| What size deck do you ride?No, not people, skating dummy!By the way, Ryan made the big leap and moved out here to lovely California!After 6 long, long months the Queen bee is back in the mix running shit, and by shit I mean this distribution house.She is the wind beneath my wings and I am damn excited to see her back!It is now 2008 and boy do I feel old!Be that as it may, please be safe on this holiday.Take a close look at all these drunken broads and make sure your girl or sister don't end up like them!This here is a little photo gallery of my least favorite DARKSTAR rider, Nick Fiorini.We here at the Helmet wish y'All of yous happy Holidays!Drink, eat, barf, fornicate, and be Merry!This page is about the film Dark Star.For other topics, please see the disambiguation page at Dark Star.Mankind has reached a point in its technological advances to enable colonization of the far reaches of the universe.Armed with Exponential Thermostellar Bombs, the scout ship DARK STAR travels out on the very rim of the known universe, far in advance of colony ships, prowling for unstable planets to destroy.The ship has been in space for twenty years on a mission to destroy "unstable planets" which might threaten future colonization.Comedic disaster is the order of the day, as the tedium of their task has driven the crew up the wall.Their Commander, Powell, has died and exists only via cryogenic supports.Doolittle dreams of surfing back in Malibu.Navigator Talby has become reclusive in the ships dome.Doolittle revives Commander Powell who advises them to teach "Phenomenology" to the Bomb.Talby drifts off into the Phoenix Asteroids and Doolittle surfs off into the Veil Nebula.Soundtrack
The theme song played during the opening and closing credits is "Benson, Arizona".The music was written by John Carpenter, and the lyrics by Bill Taylor.Production
Although destined for eventual release in 1974, this was only possible as a consequence of a successful series of showings at a number of film festivals in 1973.Originally the film was a 45 minute student short filmed on 16mm film.The movie was transferred to 35mm with the addition of 38 minutes which brought the movie up to feature film length.Analysis
Carpenter has, tongue in cheek, described Dark Star as "'Waiting for Godot' in space."It is also singled out as an example of "philosophy in cinema" by virtue of the "talking bomb" sequence, in which a strategy to prevent the unintended detonation of a renegade onboard explosive device is devised, based on teaching the bomb the rudiments of phenomenology (with amusingly unexpected results).Another key interpretational theme is the caricature of the Vietnam War legacy of "mischief emerging from tedium" among military types on long uneventful missions.Cinefex magazine, issue 2, Aug 1980.Discusses Dark Star, among other subjects.Discusses, among other things, how the "Beach Ball Alien" scenes in Dark Star were an inspiration for Alien.Fantastic Films magazine, Oct 1978, vol.James Delson interviews Greg Jein, about Dark Star and other projects Jein had worked on.Dan O'Bannon discusses Dark Star and Alien, other subjects.Discusses Dark Star, among other things.Available in Omnibus of Science Fiction; Crown Publishers, Inc.Also in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, October, 1949; and possibly in other sources.This page was last modified 00:59, 5 January 2008.Astronomy
Dark star, a theoretical star whose gravity is strong enough to trap light, mostly superseded by the concept of "black holes".Dark star (dark matter), a more modern theoretical type of star that may have existed early in the history of the universe.Nash album CSN
"Dark Star", the second movement of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells II
Darkstar (comics), a Marvel superhero and sometimes villain
Darkstars, a DC Comics superhero team
Dark Star (novel), a novel by Alan Furst
An alternate name for The Rappers Rap Group, a group of rap artists in the 1980s
Dark Star (Slayers), a villain from the fantasy anime series Slayers Try
Dark Star (magazine), a British rock magazine that also featured early work by Alan Moore and the first appearance of Axel Pressbutton
Darkstar (Comics), is the fictional comic book company that the character Tim Bisley in the British television show Spaced dreams to be employed at.Other
Dark Star (brewery), in Sussex, England.Dark Star (horse), an American racehorse who won the 1953 Kentucky Derby
Dark Star (bass pickup), a bass guitar pickup by Hammon Engineering
Eugene DarkStar, a club Ultimate frisbee team
Darkstar Skateboards, a skateboarding company
Dark Star Leather, a customer leather shop in Tucson, AZ.This page was last modified 22:15, 2 January 2008.Please login or register.Get answers from the source with Sun Developer Expert Assistance.For more information on using Sun Developer Expert Assistance see the FAQ.Check out the site HERE.Check it out for lots of Project Darkstar talk and a few very unflattering pictures of yours truly.Click on the image below to download the Mind Control Software presentation given in the Project Darkstar booth at the Austin Game Conference.Alpha of Python Darkstar Client Released!Andrew Lindsey has kindly donated his port to Python of the dakrstar Client API!Project Darkstar Open Source R...Congratulations on the release.Does this release include...Darkstar Playground to launch ...Is it only available from the subversion repository or is th...That must be where the logo image used i...Sign in to get personalized recommendations.Hours() * 3600 + newCurrentTime.Minutes() * 60 + currentTime.See all 101 customer reviews...Day Shipping at checkout.Check out this list of movies starring former Saturday Night Live cast members.Books and DVD promotion.How do I find more eligible items?Read more about DVD formats.Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.The smart bombs they use to effect this zoom off cheerfully to do their duty.But unlike Star Trek, in which order prevails, the nerves of this crew are becoming increasingly frayed to the point of psychosis."Don't give me any of that 'Intelligent Life' stuff," says Commander Doolittle when presented with the possibility of alien life."Find me something I can blow up."And the film's apocalyptic ending, lifted almost wholly from Ray Bradbury's story "Kaleidoscope," has the remaining crew drifting away from each other in space, each to a suitably absurd end.John Carpenter once described Dark Star as "Waiting for Godot in space."DARK STAR was originally intended to be a 68 minute film."Special Edition," created under the supervision and authorization of the filmmakers.DARK STAR is a futuristic scout ship traveling far in advance of colony ships.Armed with Exponential Thermosteller Bombs, it prowls the unstable planets.Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.See all 351 customer reviews...Funny, irreverent, and strikingly enough, deep and meaningful."Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided to other Amazon.You may recognize parts of this film...Naturally, this is not a movie for everyone.It features a lot of dialogue that wavers between comedy and ironic philosophy, and never really settles on either end of the spectrum.This is a film to watch with a bunch of serious science fiction lovers (and I'm not talking about Star Wars fans), or alone.Carpenter and a lyricist whose name i have lost, and SF fans have been adding verses to it for years.Was this review helpful to you?Three stars movie , plus a dark fourth star
I've enjoyed Dark Star for more than 25 years, and never fail to laugh in many places for example Pinback being stalked by an intelligent beachball alien.Dark Star, I sat here thinking this could well be one of the most awful science fiction movies of all time.Starting out as a student picture for debut director John Carpenter, he turned out a minor classic on an absolute showstring budget.Hard SF fans
This film answers the question what do you do when your crew was scraped up from the people rejected for spaceflight, you are light years from home, your smart bombs are smarting...Knowing it was a glorified student film before I watched it, my expectations for Dark Star weren't very high.John Carpenter's first full length movie release.But I got it on DVD and now I realize that it's a collection of:
pedantic political humor, much of it...Doolittle, Cal Kuniholm as Boiler, Dre Pahich as Talby, Dan O'Bannon as Sgt.Sorry, but I really do like these!REALLY get into John Carpenter: A guide by M.John Carpenter fan (updated): A guide by S.PowerBar, Clif, Luna, and more.Lose the Smoke, Keep the Fire
Who will you be without that cigarette?Using your checking account at Amazon.If you need help or have a question for Customer Service, contact us.Please note that we are unable to respond directly to all feedback submitted via this form, but we'll ask you to sign in so we can contact you if needed.Track your recent orders.View or change your orders in Your Account.You have no recently viewed items or searches.The Annotated "Dark Star"
Another in the Annotated Grateful
Dead lyrics series.Steven Skaggs' essay: "Dark Star As an Example of Transcendental Aesthetics."Reader comments are available.See Dwight Holmes' Starbase site for a project which will ultimately annotate every live version of "Dark Star."Garcia, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, and Weir
Copyright Ice Nine Publishing; used by permission.Shall we go,
you and I
While we can?Dark Star
What can I say about "Dark Star"?The prototypical Grateful Dead song, providing
the band with a vehicle for countless hours of improvisation.Box of Rain that "Dark Star"
was the first song lyric he wrote with the band.Not exactly a cover, not exactly a recording by the Dead, are John Oswald's
Grayfolded CD's.Dark Star was a handful, and he concentrated on that.Dead's music through the years."Dark Star" was included by Jim Henke, chief curator for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, on the
list of the 500 most influential songs in rock and roll.For a good article on the song, and his adventures in seeking it out, read
John Dwork's "Flashback!Fall 1995) of
Dupree's Diamond News (pp.In Garcia, Charles Reich
questions Garcia about "Dark Star."REICH: Well then if we wanted to talk about "Dark Star," uh,
could you say anything about where it comes from?You gotta remember that you and I are talking about two
different "Dark Stars."You're talking about the "Dark Star"
which you have heard formalized on a record, and I'm talking
about the "Dark Star" which I have heard in each performance as a
completely improvised piece over a long period of time.So I have
a long continuum of "Dark Star" which range in character from
each other to real different extremes."Dark Star" has meant,
while I'm playing it, almost as many things as I can sit here and
imagine, so all I can do is talk about "Dark Star" as a playing
experience."Dark Star" captures an image in
transition, and does so in very economical language.It is broken into two
melodic lines of four strong beats per line, with a grand total
of 19 syllables.Dark Star
An oxymoron: the brightest of objects, seen as the absence of
brightness.Tracking down the original use of the phrase "dark star," and
its subsequent meanings and usages, is a task meant only for a
determined obsessive.The phrase seems to have come to the English language by way of
the astronomers who spoke Middle High German, who in turn
borrowed it from Latin, translating the phrase "stella
obscura", used by Roman astronomers to describe a faint star.The
astronomers, according to an article by Arthur Groos,
used it in a comparable manner to the meaning of the Romans,
while the Minnesingers adopted it as a literary metaphor.The "dark star" hides itself.Do likewise, beautiful lady, when you see me:
Let your eyes glance at another man,
And no one will know how things are between us."Groos'
article contradicts this interpretation, arguing for a much more
complex metaphor.Astronomers today still use the phrase "dark star" to refer to
the phenomenon of a faint star, and in reference to dwarf stars.I'll cite one recent article:
"Dark star throws light on missing mass."Such stars are known as white dwarfs.Another kind of dwarf is the brown dwarf.I've been doing for about 50 years and boy am I ever lost!Anyway, I sure enjoy your work and the postings of others."Dark Star crashes, pouring its light
into ashes," but I've always thought the song is more likely referring to a
pulsar.Also, it's important to note that the radiation being emitted by
a pulsar is being ejected from its magnetic poles."Neutron Star" (written during that time period) is
a fascinating monologue on what it might be like to explore up close this
type of stellar object.Imagine if you will a mirrored sphere in space.Any number of books and songs have used the phrase, and it is now
impossible to tell who influenced whom, and is it important,
anyway?Child of the Dark Star.Dowding, Hugh Caswell Tremenheere.Dark Star, a Drama in One
Act.The Mystery at the Dark Star Ranch.To the Dark Star.Short
story, anthologized in The Cube Root of Uncertainty.Dark Star: the Roy Orbison Story.The Dinosaurs and the Dark Star.Jim Morrison, Dark Star.Dark Star: Hiroshima Reconsidered in
the Life of Claude Eatherly.Art in the Public Eye: the Making of Dark
Star Park.Stella
is Latin for star, so,
a blue star."Pard" is short for leopard, so the dark stars being referred to are the
leopard's spots.Add to your Dark Star data: 1953 Kentucky Derby winner.The faster we go, the rounder we get!Dark Star when I visited there in 1991.It appears that it is not produced anymore but I think
there is a brewery in Colorado that has a beer by the name of Dark Star these days.Doubt if it could be as good,
especially without the London ambience!Dead, points up a parallel to T.Eliot's opening lines for
"The Love Song of J.The question becomes: who is the speaker addressing?Who is the "you" of this
line?Everyone listening to the song, perhaps?In the sense of "get out while the gettin's good.""Of, relating to, or characterized by transition."It's me again, after checking out "Dark Star."This would make "Shall we go..."FADE IN on a long TRACKING SHOT through the universe.It is the mid 22nd Century.We are now moving toward a planet.Floating in front of the planet is
the SCOUTSHIP DARK STAR.As we move toward the ship, we begin to hear
VOICES, crackling with static.Ah, what'd you say, Pinback?Ah, what was that again, I still
can't hear you?I'm trying to reach Talby.Something's wrong with the damn
intercom.Talby, Talby, this is Doolittle.The shot stops and holds as he
continues to stare, rapt.CAMERA BEGINS TO PULL BACK along the length of the control room,
revealing three men: BOILER, DOOLITTLE, and PINBACK.There is one EMPTY CHAIR; the panel in front of it looks burned.Your GHF reading is minus fifteen.Boiler, can you set me up with some
temp figures?Ninety seven million, minus eight,
corrected to mass critical.Pinback, I have a computer reading
of nine five seven seven.The screen is BLACK for an instant.Pinback turns a key in a lock.Sergeant Pinback, I read
you.When the bomb speaks, it has the prim, fussy voice of a minor civil
servant.Well, bomb, we have about sixty
seconds to drop.Just wondering if
everything is all right.Let's synchronize detonation
time.Wait a minute, something's
wrong with the clock.All right, I have detonation time
at...Does that check out down there?Pinback hits the hyperdrive switch.The DARK STAR accelerates into hyperdrive and streaks away through
space.The planetary system recedes in the background.Inside the Observation
Dome, Talby is frozen in a protective force field.INSERT: CLOSE SHOT OF A TIME CLOCK.RETURN TO SCENE
Talby touches his intercom.Lieutenant Doolittle, it just
exploded.Well, it is kind of a long shot...It's a goddamn wild goose chase.Well, there's the possibility of...So don't give me any of that
sentient life crap.LIGHT flares on Pinback's board.Commander Powell is dead.Involuntarily, Pinback glances at Commander Powell's empty, burned
seat.Hey, Doolittle, here's one.Chart a course for the
Veil Nebula.Pinback, throw me the chart log.With a sour look at
Pinback, Boiler picks up the notebook and begins to leaf through it.Let's have some music in here,
Boiler.Pinback reading a comic book).We are watching a filmed tape.Doolittle has just turned it on and is
staring into the camera.Crosshairs and blipping numbers superimposed.Ship's log, entry number 1,943.Dark Star cruising at light speed
through Sector Theta 990.Ship's systems continue to
deteriorate...Pinback leans into view and whispers into Doolittle's ear.Pinback leans back in and whispers emphatically.Doolittle climbs into the dome and sits on the floor.You know, Talby, you really ought to
eat with the rest of us.You'll have plenty of time for that,
you know.Never heard of
'em.I've heard, Doolittle, they
glow...The universe is alive,
Doolittle.Talby is rudely yanked
from his reverie.I'm getting something here, on this
readout...I'm getting a malfunction
here somewhere.The waves at Malibu and Zuma were
fantastic in the springs Talby.Waves would be peaking really high
and glassy.We'll find out
when it goes bad.LONG SHOT of the DARK STAR drifting through space.Boiler, Pinback, and Doolittle are descending a ladder into the
kitchen.Remember when the artificial
gravity, went out in the toilet?The men sit for their meal.Doolittle brings food packets from the
oven.This fades, and MISSION CONTROLLER appears on the screen, against a
background of computer terminals.Glad to get your message.The flags were at half
mast.Talby is seated before a glowing screen.There is a small red light
pulsing in the Emergency Air Lock.Talby punches another button.Talby picks up a microphone.What's Talby's first name?Doolittle thinks about it, and an odd expression crosses his face.Don't mess with it
and it should work okay.Lights blink peacefully in the empty room.The DARK STAR is suspended in frame.GLOWING SCREEN shows a schematic of the planet rotating below.Bomb bay systems operational.Carrying a tool kit, he is slowly circling the lock.Thank you for observing all safety
precautions.Talby stops facing LASER SHAFT 17.Talby approaches it and puts down his tool kit.He turns on
his helmet radio.Sh, Talby, don't bother me now.I'm in the
Emergency Air Lock...Right, that synchronizes here.Talby stands in front of the laser shaft, trying to reach Doolittle on
his helmet radio.Very carefully, Talby reaches out to touch the dangling plate cover on
the laser shaft.The laser will now energize.Talby steps back quickly.THIN BEAM OF RUBY LIGHT PULSES ACROSS THE
LOCK, from the laser shaft to the receptor cell.Everything sounds fine, bomb.Dropping you off in sixty seconds.Talby crouches by the laser shaft, carefully peering past the red,
humming beam.He takes a long tool from the tool kit.Talby stumbles into the beam.Lights BLIP FURIOUSLY on the bomb.The bomb is
still in the bomb bay.Try it again,
Pinback.Pinback resets his panel.The men stare at each other in silence for a long moment.Simultaneously they begin hitting buttons.On the men's faces in strained anxiety.Detonation will occur at the
programmed time.The men stare at each other.The bomb has
malfunctioned.Thank you for
observing all safety precautions.I'll have to
ask Commander Powell.The walls are covered with frost, and mist hangs in the air.He pulls on a pair of insulated gloves and approaches a heavy freezer
door.Wire and electrodes are attached to his head.Doolittle fiddles with the volume control, trying to bring Commander
Powell's voice into audibllity.Doolittle, you must tell me one
thing.Tell me, Doolittle, how are the
Dodgers doing?Well, sir, the Dodgers broke up,
disbanded over thirteen years ago.You don't understand, sir, we can't
get the bomb to drop.Ah, so many malfunctions...What was that, Doolittle?I've forgotten so
much since I've been in here.Sorry, I've drawn a blank.Detonation will occur at
the programmed time.Oh, yes, Doolittle, I'm thinking.Teach it Phenomenology, Doolittle.Six minutes to
detonation!Doolittle, what the hell
are you doing?Are you willing to entertain a few
concepts?EMERGENCY AIR LOCK
Talby lies unconscious near the burned laser.Why don't you have more time?What did you do with
it?You must have it, you idiot, we can
stop the bomb!Now, bomb, consider this next
question, very carefully.And you can only do it once, right?Sergeant Pinback ordered you to
detonate.My memory is good on matters
like these.Pinback is pawing frantically through the control room, searching for
the key.The key, goddamit, the key!Christ, twenty seconds, Christ!We're gonna die, Boiler.That's all beside the point.So if you detonate in...THE BOMB RAISES ITSELF BACK INTO THE SHIP.Boiler's back in business.We've got to disarm the bomb.Doolittle, are you there?EMERGENCY AIR LOCK
Doolittle is floating outside the Emergency Air Lock door.I'm down by the
Emergency Air Lock.Talby spinning head over
heels into deep space.Hello, Pinback, are you there?Turn on his helmet radio so I
can contact him.What was that, I didn't hear...He's drifting away from
the ship without his jetpack.Talby, Talby, can you read me?Help, Doolittle, help me!Therefore, I shall ignore you.Talby, spinning, is reflected in Doolittle's face plate.IN DEAD SILENCE, THE WHITE SCREEN FADES DOWN TO SHOW A GIANT WHITE
FIREBALL IN SPACE.Doolittle flies past, falling backward.Nothing we can do about it
now.The planet begins to rise behind Doolittle.Looks like I'm headed for the
planet, Talby.They may see
you coming down.What a beautiful
way to die...It's behind me, in the
distance.Far behind Talby, coming nearer, is a shimmering point of light.They glow with all the colors of the
rainbow, just like everybody said.I'm going into them, I'm going to
hit them.I'm going to be a part of
them in a minute.I'm with them
now...Talby's signal dies out as the glowing lights disappear into the
depths of space.Doolittle is hanging onto a long, thin chunk of debris. |
