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7 December 1996 (USA) morePlot:
Lt. John Barton is sent on a special mission to deliver a special vaccine to a distant mining colony... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Not bad, but a spurious subplot detracts... moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Bill Campbell | ... | Lt. John Barton |
 | Poppy Montgomery | ... | Marilyn 'Lee' Cross |
 | Daniel Roebuck | ... | Mitch |
 | William R. Moses | ... | Adrian Cross |
| John Prosky | ... | Markham |
| Heidi Swedberg | ... | Board Member |
| Derk Cheetwood | ... | Corporal |
 | Nicki Micheaux | ... | Ground Controller |
 | Albert Hall | ... | Capt. Keynes |
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Nice to see a show that sticks pretty closely to the original story -- one of Ben Bova's discoveries when he took over at Analog from John Campbell, if I remember rightly.
However, I recall that the original story did not have the odd subplot about the corporation and the fungus quite the way the movie showed it. This seems to be a by-product of the times in which the film was made, when there had to be a "bad guy" to blame. (Other comments here are more harsh about the story treatment, perhaps with cause, but it's very difficult to turn most short stories into films -- take a look at "Enemy Mine" for example.)
The printed story in this case had more pathos, because of the implacability of the Cold Equations -- simple laws of physics and nature that none of the characters could overcome. No corporation needs to be blamed; the story tells clearly of the danger of innocence and naivety in the face of a universe which neither knows of nor heeds the actions of puny individual human beings.
When I first read the story, it was very reminiscent of Robert Heinlein (two of his lunar stories) and Arthur C. Clarke. Worth looking up -- I don't know if it's been anthologized, but the original was published in the early 70s in Analog.