# dads in space

**URL:** <http://selectbutton.net/t/dads-in-space/8549>\
**Category:** Cinephile Shodown\
**Created:** [June 5, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/dads-in-space/8549 "2019-06-05T15:22:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![u\_u](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/u_u/32/46086_2.png) [@u\_u](http://selectbutton.net/u/u_u)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/dads-in-space/8549/1 "2019-06-05T15:22:55Z")

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> <https://twitter.com/adastramovie/status/1136165254516346882>

is hollywood capable of making a space exploration sci fi film that is not also about finding your dad?

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**Author:** ![Father.Torque](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/father.torque/32/1013_2.png) [@Father.Torque](http://selectbutton.net/u/Father.Torque)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/dads-in-space/8549/2 "2019-06-05T18:23:57Z")

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Moon rover car chase??

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**Author:** ![Brooks](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/brooks/32/289992_2.png) [@Brooks](http://selectbutton.net/u/Brooks)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/dads-in-space/8549/3 "2019-06-05T18:28:12Z")

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think i might watch outland again

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**Author:** ![shrug](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/shrug/32/123345_2.png) [@shrug](http://selectbutton.net/u/shrug)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/dads-in-space/8549/4 "2019-06-05T19:02:32Z")

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I like to think that Interstellar was really about finding your Matt Damon

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**Author:** ![shrug](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/shrug/32/123345_2.png) [@shrug](http://selectbutton.net/u/shrug)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/dads-in-space/8549/5 "2019-06-05T19:03:01Z")

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discovering the Dark Truth about your Matt Damon

in space

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**Author:** ![u\_u](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/u_u/32/46086_2.png) [@u\_u](http://selectbutton.net/u/u_u)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 7:04pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/dads-in-space/8549/6 "2019-06-05T19:04:33Z")

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i really wish the rest of the movie had the same energy as the “sudden, unexpected Matt Damon” sequence

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**Author:** ![AutomaticTiger](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/automatictiger/32/346479_2.png) [@AutomaticTiger](http://selectbutton.net/u/AutomaticTiger)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/dads-in-space/8549/7 "2019-06-05T19:34:51Z")

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I remember contact being a very good movie about finding an alien disguised as your dad in space.

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**Author:** ![B\_coma](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/b_coma/32/85331_2.png) [@B\_coma](http://selectbutton.net/u/B_coma)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/dads-in-space/8549/8 "2019-06-05T19:50:31Z")

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Can’t wait for video game trend to catch up so we can also have murder-dads in space

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**Author:** ![artee](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/artee/32/284596_2.png) [@artee](http://selectbutton.net/u/artee)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/dads-in-space/8549/9 "2019-06-05T20:00:14Z")

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when are we going to get moms in space?

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**Author:** ![Mikey](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/mikey/32/93504_2.png) [@Mikey](http://selectbutton.net/u/Mikey)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/dads-in-space/8549/10 "2019-06-05T20:20:25Z")

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_cries in Mother Brain_

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**Author:** ![AutomaticTiger](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/automatictiger/32/346479_2.png) [@AutomaticTiger](http://selectbutton.net/u/AutomaticTiger)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/dads-in-space/8549/11 "2019-06-05T20:38:30Z")

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![image](http://selectbutton.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/4/a/4a687ae1f390071a582c41cee196658b7d7b2897.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Father.Torque](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/father.torque/32/1013_2.png) [@Father.Torque](http://selectbutton.net/u/Father.Torque)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/dads-in-space/8549/12 "2019-06-05T20:58:43Z")

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Get away from her you _bitch_

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**Author:** ![km](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/km/32/145_2.png) [@km](http://selectbutton.net/u/km)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/dads-in-space/8549/13 "2019-06-05T21:07:54Z")

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Is that really what we need?

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> **[Mars Needs Moms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Needs_Moms)**
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> Mars Needs Moms is a 2011 American 3D computer-animated motion-capture science fiction adventure family film based on the Berkeley Breathed book of the same title. The film is centered on Milo, a nine-year-old boy who, after being grounded, finally comes to understand the importance of family, and has to rescue his mother after she is abducted by Martians. It was co-written and directed by Simon Wells. It was released to theaters on March 11, 2011 by Walt Disney Pictures. The film stars both

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**Author:** ![vikram](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/vikram/32/513_2.png) [@vikram](http://selectbutton.net/u/vikram)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/dads-in-space/8549/14 "2019-06-05T21:40:29Z")

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Mad Dadstra

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**Author:** ![shrug](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/shrug/32/123345_2.png) [@shrug](http://selectbutton.net/u/shrug)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/dads-in-space/8549/15 "2019-06-05T21:53:51Z")

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You escape your Dark Matt Damon, you sacrifice your Mass by falling into your Black Hole so your Anne Hathaway can make it to your Humanity’s New Home with your collective Frozen Embryos.

The rest of the movie doesn’t happen because it’s bad and unnecessary. Hate it. Get it away.

In Space.

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**Author:** ![GRIMglamfire](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/grimglamfire/32/77000_2.png) [@GRIMglamfire](http://selectbutton.net/u/GRIMglamfire)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/dads-in-space/8549/16 "2019-06-05T22:44:46Z")

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I was going to make an adventure game set on mars where the only active currency was DVD copies of Mars Needs Moms.

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Mechanical](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/mr_mechanical/32/51381_2.png) [@Mr\_Mechanical](http://selectbutton.net/u/Mr_Mechanical)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/dads-in-space/8549/17 "2019-06-05T22:50:51Z")

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**Author:** ![u\_u](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/u_u/32/46086_2.png) [@u\_u](http://selectbutton.net/u/u_u)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 10:55pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/dads-in-space/8549/18 "2019-06-05T22:55:08Z")

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Was it going to be called Mars Needs Mars Needs Moms?

If the DVDs were somehow procured by martian moms you could have called it  
Mars Needs Mars Needs Moms Moms

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**Author:** ![wourme](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/wourme/32/374443_2.png) [@wourme](http://selectbutton.net/u/wourme)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/dads-in-space/8549/19 "2019-06-05T23:02:58Z")

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I thought this thread might be about Prospect. Which is pretty good, incidentally, but had a much smaller budget than the movie that this thread is actually about. Which I had never heard of but which also looks like it might be interesting.

> **[Prospect (2018)](https://letterboxd.com/film/prospect-2018/)**
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> A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They've secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of the elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon's toxic forest. But there are others roving the...

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**Author:** ![u\_u](http://selectbutton.net/user_avatar/selectbutton.net/u_u/32/46086_2.png) [@u\_u](http://selectbutton.net/u/u_u)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](http://selectbutton.net/t/dads-in-space/8549/20 "2019-06-05T23:04:15Z")

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Oh yeah Prospect looked cool! I never saw it. It’s not about finding the dad though is it? I thought it was just like a Father-Daughter ~~western~~ …space-stern?

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