When the Controller and Board of Directors of his
company try to shut Crowder down, he orders that the rocket be tested and it
blasts off successfully into space. But the young scientist has no intention of
returning to Earth and advises Crowder..."I am going home to my planet ...
Mars."
"TALES OF TOMORROW: THE MONSTERS"
1951 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 7, 30 minutes)
Exciting tale of what happens when an expedition from Mars arrives on Earth.
"TALES OF TOMORROW: THE LAST MAN ON EARTH"
1951 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 5, 30 minutes)
What happens after the Martians take over the world leaving only two people
alive for experiments?
"OUT THERE: MISFIT"
1951 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 4, 30 minutes)
The superhuman task of moving an asteroid to a position between the orbits of
Earth and Mars, as a potential rescue landing station for spaceships. The job is
accomplished by a futuristic Earth Foreign Legion, assigned to risky
enterprises, and it is specifically the work of a young astronaut, a
recalcitrant fellow, who by instinct can figure out involved mathematical
problems.
"LIGHTS OUT: THE MARTIAN EYES"
1951 USA (TV Series, 22 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Professor Lyman tells fantastic tales of Martians living among us to the
enthralled patrons of a local bar. He believes that Martians have conquered us
and rule the world, only we don't know it yet. Lymon explains that Martians have
a third eye in the middle of their forehead which is visible only under infrared
light. The Professor enlists the help of photographer Mr. Sorrel, who takes
photos with an infrared camera as a stranger secretly follows him. Later, as
Lyman and Sorrel meet at the photographer's studio, the stranger bursts into the
room. Only one of the trio will survive the night!
"FLYING DISC MAN FROM MARS"
1950 USA (Serial, 12 episodes, 167 minutes total; also edited to a 75 minute
Feature) [TMS-SD Library]
A strange craft spying on industrialist Bryant's plant is brought down by
Bryant's new atomic ray. Bryant meets the one survivor ... Mota from the planet
Mars! Not exactly benevolent, Mota enlists the aid of Bryant (a former Nazi) in
a scheme to bring Earth under control of a supreme dictator, for its own good of
course, using advanced atomic weapons. But their attempts to steal uranium alert
Kent Fowler of Fowler Air Patrol, who sets out single-handed to foil the
villains. Fist-fights and wrecks in every episode (black and white serial in 12
parts).
"SPACE BARTON ON MARS AND BEYOND"
1950-51 USA (Animated TV Series, 135 episodes 3.5 min) "Space Barton reporting
from the planet Mars!" With these words the middle part of the daily comic strip
'Space Barton' would invite us to high adventure on our neighboring planet,
Mars. The stories are not animated, but are comprised of a series of consecutive
comic panels nicely illustrated to tell a story, not unlike a comic book or
comic strip.
"BUGS BUNNY: HAREDEVIL HARE"
1948 USA (Animated Short, 7 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Bugs Bunny is tricked into being the first rabbit shot into space. When he lands
on the moon he finds Commander X-2 (later known as Marvin Martian).
"KITTY KORNERED"
1946 USA (Animated Short, 7 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Porky Pig puts his cats out in the snow, but then they put him out and have a
party. Expelling them again, Porky goes to bed, only to be terrorized by the
felines' mock Martian invasion.
"ROCKET TO MARS"
1946 USA (Animated Short, 6 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Popeye and Olive are touring a museum when they accidentally launch a rocketship
to Mars. Olive escapes, but Popeye gets to Mars, where he is attacked (by a
group led by Bluto) that was preparing to invade Earth. Fortunately, Popeye has
a can of spinach handy, so he can save the Earth (turning most of the Martian
war apparatus into amusement park rides).
"THE PURPLE MONSTER STRIKES"
1945 USA (Serial, 15 episodes, 209 minutes total) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "D-Day on Mars," "The Purple Shadow Strikes"
Invasion of America from 50,000,000 miles away! Daring! Thrilling! Weird!
Wonderful! A Martian spacecraft crash-lands near the observatory of Cyrus
Layton, designer of Earth's first spaceship. The survivor, forerunner of an
invasion, can assume the form of any earthman. Calling himself the "Purple
Monster," the humanoid invader sets about gaining control of Layton's rocket
project. Opposing him is Craig Foster, former Secret Service man, who episode by
episode tries to thwart the monster's attempts to acquire rocket components.
Will Craig ever suspect that his closest associate is really the monster?
"MARS: A FANTASY TRAVELOGUE"
1943 USA (Short, 15 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The opulent buildings and grand courtyards are a fantastic monument to a Martian
race extinct for perhaps millions of years and the ornate edifices are
documented falling to the natural deterioration and destruction by environmental
events.
"BELIEVE IT OR ELSE"
1939 USA (Animated Short, 8 minutes)
In this spoof of the newsreel series, we meet a man who drinks large amounts of
milk, a snake charmer, a man building a ship in a bottle, the world's loudest
hog caller, a man who hasn't left his room for years, a human basketball, an
optical illusion, a new giant telescope showing life on Mars and none on the
moon, a wishing well in Egypt, the world's fastest woodcutter, the country's
most accurate knife thrower, the sounds made by ants, and a man who saws people
in half. Egghead keeps saying he doesn't believe it.
"FLASH GORDON'S TRIP TO MARS"
1938 USA (Serial, 15 episodes, 20 minutes each, 199 minutes total) [TMS-SD
Library]
aka: "Deadly Ray From Mars" (recut), "Flash Gordon: Mars Attacks the World,"
"Space Soldiers' Trip to Mars"
Flash, Dale, and Dr. Zarkov return from their former space adventures only to
find that their enemy, Ming the Merciless of planet Mongo, has a new weapon: a
deadly ray that crosses space to wreak havoc on earth. Earth's only hope is for
our heroes to take off again and stop the ray at its source on Mars, where they
(and a stowaway) must battle Ming's ally, Queen Azura, who turns her enemies
into lumpish clay people. Can they survive 15 chapters of deadly perils? Find
out next week...
"SCRAPPY'S TRIP TO MARS"
1937 USA (Animated Short)
Scrappy and Yippie dream that they take a rocket trip to Mars. There they meet
some nice Martian girls. When they want to go home, the Martians will not let
them leave the planet.
"OSWALD THE LUCKY RABBIT: SKY LARKS"
1934 USA (Animated Short, 8 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Oswald the Rabbit and his friend Doc Beagle travel up to Mars in a hot air
balloon where they meet the Roman god of war and a variety of anthropomorphic
weapons.
No information currently available.
"BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY: AN INTERPLANETARY BATTLE WITH THE TIGER MEN OF
MARS"
1934 USA (Short, 8 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "An Interplanetary Battle with the Tiger Men of Mars"
A signal from Buddy Deering on Mars warns Earth that the Tiger Men of Mars and
their cruel king have broken their treaty and are attacking. Buck Rogers and
Wilma Deering go to rendezvous with the Earth battle fleet before setting off to
fight the tigerships. Baldpated genius inventor Dr. Huer uses the "cosmic
radiotelevision" to watch the space battle. Which side will be victorious? The
tigerships and their paralysis ray? Or our Earth forces, armed with the flash
ray and Dr. Huer's new magnetic ray?
"OSWALD THE LUCKY RABBIT: MARS"
1930 USA (Animated Short, 6 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Oswald and Badger are sitting on a bench in a park when a pretty female Teddy
Bear walks by, sings the song "A Bench in the Park." When she drops a
hankerchief, Oswald and Badger get into a tussle. Badger kick Oswald in the rear
so strong that Oswald is sent into space, eventually finding himself landing on
the planet Mars for some outrageous adventures.
"UP TO MARS"
1930 USA (Animated Short, 7 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Bimbo is setting off fireworks. A mouse gets in his way, and the two of them get
into a dynamite fight, sending Bimbo to Mars. On Mars, Bimbo encounters strange
behavior, such as an alien trying to put a gigantic letter in a small mailbox,
only to put the mailbox into the letter, a robber giving money (at gunpoint) to
his victim, and other craziness. Directed by Dave Fleischer.
"FELIX THE CAT FLIRTS WITH FATE"
1926 USA (Animated Short, 10 minutes)
Felix feels lonely, seeing all the other animals finding love. At last, he spots
the perfect mate ... unfortunately, she's on Mars!
"OUT OF THE INKWELL PRESENTS: KOKO THE CLOWN - A TRIP TO MARS"
1924 USA (Animated Short, 7 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Directed by Dave Fleischer, featuring Koko The Clown in an Out of the Inkwell
silent cartoon.
"PASYNOK MARSA"
1914 Russia (Animated Short, 9 minutes)
aka: "Adoptive Son of Mars," "Mars' Stepson"
Patriotic film using stop-motion puppets.
No information currently available.
"A TRIP TO MARS"
1910 USA (Short, 4 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
This black and white film produced by Thomas Edison was the first "movie" about
Mars. A professor discovers that when he mixes two magical powders he has the
power to reverse gravity. Some of the powder falls on him, and he is lifted up,
flying through the sky until he finally falls down on the surface of Mars. He
escapes some gnarly-limbed trees only to fall over a ridge and land on the lip
of a giant Martian. The giant exhales and blows the professor into the air, then
catches him, again and again, until the professor is propelled back to Earth.
After crash landing back in his laboratory, the professor tries to destroy the
powder only to wind up combining them again. The final shot shows the professor
sitting on the floor of his chaotically spinning laboratory.
(NOTE: Some sources claim that this movie was actually a pirated version of
Georges Méliès popular 1902 silent film, "Le Voyage dans la Lune." Having seen
this film, this is definitely not the case.)
"A MESSAGE FROM MARS"
1903 New Zealand (Short, 13 minutes)
Based on a stage play that was highy popular in Australia and New Zealand, it
portrays the story of a Martian comes to earth to show a human he is selfish.
Note: This is considered a "lost" film and is no longer known to exist in any
studio archives, private collections or public archives.
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"MARS CALLING: MANIFEST DESTINY OR GRAND ILLUSION?
2018 USA (Documentary, 54 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Some believe Mars is the next home for Humanity. But the real "red planet" is a
trickster; strikingly beautiful, yet sweetly sinister. Even as a growing armada
of instruments arrive, this small cold world conceals its secrets. This film
merges the mythic and the scientific to show that Mars may not be what we
imagine. Settlers beware: the Red Planet may change us as much as we change it.
View the trailer "Mars Calling – Manifest Destiny or Grand Illusion?"
View the film on "AmazonPrime"
"THE MARS GENERATION"
2017 USA (Documentary, 97 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
For centuries, the red planet has captured our imaginations. And today, the
possibility of a manned mission to Mars has never been closer. Bill Nye, Neil
deGrasse Tyson and a new generation of space enthusiasts come together to
explore the potential of human life on Mars.
View the trailer "Life on Mars"
View the film on "Netflix"
"NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: LIFE ON MARS"
2016 USA (Documentary, 43 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Life on Mars may come in the form of extremophiles.
View the film "Life on Mars"
"THE SKY AT NIGHT: LIFE ON MARS"
2016 UK (TV Series, 30 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The Sky at Night team investigates the ongoing hunt for life on Mars. It is one
of the great scientific questions of our time, but are we any closer to finding
an answer? As well as uncovering the cause of the recent crash of the
Schiaparelli lander, the team looks at the next missions designed to hunt for
life on the red planet - from a rover designed to drill deep into the surface,
to the orbiter sniffing for signs of methane in the atmosphere. Have we been
deliberately avoiding the most likely places to find life on Mars?
View the film "Life on Mars"
"ABOVE AND BELOW"
2016 Switzerland/Germany/USA (Documentary, 118 minutes)
This not-quite-documentary takes place far away and out of sight, on the margins
and off the grid of American society. It tells the stories of April, Dave,
Cindy, Rick and a man who calls himself "the Godfather." From a couple scraping
by in the depths of the flood channels located beneath Sin City, to a man living
in a reclaimed military bunker in the middle of the dusty California desert, and
beyond even the stratosphere, to a place where Mars and Earth have become one
and the same place, this motley crew of individuals have been flung into
periling circumstances on this rollercoaster ride called life. Through the
hustle, pain, and laughter, we are whisked away to an unfamiliar world whose
inhabitants are revealed to be souls not unlike our very own.
View the trailer for "Above and Below"
"THE MARS UNDERGROUND"
2015 USA (Documentary, 84 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A landmark (updated) documentary about renowned aerospace scientist and
visionary, Dr. Robert Zubrin, and his struggle to get the first human mission to
Mars off the ground.
View the film "The Mars Underground"
"A SPACE PROGRAM"
2015 USA (Documentary, 72 minutes)
Internationally acclaimed artist Tom Sachs takes us on an intricately handmade
journey to the red planet, providing audiences with an intimate, first-person
look into his studio and methods. The film is both a piece of art in its own
right and a recording of Sachs' historic piece, Space Program 2.0: MARS. Sachs
and his team built an entire space program from scratch. They were guided by the
philosophy of bricolage - creating and constructing from available yet limited
resources. They ultimately sent two female astronauts to Mars in search of the
answer to humankind's ultimate question... are we alone?
View the trailer for "A Space Program"
"PASSAGE TO MARS"
2015 USA (Documentary, 105 minutes)
NASA leads an Arctic expedition across the legendary Northwest Passage to reach
Devon Island and the Haughton Meteor Crater, a place scientists call "Mars on
Earth" and to pave the way to the first human exploration of the Red Planet.
View the teaser trailer for "Passage to Mars"
"MARS ROVER TEST DRIVE"
2015 USA (Documentary, 13 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The Good Mythical Morning crew visits the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and test
drive a Mars rover. GMM #766!
View the film "Mars Rover Test Drive"
"RED PLANET ROVER"
2014 USA (Documentary, 42 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
From the Curiosity rover's famous "7 minutes of terror" before landing in 2012
to this week's stunning discovery of organics on the Martian surface, we will be
treated to exclusive footage of the NASA team that made it happen and fresh
details of what these findings means for the search for extraterrestrial life
throughout our solar system.
View the teaser trailer for "Red Planet Rover"
"STRIP THE COSMOS: EXPEDITION MARS"
2014 UK (Documentary, 42 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
We strip apart Mars and tear off swirling dust storms, frozen ice caps, and
giant volcanoes layer by layer to explore the secrets that lie beneath the Red
Planet.
"MAN VS. THE UNIVERSE: MARS IS OURS"
2014 USA (Documentary, 42 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
For decades humans have dreamed of going to Mars, and now we're finally on the
brink of blasting off for the red planet. SpaceX founder Elon Musk believes Mars
is our insurance policy in case Earth becomes uninhabitable. With unprecedented
access into SpaceX, viewers will see the engineers making our mission to occupy
Mars a reality. Future 'Marsonauts' are already learning how to survive on a
frozen desert by practicing in the wilds of Utah. An aerospace engineer is
designing the spacesuit that will shield us from the harsh Martian environment
and give us superhuman strength. SpaceX hopes to get to Mars in about two
decades, but another space startup, Mars One, thinks it can get humans there in
just ten years. The only catch: it's a one-way trip, with no chance of ever
Coming Home.
"HORIZON: MAN ON MARS: MISSION TO THE RED PLANET"
2014 UK (Documentary series, Season 50 Episode 7, 42 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Horizon goes behind the scenes at Nasa to discover how it is preparing for its
most ambitious and daring mission: to land men - and possibly women - on the
surface of Mars. Horizon meets the scientists and engineers who are designing
new rockets, new space suits and finding ways to help astronauts survive the
perils of this long voyage. And it turns out that having the 'right stuff' for a
mission to Mars might not be quite what you expect.
Watch the episode
"THE SKY AT NIGHT: MYSTERIOUS MARS"
2014 UK (TV Series, 30 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Mars captures the imagination like no other planet and currently our nearest
neighbour is at its brightest for several years, so it's a perfect opportunity
to explore a planet that is tantalisingly similar to our own. And in the past it
may have been even more like Earth, an inviting and habitable place, a perfect
environment for life to flourish.
"THE NEXT GIANT LEAP"
2014 UK (Documentary, 12 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Mars has fascinated humankind ever since we first gazed with intelligent eyes up
into the night sky. But will we ever reach the planet ourselves? Through
interviews with scientists at the cutting edge of planetary science and
astrobiology, this short documentary discusses the challenges and rewards of our
next giant leap.
View the film "The Next Giant Leap"
"AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: WAR OF THE WORLDS"
2013 USA (Documentary series, Season 25 Episode 1, 54 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Shortly after 8 p.m. on the Halloween Eve, 1938, the voice of a panicked radio
announcer broke in with a news bulletin reporting strange explosions taking
place on the planet Mars, followed minutes later by a report that Martians had
landed in the tiny town of Grovers Mill, New Jersey. Although most listeners
understood that the program was a radio drama, the next day's headlines reported
that thousands of others plunged into panic, convinced that America was under a
deadly Martian attack. It turned out to be H.G. Wells' classic The War of the
Worlds, performed by 23-year-old Orson Welles.
Visit the PBS.org for more information.
"THE GREAT MARTIAN WAR 1913 - 1917"
2013 Canada/UK (Documentary, 87 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Documentary-drama recounting the Martian War of 1913 - 1917. Europe was on
tenterhooks in the 2nd decade of the 20th century, everyone was expecting a
Great War between the major European powers. But then, in 1913, something
crashed into the forests of SW Germany. Troops were sent to investigate but were
wiped out. Martian fighting machines began making their way across Western
Europe and the countries of Europe combined forces to resist them. With aspects
taken from "The War of the Worlds" by H.G. Wells and from WWI itself, this
dramatisation presents a documentary style look at events as they unfolded and
the effect they had of our world today.
Visit the History Channel for more information.
"ONE WAY ASTRONAUT: DYING 33 MILLION MILES FROM HOME"
2012 Netherlands (Documentary, 54 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
An independent documentary surrounding people who have signed up to leave Earth
to be the first human settlers on the planet Mars. It follows aspiring
astronauts Stephan, Sara, Henri and Beatriz who, like tens of thousands of
applicants to the Mars One project from around the world, say they are willing
to spend the rest of their lives on the red planet. It is the story of Mars One
and its founder Bas Lansdorp in the project's early stages. Space experts answer
questions about the likelihood of Mars One succeeding and discuss the kind of
risks the astronauts will be facing. Worldwide interest in the Mars One mission
is a tell-tale of our society today and its hopes for itself.
View the trailer for "One Way Astronaut"
View the film on "PrimeVideo.com"
"DEADLIEST SPACE WEATHER: MARS"
2013 USA (TV Series, Season 1, Episode 4, 22 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Imagine acid rain that can eat through solid steel, hurricane winds that blow at
1,600 miles per hour, lightning bolts 10,000 times more powerful than anything
on Earth. This isn't the plot of the latest Hollywood disaster movie - its
weather happening right now throughout our solar system. But what if these
extreme conditions existed where we live? Deadliest Space Weather, through
cutting-edge graphics, will recreate these extreme weather conditions right here
on Earth with a surreal look at the real deadly weather of space.
"NOVA: ULTIMATE MARS CHALLENGE"
2012 USA (TV Series, Season 40, Episode 4, 54 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Why go back to Mars? Far from dead, Mars holds untold potential. Nearly half a
century of Mars exploration has yielded tantalizing clues that Mars may once
have harbored life—and may harbor it still. The extraordinary landing of a
revolutionary rover named Curiosity—which successfully touched down inside the
Gale Crater—means we have wheels down on the planet once again, in the form of
the most sophisticated robot ever to rove the Mars surface. Will NASA's bold
mission and this marvel of technology answer some of our biggest questions and
usher in a new golden age of exploration? NOVA goes behind the scenes on NASA's
quest to solve the riddles of the red planet.
"THE SKY AT NIGHT: MYSTERIOUS MARS"
2012 UK (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 718, 30 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The NASA rover, Curiosity, landed on Mars in August. Sir Patrick Moore discusses
what Curiosity will be doing, as well as what to see in the September night sky.
"I.AM.MARS: REACHING FOR THE STARS"
2012 USA (Documentary, 45 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
It's one of the most exciting missions in NASA's history, and certainly one
that's been capturing the public's imagination. The latest mission to Mars has
renewed considerable interest in the space program, and inspired at least a few
television programs here on Earth to help viewers at home to share in the
excitement of the discoveries that are taking place. Science's offering,
i.am.mars: Reach for the Stars, documents the artistic and technical process
that led to recording star will.i.am's newest single, "Reach for the Stars"
becoming the first song broadcast to Earth from another planet.
"MARS LANDING 2012: THE NEW SEARCH FOR LIFE"
2012 USA (Documentary, 45 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
The world followed the landmark event of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
spacecraft, "Curiosity," as it transported the largest-ever landing craft and
research payload that could be the key to discovering life on Mars. Provides an
exclusive same-day look at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) as it executed "the
most complex Mars mission to date."
"MARTIAN MEGA ROVER"
2012 USA (Documentary, 45 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Surging with confidence after the phenomenal success of the Mars rovers,
"Spirit" and "Opportunity," NASA scientists and engineers had big plans for the
next mission - a mega rover, the Mars Science Laboratory, aka the "Curiosity"
rover. "There was a group adrenaline rush throughout the entire Martian
community," says engineer Gentry Lee, "that was almost like, 'we can do
anything!'" This would be rocket science on steroids - a roving laboratory built
to last years, not months, and travel a dozen miles or more over rugged Martian
terrain, carrying a dream payload of scientific instruments designed to settle
once and for all the question of whether Mars is or was ever was a place that
could support life.
"EIGHT YEARS ON MARS"
2012 USA (Documentary, 45 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Tells the story of NASA's two original rovers, "Spirit" and "Curiosity," which
were expected to last 90 days on the Martian surface. While Spirit eventually
stalled in quicksand and died over the Martian winter, Opportunity is still
roving more than eight years later.
"NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: CRASH LANDING ON MARS"
2016 USA (Documentary, 43 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Factual information about Mars woven into a fictional story about a crash
landing there.
View the film "Crash Landing on Mars."
"NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: DEATH OF A MARS ROVER"
2011 USA (Documentary, 50 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
When the twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity tuched down on Mars in January 200,
they were expected to drive a few hundered yards and last nintey days.
Seven-plus years later, the hardy robots have proven to be two of the greatest
explorers of the space age, trekking miles ascross hostile deserts, climbing
mountains, scrambling in and out of craters, and cheating death many imes. Now
comes the sad news tha while Opportunity continues to roll, Spirit has reached
the end of the road. Death of a Mars Roer tells the epic story of Spirit and
Opportunity, and the desperate effort to save Spirit...
"NOVA SCIENCENOW: CAN WE MAKE IT TO MARS?"
2011 USA (TV Series, Season 5, Episode 1, 52 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Host Neil deGrasse Tyson escorts viewers on an examination of the questions
surrounding humans' ability to survive a roundtrip journey of up to three years
to Mars. Can astronauts survive that long without gravity? How will their food
be kept palatable? Scientists and engineers discuss advances in
radiation-defying, skin-tight space suits, exercises to keep bones healthy, the
preservation of foodstuffs, and plasma-powered, super-fast spaceships.
"PHOENIX MARS MISSION: ONTO THE ICE"
2010 USA (Documentary, 56 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A behind-the-scenes look at NASA's Mars exploration mission, this documentary
follows scientists' attempts to shuttle the Phoenix Mars Lander millions of
miles across space, land the vehicle safely on the planet's surface and retrieve
useful data. With only 90 days of sunlight to fuel their solar-powered lander,
the team rushes to complete as many experiments as possible and hopefully
discover water, the key to all life.
"MARS: THE QUEST FOR LIFE"
2009 USA (Documentary, 43 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
This absorbing documentary allows viewers to experience the March 2008 Mars
touchdown of the Phoenix Lander through the eyes of project manager Peter Smith
and the NASA and University of Arizona teams that landed the craft. Capturing
the emotion and tension surrounding that epic event, the film also illuminates
what's known about the planet and what scientists hope to discover -- namely
information about its microbial life and history of water.
"FIVE YEARS ON MARS"
2009 USA (Documentary, 50 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
National Geographic brings you the amazing story of the NASA rovers Spirit and
Opportunity, which landed on Mars in 2004 and were expected to survive for only
a few months. Five years later, they're still transmitting vital data on the Red
Planet. These resilient, solar-powered field geologists have provided hundreds
of thousands of fascinating images to scientists and proven that the greatest
glories of the Space Age are yet to come.
"PHOENIX MARS MISSION: ASHES TO ICE"
2008 USA (Documentary, 56 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
In the wake of several failed missions, a team of dedicated researchers led by
principal investigator Peter H. Smith endeavors to send a spacecraft to Mars,
where it will study the planet's water and soil. This absorbing documentary
chronicles the making of the 420 million-mile mission through all the
painstaking preparations and right up to the spacecraft's predawn launch from
Cape Canaveral, Fla., in August 2007.
"NOVA: IS THERE LIFE ON MARS?"
2008 USA (TV Series, Season 36, Episode 8, 56 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
This fascinating documentary rounds up eye-opening evidence of the potential for
life on Mars collected by NASA's Phoenix lander, a probe sent to Mars in 2008 to
join the twin robot explorers Spirit and Opportunity. Just two months after it
arrived, the Phoenix confirmed the presence of ice on Martian soil, fueling
scientists' belief that the planet is -- or once was -- capable of sustaining
life.
"THE MARSDREAMERS"
2007 Swiss (83 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A specific group of Americans dream of going to Mars one day. They firmly
believe that it is absolutely necessary for the human race to explore the
universe. The first step is to travel to Mars in search of traces of life and
establish a new civilization.
"WAR OF THE WORLDS SCANDAL"
2007 USA (Documentary, 70 minutes)
On Oct. 30, 1938, families throughout New York state fled their homes, fearing
an alien attack -- thanks to the all-too-convincing "War of the Worlds" radio
broadcast by Orson Welles. This documentary recounts the events of that
extraordinary day. The program examines not only the details of the broadcast
itself, but also the wider social context of the frail world in 1938, the kind
of world that would give way to even greater hysteria.
"MARS RISING"
2007 Canada / France (Documentary, 6 episodes, 45 minutes each, 270 minutes
total) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Objectif Mars," "Wettlauf zum Mars"
A comprehensive examination of the challenges, the obstacles, the fears and the
successes of the mission and experts with diverse backgrounds and nationalities
contributed their knowledge to this series. Producers Galafilm secured
unprecedented co-operation from the NASA, the Canadian Space Agency, the
European Space Agency and various Russian space agencies and contractors like
Energia, gaining access to top personnel and up-to-the-minute prototypes. Over
300 scientists were consulted for the series and more than 60 experts, including
former and current astronauts, appear on camera. Critical subjects covered
include spaceship design, possible trajectories, rocket fuel, finding new life
forms, new thoughts on astronaut selection and training, space suit engineering,
medical training for deep space, blasting through Mars' atmosphere, life support
systems and robotics.
"THE UNIVERSE: MARS - THE RED PLANET"
2007 USA (Documentary, Season 1 Episode 2, 45 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
It has been fifty years since man first ventured into space, but the greatest
secrets are yet to be revealed. Mars is the planet in our solar system most
similar to Earth despite otherworldly features such as the largest volcano in
the Solar System. Rumors of life on Mars may be substantiated as NASA orbiters
and rovers discover new evidence of frozen water just beneath the rusty soil.
Did alien life exist there? As Earth reels with the effects of global warming,
Mars becomes the most likely candidate for eventual human habitation.
Cutting-edge computer graphics are used to show what life would be like on Mars,
and to imagine what kind of life forms might evolve in alien atmospheres.
"THE SKY AT NIGHT: TIME LORD"
2007 UK (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 653, 30 minutes)
In an anniversary program, Patrick Moore travels back in time to see the first
recording of "The Sky at Night" which took place 50 years ago this month. He
talks to his earlier self about astronomy back in 1957, and discusses how things
have changed in half a century. He then time travels to 2057 where the 'virtual'
Patrick, saved in the BBC computer, is now celebrating 100 years of making "The
Sky at Night" and talks to Dr Brian May about the discovery of life on Mars.
"THE SKY AT NIGHT: MARTIAN ADVENTURES"
2007 UK (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 655, 40 minutes)
In this special extended programme, Chris Lintott goes to the USA to investigate
studies of Mars carried out by NASA, whilst Patrick Moore looks into European
exploration of the Red Planet.
UFO TV SPECIAL EDITION "LIFE ON MARS/PERU'S MYSTERY IN STONE"
2006 USA (Documentary, 74 minutes)
Scientists announce the discovery of startling artificial structures found among
recently released NASA/JPL photos taken by the Mars Global Surveyor and that
these artificial structures are stunning proof that Mars once was inhabited by
an intelligent civilization.
"SCIENCE FICTION BRITANNIA: THE MARTIANS AND US"
2006 UK (Documentary series, 3 episodes)
Three-part documentary exploring how UK writers pioneered and remained in the
vanguard of one of the most popular literary genres.
"ROVING MARS"
2006 USA (IMAX Documentary, 40 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
aka: "Der Rote Planet - Expedition Mars"
ROVING MARS follows the exciting journey of a dedicated team of NASA scientists
and engineers as they design, build, launch and land a pair of state-of-the-art,
robotic exploration vehicles - Mars Exploration Rovers (MERs) - onto the surface
of Mars. Launched in 2003, the rovers, dubbed Spirit and Opportunity, were sent
to the Red Planet to bring us closer to answering the timeless question: "Are we
alone?"
"THE SKY AT NIGHT: RETURN TO THE RED PLANET"
2006 UK (Documentary, 30 minutes)
Britain is going back to Mars on board the European Exomars mission. UK
scientists have a key role designing and building many of the instruments,
including the innovative 'life marker chip'. Patrick Moore discovers how we hope
to find Martian life, while Chris Lintott goes in search of the rover which will
be climbing the mountains on Mars.
"IS IT REAL? LIFE ON MARS"
2006 USA (Documentary, 47 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
As long as we have lifted eyes into space, we have dreamed one day finding life
on another planet. Scientists believe Mars may be the planet in our solar system
that has life. But could there really be life on Mars? Join the National
Geographic Channel as they interview top planetary scientists and amateur
researchers, who have dedicated their lives to the subject and separate
scientific evidence from flights of fancy.
"LIFE ON MARS: PERU'S MYSTERY IN STONE"
2005 USA (Documentary, 53 minutes)
What's the link between Mars and Peru? Life on Mars presents evidence (via Mars
Global Surveyor photos) of artificial structures indicating that intelligent
life once inhabited the red planet, while Mystery in Stone examines the theory
that an advanced ancient society carved humanlike heads in volcanic rock atop a
Peruvian plateau. As this two-pack of videos suggests, one ancient civilization
may have been responsible for both sets of artifacts.
"THE DAY THAT PANICKED AMERICA"
2005 USA (Documentary, 75 minutes)
On the night before Halloween 1938, Newark - New Jersey more than twenty
families in a single block rushed from their homes with wet towels over their
faces, fleeing from what they believed was a poison - gas raid. Elsewhere in New
York traffic became grid-locked amid scenes of genuine terror as people sought
to escape imminent attack. Across America phone lines were overloaded as
thousands called the police, newspapers and radio stations, seeking advice on
protective measures, with many requiring medical treatment for shock. But what
precisely had caused so many normally discriminating U.S. citizens to fear that
their world was literally coming to an end?
"WAR OF THE WORLDS: THE REAL STORY"
2005 USA (Documentary, 53 minutes)
This spellbinding documentary examines the H.G. Wells novel The War of the
Worlds and the worldwide phenomenon it created when it was first published. The
doomsday tale of aliens overrunning Earth has served as inspiration for scores
of other sci-fi stories, plus renditions including the legendary Orson Welles
1938 radio play and, most recently, Steven Spielberg's opus. Disc 1: "The War of
the Worlds: 100 Years Of Terror." Disc 2: Includes the episode "Mars: 100 Years
of Discovery."
"EXPLORING SPACE: THE QUEST FOR LIFE"
2005 USA (Documentary, 60 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Exploring the most recent developments in astrobiology, this intriguing
documentary probes the origins of life on Earth and ponders whether it will ever
be found in other places. Computer-animated imagery and high-definition camera
work takes viewers on a thrilling jaunt around the globe with stops in
Greenland, Japan, France and Mexico, ending with a spectacular spin through the
galaxy to walk the surface of Mars.
"THE WAR OF THE WORLDS: BREAKING NEWS"
2005 USA (Documentary, 132 minutes)
This nod to H.G. Wells's immortal The War of the Worlds presents a simulated
live news account of a Martian invasion, delivering plenty of mystery and
suspense. And after the tension subsides, you'll enjoy an intergalactic beauty
pageant in which the contestants are creepy creatures from classic monster
movies. The video also includes the segment "Take Us to Your Leader," a
revealing look at those who live and breathe the sci-fi lifestyle.
"H.G. WELLS AND THE WAR OF THE WORLDS"
2005 USA (Documentary, 90 minutes)
H.G. Wells's sci-fi novel The War of the Worlds, in which mankind is locked in a
desperate struggle against an alien race intent on conquering humanity,
continues to influence contemporary literature and pop culture. This documentary
offers insight into the author whose writings challenged the strict Victorian
conventions of the day and reveals the politics and sexual views that shaped the
creation of Wells's undisputed classic.
"NASA UNAUTHORIZED"
2005 USA (Documentary, 71 minutes)
Get an inside look at NASA with this journey into the history of space
exploration. The program examines past, present and future projects and features
previously unreleased footage of the Apollo Moon Mission, special footage of the
Mars Mission, extraordinary telescopic photos of space, commentary on the
Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters and future NASA projects, and a
look at what lies ahead for the International Space Station.
"THE WAR OF THE WORLDS: SCIENCE OF MARS"
2005 USA (Documentary, 132 minutes)
This nod to H.G. Wells's immortal The War of the Worlds presents an engrossing
documentary about the real science of Mars, from the 1965 voyage of Mariner 4
until the present day. This exploration of the Red Planet features exclusive
NASA footage, cutting-edge computer animations and new video from Mars. Bonus
features include a photo gallery, a comparison of Earth and Mars and a 2004
press conference about water on Mars.
"H. G. WELLS' AND THE WAR OF THE WORLDS"
2005 USA (Documentary, 87 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
An invading alien race bent on conquering humanity. The fear of the unknown.
Intelligent insects, apocalyptic musings, time travel, mutant half-breeds,
invisibility formulas, and mad scientists—such is the rich fantasy world
imagined by H.G. Wells. Explore the motivations, the societal pressures, and the
inspirations behind some of Wells' most popular works, including The War of the
Worlds. Learn more about the man whose political and sexual views were every bit
as revolutionary as his fiction.
"GEORGE PAL'S WAR OF THE WORLDS - A VIDEO SCRAPBOOK"
2005 USA (Documentary, 46 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
In 1952, George Pal's War of the Worlds thrilled the nation with stunning images
of alien invasion. The movie won that year's Academy Award for special effects.
And it is generally considered to be one of Pal's most successful efforts. This
exciting collection of film and images is a must for any fan of WOTW and George
Pal's work. Included is an unfinished TV pilot, special effects outtakes and a
photo gallery.
"WAR OF THE WORLDS"
2005 USA (Documentary, two-disk set DVD)
Two of Hollywood's most bankable talents, Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise, team
up in a remake of the classic "The War of the Worlds." You'll learn the story
behind the story with insightful interviews and rare footage that discuss the
history of this timeless story - from the novel itself to the most notorious
radio broadcast of all time to today's major blockbuster. You'll also journey to
the mysterious Red Planet and learn about amazing discoveries.
"THE SKY AT NIGHT: MARS AND THE RING OF FIRE"
2005 UK (TV Series Documentary, 30 minutes)
Look up in the night sky and you will see Mars. It's almost as close as it can
get to Earth and will not be as well placed for many years. Join Patrick Moore
in his garden for a Mars party and enjoy the exceptional view of the Red Planet.
Also this month, Chris Lintott reports from Madrid where he witnessed the
dramatic annular eclipse, also called the 'Ring of Fire'.
"NOVA: WELCOME TO MARS"
2005 USA (TV Series, Season 32, Episode 9, 55 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
On January 3, 2004, a compact rover named Spirit, cushioned inside a pyramid of
balloons, hurtled through the martian atmosphere and crash-landed on the dusty
surface of Mars. Minutes later, Spirit sent its first message home. The elation
of the assembled scientists, along with the much more involved engineering story
leading up to the landing, were captured by NOVA producer Mark Davis in his
popular documentary Mars - Dead or Alive (2003). That elation is the starting
point for this sequel: "Welcome to Mars" follows the Mars rovers Spirit and
Opportunity from the second they crash-land on the planet to many months into
their ongoing mission. Davis covered the story from NASA's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory as it unfolded and provided a unique, behind-the-scenes take on this
voyage of discovery, whose primary goal is to find evidence that liquid water
once existed on Mars.
"THE MARS UNDERGROUND"
2005 USA (Documentary, 84 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
A landmark documentary about renowned aerospace scientist and visionary, Dr.
Robert Zubrin, and his struggle to get the first human mission to Mars off the
ground.
"THE SKY AT NIGHT: THE SEARCH FOR LIFE"
2005 UK (TV Series Documentary, 30 minutes)
The search for life elsewhere in our universe has long been the Holy Grail for
astronomers. Planets around distant stars have recently been discovered, and
solar systems like our own could be widespread. But is life on Earth unique?
With missions to Mars, Saturn's moon Titan and Jupiter's moon Europa, we could
be nearing an answer.
"THE SKY AT NIGHT: MARS INVASION"
2004 UK (TV Series Documentary, 30 minutes)
Space agencies have taken advantage of this year's Mars encounter to shoot
probes at Mars. Four space craft are on route to the Red Planet - two Nasa
missions, Europe's Mars Express and a Japanese orbiter.
"THE SKY AT NIGHT: MARS, THE NEXT FRONTIER"
2003 UK (TV Series Documentary, 30 minutes)
This is the year of the Red Planet, when Mars will be at its closest to Earth.
With three probes on their way to Mars, due to land Christmas Day onwards, the
hope is we will find out if there is, or has been, life on Mars. In this special
programme, Patrick Moore talks to Sir Arthur C Clarke about terraforming and
manned exploration, and to Beagle 2's creator, Professor Colin Pillinger.
"NOVA: MARS: DEAD OR ALIVE"
2003 USA (TV Series, Season 31, Episode 9, 55 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
In early January 2004, two spacecraft carrying identical robotic explorers will
touch down on the surface of Mars. On that day, NOVA will present a special
television event that climaxes with live coverage as NASA/JPL scientists await
the first critical signals confirming that the rovers have landed safely. The
show features a gripping behind-the-scenes glimpse of the design, testing, and
launch of the mission. The engineers face a tense deadline as Mars approaches
its closest rendezvous with Earth; they're stretched to the limit as parachutes
rip, bolts fail, and airbags pop and everything that can go wrong does. Watch
them apply all their ingenuity to overcome the technical hitches. Then join
NOVA's exploration of the latest clues in the ultimate quest for signs of life
on the mysterious red planet. Special DVD features include: materials and
activities for educators; a link to the NOVA Web site; closed captions; and
video descriptions.
"EYES ON MARS"
2003 USA (Documentary, 168 minutes) The essential companion for the Mars
missions. With more than two hours of content, it presents: - An exciting
documentary about the ongoing quest to fully understand the mysteries of Mars -
3-D computer-generated simulation of the Mars mission, detailing the launch,
flight, and landing of the Mars Exploration Rover - A look at Mars missions of
the past -- the successes and the failures -- and the robotics we sent there - A
Mars gallery with artists' renderings of Mars landscapes Interviews with 16
guest experts who answer questions about life on Mars, water on Mars, and other
enduring mysteries.
"FIRST STEPS ON MARS"
2003 USA (Documentary, 50 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
What hardships and dangers will the first astronauts who reach Earth's nearest
planetary neighbor face? This fascinating speculative documentary looks at what
a manned spaceflight to Mars will involve, the latest satellite missions to the
"red planet," and the intriguing possibilities of life there.
"LIFEQUEST MARS"
2003 USA (Documentary, 51 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Mars has historically been the source of constant awe and mystery as to whether
or not life exists there. The search for life on Mars has been one of the most
exclusive goals of humanity over the last several decades. This program presents
for the first time all of the current efforts by the US, Europe, and Japan to
search for water and life on Mars, as well as what the first manned mission to
Mars will look like and how the crew would search for life.
"NASA: THE QUEST FOR MARS"
2002 USA (Documentary, 90 minutes)
The next step on Man's quest into space, the mysterious Red Planet is the focus
of these documentaries. Footage from Viking and Mariner probes gives a
fascinating look at a world similar to, yet very different from, our own.
"PROJECT REDSTAR - MARTIAN GENESIS"
2002 USA (Fantastic Documentary, 119 minutes)
Investigation of another city found on Mars (not Cydonia but in Tithoniaum
Chasma). They point out how many of the objects (pentagonal shape) cannot be
natural. There are paths and appears to be abandoned ruins on an older city, but
it appears a very advanced civilization once existed on Mars.
"HORIZON: LIFE ON MARS"
2001 UK (TV Series, Season 37, Episode 11, 50 minutes)
If there's life on Mars, it would be one of the most important discoveries of
all time. It would mean life on Earth was not some special unique event - it
would mean there's likely to be life throughout the Universe. The search for
Martians is now hotting up, and many scientists are becoming more and more
convinced that life may have arisen on Mars, and that there may even be
something living there now.
"HORIZON: DESTINATION MARS"
2001 UK (TV Series, Season 37, Episode 12, 50 minutes)
Mars is back on the agenda. The latest images sent back from the Red Planet have
revealed tantalising evidence that there may indeed be life on Mars. There is
now a pressing case for the first manned mission to the planet - one that could
take place in the next twenty years. In the second of two special programmes on
Mars, Horizon traces the course of the planned journey to Mars. It will be one
of the most challenging trips humanity has ever undertaken - 96 million miles
across the solar system.
"RED DESERT NIGHTS: MAKING 'GHOSTS OF MARS'"
2001 USA (Documentary, 17 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
This made-for-video documentary treats horror fans to a behind-the-scenes look
at the making of Ghosts of Mars, John Carpenter's film about an interplanetary
police officer who discovers that the inhabitants of a Martian colony have all
been possessed by the ghosts of the original Martians. Includes interviews with
stars Natasha Henstridge and Ice Cube, along with the rest of the cast and crew
of the film, who share their experiences from working on the project, as well as
discuss the special efforts that went into bringing it to completion.
"VANGELIS MYTHODEA: MUSIC FOR THE NASA MISSION: 2001 MARS ODYSSEY"
2001 USA (Music Documentary, 76 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Academy Award-winning composer Vangelis ("Chariots of Fire," "Blade Runner")
leads a company of over 150 singers and musicians, including members of the
London Metropolitan Orchestra, in this breathtaking outdoor concert recorded at
the Temple of Zeus in Athens. The music from this magnificent show was selected
by NASA for their 2001 Mars Odyssey mission.
"WALKER MARS DIARY"
2001 USA (Documentary, 95 minutes)
The video diaries of Dr. Henry J. Walker. According to the press release, Walker
was as a mission analyst on the 1976 NASA Viking mission to Mars, when he
discovered the monumental "Face on Mars" in a couple frames taken from orbit.
This endangered the powers that be, forcing the genius to run for his life.
Though vanished (and some say dead), Walker lives on in videos, audiotapes and
materials collected for his son. Shot on forbidden locations, Walker exposes the
forbidden truths of Earth and Mars and our future.
"VISIONS OF MARS"
2001 USA (Documentary, 5 minutes)
A short 5 minute segment featuring Dan McCleese the Chief Scientist, Mars
Program, Jet Propulsion Laboratories. He sums up his work and why exploring Mars
is important.
"HOAGLAND'S MARS COLLECTION"
2000 USA (Fantastic Documentary)
The Moon/Mars Connection, The NASA/ Cydonia Briefing and The Terrestrial
Connection/U.N. Briefing present a powerful scientific case, with NASA data,
that the Earth and Solar System have been visited by intelligence from other
worlds. In non-technical language using official NASA photos, stunning computer
graphics and other video images, Richard C. Hoagland, as head of an independent
Mars investigation team, makes a case for crucial connections between ancient
structures on the landscape of our moon, the planet Mars, and the ruins of
ancient civilizations on Earth.
"JOURNEYS TO MARS - THE REAL INSIDE STORY"
2000 USA (Documentary, 52 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
From the first Mariner Orbiter to send close-up photos of the Red Planet, to the
first Viking craft to land, to the monumental loss of the recent Polar lander,
"Journeys to Mars" reveals the most spectacular triumphs and darkest tragedies
of all the Missions to Mars.
"MARS: THE RED PLANET COLLECTION"
2000 USA (Documentary, 156 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
This presentation includes a pair of documentaries about Earth's neighbor. The
first, "Destination: Mars" chronicles humans' fascination with the celestial
body, focusing on pre-Mars rover attempts at exploration and future manned
missions. The second film, "Life on Mars," examines the possibility of life on
the red planet, focusing on the Martian meteorite recovered in Antarctica that
purportedly contains microscopic fossils.
"LIFE ON MARS? NEW SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE"
2000 USA (Documentary, 57 minutes)
A history-making news conference with astronomer Tom Van Flandern, who examines
photos from the recent Mars Global Surveyor mission and finds signs of
artificial intelligence. On May 8, 2001, a press conference was held in New York
City which many are calling a scientific milestone. This event was held to
announce the discovery of a new human-like face, strange tunnels, pyramids and
signs of current vegetation on Mars from among the 65,000 recently released
NASA/JPL photographs taken by the Mars Global Surveyor.
"MARS ON EARTH: PREPARING FOR LIFE ON THE RED PLANET
2000 Canada (TV documentary)
One of the planet's largest meteorite impact sites, the Haughton Impact Crater
is a prominent feature of the polar desert on Devon Island in the High Arctic
west of Baffin Bay. It is a place of natural contradictions and unparalleled
ecological marvels. This inhospitable frontier has attracted an international
team of scientists preparing to search for life on Mars. The site is considered
a Mars analogue, the closest we can physically get to Mars without actually
going there. If life can exist in this brutal northern environment, could
equally resilient life exist on the hostile surface of Mars?
"MARS: PIONEERING THE PLANET"
2000 UK (Documentary, 120 minutes, 2 parts)
By 2015 humans could be standing on the surface of Mars - a Japanese
construction company has already designed the first Mars city and there are
plans to roof a Mars canyon to make it habitable. By the process known as
terraforming, water will be released from the polar caps on the planet to make
rivers flow. Featuring stunning 3D computer animation, interviews and live
action, this two-part documentary, concluding next Friday, reveals this
potential new outpost for human civilisation.
"THE RED PLANET: MARS"
1999 USA (Documentary, 90 minutes)
Explore the beauty, power and mystery of Mars using an unprecedented combination
of DVD features! "Mars: The Red Planet" is a unique and trend-setting DVD-Video
and DVD-ROM--high quality video and still images from NASA, filmed on the
surface of Mars.
"SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN FRONTIERS: MARS FLYER
1998 USA (TV Series episode, 50 minutes)
In 1903, the Wright brothers made their first successful flight at Kitty Hawk,
North Carolina. Not quite 100 years later, planetary scientists and engineers
are working towards another historic first - flying a data-gathering plane on
Mars.
"SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN FRONTIERS: JOURNEY TO MARS
1998 USA (TV Series, Season 9 Episode 2, 50 minutes)
With the presence of water, Mars is the only other planet in the solar system
where humans could live. This program illustrates how people could be landing on
Mars within the next 20 years. Currently, NASA and private enthusiasts are
testing spaceships equipped with greenhouses, exercise machines and virtual
reality systems designed to support the eight-month flight to Mars.
"PATHFINDER: THE RACE TO MARS & THE NASA BRIEFINGS"
1998 USA (Documentaries)
Go behind the scenes with the only documentary film crew in the world allowed
into the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's support control room at NASA's Kennedy
Space Center and share the suspense and anticipation of the men and women who
brought Mars into our living rooms. Two-tape set includes "The Race to Mars" and
"The NASA Briefings".
"MARTIAN MANIA: THE TRUE STORY OF THE WAR OF THE WORLDS"
1998 USA (Documentary)
Hosted by director James Cameron, this documentary tells the whole truth about
the infamous Orson Welles broadcast. Orson Welles sparked widespread panic when
the 1938 broadcast of his radio drama "The War of the Worlds" was mistaken for
fact by countless listeners. Now, more than six decades later, the true scope of
America's reaction to Welles' adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic novel is
revealed — and proves truth really is stranger than fiction!
"MISSION MARS: A CELEBRATION OF SPACE"
1998 USA (PBS Mini-Series, 360 minutes total)
Live broadcast on PBS of the Pathfinder landing on Mars.
"LIFE ON MARS"
1997 USA (Documentary)
Released by International Video Corp. VHS Video Release Date: April 20, 1999. No
other information is currently available.
"DISCOVERY MARS"
1997 USA (Documentary, 113 minutes)
See "Mission to Mars"
Educational video hosted by Charlie Sheen revealing, "Is there life on Mars?"
Authentic never before seen NASA footage supports theories that there is ...
"MISSION TO MARS"
1997 USA (Documentary, 113 minutes)
aka: "Discovery Mars"
Educational video hosted by Charlie Sheen revealing, "Is there life on Mars?"
Authentic never before seen NASA footage supports theories that there is ...
"DESTINATION MARS: DISCOVERY CHANNEL SCHOOL"
1997 USA (Documentary, 60 minutes)
Hop on board for the ride of your life! What will it take to land a human on
Mars? And what would such a fantastic trip feel like? Find out on a
behind-the-scenes trip to NASA where scientists, astronauts and space-age
experts reveal the training and technology behine the eagerly anticipated
mission to Mars. And then board a virtual spacecraft created through animation
and computer graphics to simulate the inaugural vayage to the Red Planet.
"MARS - IS THERE LIFE"
1997 USA (Documentary)
Directed by Gregory Dark, distributed by Columbia River Entertainment. VHS Video
Released- October 31, 1997. No further information is currently available.
"MISSION: MARS"
1997 USA (Documentary 36 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Distributed by IVC Collectors Series. Ever since man first set foot on the moon,
scientists have been anticipating the next truly "giant leap for mankind" ... a
manned mission to Mars. This journey, covering 48 million miles and
approximately one full year, will measure the resolve of our space program and
astronauts. Without oxygen, useable water or plant life, every molecule the
astronauts breath, drink and eat will have to be transported.
"SPACE AGE, VOL. 1: QUEST FOR PLANET MARS"
1997 USA (Documentary, 58 minutes)
An intriguing investigation of the Red Planet, featuring an examination of the
geography and atmosphere of Mars and a look at future explorations. This movie
combines the excitement of space travel with the awe of astronomy, and the
passion for space flight which fuels the search for more knowledge. Narrated by
Patrick Stewart.
"NEWTON'S APPLE: 'BOT OR NOT?/NASA ROBOTS/MARS VR/ROBOT CAMPS"
1997 USA (TV Series, Season 15 Episode 12, 25 minutes)
Segments on robots - including NASA inventions for exploring space and planets -
and children making their own devices at a special robot "camp."
"DESTINATION: MARS"
1996 UK (Documentary)
An examination of the feasibility of making the journey to Mars from the
physical training through the dangers of interplanetary travel to the difficult
landing on the surface of Mars itself.
"LIFE ON MARS"
1996 USA (Documentary)
A completely out of date, inaccurate film full of hype---good to show if you
want to debunk it! It came out right after the "Mars Rock" press conferences.
Distributed by Finley Holiday Films.
"MARS: INVESTIGATION, FINDINGS ... LIFE?"
1996 USA (Documentary, 2 hours)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center engineer, and image processor on the famous
Face on Mars photos, provides new information on The Search for Life on Mars.
For the first time, after 17 years of original research, Vince DiPietro provides
a complete visual presentation of his findings.
"FROM HERE TO INFINITY: THE ULTIMATE VOYAGE"
1994 USA (Video Documentary, 43 minutes)
aka: "From Here to Infinity"
Join Patrick Stewart for a wondrous voyage through man's final frontier. There
are more stars in the sky than grains of sand in all the beaches and deserts of
Earth. This documentary uses computer graphics and deep-space photographs to
explore the 'macro' universe beyond planet Earth. Leaving Earth orbit, we pass
by the outer planets Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Pluto/Charon. We then
pass through the Oort Cloud, reservoir of comets, which extends up to 2
light-years from the Sun. Our Sun's nearest stellar neighbors Proxima and Alpha
Centauri are next, but there is probably no life there.
"DESTINY IN SPACE"
1994 USA (Video Documentary, 40 minutes)
Explore the far reaches of space with this breathtaking documentary that allows
you to board an Earth-orbiting satellite, soar above the surfaces of Mars and
Venus and join a crew of astronauts deployed to repair the remarkable Hubble
telescope. Narrated by Leonard Nimoy, this incredible IMAX experience is the
closest thing most of us will ever get to flying among the stars.
"SPACE AGE: QUEST FOR PLANET MARS"
1992 USA (TV Series, Season 1, Espiode 1, 46 minutes)
Patrick Stewart of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" fame narrates this
made-for-TV documentary that provides a comprehensive and compelling look at
humankind's exploration of the final frontier. Using footage compiled over the
last several decades -- as well as computer animation -- the program looks at
satellites, Mars exploration, trips to the moon (with a glance back at the
Apollo program), the Hubble satellite and more.
"VOYAGE TO THE OUTER PLANETS AND BEYOND"
1986 USA (Video Documentary, 53 minutes)
NASA images are combined with computer animation and Holst's "The Planets" to
produce a voyage from Earth to all the major bodies of the Solar System--first
Mars, then the Moon, Venus, the Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and
Neptune. Isaac Asimov hosts.
"MONSTERS, MADMEN, MACHINES"
1984 USA (Video Documentary)
Gil Gerard hosts this look at sci-fi movies. Clips include A Trip to the Moon,
Metropolis, Phantom Empire, Things to Come, Flash Gordon, The War of the Worlds,
Invaders From Mars, The Thing From Another World, Barbarella, Queen of the
Galaxy, Star Trek The Motion Picture, and Star Wars.
"COSMOS: BLUES FOR A RED PLANET"
1980 USA (TV Series, Season 1 Episode 5, 61 minutes) [TMS-SD Library]
Astronomer Dr. Carl Sagan uses special effects to travel to Mars, as seen by
authors of science fiction novels. He then contrasts this with pictures of the
surface of Mars taken by the Viking spacecraft.
"IN SEARCH OF... MARTIANS"
2006 USA (TV Series, Season 1, Episode 9, 23 minutes)
Offers the theory that the Red Planet is dying of climate changes and suggests
that Earth may face a similar fate.
"NASA FILM LIBRARY VOLUME 11: PLANET MARS"
1975 USA (TV Documentary, 30 minutes)
During the past decade, we have sent spacecrafts to observe and photograph Mars.
This is a story of the exploration of our celestial neighbor. From early
investigations by telescope to the latest chapter -- the landing of the Viking
robot lander on the Martian surface -- the story unfolds in this film.
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"ROBERT ZEMECKIS IN TALKS TO DIRECT SCI-FI THRILLER 'ARES' FOR WARNER BROS.
(EXCLUSIVE)"
Reported 10 January 2020
Robert Zemeckis is in final negotiations to direct 'Ares,' a sci-fi thriller
quietly set up at Warner Bros. late last year.
The project, with an original script by hot action scribe Geneva
Robertson-Dworet (Captain Marvel), was previously set up at MGM, which put the
project in turnaround. Roland Emmerich and his Centropolis Entertainment were on
board to produce at the time. Emmerich will now act as an executive producer.
More at HollywoodReporter.com
"HILARY SWANK WILL TRAVEL TO MARS IN NETFLIX SPACE DRAMA 'AWAY'"
Reported 01 August 2019
Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank will soon be the star and executive producer
of new Netflix drama "Away," which follows an astronaut crew's perilous journey
through space.
Swank, who has won Oscars for "Boys Don't Cry" and "Million Dollar Baby," is
sure to captivate the audience as Emma Green, an American astronaut who commands
an international crew on a year-long mission to Mars. "Away is an epic love
story and a thrilling tale of survival set against humanity's greatest endeavor
- the first human mission to Mars,"
Netflix said about the series, adding that the series is "about hope, humanity
and how ultimately, we need one another if we are to achieve impossible things."
Netflix has so far green-lit 10 episodes of the dramatic series, which has been
underway for about six months. The series, very loosely based on an Esquire
article of the same name, comes from playwright Andrew Hinderaker (Colossal),
Jason Katims (Friday Night Lights, Roswell) and Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, Dawn
of the Planet of the Apes).
More at Space.com
'THE EXPANSE': SCI-FI DRAMA RENEWED FOR SEASON 5 BY AMAZON €“ TCA
Reported 27 July 2019
The Expanse is getting a fifth season after being rescued by Amazon Prime Video.
The SVOD service, which is set to air its fourth season of the sci-fi drama
beginning December 13, its first as a global Amazon Original, already has handed
it a fifth run.
Season 4 of The Expanse is its first as a global Amazon Original following its
cancellation by Syfy. The fourth season begins a new chapter for the series with
the crew of the Rocinante on a mission from the UN to explore new worlds beyond
the Ring Gate. Humanity has been given access to thousands of Earth-like planets
which has created a land rush and furthered tensions between the opposing
nations of Earth, Mars and the Belt. Ilus is the first of these planets, one
rich with natural resources but also marked by the ruins of a long dead alien
civilization. While Earthers, Martians and Belters maneuver to colonize Ilus and
its natural resources, these early explorers don't understand this new world and
are unaware of the larger dangers that await them.
More at Deadline.com
AT LONG LAST, OUR FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE EXPANSE'S 4TH SEASON
Reported 18 July 2019
It's been a long road, firehawks--one that's literally taken us from one network
to, well Jeff Bezos. But we're a step closer to getting a look at the
long-awaited fourth season of The Expanse, and these new pictures are here to
whet our appetite.
Amazon, the new home for the show after Syfy dropped the adaptation of James
S.A. Corey (the nom de plume of co-writers Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham) sci-fi
smash hit novel series last year—has released a whole host of pictures giving
us our first look at the fourth season, having teased us with concept art back
at New York Comic Con last year. And, in case you missed it, we got to talk to
showrunner Naren Shankar at San Diego Comic-Con today.
Season four picks up in the wake of the shocking activation of the
protomolecule, creating an interstellar gateway of huge ramifications for our
heroes as well as the warring factions on Earth, Mars, and in the Belt. Now
there's a new land rush on the way, as everyone scrambles to claim rights to the
dozens of habitable planets now accessible thanks to the Ring Gate's opening.
More at IO9.Gizmodo.com
"HILARY SWANK TO STAR IN NETFLIX MARS MISSION DRAMA 'AWAY'"
Reported 08 May 2019
The two-time Academy Award winner has been cast in the lead role in Netflix's
upcoming drama "Away," from Jason Katims and Matt Reeves.
Swank will play American astronaut Emma Green, who must leave her husband and
teenage daughter behind to command an international space crew embarking upon a
treacherous mission to the Red Planet. The series is loosely inspired by Chris
Jones' Esquire article of the same name, and is described as being about hope,
humanity and how we need one another if we are to achieve impossible things.
Netflix issued a 10-episode order for the drama, which Swank will also executive
produce, back in June, 2018.
More at Variety.com
"ALIEN TEACHERS FROM MARS"
2019 USA (? minutes)
When Charlie gets an invite to attend a gifted and talented School. He soon
finds out that the school and teachers may not be what they seem.
More at Facebook.com
'COWBOY BEBOP' LIVE-ACTION REMAKE OF CULT ANIME TV SERIES PICKED UP BY NETFLIX
Reported 27 November 2018
Netflix has given a 10-episode series order to Cowboy Bebop, a live-action
adaptation of the cult Japanese animated series. The Space western hails from
Tomorrow Studios, Marty Adelstein's joint venture with ITV Studios, which last
year teamed on the project with Midnight Radio (Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec,
Jeff Pinkner & Scott Rosenberg), writer Chris Yost (Thor: The Dark World, Thor:
Ragnarok) as well as Sunrise, the studio behind the original series.
Written/executive produced by Yost based on the worldwide phenomenon, Cowboy
Bebop is the jazz-inspired, genre-bending story of Spike Spiegel, Jet Black,
Faye Valentine and Radical Ed: a rag-tag crew of bounty hunters on the run from
their pasts as they hunt down the solar system's most dangerous criminals.
They'll even save the world... for the right price.
More at Deadline.com
CHRISTIAN SCHWOCHOW WILL COLONIZE ANOTHER PLANET BY DIRECTING 'CHILDREN OF MARS'
Reported 19 October 2018
'Children of Mars' will follow a group of 13 astronauts not too far into the
future who are going to have to leave everything behind and spend the rest of
their lives on another planet. The show will be set in "a near future where an
eccentric tycoon sets up a private mission to colonize Mars." Interestingly
enough, the tycoon himself is one of the 13 who will be "on a one-way trip to
the red planet." However, things clearly aren't what they seem for everyone as
the final hint for the plot is that "while they may have left Earth behind, they
cannot say the same for their past."
More at ScienceFiction.com
'MARS' IS A DANGEROUS PLACE TO LIVE IN THE FIRST TRAILER FOR S2 OF NAT GEO'S
SCI-FI DOCUDRAMA
Reported 20 July 2018
National Geographic's hit docudrama series Mars returns for a second season this
November, and the broadcaster shared the first trailer for Season 2 at a panel
at San Diego Comic-Con this week.
Based on the book "How We'll Live on Mars" by Stephen Petranek, Mars offers a
sci-fi dramatization of the experiences of the first astronauts to colonize
Mars, combined with documentary sequences that examine the reality of humanity's
chances of reaching and surviving on the red planet, plus interviews with
experts including Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye, Elon Musk, and The Martian
author Andy Weir.
More at SyFy.com
AWAY: NETFLIX ORDERS MARS MISSION DRAMA
Reported 10 June 2018
Netflix has ordered a drama series about humanity's attempt to reach Mars,
Variety has learned. Loosely inspired by Chris Jones' Esquire article "Away,"
the series is described as an epic love story and a thrilling tale of survival
set against humanity's greatest endeavor: the first human mission to Mars. Emma
Green is an American astronaut who must leave her husband and teenage daughter
behind in order to command an international space crew embarking upon a
treacherous, year-long mission. Netflix has ordered a 10 episode first season.
More at Variety.com
FATMAN AT LIGHTSPEED TV SERIES
Reported 29 May 2018
FATman at LIGHTSPEED is a turbo powered sci-fi series with a savagely comic
edge. This darkly humorous multi-platform series unfolds on Mars some 600 years
in the future. Much is different about such a time and place, but the
dysfunctional family of Tedescu Jonezz, ex-cop and now independent investigator,
will ring familiar with contemporary audiences. While their fragile world faces
an onrushing unknowable galactic threat referred to as the â€Miasmaâ€, the
battling Tedescu clan obsesses about sex and drugs and who should take out the
garbage.
More at StarfieldIndie.com
KIM BYUNG MAN & TVN TO EXPLORE MARS IN UPCOMING SCI-FI REALITY SHOW
Reported 08 May 2018
The Korean cable network TVN taps celebrity explorer Kim Byung Man (Law of the
Jungle) to star in experimental show Galileo: The Awakened Universe (working
title). Galileo: The Awakened Universe is a reality program that will show
facets on surviving in planet Mars. It has been a favorite subject in the world
of science, so a project of this magnitude and concept would surely raise
curiosity from the viewers. The new experimental TV program is a new concept
that takes a science-fiction variety approach.
The crew joins the team of "Mars Exploration Project", that is currently
conducted in Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in Utah, which houses a
simulated environment of the planet Mars. MDRS is only allowed for scientific
experimentation to cosmologists around the world, and the crew had to go through
several months of persuasion in order to shoot the project.
More at HelloKpop.com
DOCUMENTARY ON WKBW RADIO'S CLASSIC 'WAR OF THE WORLDS' TO PREMIERE THIS FALL
Reported 26 April 2018
Fifty years after the world came to an end on local radio, a documentary is
being made about it.
A new documentary, "WKBW Radio's War of the Worlds, 50 Years later," is taking
an in-depth look at the 1968 Halloween night adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic.
The original program produced by Jeff Kaye and Dan Kreigler featured local radio
and TV personalities covering the fiction that aliens had landed on Grand Island
and led to panic among listeners who didn't hear the explanation at the start or
recognize Wells' classic.
More at BuffaloNews.com
'A QUIET PLACE' DIRECTOR JOHN KRASINSKI SET TO DIRECT 'LIVE ON MARS'
Reported 12 April 2018
After proving himself as a skillful sci-fi director with A Quiet Place, John
Krasinski's taking his newfound talents to Mars next with a movie called Life on
Mars. This new project comes from the same production team behind A Quiet Place,
namely Michael Bay, Andrew Form, and Brad Fuller from Bay's production company
Platinum Dunes.
Hollywood Reporter announced the news on Wednesday, adding that also like A
Quiet Place, this new project is rumored to get picked up by Paramount Pictures.
Life in Mars will adapt the plot of Cecil Castellucci's short story called We
Have Always Lived on Mars. The story follows a woman that's lived her whole life
in a Martian colony full of humans. After she realizes that she can breathe in
the atmosphere of Mars, she embarks on a mysterious journey to learn exactly
what horrible cataclysm left them all stranded on the red planet.
More at Inverse.com
JOHN KRASINSKI IS TRADING IN HORROR FOR SCI-FI WITH NEXT MOVIE LIFE ON MARS
Reported 11 April 2018
After the success of his new horror film, John Krasinski is planning to take on
another genre. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor and filmmaker is
following up A Quiet Place with sci-fi thriller Life on Mars. The movie is based
on Cecil Castellucci's short story We Have Always Lived on Mars. The plot
centers on a woman who is one of only a few descendants of a human Martian
colony long abandoned by Earth. One day she discovers that she can breathe the
planet's toxic atmosphere.
Krasinski is teaming back up with his A Quiet Place producers - Michael Bay,
Andrew Form, and Brad Fuller - to produce the project. He is reportedly not
expected to star in the movie, but, hey, maybe there will be a part for his
favorite Devil Wears Prada star Emily Blunt.
More at Vulture.com
NATGEO BEHIND THE SCENES: MARS SEASON 2
Reported 15 April 2018
Get an inside look with the cast and crew of Mars Season 2, coming to National
Geographic in spring 2018.
More at National Geograhic Chananel
FIRST LOOK AT THE BBC'S ADAPTATION OF H.G. WELLS' 'THE WAR OF THE WORLDS'
Reported 05 April 2018
Production is underway on the the first-ever British television adaptation of
H.G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds," with the aliens set to invade Britain later
this year. Filming is taking place in Liverpool on the three-part BBC drama,
which will star Eleanor Tomlinson ("Poldark"), Rafe Spall ("The Big Short"),
Robert Carlyle ("The Full Monty") and Rupert Graves ("Sherlock").
Unlike Steven Spielberg's movie adaptation, the series is true to the classic
novel's English setting and follows George (Spall) and his partner, Amy
(Tomlinson), as they attempt to start a life together. Graves is Frederick,
George's elder brother, and Carlyle plays Ogilvy, an astronomer and scientist.
The show follows them as they face the escalating terror of an alien invasion.
More at Variety.com
'SPACED OUT' COMEDY REDEVELOPED AS MULTI-CAM AT CBS WITH BILL LAWRENCE
Reported 15 December 2017
CBS has closed a deal for Spaced Out, a multi-camera workplace comedy from
Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence and Warner Bros. TV where Lawrence's Doozer Prods.
is based.
Written by Lawrence, the ensemble comedy is set in the world of commercial space
travel. Doozer's Lawrence and Jeff Ingold executive produce.
A single-camera version of Spaced Out was set up at NBC last season. It was
written by Adam Sztykiel and executive produced by Lawrence and Ingold. The
project went to pilot, which was directed by Ruben Fleischer and starred Matt
Shively, Christine Woods and Miranda Cosgrove. The idea now is being redeveloped
as a multi-cam with Lawrence as writer.
More at Deadline Hollywood
FROM BUDAPEST, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BLASTS OFF FOR MARS
Reported 02 November 2017
In July, season 2 of National Geographic's "Mars," which is produced by Ron
Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment and RadicalMedia, started to
shoot in Hungary.
The series is a hybrid, combining a fictional story about the colonization of
the Red Planet and documentary sequences about real-life plans to travel there.
The latest scientific research underpins both.
While season 1 followed the first mission to Mars in 2033, season 2 jumps
several years forward to a time when a full-fledged colony, Olympus Town, has
been established on the Red Planet. The scientists have been joined by miners
employed by the Lukrum Corporation, who have established a colony of their own.
More at Variety.com
LIFE ON THE RED PLANET WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S SEASON TWO OF MARS
Reported 25 September 2017
Journalist turned author, Stephen Petranek, says it's not a matter of if, but
when we will live on Mars. Petranek wrote the book How We'll Live On Mars
(TED/Simon & Schuster) which became National Geographic's hybrid/documentary
series, MARS.
MARS blends a science documentary with fiction based on current science. Season
one of MARS debuted in 2016 and season two, currently filming in Budapest,
Hungary will debut in spring 2018. For season two, National Geographic channel
reunited with executive producers Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Michael Rosenberg
of Imagine Entertainment and co-creator and executive producer Justin Wilkes and
executive producer Jon Kamen of RadicalMedia.
More at Forbes.com
SEAN PENN WILL STAR IN HULU'S UPCOMING MARS SERIES, 'THE FIRST'
Reported 20 September 2017
In May, Hulu ordered a straight-to-series show called The First. Set in the not
too distant future, the series depicts the first human mission to Mars and
humankind's first attempts at colonizing another planet. Today, Variety reports
that Sean Penn has been signed onto the series.
More at Engaget.com
BEN BOVA'S "MARS"
Reported 29 July 2017
Just a quick note to say the the rights to MARS are under contract and a
seasoned production crew are working on creating a movie. IF you want in on an
early email database for info about the movie send us a note on the website
CONTACT page! benbova.com/contact-html/
More at BenBova.com
SUNRISE TO CO-PRODUCE LIVE-ACTION COWBOY BEBOP TV SERIES
Reported 06 June 2017
Entertainment news magazine Variety and entertainment news website Deadline
reported on Tuesday that Tomorrow Studios, a partnership between producer Marty
Adelstein (Prison Break, Teen Wolf) and ITV Studios, will produce a live-action
television series adaptation of the 1998 television anime Cowboy Bebop. Chris
Yost (Thor: The Dark World, Thor: Ragnarok) will write the adaptation.
The studio Sunrise, which animated the original series, will executive produce
the live-action series. Other executive producers will include Adelstein, Becky
Clements (Good Behavior, Aquarius), Midnight Radio, and Matthew Weinberg.
Midnight Radio is composed of Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec, Jeff Pinkner, and
Scott Rosenberg.
More at Anime News Network.
BBC IS MAKING A VICTORIAN-ERA WAR OF THE WORLDS TV SERIES
Reported 05 May 2017
Earlier today, the BBC announced a number of new shows, including a three-part
series based on H.G. Wells' novel The War of the Worlds. The show is scheduled
to go into production next spring, and it appears that, unlike most modern
adaptations, it will be set in the Victorian era.
The series will be written by screenwriter Peter Hartness, who adapted Susanna
Clarke's Victorian-era fantasy novel Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell for the
network, as well as a handful of Doctor Who episodes. The North-West Evening
Mail has some additional details, quoting Mammoth Studios Managing Director of
Productions Damien Timmer as saying that while the film has been adapted many
times, "no one has ever attempted to follow Wells and locate the story in
Dorking at the turn of the last century." The project was first announced in
2015, and today's confirmation of production comes only months after the book
entered the public domain.
More at The Verge.
'HOUSE OF CARDS' CREATOR BEAU WILLIMON HEADING TO HULU FOR MARS SERIES
Reported 03 May 2017
Beau Willimon, who created Netflix's "House of Cards," is heading over to Hulu
for his next project. Hulu has given a straight-to-series order to "The First,"
a drama set in the near future about the first human mission to Mars. The series
explores the challenges of taking the first steps toward interplanetary
colonization.
More at Variety.com
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICS'S MARS SERIES SEASON ONE COMING TO DVD (& BLU-RAY)
Reported 29 January 2017
From executive producers Brian Grazer & Ron Howard, MARS is an epic series
following a thrilling quest - in 2033 - to colonize Mars. In a unique blend of
scripted drama and feature-film caliber visual effects, intercut with
documentary sequences, the series presents what the greatest minds in space
exploration are doing to make traveling to Mars a reality, and shows us the
world they seek.
More at National Geographic Shop
'SPACED OUT': MATT SHIVELY & CHRISTINE WOODS TO TOPLINE NBC COMEDY PILOT
Reported 27 March 2017
The Real O'Neals co-star Matt Shively has been set as the lead and Christine
Woods as the female lead in NBC's space-travel comedy pilot Spaced Out, from the
Undateable duo of creator/executive producer Adam Sztykiel and executive
producer Bill Lawrence. For Shively, the casting is in second position to ABC's
softly-rated sophomore family comedy series The Real O'Neals, which is not
expected to get a third season.
Written by Sztykiel and directed by Ruben Fleischer, Spaced Out, from WBTV and
Lawrence's studio-based Doozer, is a workplace comedy that centers on a
working-class genius, Peter Gibbons (Shively), and his struggles to fit in with
an established team - all made more difficult when their job is building a
rocket to Mars.
More at Deadline Hollywood
'SPACED OUT': DONALD FAISON & KEN KIRBY CAST IN NBC COMEDY PILOT
Reported 14 March 2017
Scrubs alum Donald Faison and Ken Kirby have booked series regular roles in
NBC's space-travel comedy pilot Spaced Out, from the Undateable duo of
creator/executive producer Adam Sztykiel and executive producer Bill Lawrence.
Written by Sztykiel and directed by Ruben Fleischer, Spaced Out, from WBTV and
Lawrence's studio-based Doozer, is a workplace comedy that centers on a
working-class genius and his struggles to fit in with an established team - all
made more difficult when their job is building a rocket to Mars.
More at Deadline Hollywood
'SPACED OUT': MIRANDA COSGROVE CAST IN NBC COMEDY PILOT
Reported 06 March 2017
Former iCarly star Miranda Cosgrove has booked a series-regular role in NBC's
space-travel comedy pilot Spaced Out, from the Undateable duo of
creator/executive producer Adam Sztykiel and executive producer Bill Lawrence.
Written by Sztykiel and directed by Ruben Fleischer, Spaced Out, from WBTV and
Lawrence's studio-based Doozer, is a workplace comedy that centers on a
working-class genius and his struggles to fit in with an established team - all
made more difficult when their job is building a rocket to Mars. Cosgrove will
play Casey, a brilliant and enthusiastic software engineer who shares her
co-workers' dream of sending humans to Mars.
More at Deadline Hollywood
NBC ORDERS COMEDY PILOT: SPACED OUT
Reported 26 January 2017
Space travel comedy Spaced Out, which had a pilot production commitment, hails
from the Undateable duo of creator/executive producer Adam Sztykiel and
executive producer Bill Lawrence. Spaced Out is produced by Warner Bros. TV.
Written by Sztykiel, Spaced Out, from WBTV and Loawrence's studio-based Doozer,
is a workplace comedy that centers on a working class genius and his struggles
to fit in with an established team all made more difficult when their job is
building a rocket to Mars. Sztykiel executive produces with Doozer's Lawrence
and Jeff Ingold.
More at Deadline Hollywood
'MARS' EVENT SERIES RENEWED FOR SEASON 2 BY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC -- TCA
Reported 13 January 2017
National Geographic has given the green light to a second season of Mars, its
global event series executive produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard. The
pickup was announced today during the network's presentation at TCA.
The first season of the series, which combined scripted drama and special
effects with documentary sequences, was seen by 36 million viewers globally last
fall and became the most DVR'ed series in network history. Mars will air
globally on National Geographic Channels in 172 countries in 43 languages, and
in Spanish on Nat Geo Mundo. The first season is available now for sale in
digital HD and coming soon on DVD.
More at Deadline Hollywood
'STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND' TV SERIES IN THE WORKS AT SYFY
Reported 15 November 2016
Paramount TV and Universal Cable Productions are adapting the sci-fi classic by
Robert Heinlein. Syfy is ready to adapt one of the most famous sci-fi novels
ever written. The NBCUniversal-owned cable network is teaming with Paramount
Television and corporate sibling Universal Cable Productions to develop Robert
Heinlein's 1961 sci-fi classic Stranger in a Strange Land as a TV series. The
book centers on Valentine Michael Smith, a human who comes to Earth in early
adulthood after being born on Mars and raised by Martians. The novel explores
his interaction with -- and eventual transformation of -- terrestrial culture.
It predicted many of the movements and messages of the 1960s -- from free love
and hippie communes to organized attempts at world peace.
More at Hollywood Reporter
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL'S MARS: TRAILER 1 HAS DROPPED
Reported 27 June 2016
It's 2033, and the first human mission to Mars is on its way. Their mission?
Make Mars home. MARS, a global event series, premieres this November on the
National Geographic Channel. Follow our #CountdownToMars at MakeMarsHome.com
Watch the Trailer at YouTube.com
SEAT 25 TO PREMIERE THIS SUMMER
Reported 11 June 2016
When Faye Banks secretly enters a competition to win a seat on the first manned
mission to Mars, she never expects to win. But when the dangerous one way trip
becomes a reality, her life on Earth is turned upside down. With time running
out, Faye must decide whether to leave her husband, family and friends, or has
the prospect of leaving for ever made her realise what she has here on Earth?
More at Seat25.com
Watch the Trailer at Vimeo.com
FIRST LOOK: NAT GEO'S 'MARS' MINISERIES FROM RON HOWARD AND BRIAN GRAZER
Reported 09 May 2016
At its NewFront presentation today, National Geographic Channel will reveal the
cast of its global miniseries event Mars, a six-part tale of the world's quest
to colonize the red planet from executive producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer.
Yahoo TV has your exclusive first look at the international crew of the
spacecraft Daedalus and their official bios, as well as the Mars Landing
countdown clock (www.MakeMarsHome.com).
Set both in present day and the future -- when the first manned mission to Mars
launches in 2033 -- the miniseries, premiering this November, combines scripted
drama directed by Mexican filmmaker Everardo Gout (Days of Grace) and unscripted
elements including interviews with experts ranging from The Martian author Andy
Weir to Neil deGrasse Tyson.
More at YahooTV.com
UNTITLED MARS PROJECT - THE CW PILOT PREVIEW *UPDATED*
Reported 26 April 2016
Earth has setup a colony on Mars. When a new batch of explorers and settlers
arrive on a one-way trip to inhabit the colony, they find what they least
expect: the colony is deserted, and all the former occupants have vanished.
Colony's pilot covers the explorers' arrival on Mars, intercut with flashbacks
of the their training on Earth.
More at SpoilerTV.com
SCI-FI THRILLER 'APPROACHING THE UNKNOWN' GETS DISTRIBUTION THROUGH PARAMOUNT &
VERTICAL ENTERTAINMENT
Reported 21 April 2016
Paramount Home Media Distribution and Vertical Entertainment are partnering to
distribute sci-fi thriller Approaching The Unknown, with plans for day and date
release June 3, 2016. Starring Mark Strong (with Luke Wilson, Sanaa Lathan,
Anders Danielsen Lie, and Charles Baker), Approaching The Unknown follows
astronaut William D. Stanaforth, sent on a one way solo mission as part of
humanity's first steps toward colonizing Mars. Watched by the entire world, he
is completely alone, and when the trip takes a toll on the ship's life support
systems, he is forced to make impossible choices that threaten his sanity,
mission and very existence.
More at Deadline.com
Watch the Trailer at YouTube.com
'RED MARS' TV SERIES NOW ON HOLD AFTER SHOWRUNNER SUDDENLY DEPARTS
Reported 25 March 2016
Soon after finding a director in Emmy winner and Children of Dune helmer Greg
Yaitanes, Spike TV's much-anticipated adaptation of Kim Stanley Robinson's
classic Mars Trilogy has lost its executive producer and showrunner, Peter Noah.
That doesn't mean Red Mars is kaput, but it does mean a major delay. "We will
continue to develop Red Mars with Skydance," a spokesman for Spike TV said in a
statement to Deadline. "The Red Mars trilogy is one of the most beloved, modern
science fiction properties, in part because of its tremendous scope and
ambition. We are pausing to ensure we get the script right and to deliver fans
what they want - a fantastic show that fully captures the spirit of these
wonderful books."
More at io9.com
SONY TO DISTRIBUTE, CO-FINANCE SKYDANCE'S 'LIFE' STARRING JAKE GYLLENHAAL
Reported 15 March 2016
Sony Pictures has come on board to co-finance and distribute the Skydance
thriller "Life," starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson and Ryan Reynolds.
Variety recently broke the news that Gyllenhaal would be taking over the lead
role in place of Reynolds, due to the latter's schedule. Reynolds is still set
to have a supporting role. "Safe House" director Daniel Espinosa is helming the
pic.
More at Variety.com
RYAN REYNOLDS CIRCLING MARS SCI-FI THRILLER 'LIFE'
Reported 16 February 2016
Ryan Reynolds may be trading his superhero costume for a space suit for what
could be his follow-up project, a story that follows the crew of the
International Space Station as it retrieves a sample from Mars and discovers
that it displays signs of life more intelligent than ever expected.
More at Variety.com
THE CW IS CHANGING FREQUENCIES, GOING TO MARS
Reported 01 February 2016
The CW has announced that they've greenlit six new pilots for potential shows,
including an Untitled Mars Project (previously known as The Colony): A team of
explorers arrive on Mars to join the first human colony on the planet, only to
discover that their predecessors have vanished. Led by a woman whose husband is
among the missing, the colonists are forced to change their mission from
exploration and settlement to investigation and survival, while navigating the
hostile planet and their own personal demons.
More at io9.Gizmodo.com
H.G. WELLS' SCI-FI NOVEL WAR OF THE WORLDS IS FINALLY BEING ADAPTED AS A TV
SERIES
Reported 16 December 2015
Rejoice, H.G. Wells fans! A War of the Worlds television series is currently in
the works. According to a report over at Broadcast Now, Mammoth Screen (which is
owned by the producers of the new Poldark series on ITV) is working on a TV
adaptation of Wells' classic sci-fi novel, and they've brought Peter Harness on
board to pen the miniseries. What's even more awesome is that the new TV series
will stick closely to the original text and time period of the book -- which was
first released as a serial in 1897 -- with the Martian invasion taking place in
the town of Dorking, Surrey, in Victorian England.
More at Blastr.com
'RED MARS' GETS SERIES ORDER AT SPIKE TV
Reported 07 December 2015
Spike TV has given a 10-episode straight-to-series order to Red Mars, a scripted
drama based on Kim Stanley Robinson's best-selling "hard" science-fiction
trilogy about the colonization and terraforming transformation of Mars into a
place where humans can live sustainably. It will premiere in January 2017. The
Red Mars TV series, named after the first book in the trilogy, had been on
fast-track development at Spike since the network took in the project last fall
with HBO's Game Of Thrones co-executive producer Vince Gerardis as executive
producer and Robinson as consultant. Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski
was then brought in to write and executive produce the adaptation. Skydance
Television (Manhattan, Grace and Frankie) came on board as studio, with the
company's David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Marcy Ross executive producing.
More at Deadline.com
BLU-RAY ROUNDUP: ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS (1964)
Reported 24 September 2015
With Matt Damon about to be marooned on the Red Planet in Ridley Scott's
upcoming The Martian, let's head back to one of the classic adaptations of
Daniel Defoe's original novel. Directed by Byron Haskin (The War of the Worlds),
this serious sci-fi version plopped an astronaut and his monkey on barren Mars
instead of a deserted island. Filmed in glorious Techniscope, it's been fully
remastered in 1080p and is packed with its original theatrical trailer, improved
audio mix and a 24-page booklet featuring an essay on the film and rare archival
imagery. Available Nov. 23, 2015.
More at Blastr.com
MY FAVORITE MARTIAN: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION COMING TO DVD
Reported 23 September 2015
The 1960's classic television series My Favorite Martian is coming to DVD for
the first time ever and it's the complete series! The DVD release which is set
for October 20, will be a 15 disc set that will include all 107 episodes,
unedited digitally remastered episodes from the show's three seasons, along with
hours of special features.
More at NukeTheFridge.com
STX ENTERTAINMENT SETS THE SPACE BETWEEN US
Reported 08 September 2015
Described as being a "star-crossed science fiction love story," The Space
Between Us follows two teens from different worlds. Gardner Elliot, the first
human born on Mars, is secretly raised in an experimental colony after his
astronaut mother dies during childbirth. Sixteen years later, Gardner begins an
online romance with a girl living in Colorado and hatches a plan to travel
across the universe to meet her. Now, on the run, with Earth's gravity
threatening his very existence, Gardner must race against time and nature to
find his love and win her heart. Once united, the two teens venture to seek out
the enigmatic billionaire who funded the original expedition to Mars, in hopes
of uncovering information about Gardner's mother and the mysterious
circumstances surrounding how Gardner came into existence.
More at ComingSoon.net
NATGEO IS MAKING MINISERIES ABOUT QUEST TO COLONIZE MARS
Reported 30 July 2015
NatGeo's latest miniseries should satisfy any space nerd who's eager to get off
the planet for good. The network announced Wednesday it has ordered a miniseries
from executive producers Brian Grazer and Ron Howard that will follow mankind's
quest to colonize Mars — combining documentary-style interviews with a
scripted story set in the future. Called Red Planet, the series will be set in
2032 and center on the first manned mission to Mars. Unusually, it will mix a
scripted fake Mars landing with real interviews starring modern-day scientists
and innovators — much as the little-seen 2012 NatGeo space documentary
Evacuate Earth.
More at Mashable.com
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WATCH MATT DAMON FIGHT TO SURVIVE IN 'THE MARTIAN' TRAILER
Reported 09 June 2015
Actor plays astronaut abandoned on Mars in Ridley Scott's latest film: Matt
Damon strikes a delicate balance between intensity and levity in the new trailer
for Ridley Scott's The Martian, in which the actor plays Mark Watney, an
astronaut trying to survive after being accidentally stranded on Mars.
More at RollingStone.com
FIRST LOOK! MATT DAMON IS LOST IN SPACE IN RIDLEY SCOTT'S THE MARTIAN
Reported 24 May 2015
Matt Damon is returning to space for the second time in two years, and similar
to his role in Interstellar, he's once again stranded in a harsh alien
landscape, fighting for survival. In Ridley Scott's upcoming sci-fi flick, The
Martian – based on the novel by Andy Weir – Damon plays a botanist working
to farm the building blocks for life on the surface of our barren planetary
next-door neighbor. After getting separated from his team during a massive
storm, the finds himself stranded on the lonely planet.
More at People.com
EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK AT RIDLEY SCOTT'S THE MARTIAN
Reported 23 May 2015
Aside from returning Matt Damon to the far reaches of space, The Martian looks
like departing from Interstellar's philosophical ruminations in favour of an
out-and-out astronaut-in-distress thrills (CC Apollo 13, Marooned, Gravity).
Damon plays a marooned astronaut called Mark Watney and the new issue of Empire
magazine is debuting a first look at him and his Mars-worn spacesuit.
More at EmpireOnline.com
SEE A FIRST LOOK AT MATT DAMON IN RIDLEY SCOTT'S 'THE MARTIAN'
Reported 23 May 2015
Most of Ridley Scott's The Martian takes place on Mars, but don't expect to see
any xenomorphs during the space adventure. "Just geology," the Alien director
said to PEOPLE of his new film, which focuses on an astronaut named Mark Watney
(played by Matt Damon), who gets stranded on the Red Planet following a mishap.
"The last thing Mark's thinking about is life on Mars. He's thinking about how
to save his life on Mars."
More at Entertainment Weekly.
WASP-MEN FROM MARS! IS MY LOVE LETTER TO CREATURE FEATURES.
Reported 18 April 2015
For Suzie, James, and Timmy, it's the end of the world. And that's before aliens
invade Earth. Wasp-Men From Mars! is a sci-fi short film inspired by the monster
invasion films of the 1950's with the more modern sensibility of today's sci-fi
and horror. It starts in 1959 with three teenagers on a stargazing trip that
turns into an evening of heartbreak, jealousy, and sexual confusion — and then
giant wasps from outer space invade Earth and make things even worse. The teens
need to put their feelings aside to survive the night. (These are teenagers
we're talking about.)
More at WaspMen.com
J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI TO WRITE SPIKE TV'S 'RED MARS' DRAMA SERIES PROJECT
Reported 21 January 2015
Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski has been tapped to write Red Mars,
Spike TV's scripted drama series project in development based on Kim Stanley
Robinson's best-selling "hard" science-fiction trilogy about the colonization
and terraforming transformation of Mars into a place where humans can live
sustainably. The TV series adaptation, named after the first book in the
trilogy, has been on fast-track development at Spike since the network took in
the project in October with HBO's Game Of Thrones co-executive producer Vince
Gerardis as producer and Robinson as consultant.
More at Deadline.com
A MESSAGE FROM MARS: BRITAIN'S FIRST EVER SCI-FI FEATURE FILM
Reported 13 December 2014
BBC Arts has partnered with the BFI to release a newly restored version of
Britain's first full-length science fiction film, A Message from Mars, with a
specially commissioned soundtrack from Matthew Herbert. It is the first time in
a century that the film - made in 1913 - can be seen at its original length.
Plus, ahead of the release, BBC Arts made a special behind-the-scenes film
following the work of the BFI technical experts who spent six months
painstakingly restoring the silent picture for the digital age.
More at BBC Arts
DISNEY LOSES 'JOHN CARTER' RIGHTS; EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS INC. WANTS TO MAKE MORE
FILMS
Reported 21 October 2014
John Carter wasn't the franchise-launching film that Disney hoped for, and now
we know for certain that it will be Disney's only effort to exploit the Mars-set
stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs. The studio no longer has the rights to the John
Carter character, as that package has been regained by Edgar Rice Burroughs,
Inc., the publishing company created by the author in 1923. With the John Carter
rights back in hand, the company hopes to get the character out to a new studio
for more films.
More at TheWrapSlashFilm.com
'GAME OF THRONES' PRODUCER VINCE GERARDIS TEAMS WITH SPIKE FOR 'RED MARS' SCI-FI
SERIES
Reported 24 September 2014
Adaptation of Kim Stanley Robinson's best-selling trilogy explores the
colonization and transformation of Mars.
Vince Gerardis is moving from Westeros to Mars. The "Game of Thrones"
co-executive producer is teaming with Spike TV to develop the sci-fi series "Red
Mars," an adaptation of Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy novels. The trilogy,
which has received Nebula and Hugo awards, explores the colonization and
transformation of the red planet.
"This series shines a light onto many views of what it means to be human -- and
asks if can we sustain our humanity under incredible duress," Spike TV's
executive vice president, original series Sharon Levy said. "We are thrilled to
partner with such an accomplished producer as Vince Gerardis to tell this
incredible and thought-provoking story."
More at TheWrap.com
RIDLEY SCOTT TO BRING ANDY WEIR'S 'THE MARTIAN' TO LIFE IN 2015
Reported 14 August 2014
A movie adaptation of the science fiction thriller "The Martian" written by Andy
Weir is set to hit the silver screen next year. Director Ridley Scott and actor
Matt Damon have reportedly signed on to the project, according to press reports.
"The Martian" is scheduled for release on Nov. 25, 2015. Weir's "The Martian"
(Crown Publishers, 2014) follows the story of astronaut Mark Watney, one of the
first people on Mars. He is left behind by his crewmates after a dust storm
tears through the area. His fellow astronauts assume he was killed during the
tempest, and Watney has to find a way to survive being stranded on the Red
Planet.
More at Space.com
THREE-PART SPECIAL 'MAN VS. THE UNIVERSE' TO PREMIERE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13 ON
SCIENCE CHANNEL
Reported 05 August 2014
Mankind has long been at the mercy of the cosmos - subject to the often violent
happenings of the boundless universe that exists beyond the confines of Earth's
atmosphere. But today humans are taking huge steps to claim space for their own
design, evolution and survival in what is becoming a new race for space. In the
all-new three-part special MAN VS. THE UNIVERSE, world premiering Wednesday,
August 13 at 10 PM ET/PT, Science Channel is bringing viewers a mind-blowing
look at the innovative, high-tech work private businesses, engineers and
scientists are doing to occupy Mars, mine the Moon's fertile grounds and keep
asteroids from destroying life on Earth.
"Mars Is Ours" (World Premiere Wednesday, August 27 at 10 PM ET/PT): For decades
humans have dreamed of going to Mars, and now we're finally on the brink of
blasting off for the red planet. SpaceX founder Elon Musk believes Mars is our
insurance policy in case Earth becomes uninhabitable. With unprecedented access
into SpaceX, viewers will see the engineers making our mission to occupy Mars a
reality. Future "Marsonauts" are already learning how to survive on a frozen
desert by practicing in the wilds of Utah. An aerospace engineer is designing
the spacesuit that will shield us from the harsh Martian environment and give us
superhuman strength. SpaceX hopes to get to Mars in about two decades, but
another space startup, Mars One, thinks it can get humans there in just ten
years. The only catch: it's a one-way trip, with no chance of ever Coming Home.
More at zap2it.com
DUCK DODGERS SERIAL PARTIALLY RELEASED ON DVD
Reported 25 January 2014
Warner Bros Home Video released Duck Dodgers: Dark Side of the Duck - Season 1
on DVD on 19 February 2013, and Duck Dodgers: Deep Space Duck: The Complete
Second Season on DVD on 23 July 2013.
At present there are NO plans to release the third and final season of Duck
Dodgers -- Please write to Warner Bros Home Video to request this final season.
More at WBshop.com
ACTOR PAUL MANTEE PASSES AWAY
Reported 8 November 2013
Veteran actor, writer and long- time Malibu local Paul Mantee died on Thurs.,
Nov. 7. He was 82 years old. Mantee's first claim to fame was a starring role in
the film "Robinson Crusoe on Mars" in 1964. En route to amassing more than 120
film and television credits, he appeared in shows such as "Mission: Impossible,"
"Batman," "The Streets of San Francisco," "The A-Team" and "LA Law." He was also
a series regular on "Cagney and Lacey" in the 1980s.
More at Malibu Times
ALICE ON MARS - THE MOVIE
Reported 01 May 2014
We all know Alice - one of the most popular female characters in history! Her
first adventures were written 150 years ago and nearly every adventure film
since then has simply been an adaptation of her adventures in wonderland! Now it
is time for a brand new adventure! When Alice is abducted by aliens she begins
her biggest and strangest adventure. In a tale told to the boy Robert by his
Granddad's ventriloquists' dummy, Alice, together with her loyal and brave flock
of performing kiwi birds, becomes embroiled in a twisted epic saga of worlds
domination, robot wars and thwarted romance.
We're planning to complete most of the work during 2015, and aiming to have the
final movie ready in 2016.
More at Indegogo.com
THINKFACTORY MEDIA SHOPPING MARS EXPLORATION REALITY SERIES
Reported 18 March 2014
There is a second reality series project devoted to chronicling a mission to the
Red Planet. Leslie Greif's Thinkfactory Media (Hatfields & McCoys, Gene Simmons:
Family Jewels) has partnered with The Mars Society, a non-profit organization
dedicated to the exploration and settlement of the Red Planet, on an unscripted
TV project that would document Mars Society's year-long Mars simulation in the
Canadian Arctic. Thinkfactory had been working with the Mars Society on the
project for the past four months. It took the series out to networks last week,
with two outlets interested and currently in discussion with the production
company. Tentatively titled Mission To Mars, the series is one of two Mars
colonization reality projects in the marketplace, along with Lionsgate TV's
untitled series done in collaboration with Lansdorp's Mars One, the
international Mars mission backed by Dutch billionaire entrepreneur Bas
Lansdorp.
More at Deadline Hollywood
DEE REES TO ADAPT PHILIP K. DICK'S 'MARTIAN TIME-SLIP'
Reported 17 October 2014
Spirit Award-winner Dee Rees (Pariah) has been set to adapt Martian Time-Slip,
Philip K. Dick's 1964 sci-fi novel centered on a schizophrenic repairman living
in a human colony on Mars. Rees will write the pic as a directorial project for
herself with Isa Dick Hackett, daughter of Philip K. Dick, producing for
Electric Shepherd Productions. The shingle run by Dick's children previously
produced 2011's The Adjustment Bureau and is in development on Disney's animated
adaptation King of the Elves, Michel Gondry-helmed Ubik, and Electric Ant to be
directed by Marc Forster.
More at Deadline.com
WAIT, THE CW IS DEVELOPING TWO MARS-SET SCI-FI SERIES?
Reported 10 October 2013
The new series is dubbed Colony, and will take a page out of the classic Roanoke
Colony legend of the 16th-century British settlement that disappeared seemingly
without a trace and baffles historians to this day. Yeah, that actually sounds
pretty cool.
The pilot is being written by Ian Goldberg (Once Upon a Time) and is described
as "a thriller about a group of explorers sent to colonize Mars, willing to
leave their lives behind to brave the dangers of another planet, and the
terrifying reality they discover."
More at Blastr.com
CW BUYS MARS DRAMA FROM 'MENTALIST' DUO
Reported 23 September 2013
The CW has put in development Red, a Western/sci-fi drama from The Mentalist
creator/executive producer Bruno Heller and the series' executive producer Tom
Szentgyorgyi. Written by Szentgyorgyi, Red is described as a neo-Western drama
about the first human settlement on Mars and life on this new frontier,
centering on the relationships between the town's female sheriff, a doctor and a
criminal. WME-repped Szentgyorgyi and Heller executive produce for Warner Bros.
TV where Heller is under an overall deal.
More at Deadline.com
VICTOR LUNDIN, ESTEEMED ACTOR, DEAD AT AGE 83
Reported 06 July 2013
Actor Victor Lundin, best known to film fans for his portrayal of Friday in
Byron Haskin's Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964), passed away on June 29, 2013 at
age 83 after an undisclosed illness. News of his passing first came to Cinema
Retro via Cinema Epoch's Director of Acquisitions Douglas Dunning, who was a
personal friend of Mr. Lundin's. It was also confirmed by John Sempre, Jr.'s
Facebook page (Mr. Sempre interviewed Mr. Lundin and this audio interview can be
heard in part one and part two on Vimeo) as well as Zachary Lundin's Facebook
page (Victor's son).
Victor was a friend of The Mars Society-San Diego.
More at cinemaretro.com
DOCTOR WHO: NEW ICE WARRIOR PICTURE
Reported 05 March 2013
Here's your first good look at the new Ice Warrior design. It'll make its debut
in the third episode of Doctor Who series 7b, written by Mark Gatiss and
directed by Douglas Mackinnon. Very faithful, isn't it? Is he wearing
old-fashioned 3D glasses in anticipation of November's anniversary special, or
is that just a trick of the light?"
More at SFX.co.uk
TRACI LORDS: "I DID A VERY BAD THING" (PRINCESS OF MARS)
Reported 09 March 2012
I really didn't mean for it to happen. It wasn't my intention. Somewhere in my
heart of hearts I was worried that I might be doing something wrong but I
believed the voices of those around me who said "No, it'll be artistic, no it'll
be creative. You'll look beautiful. We have a very limited budget but honest,
you'll be proud."
More at HuffingtonPost.com
BACKYARD MARS
Reported 26 January 2012
To what extent do childhood experiences shape who we are today? How do our past
circumstances affect our future actions? Backyard Mars is the story of a heroic
astronaut who returns from the first manned mission to Mars and attempts to cope
with the stressful memories at a dinner party. In the process, he re-lives a
childhood memory and makes a decision that will ultimately alter the future of
Space Travel.
More at Indegogo.com
WAR OF THE WORLDS GOLIATH
Reported 09 January 2012
In 1899, the Earth was attacked by ruthless invaders from the planet Mars. The
Martian's 80 ft tall, heat-ray spewing, Tripod battle machines laid waste to the
planet, but the invaders ultimately fell prey to Earth's tiny bacteria. Fifteen
years later, Man has rebuilt his shattered world, in large part by utilizing
captured Martian technology. Equipped with giant, steam-powered Tripod battle
machines, the international rapid reaction force, A.R.E.S., is Mankind's first
line of defense against the return of the rapacious Martian invaders. Based in a
massive fortress complex at the south end of Manhattan Island, the young
warriors of A.R.E.S. train under the leadership of Secretary of War, Theodore
Roosevelt, and the grim General Kushnirov.
More at HeavyMetal.com's "War of the Worlds Goliath: An Animated Steampunk Epic"
JOHN CARTER OF MARS TRAILER RELEASED
Reported 15 July 2011
From Academy Award(R)-winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton comes "John Carter"--a
sweeping action- adventure set on the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom
(Mars). "John Carter" is based on a classic novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, whose
highly imaginative adventures served as inspiration for many filmmakers, both
past and present. The film tells the story of war-weary, former military captain
John Carter (Taylor Kitsch), who is inexplicably transported to Mars where he
becomes reluctantly embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions amongst the
inhabitants of the planet, including Tars Tarkas (Willem Dafoe) and the
captivating Princess Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins). In a world on the brink of
collapse, Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes that the survival of
Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.
More at iTunes Movie Trailers
DR VORNOFF VS THE MARTIANS!
Reported 01 July 2011
'Dr Vornoff vs The Martians!' will be a homage to science-fiction Hollywood B
movies of the 1950's and in particular to the films of Ed Wood (often quoted as
the worst film director ever). The story will revolve around naïve housewife
Rose, whose over-confident husband Derk is, one night, abducted by Martians. She
hires the help of a sceptical private detective to find her lost husband and
their search leads them to a treacherous forest where mysterious, shady
scientist Dr Vornoff resides in a vast mansion. They soon realise there's
something suspicious about the seemingly harmless old man and unknowingly they
uncover a bigger conspiracy than they could have ever possibly imagined.
More at YouTube.com & YouTube.com
'AUTHENTIC' ADVENTURE ON MARS
Reported 26 June 2011
'John Carter' director Andrew Stanton seeks to make the off-world Edgar Rice
Burroughs tale feel like it's real. 'We tried to make it feel like we're going
with the story of what really happened.... This is how those cultures really
existed.'
More at Los Angeles Time
SINBAD: ROGUE OF MARS FILM POSTER REVEALED
Reported 04 April 2011
Morningside Entertainment has optioned Bluewater Comic's "Sinbad: Rogue of Mars"
to adapt into an epic action adventure fantasy feature for 2012. A continuation
of the Sinbad films that started in 1958 with "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad," and
followed in the 1970's with "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad" and "Sinbad and the
Eye of the Tiger," "Rogue of Mars" is an updated sequel rather than a reboot.
More at BlueWater Productions.com
JOHN CARTER OF MARS TO BE 'HISTORICALLY ACCURATE' (HUH?)
Reported 01 February 2011
Andrew Stanton, the director of Pixar's WALL-E, Finding Nemo and A Bug's Life,
is getting out of the animation studio and working on his first live-action
movie, the upcoming John Carter of Mars. And he's taking his job seriously.
Almost too seriously. When asked about the look of the movie, he told MTV, "I
really tried to make it its own thing. I really tried to make a very
historically accurate Martian film, if that makes sense."
More at Blastr.com
MORNINGSIDE OPTIONS COMIC BOOK SINBAD: ROGUE OF MARS FOR FILM ADAPTATION DUE IN
2012
Reported 20 January 2011
Morningside Entertainment has optioned the comic book Sinbad: Rogue of Mars for
a film adaptation, targeting a 2012 release. Morningside produced the Ray
Harryhausen Sinbad films of yesteryear -- The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958), The
Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974), and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977).
Bluewater Productions actually launched Rogue of Mars as a continuation of
Harryhausen's Sinbad trilogy, so there's more than a hint of Ouroboros in this
adaptation.
More at Collider.com
DISNEY SHIFTS 2012 RELEASE DATE OF "JOHN CARTER OF MARS"
Reported 19 January 2011
Walt Disney Studios has shifted the release dates of two of the studio's 3D
films. But there were definitely some raised eyebrows at Fox today at this
aggressive John Carter Of Mars vs Prometheus scheduling move by Disney.
Dogfight! Prometheus is that Ridley Scott film scripted with Lost's Damon
Lindelof from Alien DNA. So now Disney's 3D John Carter Of Mars based on Edgar
Rice Burroughs' fantasy series comes off its June 8th, 2012, date and onto March
9, 2012.
More at Deadline.com
SYFY AND THQ ORIGINAL MOVIE "RED FACTION: ORIGINS" BEGINS PRODUCTION WITH
ALL-STAR CAST LED BY "STARGATE UNIVERSE'S" BRIAN J. SMITH AND FILM ICON ROBERT
PATRICK
Reported 19 January 2011
Red Faction: Origins follows the children of rebel hero Alec Mason, set during a
period between the critically acclaimed Red Faction Guerrilla(TM) video game and
the recently announced, highly anticipated Red Faction Armageddon(TM) video
game, also scheduled for release in May 2011.
More at The Futon Critic
COLIN FARRELL SUITING UP FOR 'TOTAL RECALL' REMAKE
Reported 19 January 2011
Hollywood bad boy Colin Farrell is gearing up to fill some pretty big shoes --
Arnold Schwarzenegger's, to be precise. The Irish actor is scheduled to take
over the muscleman's iconic role as secret agent Hauser in a remake of the '90s
classic 'Total Recall,' the NY Post reports.
More at PopEater.com
"MARS NEEDS MOMS" TRAILER ON ITUNES NOW
Reported 03 December 2010
Take out the trash, eat your broccoli--who needs moms, anyway? Nine-year-old
Milo finds out just how much he needs his mom when she's nabbed by Martians who
plan to steal her mom-ness for their own young.
More at iTunes Movie Trailers
IS COLIN FARRELL TAKING OVER FOR ARNOLD IN THE TOTAL RECALL REMAKE?
Reported 21 October 2010
Word around Hollywood is that Irish star Colin Farrell is at the top of the
list—which also includes Tom Hardy and Michael Fassbender—to play the man
who buys a virtual, violent vacation to Mars. Len Wiseman (Underworld) is
directing this adaptation of Philip K. Dick's "We Can Remember It for You
Wholesale," which was, of course, the source for Paul Verhoeven's 1990 hit Total
Recall. Dick's original short story dealt in many of the author's favorite
themes - namely, paranoia, delusion and the nature of reality -- and it's
unclear if Kurt Wimmer's script will embrace the story's cerebral qualities or
turn into another action romp, like the Arnold Schwarzenegger version.
More at Blastr.com
DEVELOPMENT UPDATE: MARS DIRECT (NBC, NEW!)
Reported 11 October 2010
The Peacock is reportedly developing a new drama about "a mission to the red
planet." No specifics beyond that however were given, including any talent
involved.
More at TheFutonCritic.com
JOHN CARTER OF MARS TO REUNITE X-MEN AND ROME STARS
Reported 12 August 2010
Anticipating a movie that will be released as far away as 2012 seems ridiculous
when that movie doesn't include Harry Potter in the title. But never
underestimate the love or obsession of science fiction fans. John Carter of Mars
recently finished up major filming in Utah, went into post-production, and Walt
Disney Pictures announced a release date of June 8, 2012. The film will have a
PG-13 rating.
More at CultureMob.com
FOX DEVELOPING BRADBURY'S 'MARTIAN'
Reported 26 June 2010
Fox is developing a feature film based on Ray Bradbury's sci-fi short story
collection The Martian Chronicles. John Davis, producer of previous sci-fi
adaptation I, Robot starring Will Smith, has optioned the rights to the story,
reports the Los Angeles Times. Bradbury's tale follows humans who clash with the
natives of Mars while trying to colonise the planet after Earth is ruined.
More at DigitalSpy.com
SYFY CHANNEL TO PRODUCE RED FACTION FILM
Reported 27 April 2010
THQ and the SyFy channel announced a new deal today in which the Martian
revolution will be televised, as in made into a feature-length television
special. In addition to its status as a TV movie, the program will also serve as
a backdoor pilot for a possible series.
More at Destructiod.com
WAR OF THE WORLDS MOCK DOCUMENTARY IS COMING
Reported 12 March 2010
A new live-action movie based on H.G. Wells' seminal science fiction alien
invasion novel, The War of the Worlds, is in post production, it was announced
by Pendragon Pictures. The new movie, titled War of the Worlds - The True Story,
has a planned release date of October 2010. Pendragon Pictures is an independent
motion picture company that released a previous movie version of War of the
Worlds in 2005. Their earlier production grossed $7 million dollars and sold
650,000 copies on DVD, though its critical reception was tepid. Pendragon
producer Susan Goforth states, "This is a complete remake, not a re-working of
our previous production."
More at SpaceDaily.com
'MARS NEEDS MOMS!' OPENS MARCH 11, 2011
Reported 10 March 2010
Walt Disney Studios announced the date for another 3D movie 'Mars Needs Moms!'.
The Robert Zemeckis produced film will open March 11, 2011. The film is about a
young boy named Milo (Seth Green) who gains a deeper appreciation for his mom
(Joan Cusack) after Martians come to Earth to take her away. The movie is based
on Berkley Breathed's children story.
More at Disnology,com
JOHN CARTER OF MARS FIRES UP IN LONDON! NEW DETAILS
Reported 15 January 2010
John Carter of Mars, the upcoming live-action adaptation of Edgar Rice
Burroughs' "Barsoom" books, has begun production in London, Walt Disney Pictures
announced. The movie, from WALL-E director Andrew Stanton, is slated for release
sometime in 2012.
More at SciFiWire.com
DAFOE GEARS UP TO START MAKING JOHN CARTER, NEXT WEEK!
Reported 06 January 2010
Willem Dafoe revealed to us that next week he's headed off to London to start
filming Disney's John Carter of Mars. But how do you go about portraying a
10-foot tall, four armed green Martian? We caught up with Dafoe doing press for
his next film Daybreakers, and squeezed in a few roundtable questions on Disneys
giant fantasy undertaking, adapting Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Cater Of Mars.
More at io9.com
'MARVIN THE MARTIAN' PREPARES FOR LIFTOFF
Reported 18 December 2009
The Looney Tunes character is getting his own movie -- and now that movie has a
director and writers, and could soon even have a star to lend Marvin his voice.
Warner Bros. and producer Alcon Entertainment (the company behind the fall
sensation "The Blind Side") are bringing aboard a director named Alex Zamm to
oversee the misadventures of the cartoon alien. Zamm is an up-and-comer who is
also signed on to direct "Hong Kong Phooey," the film version of the 1970s Hanna
Barbera cartoon (that movie, from some of the same producers, could still
happen, but probably not before the Marvin film).
More at LAtimes.com
PRINCESS OF MARS TEASER TRAILER, FROM THE ASYLUM
Reported 24 November 2009
Usually, low-rent comedy genre house The Asylum (Mega Shark Versus Giant
Octopus, Transmorphers: Fall of Man) waits until just as a movie is released to
unleash their own knock-off / parody of the project. But with Edgar Rice
Burroughs and A Princess of Mars, the company gets a two-fer. Their new Princess
of Mars is already close to finished, and with it the company can perhaps steal
a few Avatar-related dollars while creating a product that will be ready on DVD
shelves when Disney eventually begins to promote Andrew Stanton's John Carter of
Mars. See the first teaser for Asylum's version of the Burroughs novel, after
the break. Starring Antonio Sabato, Jr. and Traci Lords.
More at SlashFilm.com
DAVID TENNANT: NEW DOCTOR WHO SPECIAL IS 'ONE OF THE SCARIEST'
Reported 31 October 2009
Doctor Who special The Waters of Mars is 'one of the scariest' according to star
David Tennant. The forthcoming special which sees the Timelord arrive on Mars in
2059 and battle terrifying zombie like aliens. The episode, which will broadcast
on BBC1 on November 15, also shows him facing a moral dilemma about whether to
condemn people to their fate or save them and ultimately change the future.
More at DailyMail.co.uk
NOTE: According to SciFiWire.com, Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars will air on BBC
AMERICA on Saturday December 19, 9:00pm ET/PT.
LYNN COLLINS SAYS JOHN CARTER OF MARS IS IN PRE-PRODUCTION
Reported 29 September 2009
Though the start date of Disney's adaptation of the classic Edgar Rice Burroughs
series is delayed, actress Lynn Collins confirms that pre-production has begun.
Disney's John Carter of Mars, a live-action adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs'
11-volume book series about a Civil War veteran (John Carter) who is
mysteriously transported to Mars, was originally scheduled to begin shooting in
November, but the date has now been pushed back to an early 2010 start. However,
according to actress Lynn Collins, who will play the Martian princess Dejah
Thoris, pre-production has begun.
More at ComicBookMovie.com
LYNN COLLINS ON PLAYING A PRINCESS IN JOHN CARTER OF MARS
Reported 28 September 2009
LYNN COLLINS, who played Wolverine's lover Kayla Silverfox in the recent X-Men
prequel, says preparations are under way on the Disney adaptation of Edgar Rice
Burroughs' John Carter of Mars books. Collins will play Martian princess Dejah
Thoris - whom she describes as a priestess of science and letters - in the tale
of a Civil War veteran mysteriously transported to the Red Planet where he finds
warring races vying for control.
More at CoventryTelegraph.net
LYNN COLLINS GETS 'A REALLY GREAT TAN' TO BECOME ALIEN PRINCESS IN 'JOHN CARTER
OF MARS'
Reported 24 September 2009
From the sound of things, Disney's adaptation of the nearly hundred-year-old
sci-fi series by Edgar Rice Burroughs, "John Carter of Mars," is going to start
shooting as early as January of next year. The start had previously been pushed
back from November. Pre-production continues to move steadily forward
nonetheless on the hybrid live action/CGI film. As co-star Lynn Collins told
MTV's Josh Horowitz last week on the New York red carpet for "The Burning
Plain," she's already seen workups of fight sequences she'll have to film and,
last week, some initial effects work kicked into gear.
More at MTV Movies Blog
DOMINIC WEST JOINS THE CAST OF JOHN CARTER OF MARS
Reported 24 August 2009
English actors Dominic West (300), Samantha Morton (The Messenger) and Polly
Walker (Rome) have joined John Carter of Mars, Disney's adaptation of the Edgar
Rice Burroughs book series that Andrew Stanton is directing, according to The
Hollywood Reporter. Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins and Willem Dafoe are already on
board the production, which centers on a Civil War veteran (Kitsch) who finds
himself mysteriously transported to Mars, where he becomes embroiled with the
planet's warring people.
More at SciFiWi.com
BRUCKHEIMER GEARS UP FOR 'WAR'
Reported 30 July 2009
Jerry Bruckheimer's going to war. The producer has snapped up feature rights to
the graphic novel "World War Robot" from IDW Publishing. Story, penned by Ashley
Wood and recounted in war-diary form by participants on both sides, centers on a
small band of humans and robots facing off in a battle on Earth, the moon and
Mars.
More at Variety.com
DOCTOR WHO - THE WATERS OF MARS - NEW TRAILER
Reported 15 July 2009
David Tennant returns as The Doctor in The Waters Of Mars, the second of four
Doctor Who specials being screened on BBC One this year. He is joined by his
cleverest and most strong-minded companion yet, Adelaide, played by acclaimed
British actress Lindsay Duncan.
Adelaide is head of the Mars Base and doesn't take kindly to an uninvited
appearance by The Doctor. Peter O'Brien, star of Neighbours, Flying Doctors and
Casualty, also guest stars as Ed, Adelaide's second in command.
More at YouTube.com
WILLEM DAFOE GOES TO 'MARS'
Reported 15 July 2009
The actor has joined Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins in "John Carter of Mars,"
Disney's adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs book series that Andrew Stanton
is directing.
In the story of a Civil War soldier transported to the red planet where warring
races vie for control, Dafoe will play Tars Tarkas, a leader of the Thark race
who knows that the only way his people can survive is if they turn away from
war, a position that may cost him dearly.
More at HollywoodReporter.com
TAYLOR KITSCH, LYNN COLLINS BLAST OFF TO 'MARS'
Reported 12 June 2009
Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins will star in "John Carter of Mars," the
adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs book series that Andrew Stanton is
directing for Disney. The movie is a big step for Stanton, who as one of Pixar's
top creators directed the company's animated films "Finding Nemo" and "WALL-E"
but will now helm his first live-action feature, and for Disney, which hopes the
big-budget production will launch a franchise on the scale of "Pirates of the
Caribbean."
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Kitsch will play the title character, Carter, while Collins is playing Dejah
Thoris, the heir to the throne of Mars' Helium kingdom.
More at HollywoodReporter.com
ANDREW STANTON'S JOHN CARTER OF MARS SHOOTING IN NOVEMBER!
Reported 12 June 2009
Time flies. It feels like just yesterday when Wall-E director Andrew Stanton
would answer every John Carter of Mars question with "we're just working on the
script right now." A year later and now it looks like the script is ready.
Fortunately it won't take four years to make like at Pixar. The news comes from
the NBC station KSL in Salt Lake City, Utah (via SlashFilm). They report that
thanks to a new tax incentive in the state, Disney will bring 400 cast and crew
to Utah and shoot John Carter of Mars for seven months. While we never got any
official confirmation, word is that this will be Stanton's first live-action
feature.
More at FirstShowing.net
AND HERE COMES THE 'TOTAL RECALL' REMAKE
Reported 03 June 2009
Go ahead and get that "AARGHHH!!!!" out of your system now. You'll feel better.
(I have done so as well.) The remake that our own Eugene Novikov refused to
believe a few short months ago is now moving forward. Total Recall will receive
a "contemporized adaptation," according to The Hollywood Reporter. Kurt Wimmer
has been hired to write the script, which may or may not be based on "We Can
Remember It For You Wholesale," the Philip K. Dick story that inspired the
original.
More at Cinematical.com
'MR. NOBODY' INTERNATIONAL TRAILER RELEASED
Reported 27 May 2009
Mr. Nobody, said to be the most expensive english speaking Belgian film of all
time (US $47M), is a new and thought provoking sci-fi/fantasy drama from
director Jaco Van Dormael. It is supposedly a highly cerebral film that will
make you think deeply about life and so we've been looking forward to it. At
last the international trailer has been released and it looks exactly as we were
expecting - a beautiful, thought provoking film.
More at SciFiScoop.com
MICHAEL CHABON POLISHING 'JOHN CARTER' SCRIPT FOR DISNEY/PIXAR
Reported 15 April 2009
Pulitzer prize-winning author Michael Chabon has been hired to polish a script
by Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo, Wall-E) and Mark Andrews for the Pixar/Disney
adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars. Chabon was quoted on
the Amazing Website of Kavalier & Clay confirming the deal, "I've been hired to
do some revisions to an already strong script by Andrew Stanton and Mark
Andrews."
More at ICV2.com
"MARS NEEDS MOMS!"
Reported 01 March 2009
Seth Green joins the cast of "Mars Needs Moms!", the motion capture/animated
feature film from Disney and Robert Zemeckis' ImageMovers production banner, per
The Hollywood Reporter. Directed by Simon Wells, the movie is based on author
Berkeley Breathed's kid's book of the same name, which revolves around a boy who
stows away on spaceship to rescue his mom after she is abducted by aliens. "Mars
Needs Moms" will also feature the voices of Mindy Sterling, Joan Cusack, and Dan
Fogler. Breathed is best known for his "Bloom County" comic strip.
More at Cynopsis.com
"DUCK DODGERS ANIMATED SERIES DVD"
Reported 11 October 2008
DVDcellar/eCrater.com is currently offering the complete series run of "Duck
Dodgers" on 4 disc DVD featuring all 3 seasons of hilarious episodes. Featuring
4 discs (39 episodes) in NTSC format, all region, interactive menues, and full
disk art for $39.99 plus shipping.
More at eCrater.com
"CHRISTMAS ON MARS!"
Reported 11 October 2008
The long-awaited movie by The Flaming Lipsis finally coming on 11/11! Get the
DVD plus a CD with the film score by pre-ordering at their store!
The latest trailer can be seen here.
More at The Flaming Lips
"AMC DEVELOPING RED MARS"
Reported 03 October 2008
AMC is developing Red Mars, a series based on Kim Stanley Robinson's 1982 novel,
from writer/executive producer Jonathan Hensleigh (Armageddon), according to The
Hollywood Reporter. Robinson's acclaimed book chronicles the first human colony
on the Red Planet. Hensleigh is the writer and will executive-produce, alongside
Michael Jaffe and Howard Braunstein of Jaffe Braunstein Entertainment and Vince
Gerardis, Ralph Vicinanza and Eli Kirschner of Created By.
More at Sci Fi Wire
"NEW LOOK FOR CARTER OF MARS?"
Reported 26 September 2008
Andrew Stanton, who is writing and directing John Carter of Mars, based on Edgar
Rice Burroughs' books, told SCI FI Wire that he and co-writer Mark Andrews will
be putting their own spin on the iconic story, and a Pixar manager added that
the film will have a unique look as well. "I'm going to do what I remember more
than what they exactly do" in the books, Stanton said cryptically in a group
interview at the Emeryville, Calif., headquarters of Pixar on Sept. 25.
More at Sci Fi Wire
"FOX DEVELOPING COWBOY BEBOP LIVE-ACTION FEATURE FILM!"
Reported 22 July 2008
All your Faye Valentine fantasies are finally going to come true... if you have
any at least! Following Akira and Ghost in the Shell announcements, apparently
Cowboy Bebop is in for a live-action adaptation as well. IF Magazine talked with
veteran producer Erwin Stoff (via AICN) and discovered that he's working on
making a live-action Cowboy Bebop movie with Fox. Apparently it's very fresh
news: "I'm really excited to be working on it, and it's in the really early
stages. We just signed it the other day." If you're not so familiar with Bebop,
it's an incredibly popular Japanese anime TV series that first aired back in
1998 and has become a hit here in the US as well as Japan. I'm not exactly a big
fan myself, but considering Hollywood is caught up in the anime trend, I'm
definitely excited to see this one come to life as well.
More at FirstShowing.net
"CARTER OF MARS NOT LIVE ACTION?"
Reported 23 June 2008
Writer/director Andrew Stanton, who is reportedly working with Disney/Pixar to
develop a film based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars, denied to SCI
FI Wire that a decision has been made on whether to shoot the movie as an
animated feature, a live-action film or a mix. "Everybody's asking that, and we
are not going to make that decision for about a year," Stanton (Finding Nemo)
said in an interview while promoting his upcoming animated SF film WALL•E in
Beverly Hills, Calif., on June 20.
More at Sci Fi Weekly
"PIXAR'S ANDREW STANTON CURRENTLY WRITING JOHN CARTER OF MARS"
Reported 07 June 2008
Hope everyone is having a nice weekend. I was just heading out to the pool to
begin David Price's The Pixar Touch, when I saw that writer/director Andrew
Stanton (Wall-E, Finding Nemo) has confirmed via the Pixar Blog that he's
currently writing John Carter of Mars. Go figure. This isn't surprising news,
we've known since 2007 that Pixar is developing a trilogy of films based on the
epic sci-fi fantasy material-the first of which is due before 2012-but Stanton's
confirmation drives it closer to reality. And that's not only awesome but sort
of miraculous for this project, innit. There was no clarification by Stanton on
whether the film will be live-action (like Brad Bird's 1906), animated or a
secretive cocktail as rumored. I'm hoping for the former or the latter, what
about you?
More at SlashFilm.com
"MOORE REMAKING CAPRICORN"
Reported 04 June 2008
John Moore is attached to direct a remake of the 1978 SF conspiracy thriller
Capricorn One for New Regency, Variety reported. Peter Buchman (Che Guevara)
wrote the screenplay, which is described as an updated re-imagining of the story
about a group of astronauts on an abortive mission to Mars.
More at Variety
"PIXAR MULLING LIVE-ACTION MARS?"
Reported 18 March 2008
The Disney insider news site JimHillMedia reported a rumor that Pixar's first
foray into live-action filmmaking may be a film based on Edgar Rice Burroughs'
John Carter of Mars series. Citing anonymous sources, the site reported that
"WALL•E" director Andrew Stanton told the staff at Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. in
October of last year that Disney/Pixar is gearing up to do a trilogy of films
based on the books.
More at Sci-Fi Wire
"JOHN CARTER OF MARS" CARTOON
Reported 28 January 2008
Animated test footage for John Carter of Mars project worked on by Bob Clampett
in the 1930's.
More at YouTube.com
"PIXAR GEARING UP CARTER OF MARS"
Reported 15 October 2007
ERBzine.com, a Web site devoted to Edgar Rice Burroughs and his books, reported
that Disney/Pixar is gearing up preproduction on its upcoming computer-animated
version of Burroughs' John Carter of Mars, the first of a trilogy of movies.
More at Sci-Fi Weekly
"GOING BIG ON MARS -- DISCOVERY SERIES LOOK AT RACE TO RED PLANET"
Reported 21 September 2007
Michael Riley is relieved there are no Martians in Race to Mars. "There are no
drooling aliens to be thwarted running around the ship," said Riley, the veteran
Canadian actor who stars in Race to Mars, a new and expensive dramatic
mini-series that debuts Sunday on Discovery. "There is no Monolith on the
surface when we land. There are no apes, no Statue of Liberty. And I like that.
It's a straight-ahead account of man meets technology." I ndeed, Race to Mars
arguably is the biggest endeavour in the history of Discovery.
More at Toronto Sun.com
"'MAN CONQUERS SPACE' BASED ON COLLIERS MAGAZINE"
Reported 25 August 2007
In March 1952, Colliers Magazine began a series of articles by a team of 23
contributors, headed by the German-American rocket scientist Wernher von Braun.
The team of experts, scientists and space-advocates used the magazine to vividly
illustrate their dramatic vision of the near future, and how humans could
exploit the seemingly endless possibilities found in space. Over the course of
the series, various subjects such as spacecraft, spacesuits, planetary science,
orbital trajectories and even the finer details of Lunar and Martian exploration
were presented.
Man Conquers Space is now designed as a theatrically released feature film,
chronicling the major space exploration and exploitation events of the 20th and
early 21st century in an alternative history timeline. The release date of Man
Conquers Space is yet to be announced.
More at Man Conquers Space: The Conquest of the Moon and Mars
"MISSION CONTROL, WE HAVE LIFT OFF" - DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRESENTS THE WORLD
PREMIERES OF "RACE TO MARS" AND "MARS RISING," STARTING SEPT. 23
Reported 01 August 2007
Discovery Channel's most ambitious project ever is ready for lift off. As the
scientific and space communities mark the 50th anniversary of the Space Age
initiated by Sputnik, Discovery Channel blasts into Fall with an unprecedented
and daring multi-platform exploration of the Red Planet: Mars. Experts suggest
we could see a successful human voyage to Mars in our lifetime, and when it
happens, it will be the most ambitious, complex and dangerous expedition ever
undertaken. The cornerstone of Discovery Channel's 2007-2008 Season, this
landmark television event - featuring the World Premieres of "Race to Mars"
(Sept. 23 premiere) and "Mars Rising"(Oct. 7 premiere) - celebrates the
innovation, technology and passion that will bring the voyage to fruition.
More at www.newswire.ca
"'ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS' DVD RELEASES IN SEPTEMBER"
Reported 18 June 2007
In September, The Criterion Collection will release a special edition DVD of the
long-awaited 1964 fantasy classic, ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS. New, restored
high-definition digital transfer. Audio commentary featuring screenwriter Ib
Melchior, actors Paul Mantee and Victor Lundin, production designer Al Nozaki,
Oscar-winning special effects designer and Robinson Crusoe on Mars historian
Robert Skotak, and excerpts from a 1979 audio interview with director Byron
Haskin.
More at Criterion Collection
"GOLDEN AGE RESTORES EDISON'S 1910 FILM 'A TRIP TO MARS'"
Reported 19 February 2007
The Golden Age Archives is making Thomas Edison's 1910 4-minute film, 'A Trip to
Mars' available on DVD. "I bought an original copy of the film on eBay last
year," says Golden Archive's Robert Quesinberry. "It was in the early Edison
Home Kinetoscope format. I scanned the whole thing (over 4000 frames) and
reconstructed it using Adobe Premiere. It is taken from frames that are even
smaller than 8mm -- the results are worthwhile. It is a terrific and very well
done film, a fitting tribute as Americas first Science Fiction film. We are
lucky that it is still in existence in any form."
'A Trip to Mars' (Catalog #M00780149) is available from The Golden Age Archives.
More at The Golden Age Archives
"CAPRICORN TWO?"
Reported 9 February 2007
Director Peter Hyams is said to be in development on a remake of his 80s sci-fi
piece, 'Capricorn One'. The 'Time Cop' and 'Sound of Thunder' helmer will
produce, and Dave Dobkin ('Shanghai Knights') will direct. The remake,
imaginatively titled (hmm) "Capricorn 2," has apparently been in the early
development stages for about six months now, with a late '07 start date being
eyeballed.
More at Moviehole.net
DISNEY TO TAKE ON JOHN CARTER OF MARS
Reported 17 January 2007
Disney is optioning rights to the Edgar Rice Burroughs sci-fi series "John
Carter of Mars" as a potential franchise for the studio, reports Variety.
Paramount had previously owned the rights to the epic and had set the project up
with Jon Favreau directing and Sean Daniel and Jim Jacks producing. But
Paramount's option expired and now Disney has jumped aboard and is in talks with
Burroughs' estate.
More at ComingSoon.net
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN: "JOHN CARTER OF MARS"
Reported 02 November 2006
The Artists in Action Series Presents Zack Petroc, Art Director of Unit 11 on
"John Carter of Mars," presenting his philosophy of character design for 15-ft
tall green Tars Tarkas. A video lecture for ZBrush software.
More at ZBrushCentral.com
PARAMOUNT PICTURES HAVE NOT RENEWED THEIR OPTION WITH ERB, INC. ON THE JOHN
CARTER OF MARS FILM PROJECT"
Reported 29 August 2006
Paramount Pictures has chosen not to renew its option on the JOHN CARTER OF MARS
series. Paramount have recently gone through many major and somewhat baffling
shake-ups. Numerous other film companies have long been interested in the John
Carter property and Edgar Rice Burroughs fans can look forward to ongoing and
exciting new developments.
More at JOHN CARTER OF MARS Unofficial Fan Site
"TRANSFORMERS" TRAILER SYNOPSIS
Reported 30 June 2006
The trailer depicts the launch of the "Beagle 2 Mars rover," which was announced
"crashed" 2003. The trailer claims this was a cover-up to keep the public
unaware of its final transmission, which was decreed Top Secret. The teaser then
shows the rover's final transmission where it moves off its landing pad and onto
the ground where seconds after it has scouted about a bit a shadow falls across
its field of view. The camera turns to the object and for a brief second, one
can see the outline of a large mechanical humanoid whom promptly attacks the
rover and cuts its transmission. Then a blank screen with the words "It was the
only warning we would ever get" comes up. This is followed by a view of the
Earth from space. As the camera pans backwards, the movie logo 'transforms' onto
the screen. It then changes again into 7.4.7 (July 4th 2007 - the film's release
date), then transforms again into the Autobot insignia and the teaser ends with
the credits.
More at TransformersMovie.com
"JOHN CARTER OF MARS" ON INDEFINATE HOLD
Reported 15 June 2006
Director Jon Favreau says: "Unfortunately, due to the 2008 Paramount production
of Star Trek, it looks like Carter is not going to happen in the near future. I
assure you that the script and artwork were very well received, but they've got
a lot of "similar" stuff in the pipeline at the studio. I am trying to help
position the film to get made and remain committed to seeing it through. That
said, it's not going to happen this year. Sorry for the disappointment. Believe
me, after spending six months trying to make this my next film, I too am
disappointed."
More at John Carter of Mars website
"RACE TO MARS" BEGINS PRODUCTION IN MONTREAL
Reported 09 May 2006
Scientists have set their sights on the human exploration of Mars within a
generation - but Discovery Channel and Galafilm Inc. will bring the Red Planet
experience to audiences across Canada and around the world even sooner than
science, announcing today that principal photography has begun on Race to Mars.
This landmark three-hour docudrama imagines and simulates with breathtaking
realism the first human mission to Mars based on the science being developed and
tested today. Production on Race to Mars, starring Michael Riley (Supervolcano,
This is Wonderland) as astronaut Captain Rick Erwin, commenced today in Montreal
and St-Hubert, Quebec, and will continue through mid-June.
The Race to Mars mini-series is a key element in Discovery Channel's
groundbreaking multi-format television and interactive event that tells the
story of the greatest human exploration of this century - the first human
mission to the planet Mars. This unprecedented project will see both this
ambitious docudrama and an exhaustive six-hour companion documentary series,
Mars Rising (also produced by Galafilm Inc.), premiere on Discovery Channel in
2007. The broadcast event will be complemented by extensive multi-platform Mars
Interactive elements created by Quickplay Media. With a combined budget of
approximately CDN $20-million, this original homegrown endeavour is the most
expensive science television project in production this year worldwide.
More at ChannelCanada.com
"JOHN CARTER OF MARS" DELAY CONFIRMED
Reported 05 May 2006
Director Jon Favreau confirmed to Sci-Fi Wire that Paramount has put the the
long-gestating film adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars on
hold, pending the success of his next directing project, Iron Man, and the
upcoming eleventh Star Trek film.
More at DarkHorizons.com
"NEGADON: THE MONSTER FROM MARS" LANDS ON RETAIL SHELVES JULY 11TH
Reported 27 April 2006
Award Winning CG Film To Be Released On DVD And Priced At Only $19.95 SRP
NEW YORK, NY (April 27, 2006) Central Park Media announced the much anticipated
DVD release of NEGADON: THE MONSTER FROM MARS, the world's first completely
computer-generated monster movie. Directed by Jun Awazu from his original script
and rendered in staggeringly realistic computer graphics, NEGADON: THE MONSTER
FROM MARS pays homage to a wide variety of 1950's and 60's Japanese monster
movies such as Godzilla and Mothra. This film, which was almost 3 years in the
making, won the Outstanding Production Award at the 2006 Digital Contents Grand
Prix and was named a Jury Recommended Work at the 2006 Japan Media Arts
Festival.
The Negadon DVD, which will be priced at $19.95 SRP, will be loaded with many
bonus features including an interview with Director Jun Awazu, the Making of
Negadon: The Monster from Mars featurette, two short films by Mr. Awazu, and
digital liner notes. In addition, a replica newspaper identical to the one
included in the original Japanese release will be inserted into each DVD case.
More at NegadonAttacks.com
"JON FAVREAU OF MARS -- EXCLUSIVE: DIRECTOR TALKS SCI-FI EPIC"
Reported 03 January 2006
Empire recently spoke to Zathura director and one time Swingers star, Jon
Favreau, about his upcoming projects and got the full story on his proposed move
into grown up action territory, John Carter of Mars ... what do you mean you've
never heard of it? "It was written by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Tarzan) close to a
hundred years ago," says Favreau for the unitiated. "It's actually been a bit of
a creative well spring than influenced Star Wars a great deal and Superman can
kind of be traced back to it. Basically any science fiction goes back to the
grandfather, which is John Carter. It's about a civil war veteran - a cavalry
captain - who finds himself transported to Mars and finds himself in the nexus
of all these warring tribes on this dying planet with diminishing resources ...
He also finds himself with what I guess you would call super powers. At the time
it was written we didn't understand anything about going to planets with lower
gravity and so the way it was expressed was that he had superhuman strength and
leaping abilities. So he's the guy who finds himself at the end of a war that
was pretty meaningless, basically, and wasteful on Earth and ends up showing up
on this planet as a super warrior who can actually make a difference. So it's a
bit of a fantasy in that respect."
More at EmpireOnline.com
"DEFENDERS OF MARS"
Reported 20 December 2005
Defenders of Mars is a new live-action kids sci-fi drama being launched here
that unites the UK's Zenith Entertainment and Fox World Australia. The show
comes from veteran TV scribe Stephen Gallagher, who previously wrote Rosemary &
Thyme and Oktober, with the exec producer team including Zenith's head of kids
drama and animation Julian Scott, plus David Maher and David Taylor from Fox TV
Studios' Sydney unit. The show, which follows a bunch of kids who are left
behind on Mars after the failure of a colonisation project, continues Fox World
Australia's strategy of partnering with UK indies on stand-out properties.
More at Stephen Gallagher.com and C21Media.net
"NEGADON: THE MONSTER FROM MARS"
Reported 8 December 2005
A 25-minute totally computer-generated Japanese Monster movie. Scheduled to be
screened at the Tokyo International Fantastic Film Festival 2005 on October
16th, and to receive a limited-tariff release at the Theatre Ikebukuro in Tokyo
from November 5th-11th.
More at the Negadon website.
"FAVREAU TO HELM JOHN CARTER OF MARS"
Reported 7 October 2005
Paramount has hired Elf and Zathura helmer Jon Favreau to direct John Carter of
Mars, the epic adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs sci-fi series. Variety
says the film begins with a Civil War veteran whose retreat into a cave to avoid
capture by Apache Indians takes an otherworldly turn as he's transported via
time portal to the planet of Barsoom and taken prisoner by 12-foot-tall green
men. Burroughs wrote 11 volumes of Carter's adventures and the studio is hoping
the film will launch a franchise. Ehren Kruger rewrote a script by Mark
Protosevich, and Ain't It Cool News creator Harry Knowles is co-producing.
Robert Rodriguez (Sin City) and Kerry Conran (Sky Captain and the World of
Tomorrow) were each attached to direct at one point.
More from ComingSoon.net.
"H.G. WELLS' THE WAR OF THE WORLDS DESCENDS ON AUSTRALIA, JAPAN AND MORE"
Reported 13 September 2005
Pendragon Pictures announces the international release of the Director's Cut of
H.G. WELLS' THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. The never-before-seen Director's Cut features
new enhanced special effects, new scenes and faster pacing. Director Timothy
Hines comments, "I had the opportunity to re-cut the film for the foreign
release and subsequent U.S. distribution and I'm proud of the end result.
Virtually every scene in the film has been reconceived and retimed from the
original Summer release. It plays remarkably better." Running time is down to
135 minutes from 180 minutes.
More from MarsNews.com.
"WAR OF THE WORLDS: COMPLETE FIRST SEASON"
Reported 09 August 2005
Paramount Pictures is also releasing a 6-disk DVD set from its 1988 television
series starring Jared Martin on November 1, 2005, the same day as the 1953 "The
War of the Worlds - Special Collector's Edition" goes on sale. The second season
can not be far behind.
More from Amazon.com.
"THE WAR OF THE WORLDS - SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION"
Reported 01 August 2005
Paramount's classic War of the Worlds: Special Collector's Edition is
tentatively expected to street on 11/1/2005. The title had originally been set
for a Summer 2005 release, but we've learned that director Steven Spielberg
asked for it to be delayed until AFTER his re-imagined War of the Worlds arrived
in theaters (on 6/27). Presumably, you can expect the revised street date to
coincide with the DVD release of Spielberg's version of the alien invasion epic.
More from The Digital Bits - The Rumor Mill!
"DEFENDERS OF MARS"
Reported 28 June 2005
Nobody was interested in Mars until we got there, and then it was like the
dotcom boom all over again - rash levels of investment, an entire infrastructure
thrown in all at once, instant collapse when reality bit ... now its unfinished
cities and roads that go nowhere and empty airship terminals and a terraforming
program that never even got started. All the workers shipped back. Now all
you'll find there is the scum of the solar system and a small group of young
people who were purpose-bred and can't come 'home'.
More from Defenders of Mars.
"THE MARS UNDERGROUND" WEBSITE
Reported 10 March 2005
The official website for the documentary film "The Mars Underground" is now up.
Check out the image gallery for new images and a larger trailer.
More from The Mars Underground.
A SUMMER OF W.O.W.
Reported 05 March 2005
This summer the aliens are coming. Not only on the big screen with Steven
Speiberg's redux of War of the Worlds but also on DVD. Paramount will be issuing
a special edition DVD of the original George Pal classic. This is long overdue
in this fans opinion. Here is what rumor has will be on the disc. Audio
commentary by stars Gene Barry and Ann Robinson. A historical commentary by Joe
Dante, genre expert Bob Burns and Fango contributor Bill Warren. On-camera
interviews with other War of the World veterans and additional special features
to be announced. No concrete release date was given but it was mentioned that it
will be in conjunction with the release of Speilberg's version.
by Dave Dreher
More from Creature-Corner.com.
TEST ANIMATION OF JEFF WAYNE'S CGI MARTIAN WAR MACHINES
Reported 03 March 2005
War of the Worlds Online have been in touch with Jeff Wayne's camp who have seen
the incredibly positive reactions to the release of their Martian Fighting
Machine test footage last week. The response has truly been an overwhelming
Thumbs Up, with over 1,500 views of the thread in under one week! As a result of
this, Jeff has authorised the release of a 60 second sequence (also R&D) of the
Martian Flying Machine. So here it is - enjoy!! It's hotter than the Heat Ray
itself...
More from War of the Worlds Online.com.
SPIELBERG JAPANESE TRAILER RELEASED
Reported 23 February 2005
A Japanese version of the War of the Worlds movie trailer has been released.
This new release shows some new footage not seen in the Superbowl TV spot. To
view the clip please follow this link.
More from War of the Worlds Online.com.
PENDRAGON PICTURES' "THE WAR OF THE WORLDS" WEBSITES
Reported 24 February 2005
A collection of news articles (mostly from late 2004) have been assembled in
newspaper style for Pendragon Pictures' "H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds"
film, set for theatrical release on Wednesday, March 30, 2005.
Additionally, the official Pendragon website has posted links to a second Teaser
Trailer, a "Message from the Cast" video, and a Theatrical Trailer.
More from The War of the Worlds Movie News and at
Pendragon Pictures' "H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds" websites.
WORLDS SECRETS REVEALED
Reported 14 February 2005
Filmmakers, including director Steven Spielberg and star Tom Cruise, revealed
key details to SCI FI Wire about their upcoming SF epic movie War of the Worlds
during filming on location in the Los Angeles suburb of Piru, Calif., on Feb.
10. Among the secrets revealed about the film, which is based on H.G. Wells'
classic martian-invasion novel:
- The aliens are not Martians.
- The aliens will appear in the massive mechanical tripods described in Wells'
book, and not the boomerang-shaped flying saucers from George Pal's 1953 movie
of the same name. The tripods will be largely computer-generated.
- Gene Barry and Ann Robinson, stars of Pal's 1953 movie, will have cameo
appearances.
- Spielberg's film will hew closely to themes and events in Wells' novel,
featuring such elements as the red weed and the black smoke, as well as a cellar
sequence right out of the book.
More from SciFi News of the Week
WAR OF THE WORLDS - NEW TRAILER PREMIERING
Reported 04 February 2005
Based on H.G. Wells' classic SF novel, this film reunites director Steven
Spielberg with star Tom Cruise in a contemporary update of the most famous
martian invasion story of all time. A new trailer, featuring scenes from the
film, goes live at 10 p.m. PT on Feb. 6.
More from Sci-Fi Wire Trailers
WAR OF THE WORLDS - BEHIND THE SCENES CLIPS
Reported 22 January 2005
Watch star Tom Cruise and director Steven Spielberg answer fans' questions about
their latest film, 'War of the Worlds.' I Always Had 'War of the Worlds' in Mind
- Steven and Tom talk about why they chose to make 'War of the Worlds.' My Heart
Was Pounding - Tom Cruise talks about what appealed to him about the film.
More from Yahoo Movies
GRAVELAND BECOMES CRIMSON FORCE
Reported 17 December 2004
The movie is nearing completion, and will make its world premiere on a Saturday
night on Sci Fi sometime in the spring. It will be released on DVD late in 2005
or early in 2006. Its new title is CRIMSON FORCE, replacing the working title of
Graveland. Check SciFi.com for updates (in the original movie section of the
site), and we'll be sure to give you exact air times when we have them.
From Thomas Vitale, SVP Programming, Sci Fi Channel
WAR OF THE WORLDS LOOSES DUMMIES
Reported 17 December 2004
Connecticut police were alerted by makers of Steven Spielberg's War of the
Worlds that two life-sized mannequins were lost in a local river over the
weekend during location shooting, Zap2it reported.
More from Sci Fi Weekly's News of the Week
GRAVELAND
Reported 16 December 2004
In the near future, when the first manned mission to Mars crashes, the crew find
themselves fighting against hostile Martians and rugged terrain to survive. As
they race against time to repair their space shuttle, they discover the ancient
civilization of Martians may just hold the secrets to the origins of man.
More from PhobosWeb.com
GRAVELAND
Reported 14 December 2004
Phobos Films is working with the SCI FI Channel to produce an original TV movie
called Graveland. This story of a deadly mission to Mars was the first science
fiction screenplay optioned by Sandra Schulberg and Moon Cho when they formed
Phobos two years ago. Production is being handled by Phobos strategic partner
Meyer Shwarzstein and his production company Brainstorm Media.
More from Science Fiction Weekly
CRUISE/SPIELBERG'S "WAR OF THE WORLDS"
Reported 12 December 2004
Cruise/Spielberg's "War of the Worlds" now has an official website and a
teaser/trailer up.
More from War of the Worlds - Summer 2005.
WAR SPEEDS INTO PRODUCTION
Reported 22 November 2004
Steven Spielberg will make his upcoming H.G. Wells adaptation War of the Worlds
in a breathtaking eight months, from the start of filming Nov. 7 to the June 29,
2005, release date, Variety reported. Shooting in New York and New Jersey, the
director will film the movie's big action sequences first, to give Industrial
Light & Magic time to complete the estimated 500 visual-effects shots, the trade
paper reported. Principal photography will take 75 days.
More from SciFiWire.
INTERVIEW: TIMOTHY HINES (DIRECTOR, PENDRAGON PICTURES' UPCOMING THE WAR OF THE
WORLDS)
Reported 02 November 2004
It's not every day you get to talk to someone whose dreams are coming true - but
that's exactly what's happening to Timothy Hines. A 20-year veteran of
commercial/industrial filmmaking, Hines is best known in cult-cinema circles for
writing and directing Bug Wars, a straight-to-VHS babes-versus-monsters flick
that impressed investors with its creative use of desktop CGI. This opened the
door to Hines' newest project: an authentic big-screen adaptation of H.G. Wells'
classic 1898 novel The War of the Worlds (WotW for short). Told as a
first-person narrative by an anonymous Englishman (often referred to simply as
"the Writer"), WotW tells of an invasion of Earth by Martians armed with
heat-rays and 100-foot-tall walking machines. With WotW properly funded, Hines
set aside another sci-fi project (Chrome, a futuristic, CGI-laden adventure),
and turned his full attention to completing his lifelong dream. Produced by
Pendragon Pictures, Hines' WotW is scheduled for a Spring 2005 release.
More from SciFiDimensions.com.
CRUISE SHOOTING WAR
Reported 01 November 2004
Tom Cruise revealed to fans at UCLA that he has already begun shooting scenes
for the upcoming film adaptation of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds, directed by
Steven Spielberg, Zap2It reported. In a three-hour "Conversation with Tom
Cruise," sponsored by the American Film Institute and run by DreamWorks, Cruise
said that he has already shot an emotional scene as Justin Chatwin, an estranged
father in the middle of a Martian invasion of Earth, the site reported. "As I
was looking at a photograph I found of my son in the scene, Steven told me to
think of the good times I had with my own son, and to get into the mood that
way," Cruise reportedly said. "Things like that really help."
More from SciFi.com.
SANCHO AND PELE VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMEN FROM MARS PRODUCTION ANNOUNCED
Reported 16 October 2004
Pantsless Productions announced today pre production has started on their first
feature film, "Sancho and Pele vs. The Vampire Women From Mars." Scheduled to be
shot on location in Adams County Ohio. Filming is slated to begin in early
November.
More from XTVWorld | Media Junction.
"ROBBINS, OTTO JOIN WAR"
Reported 13 October 2004
Tim Robbins and Miranda Otto have been added to the cast of Steven Spielberg's
War of the Worlds, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Robbins will play an
astronomer named Ogilvy, while Otto (Lord of the Rings) will play the wife of
the main character, to be played by Tom Cruise. Dakota Fanning (Taken) is also
set to appear as their daughter, the trade paper reported.
Newcomer Justin Chatwin is in talks to star opposite Tom Cruise in Steven
Spielberg's upcoming adaptation of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds, Variety
reported. Chatwin beat out several young actors for the role of Cruise's son,
whose strained relationship with his father is a significant plot point in the
film, the trade paper said.
The Paramount and DreamWorks co-production is the latest adaptation of the
classic H.G. Wells novel of the same name, which deals with an alien invasion of
Earth. The film is scheduled to begin filming in mid-November for release in
2005.
More from Science Fiction Weekly.
"EHREN KRUGER IS HIRED FOR 'A PRINCESS OF MARS'"
Reported 11 October 2004
Ehren Kruger ("The Ring" and "The Ring 2") has taken on the job of writing the
script to "A Princess of Mars." "A Princess of Mars" will be the first movie of
the "John Carter of Mars" franchise and will follow the storyline from Edgar
Rice Burroughs' first book of that series.
More from RomanticMovies.About.Com.
"SPIELBERG BEATEN TO WAR OF THE WORLDS BY SECRETLY SHOT ENGLISH RIVAL"
Reported 09 September 2004
Pendragon Pictures surprise Spielberg with shock new movie based on H.G. Wells
novel.
In news fit to set Steven Spielberg's hair on end, Pendragon Pictures has just
announced the completion of principal photography on their take of H.G. Wells'
The War Of The Worlds. Set in Wells' intended turn-of-the-century English
locale, the movie is the world's first authentic adaptation of the H.G. Wells
classic 1898 novel.
The live-action production, lensed in complete security under the cover title
The Great Boer War, taking two and a half months to complete on location in
England and the Pacific Northwest. The picture wrapped almost three years to the
date when Pendragon's original updated version of War Of The Worlds was shut
down due to the events of September 11th.
More from The Computer Crow's Nest and Pendragon Pictures.
"CONRAN TALKS PRINCESS OF MARS - THE SCALE IS ALMOST UNIMAGINABLE."
Reported 25 August 2004
Sci Fi Wire caught up with director Kerry Conran (Sky Captain and the World of
Tomorrow ) who talked about his next film, "A Princess of Mars." The
Paramount/Alphaville production is a long-in-development adaptation of Edgar
Rice Burroughs' pulp classic, which Conran feels has been an underrated
influence on a number of later and even more celebrated works.
More from Filmforce
BURBANK TO PRODUCE ZUBRIN'S "FIRST LANDING"
Reported 24 August 2004
A major sensation was caused at the Mars Society 2004 Conference by the
announcement from award-winning filmmaker Sam Burbank that he would be making a
theatrical motion picture based on Robert Zubrin's novel "First Landing."
Listing the various Hollywood horror pictures or shoot-em-ups nominally
featuring Mars, Burbank drew a sharp distinction between those efforts and the
kind of movie "First Landing" will be. "There never has been a movie actually
about t he human exploration of Mars. This will be the first." Burbank said,
adding: "It will not be set in the glorious science fiction future, but in our
own time, and it will show the mission done with all the grungy realism of the
kind of space travel we can really do. It's not going to show the Mars mission
as being easy. It's not going to show it as being impossible. It's going to show
it as being really tough, but doable, by a group of people who have what it
takes to do it."
From Mars Society Newsletter
"SPIELBERG AND CRUISE TO PICK UP THE WELLES' TRADITION?"
Reported 12 August 2004
Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise will bring the classic H.G. Wells alien-invasion
novel, "The War of the Worlds," to the big screen, with Cruise expected to star
, according to Variety magazine. The movie version has been accelerated onto a
fast track, with only 10 weeks of pre-production scheduled before the film goes
into shooting later this year. DreamWorks and Paramount are co-financing "War of
the Worlds" which is expected to cost around or over $100 million --with both
Cruise and Spielberg opting out of fees in favor of a share of the gross. "War"
is now on track for a November start date and a 2005 release.
From Astrobiology Magazine
"CONRAN TAPPED FOR 'PRINCESS'"
Reported 30 July 2004
Alphaville's sci-fi adventure-action picture "A Princess of Mars" is closing in
on a new captain: director Kerry Conran. Conran, whose "Sky Captain and the
World of Tomorrow," is set for release Sept. 17, is in negotiations to direct
"Princess," a Paramount-based production, as his next project. Conran entered
the picture after former "Princess" director Robert Rodriguez resigned from the
DGA earlier this year, making him ineligible to direct the Paramount tentpole.
Based on the first book in Edgar Rice Burroughs' 11-volume "John Carter of Mars"
series, the property is being developed as a major franchise. Alphaville's
previous forays into the fantasy and f/x arena include "The Mummy" franchise and
its spinoff "The Scorpion King." (Liza Foreman)
From The Hollywood Reporter.com
"WAR OF THE WORLDS"
Reported 28 July 2004
Now, the granddaddy of all alien invasion tales will be adapted for a second
big-screen treatment (the first was in 1953, starring Les Tremayne and Gene
Barry). And who better than to put his name on a big-budget special effects
extravaganza than the master himself, Steven Spielberg? The eminent director of
such modern classics as Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Schindler's List, Saving
Private Ryan and Minority Report will team with Really Big Star Tom Cruise to
bring the film to the big screen. Currently, Spielberg is expected to join
Cruise in producing the film. It is anticipated that Cruise will also take the
starring role. The two will be expected to settle on a production start date
once screenwriter David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Spider-Man, Secret Window)
delivers an acceptable script.
From Box Office Prophets
"HURD MANAGES RED MARS - VETERAN SF PRODUCER TAKES OFF TO THE RED PLANET"
Reported Friday, June 6, 2003
ALIENS, TERMINATOR and HULK producer Gale Anne Hurd has her sights set on a new
horizon: Mars. More specifically, Kim Stanley Robinson's RED MARS. Hurd will
serve as executive producer on The Sci-Fi Channel's six-hour mini-series
adaptation of Robinson's novel, who will also get credited as a consultant on
the show. The script for the mini is being written by Gregory Widen (THE
PROPHECY, HIGHLANDER).
From Cinescape.com
"A PRINCESS OF MARS"
Reported 21-March-04
It has been confirmed that Director Robert Rodriguez has left the production of
Paramount Pictures John Carter: A Princess of mars. The studio was unable to
work with him after his resignation from the DGA, and his refusal to join it
again.
From The Z Review
SPIELBERG & CRUISE TEAMING ON "WAR OF THE WORLDS!"
Reported 17-March-04
Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise will bring The War of the Worlds to the big
screen, with Cruise expected to star, reports Variety. David Koepp (Secret
Window) will rewrite a Josh Friedman first-draft script based on the classic
H.G. Wells alien-invasion novel.
From Variety/ComingSoon.net
"A PRINCESS OF MARS"
Reported 01-March-04
Paramount Pictures has signed Robert Rodriguez ("Spy Kids" series and the
trilogy of "El Mariachi," "Desperado" and "Once Upon a Time in Mexico") to helm
sci-fi adventure-actioner "A Princess of Mars," with an eye to developing a
tentpole franchise for the studio. Plans are to begin shooting early next year.
Pic is based on the first book in Edgar Rice Burroughs' 11-volume "John Carter
of Mars" series.
From Entertainment Tonight on Yahoo!
"CHRISTMAS ON MARS"
Reported 17-October-03
The Flaming Lips' first Feature Film, 'Christmas on Mars' will be available in
time for Christmas in 2003. Written and directed by Wayne Coyne, and featuring
all of the band and many of their associates, the film tells the story of the
experiences of Major Syrtis during the first Christmas on a newly-colonized
Mars. Wayne has compared the film to, "Maybe 'Eraserhead' or 'Dead Man' crossed
with some kind of fantasy and space aspects, like 'The Wizard of Oz' and maybe
'2001: A Space Odyssey,' except done without real actors or money, and set at
Christmas-time." and the story that unfolds is intended to hint at 'childlike'
magic within a tragic and realistic situation.
From The Flaming Lips website.
"TOTAL RECALL 2: THE GOVERNATOR"
08-October-03
Arnold Schwarzenegger won the historic California recall election after voters
agreed to recall Gray Davis just 11 months after the Democrat had begun his
second term. Obviously this puts Schwarzenegger's movie career on hiatus,
including "Total Recall 2" and "Terminator 4." Schwarzenegger says, "Obviously I
will not be able to do movies anymore because I will be busy for many many hours
every day working on the mess that is out there in California. It will be a lot
of work and a huge challenge. So my movie career I will have to put aside. But
this is much more important to me now."
From The Oprah Winfrey Show
"HURD GOES TO MARS"
Reported 06-June-03
Producer Gale Ann Hurd (Hulk, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines) has signed a
deal with the SCI FI Channel to produce the six-hour mini-series, Kim Stanley
Robinson's Red Mars. Based on Robinson's best-selling novel of the same name,
Red Mars chronicles the epic adventure of the first hundred colonists on Mars
and their perilous mission to create a new world. Author Robinson, a member of
NASA's Mars Committee, will consult on the project, which will be written by
Gregory Widen (Highlander, Backdraft). Currently in development, the project is
slated to air in late 2004.
From www.scifi.com
"TOTAL RECALL 2"
Reported 15-November-02
Ain't it Cool News reports that Arnold Schwarzenegger is cast to play Doug Quaid
in a "Total Recall" sequel. Though this might just be a false rumor, it's still
interesting. "Original scribes Ronald Shusett and Gary Goldman penning the
script. And the possibility that Paul Verhoeven will return to direct." They
report it will hit theaters Summer 2004.
"THE MARTIAN CHILD"
Reported 17-October-02
New Line Cinema will develop "The Martian Child," a dramatic film with SF
overtones by screenwriters Jonathan Tolins and Seth Bass, based on a short story
by SF author David Gerrold, Variety reported. David Kirschner, Corey Sienega and
Ed Albert will produce the film; the screenwriters will co-produce. The film
tells the story of a single man who adopts a 6-year-old boy, then begins to
believe the child's claim that he is a Martian.
"THE WAR OF THE WORLDS"
Reported 10-May-02
Paramount Pictures will partner with Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner's Cruise/Wagner
Productions on a new feature-film adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic SF book "The
War of the Worlds," Variety reported. Cruise and Wagner will produce, and the
studio is hoping the former will star in the movie, which is scheduled for
production in 2003, the trade paper reported.
PARAMOUNT HEADS TO MARS
Reported 12-April-02
Paramount Pictures has acquired the film rights to Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic
SF novel series John Carter of Mars, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Alphaville will produce a movie based on the 11-book series, about a Civil War
officer from Virginia who is transported to Mars and becomes a hero of the Red
Planet, the trade paper reported.
The studio is said to be especially excited about the first three books, "A
Princess of Mars," "The Warlord of Mars" and "The Gods of Mars," the trade paper
reported. Paramount hopes to be in production next year. No writers are yet on
board to adapt the books.
FLAMING LIPS SPEW ABOUT MARTIAN CHRISTMAS MOVIE
Reported 2-Jan-2002 (MTV)
Few alternative rock musicians have challenged themselves quite like the Flaming
Lips. As mind-blowing as the group's next record promises to be, the project
that's really twisting Coyne's synapses is a full-length motion picture he and
his bandmates are writing, directing, scoring and acting in called "Xmas on
Mars" -- tentatively scheduled for release next Christmas and is about people on
an isolated colony on Mars who are suffering from depression and becoming
suicidal. To ease his comrades' suffering, one resident, played by Lips drummer
Steven Drozd, decides to put on a Christmas pageant to celebrate the birth of
one of the colonist's babies.
"WAR OF THE WORLDS" ON HIATUS DUE TO WTC DISASTER
Reported 12-Sep-2001
Pendragon Pictures announces that, due to many story similarities of their
production of "War of the Worlds" to the tragic and horrific events surrounding
the World Trade Center attack, production is forced to go on hiatus. For at
least one to two weeks the principles at Pendragon Pictures will assess the
project's potential effects on the spirit of the world. "War of the Worlds"
direct Timothy Hines comments, "I don't, in any way, wish to potentially
contribute to the pain and grief of those affected by this senseless act of
terror."
"WAR OF THE WORLDS"
Reported 5-Sep-2001
The new version of the HG Wells classic "War of the Worlds" is gearing up to
start shooting on October 15, and the filmmakers have been taking advantage of
an act of God to get some nice FX shots for the film: they traveled to
Washington state to get footage of real forest fires. Says producer Susan
Goforth: "I've never seen anything like it in my life. There are just no words
to describe the experience of being so close to a curtain of fire rising into
the sky and stretching on for miles. Wafts of heat constantly remind you of
forces that are greater than our own. [Director] Timothy [Hines] was so excited.
He kept moving in closer and closer with the camera. I was very worried as to
how far we were pushing those boundaries. I had to keep reminding Timothy that
we didn't want to announce that the principals of the new "War of the Worlds"
movie perished while filming forest fires."
CAMERON STILL AIMS AT MARS
Reported 18-July-01
James Cameron told SCI FI Wire that he still intends to create a television
mini-series and related projects centered on a fictional account of the first
human exploration of Mars. "This is a project that I've been working on for a
long time," Cameron said in an interview while promoting his Fox TV show "Dark
Angel" to the Television Critics Association. "It's currently in a dormant phase
while I'm doing some other things, but it's one that I absolutely intend to do.
And I'm still working on the writing side of that."
Cameron had originally intended to adapt Kim Stanley Robinson's trilogy of Mars
books; instead, The SCI FI Channel is developing Robinson's trilogy as "Red
Mars" an original mini-series. Now, Cameron said, he is writing his own script
and wants to deal with the subject matter in several venues at once. "It's the
same story told in different media," he said. "There's a five-hour mini-series
[and] a 45 minute 3-D Imax film--using the same sets, props, actors and
different scripts, but telling the sort of rough story ... and a novel. If you
were telling an event in history from two different perspectives--if you're
doing it as a mini-series, or you're doing it as Imax film--they would look very
different. They'd be valid separate expressions of that same event."
Cameron added, "It's about the first human landing on Mars and the subsequent
surface expedition, told in extremely realistic terms. Like, really to the point
where, like in Apollo 13, there are times when you don't even know what the
actors are saying--it's all just NASA acronyms. But it'll look like the footage
they shot of themselves on a real mission, cut together." The mini-series, which
is code-named "The Mars Project," will eventually air on Fox, he added.
"ROBOTS OF MARS"
Reported 2-Apr-00
"Robots of Mars" features Judge Reinhold, Tim Curry and Jeffrey Jones voicing
robots who are on a comedic quest to save the galaxy. Don Fox and Michael Sarley
are slated to direct.
BRADBURY STILL WRITING
Reported 12-Jan-00
As for movies, Bradbury says a new big-screen version of his classic novel
"Fahrenheit 451," to star Mel Gibson, is in its 10th rewrite, as is a new
Feature Film, version of Bradbury's collection of stories "The Martian
Chronicles."
CAMERON WORKING ON TWO MARS PROJECTS
Reported 17-Aug-99
James Cameron is working on a $30 million Imax 3-D film about Mars in addition
to the Red Planet TV mini-series he is developing. According to The Hollywood
Reporter, Cameron told members of the Second Annual Mars Society conference that
he will direct the Imax film, while he will write and produce the TV series.
The Imax film is being penned by Mars Society founder Robert Zubrin and Gary
Goddard, the writer for Cameron's Terminator 2: 3-D theme ride. The two Mars
projects will be developed simultaneously and will share the same design team as
well as some special effects components.
The mini-series is being directed by Martha Coolidge and will take place in the
near future, during the first manned mission to Mars. Cameron said it will
chronicle the days leading up to the voyage as well as the mission itself and
its long-range impact on society.
Cameron is also at work on a book about his Mars exploits, which he is
co-writing with SF author Charles Pellegrino.
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Films about the red planet Mars have been a science-fiction-movie staple for
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that Mars is still a potent symbol that touches the film-going public worldwide.
Nevertheless, there hasn't before been an entire book devoted to the sub-genre
of Mars movies. Beginning with Thomas A. Edison's 1910 clever 5-minute short A
Trip to Mars, this all-encompassing volume describes the 90 subsequent
significant and not-so-significant theatrical films, TV movies, TV miniseries,
and straight-to-video productions that focus on the red planet. The book is
arranged into descriptive categories, including "Silent Films," "Serials,"
"Voyages to Mars," and "Invasions from Mars," among others, then lists the films
chronologically within these categories to shed some light on the evolution of
special effects and cinematic approaches from film to film.
Note: The MarsMovieGuide.com was a research source for this book and is
mentioned multiple times.
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September 14, 2014 -- The Space Show: Broadcast 2315 (Special Edition)
Open Lines with Dr. David Livingston. A variety of space topics were discussed
by listeners, including Gerry Williams from San Diego. Gerry called to talk
about the Mars Movie Guide. We talked about classic Mars sci-fi films as well as
the newer Mars films. I asked him about the first ever Mars film which was a
four minute 1910 film "A Trip To Mars" made by the Thomas Edison group. You can
view this silent film here. I strongly suggest you take a look at it. Thanks to
Gerry for bringing this and other information to our attention.
Gerry's segment of the show can be heard from 1:22:15 through 1:33:15 here.
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July 15, 2014 -- Chatting with Sherri: Gerry Williams and Mars in the Movies
Award nominated author Sherri Rabinowitz chats with writers, actors and other
artists about their work -- a fun relaxing chat with exciting creative people.
This week on Chatting With Sherri we welcome back Gerry Williams, a filmmaker
with 16 feature films as Director of Photography, he produces
corporate/industrial films and commercials. He is a human spaceflight advocate,
a founding member of Mars Society - San Diego and the San Diego Space Society.
He publishes the MarsMovieGuide.com, and hosts a monthly Mars Movie Night and a
monthly Vintage Sci-Fi movie night.
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August 3, 2012 -- Mars Pop Culture Check: 6 Things You Need To Know:
KPCC reporters have been talking to Southland scientists and engineers and
counting down the days until NASA's most ambitious rover yet -- Curiosity --
prepares to land on the Martian surface. The excitement and anticipation for
science fans is nearing fever pitch as Sunday's planned landing of the Mars
rover Curiosity approaches. But what about the casual follower, whose knowledge
of the Red Planet comes from, uh, less exalted sources? But, really, who has
time to learn actual science about the Curiosity expedition? If you're like me,
with your DVR backed up with hours of a shirtless Michael Phelps -- swimming
shirtlessly -- consider this a guide to How to Talk about Mars Through the
Artifice of Pop Culture, and Influence People. Where to start?
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July 15, 2012 -- Life on Mars: Total Recall Released to Blu-ray:
To celebrate the release of Paul Verhoeven's sci-fi classic: Total Recall on
Blu-ray we thought we'd find out a little bit more about life on Mars and
question the experts about whether a real-life Total Recall situation could ever
come to pass. Amazingly they didn't laugh in our faces! I spoke to Gerry
Williams from The Mars Society San Diego about the film and the possibility of
the fourth rock from the sun ever becoming our new home.
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March 9, 2011 -- My Favorite Martian ... Movies:
Quick, now: What planet in our solar system has had the most movies made about
it? Okay, obviously the answer is Earth. Coming in a distant second--but still
considerably ahead of the other six (sorry, Pluto, you don't count anymore)--is
our cosmic neighbor, Mars. Beginning with the 1910 fantasy A Trip to Mars from
Thomas Edison's studio, the red planet has been featured in various ways in
nearly 200 feature films and short subjects.
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August 10, 2010 -- Movies About Mars and Why We Love Them:
One hundred years ago the first movie about Mars awed audiences. Produced in
1910 by Thomas Edison, A Trip To Mars was a 4 minute sojourn to the red planet.
It involved a scientist, magic powders and a giant. Hey, it was 1910. (snip) The
San Diego chapter of The Mars Society (oh yes, it's real), maintains the Mars
Movie Guide which goes all the way back to Mr. Edison's little gem and stays
updated. The list includes television movies and foreign films.
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June 2, 2009 -- IEEE Spectrum magazine features an article, "WAITING FOR THE
GREAT MARTIAN MOVIE," which mentions the "Mars Movie Guide" times. Its quite a
romp, and features a companion slide show as well.
This is part of IEEE Spectrum's Special Report: Why Mars? Why Now?
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December 20, 2007 -- The feature story on the first page of the Events section
of the San Diego Reader is an article titled, "A NIGHT ON MARS - ENTHUSIASTS OF
THE RED PLANET," which discusses our December 2007 TMS-SD Mars Movie Night
event, as well as the human exploration of Mars.
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June 17, 2004 - Check out the San Diego Reader magazine this week for a feature
article on The Mars Society - San Diego's monthly Mars Movie Night, and the
"Mars Movie Guide" called: "PLANET CELLULOID - Mars Movie Night."
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OTHER MARS MOVIE LINKS:
Amazon.com
The Internet Movie Database
Mars in Silent Films
Movies and TV Shows about Mars
Mars at the Movies
SF Timeline
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NOTES:
This document is a work in progress. I've collected mostly English-language
feature films at this point, but am expanding internationally.
Please drop me an e-mail if I've missed any films that have a Mars-related plot.
All commentary is courtesy of The Internet Movie Database, Amazon.com reviews,
and SF Timeline, plus whatever I can glean from the World Wide Web, with an
occasional editorial supplement by myself.
For more specific details (cast, crew, studio, ISBN number, and availability on
VHS or DVD) on these films, please check out the titles on both The Internet
Movie Database and on Amazon.com.
Enjoy!
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