#Sci fi haunted space station series

Regardless, it does feel as though Delta Space Mission may have held some inspiration for the comic, Krang being a super-brain himself, as well as the television show when it premiered in 1987. Delta Space Mission was released the same year as the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book, but Krang and the Technodrome wouldn’t appear in the comic until four years later. Then there’s the circular Death Star shape of The Delta, which I associated more with the Ninja Turtles’ villain Krang’s Technodrome. However, the reference I made earlier to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles feels more precise given that Alma, our interstellar reporter, is almost a replica of the April O’Neil character, adventurous, driven, and fearless. In Fantastic Planet, humans are kept as pets on an alien world, and it’s pretty close to the super-brain’s plan for Alma. However, the brilliant watercolor backdrops on most cells and some of the science fiction content itself prompts comparison to René Laloux’s Fantastic Planet. The animation style is a bit like those aforementioned old cartoons. Then we slipped in the story of the relationship between the computer and the alien journalist Alma, linking the action to what we had seen in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Our story started from the idea of a Romanian poem from the late 1800s by Mihai Eminescu, ‘Luceafărul,’ which talks about the impossible love between Luceafăr (Evening Star) and an emperor’s daughter. However, as a robot, it’s a profound love for Alma that’s driving it. While in reality, it’s a creepy and stalkerish mentality exhibited as the brain goes rogue, attempting to kidnap its ideal companion to live with it forever. I thought that was a genuinely distinguishing concept, though. However, I suppose it doesn’t care whether anyone else gets hurt as it strives toward its goal. The super-brain spaceship is very HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey, though acting through extreme overexertion for the primary Asimov Law, as opposed to strictly against it. When Alma’s pet is first introduced, I thought of Alien characters Ripley and Jonesy. In doing so, the AI reciprocates Alma’s sentiments and attempts to capture her throughout the film.ĭelta Space Mission conjures a lot of comparisons in concept, visuals, and animation style. When Alma first sees the super-brain set to control the Delta Space Mission, she remarks on how incredibly stunning it is and says she’d want the jewel-like super-brain all to herself. The mission is to launch artificial intelligence into deep space in the hopes of contacting and relaying communications into deep space, potentially to help any world in need of assistance. Alma is a humanoid alien reporter traveling from Planet Opp in another solar system to Earth, reporting on the launch of Delta Space Mission.

While the crew is returning, we’re introduced to Alma and her froggy-doggy (a drog?), Tin.

It starts in the middle of a rescue mission as two space station workers, Oana and Dan, attempt to save the crew of a nearby starship, introducing us to our heroes’ heroic efforts.

#Sci fi haunted space station series

Image Courtesy of Deaf Crocodile FilmsĪ Romanian anime set in the year 3084, this three-act epic almost feels like it originally had hoped to be a series but decided to become its own thing. I instantly perked up and had the urge to grab a bowl of Lucky Charms and sit with my legs crossed on the carpet. Once I pressed play and heard the 8-bit soundtrack over the credits, it was like instant serotonin. Watching Delta Space Mission this past week gave me that same nostalgia.

It seemed like the logical next step in my animated Saturday morning evolution, and thanks to the programming block, I saw Akira and Ghost in the Shell for the first time. As I got a little older and Saturday morning cartoons started to disappear altogether, I started watching the anime movies that the Syfy channel would air in their absence. When I was growing up, my mornings were filled with the animated comic book television shows of Spider-Man, The X-Men, The Tick, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.