Space: 1999 – The First Season: A review

 - Vancouver, British Columbia - In 1968, a landmark in science fiction was released in the form of 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick. Up to that point, most science fiction films featured mankind fighting alien menaces in fantastically corny situations. It would still be a few years before dystopic sci-fi would become the mainstream, but 2001 would actually be neither. Instead it was a movie that viewed space travel realistically and mysteriously, with heavy visuals and metaphysical implications. Initially reviews were mixed, but 2001 gained cult status and widespread notoriety as an important step in film history.

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