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Trying to identify another movie in space

posted 10 years ago by millhaven-1
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This scene popped into my head recently & I was certain it was from Mission to Mars so I rented it & it wasn't the movie I was thinking of.
The scene is at the end of the movie (I think) & it shows a group of astronauts all floating away from each other in space. It's obvious they cannot be saved. I think one of the astronauts removes his helmet & his head explodes. It was quite gory & creepy. Can anyone name the movie I'm thinking of? It's driving me crazy!

"Can you picture what will be so limitless and free?" The End, The Doors.

[–] huzdaman 10 years ago

Maybe you're mixing this with the movie "Outland", with Sean Connery (1981). It has people whose heads explode in space, I think...

[–] gcronau 10 years ago

You could be thinking of "Darkstar". An SF spoof/cult film from the 70's. Their ship, the Darkstar is blown up at the end(oh yeah, spoiler alert... :) ) and some of the crew were either outside or were blown clear, and float away. Nobody removes their helmets, though 1 crew member has an interesting final moment.

[–] Johnpatricko 10 years ago

Red Planet

It's set on Mars and a guy does remove a helmet in it, and there I definitely some exploding.

I mistook this movie for Red Planet once also.

[–] psdhart 9 years ago

Sunshine had a similar scene but his head freezes

[–] merskur 7 years ago

God that was so stupid. They're standing on the Sun's porch, yet he instantly FREEZES? All because of a misconception that "space is cold". It seems they forgot "stars are hot".

[–] Jgalatzan 10 years ago

No head exploding in Red Planet

[–] kbcoops 10 years ago

The only head that exploded in red planet was mine after I watched it

[–] Flags_of_Discontent 10 years ago

The only head that exploded in red planet was mine after I watched it

[–] jerich118 9 years ago

Total Recall?

[–] kylevesa 10 years ago

Its the way more boring and *beep* mars movie Red Planet.

[–] charvel-2 9 years ago

I think you might be thinking of Event Horizon