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...were these spin doctors trying to fool? As it turned out, Endeavour's exquisitely trained crew made Mission Impossible seem as simple as building a Lego-block spaceship. The "Dr. Goodwrenches," as Mission Control dubbed them, not only breezed through every job on their work order and a few more on the "just in case" list, but they also made it look like fun. "Piece of cake!" shouted Kathryn Thornton, perched atop the shuttle's 50-ft. robot arm as she sent a mangled solar-energy panel off into space like a falconer letting her bird take wing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Will Nasa Do for an Encore? | 12/20/1993 | See Source »

Joel Robinson (Joel Hodgson), sleepy-eyed space handyman, is shot into space by his evil bosses and forced to watch bad movies. Lonely on his spaceship called the Satellite of Love, Joel constructs two robot pals out of a lacrosse helmet and a gumball machine. Together, they are only able to endure the movies by talking back to the screen in a series of pop culture references which are often obscure, but consistently funny...

Author: By John Donahue, | Title: Play MST For Me | 10/28/1993 | See Source »

...Quad would be a perfect place; in fact I've seen a number of people hanging out around there who look like they're waiting for a spaceship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Has she seen any good movies lately? | 10/21/1993 | See Source »

...mission to conquer Earth, a spaceship from Remulak crash-lands in Manhattan's East River. So the Coneheads must make do in the land of the Bluntskulls. They make better than do. Despite their three rows of teeth and their tendency to use condoms as chewing gum, Beldar and Prymaat and their earthborn daughter Connie (Michelle Burke) adapt splendidly to New Jersey suburban life. For this is the Conehead version of that familiar Hollywood fable, the grelbon out of pluvarb (bird out of water -- there are no fish on Remulak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Grelbon Out Of Pluvarb | 8/2/1993 | See Source »

...DAVID BOWIE'S SPACESHIP CRASH-lands in New Mexico at the beginning of THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, so does director Nicolas Roeg's splendidly enigmatic sci-fi parable invade our subconscious, making a great, strange racket. It is a tribute to Bowie's eldritch skill and Roeg's eerie artistry that we feel immediately all the main character's displacement, fear and wonder in his new world. This laser disc (Voyager/The Criterion Collection) marks the first uncut presentation of the original wide-screen format for U.S. home video. Also on the disc: interviews with Roeg, Bowie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Takes: Mar. 22, 1993 | 3/22/1993 | See Source »

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