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posted 15 years ago by aphrobot_x
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I just saw "The Planet" today, and I must say I really liked it. It was refreshing to see what can be achieved on practically Zero Money ...so big thanx and respect to the whole cast & crew.
There were a couple of things I didn't really understand, though....

1. What did the Prisoner know about the Planet, and how did he know where to dig? Or had he already been affected by whatever was going on in the desert....like the mercenary (Leyton, I think), who disappears from the tent, after being blasted by the mysterious statue.... maybe being controlled by the alien Lifeform?

2. Where did the Prisoner get the Fighter ship ?

3. I really didn't get how whatever was going on on the planet was going to affect the rest of the universe, like the traitor Guy was ranting about, before he kills himself. Maybe he should have been kept alive a bit longer.....it seems like he knew something about the planet, and could have used for a wee bit more exposition,,,,y'know....to help us nerds with slow uptake skills....LOL.

Be glad if anyone can tell me more.

[–] stirtonproductions 15 years ago

The Prisoner was drawn to the Planet by a telepathic link. The same goes for the rest of his insane brotherhood.

The bald guy seen at the end in the fightership is actually a different character. Admittedly making all the brotherhood have bald heads and a tattoo was not the brightest move I made as director. See also: Alien 3. Durr. The Prisoner was being absorbed into that big egg by that point. The guy in the fightership was just back up. I should have made it 3 fighterships, then the audience would know that they were new characters. But that spacefighter stuff was really hard!

Yes we did avoid exposition at the end. So your opinion on what was going to happen next is as valid as mine. If that creature at the end had lived maybe it would have eaten the universe? Maybe it was a gatekeeper and more monsters were on the way? Or maybe Taylor was right? Maybe it was the start of a better universe? (we did consider making the end creature a bit angelic, but it was too hard to animate the wings!) So in the end, I'm not even sure what the end was about. But that's OK. It's up to the viewer to work it out.

But in retrospect a little more exposition would have been a good thing. Live and learn. The new film 'One Day Removals' has benefited greatly from all the things I did wrong in The Planet!

Many thanks for your kind words and questions.

Peace on Earth!

Mark Stirton
Director
www.stirtonproductions.com