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I'm sure I'm biased, as this was one of the first films I saw at the cinema as a young teen. I have seen it multiple times since and I still find it engaging.

The opening sequence, shot long before CGI is well paced and perfectly balanced with the wonderful and somewhat groundbreaking score.

The story is greatly simplified from the novel, to its credit.

Logan (York) is essentially a murderous puppet of the regime - his growth to the conclusion of the story helps engenders sympathy towards him.

Jessica (Agutter) is stunningly beautiful in a very classy way, and also goes through a metamorphosis along with Logan as together they stumble towards the truth surrounding the domed city in which they live and realize that love is the better way.

Ustinov as the old man is perfect.

The domed city is very well realized, I would say definitive until something better comes along.

All in all I highly recommend this film, just don't expect CGI or sex or needless violence or dull, dreary grim proceedings similar to what science fiction films in the 21st century has become - is it because we're in the future we all yearned for and it didn't come true?

In the days before Yuri orbited the World, or Neil bounced on the Moon, or Spirit and Opportunity rovered across Mars, everyone wondered what if? Werner and Chesley painted wondrous images of places and machines yet to be built. This film comes from this era. The scenes on orbit (Earth) of the wheel and the spaceship evoke a true sense of childlike wonder, and while the Greek tragedy of the father and son is a little silly, the depictions of the technology and landscape are very good for their time. Ironically this film with its primitive effects is more scientifically accurate and visually compelling than modern space operas.

One critic said that it was ahead of its time but behind ours, I'd like to remind the writer of those words that in CoS, they walk on Mars in 1980...we'll be lucky if get there by 2020, looks like we're at least 40 years behind.

Hi, I'm not a real astronaut, but I play one on the silver screen and get paid about the same amount as the cost of a Shuttle launch. This is bad. Maybe good for kids but not for grown-ups. A pity because I really wanted to like it. These fudpuckers would have been dead at the first glitch. I just hope that NASA (land of REAL astronauts, men and women, for those of you who've forgotten) got royalties for allowing the use of the NASA meatball on the Mars EVA suits.

What, real space exploration not exciting enough for you? My advice is, next time a space movie like this comes along (and there's plenty of them) instead of forking out the bucks for the show, send it to NASA - they'll put it good use.