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In Topic: Pandorum Movie Ripped Off 1213 Story?
Posted 25 May 2010
RayCide, on 20 May 2010 - 03:25 PM, said:
Well, maybe I misunderstood something in the movie, but I thought they established that the "monsters" were just products of natural evolution? They were the descendants of those that were banished to the lower levels?
Not exactly. I think the pod people were genetically modified to more easily adapt to their new home planet, but when they were awoken early and had to live on the ship, they instead adapted to living in the ship instead of on the new planet. -
In Topic: Pandorum Movie Ripped Off 1213 Story?
Posted 18 May 2010
**SPOILERS**
I'll make my case now.
In case you haven't read the synopsis/wiki of Pandorum yet, the movie begins when the main characters awaken from hypersleep and have major memory recall issues. So memory loss, somewhat akin to 1213s, is the plot device that helps drive both stories, allowing the plot to build as the characters piece together what has happened by searching the ship.
Payton (Dennis Quaid) guides Bower (Ben Foster) through the ship the entire movie, similar to Westbury guiding 1213 through their ship. Westbury is crazy, Payton turns out to be crazy as well.
Genetic Experiments lead to dangerous mutations in both stories. I know that is vague, but they are experiments aimed at the same result, to create people who can adapt and live in a potentially dangerous, earthlike planet/environment. There is an uprising from the mutants in 1213, and the scientists quarantine themselves to the highest decks of the ship. In Pandorum, the mutants are tribal(ish?), and have basically taken over the ship; not too similar, I know.
There is a plot twist/reveal towards the end of the movie where you find out the space ship has actually crashed on a planet, while the viewer would presume it had been flying through space the entire movie, a move similar to when 1213 finds out he is on a space station, instead of in some facility.
The end of the movie is the complete opposite of the 1213 ending, but the distinction is worth noting. It turns out the ship crashed deep into an ocean. The surviving protagonists initiate a self destruct sequence on the ship, causing themselves and anyone in a hypersleep chamber to be torpedoed to the surface of the ocean. This ocean resides on a habitable, earth like planet; a utopia, the complete opposite of the post-apocalyptic Earth we find 1213 in at the end of his journey.
And now the kicker. Sure I was seeing a few similarities before the end of the movie, but then, right before the credits roll, computer hud graphics are shown over the surfacing escape pods and it overtly shows the number of survivors from the crash. There were 1213 survivors.
So here is a breakdown:
1213 | Pandorum
Memory loss drives the plot | Memory loss drives the plot
Crazy guy guides protagonist | Crazy guy guides protagonist
Genetic experiments to help save mankind backfire | Genetic experiments to help save mankind backfire
Mutants take over most of the ship | Mutants take over most of the ship
Plot twist reveals main character in space instead of facility | Plot twist reveals main characters are underwater instead of in space
Space elevator takes main character to scorched earth | Torpedo takes main characters to ocean surface on a utopian planet.
Sure, I concede that my claim is a bit ridiculous, but I can't help feel that the similarities are just too close. It seems to me that the story elements were just rearranged, they threw in a girl and a lame-ass Fight Club twist, and then made it a happy ending. Thoughts?
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