After NASA picks up a trio of mysterious signals from within our own solar system, astronaut Roger Nelson is dispatched on a multi-year solo mission aboard the Magellan spacecraft to investigate the sources.
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Brandon Ray Olive | ... | Commander Roger Nelson | |
| K. Danor Gerald | ... | Becker | |
| Whitney Palmer | ... | Abigail Nelson | |
| Matthew Mercer | ... | A.I. Ferdinand (voice) | |
| Nicola Posener | ... | A.I. Neil (voice) | |
| D.L. Walker | ... | Secretary Stewart | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Demetrius Daniels | ... | John | |
| Jim Horning | ... | Navigation Engineer (voice) | |
| Davey Morrison | ... | Matthew | |
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After NASA picks up a trio of mysterious signals from within our own solar system, astronaut Roger Nelson is dispatched on a multi-year solo mission aboard the Magellan spacecraft to investigate the sources.
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5 July 2017 (Philippines) See more »Also Known As:
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Written by Brain Mantia (as Bryan Kei Mantia), Melissa Reese, John Henry Lucasey, John David Buckner, Caleb James Loveless, Jordan Clarke (as Jordan Darrel Clark), Travis Van Hoff (as Travis William Van Hoff), Steele Saldutti (as Steele Riley Saldutti)
Produced by Brain Mantia (as Brian Mantia), Melissa Reese
Performed by VanLadyLove
Courtesy of Cinch Records
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The Comander's name is a conflation of the names Anthony Nelson and and Roger Healy, two characters in the TV series "I Dream of Jeanne" See more »Goofs
During a transmission, Becker pronounces "sidereal" time as "side-real" time. However, earlier in the movie he pronounces it correctly. See more »Crazy Credits
"No extraterrestrial organisms were harmed during the filming of this motion picture." See more »Soundtracks
MarsWritten by Brain Mantia (as Bryan Kei Mantia), Melissa Reese, John Henry Lucasey, John David Buckner, Caleb James Loveless, Jordan Clarke (as Jordan Darrel Clark), Travis Van Hoff (as Travis William Van Hoff), Steele Saldutti (as Steele Riley Saldutti)
Produced by Brain Mantia (as Brian Mantia), Melissa Reese
Performed by VanLadyLove
Courtesy of Cinch Records
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I really wanted to like this movie, but I just couldn't. Forget the bargain-barrel sets and special effects; the story-line and plot devices just didn't hang together, and were derivative of half a dozen other -- much better -- science fiction movies (Contact, 2001, etc.). Neither NASA, nor any other nation's space agency, would send a lone astronaut on a multi-year deep space mission; there would be a crew of several people. The protocols he follows for taking samples are on par with a junior high school field trip to the beach. And that the lead character would so easily leave his wife behind while he was away on a 10-year mission is just not believable.
This movie could have been so much better than it was. But it wasn't.