Even before they made it to the planet, I always thought there was something nonsensical about the make-up of the crew.
The woman on the crew died because her sleep pod malfunctioned. Taylor said something about her being, "A new Eve".
Well...if you are sending people out to colonize, why would you send ONE woman and three men? Shouldn't there have been more women on the ship or at least three couples? Just looking at it from a practical standpoint!
It wasn't a colony ship. It was a one way mission into the future as they were planning on returning 100s of years later by design. Taylor was fed up with the human race and wanted to start over. He was down beat person who had given up on life.
shareGood point. Perhaps the two other guys were to provide labour in setting up base and building facilities while the female could rest and bear a child every 12 months or so. Maybe another ship was going to follow them with more females who would arrive to find facilities awaiting them.
share Darth-oh of course, it wasn't a colony ship. But Taylor said that their lone female crewmmeber was to be "our new Eve". You even said he "wanted to start over". So did he consider himself "the new Adam?" Just wondering because there was so little backstory except for Taylor's anger at the human race. I took "starting over" literally. It's just natural for men to seek out women. The Spanish Conquisdadores didn't exactly come to colonize either. They were mostly looking for gold and silver for Spain. But the men did pair off with all the native women.
Just wouldn't have wanted to be the new Eve having to deal with three Adams by myself!
Yeah MikeCable- they might have been planning to set up a base for other ships that followed. But as a practical matter, I wouldn't want to be the LONE woman setting up camp with three guys for goodness knows how long! Sure she'd always have a date for Saturday night. lol But what if the other ships encountered problems and didn't arrive as scheduled (or ever?)
I'm just thinking of human nature and how people would pair off in a situation like that. But not with those numbers. Of course it was the sixties and there were no female astronauts at NASA, so even one female on their spaceship was a novelty.
I always took it metaphorically. She would be the first woman in a new world. He wanted to start over too.
A new world away from the world he knew. A chance to start over.
Having said that, some women might find it a paradise to have 3 men all to themselves. She could pick
and choose as she saw fit. They would knock themselves out trying to win her affection. She would be in total control.
Yes, that's another way to look at it. She would be the first woman in the new world they found.
Some women might find it a paradise to have three men to themselves. I tend to be more pragmatic about it. Being the only woman with three men would mean I would have THREE times the laundry, cooking, and cleaning up. We may discover new worlds and even new galaxies, but I doubt if we'll discover a way to make men volunteer to do housework. LOL
LOL !! You may be right. The world is constantly changing and evolving but the adage of men and
housework will stand the test of time.
Even now if it does get done it's probably based on guilt or fear.