Has Hollywood 'discovered' O'Neill Habitats?

> From: danj_caslaw [mailto:danj_caslaw@...]
>
> > How could a movie/TV series make the best use of,
> > and do justice to, an O'Neillian habitat setting?
> > What would the movie/program makers need to do to
> > portray space colony life as it would be?
>
> The biggest problem as I see it is that O'Neill habitats are about
> settling in a new frontier, and Hollywood has gotten far too PC to
> present any positive image of frontier settlement. The settlement of
> the New World can only be referenced in the context of the harm done to
> indigenous people, and never in terms of the many extraordinary positive
> things that came out of it.
>
> Stop and think about it. When was the last time you saw a science
> fiction movie or TV show which depicted the drama inherent in a small
> group attempting to pioneer in space (or on Earth, for that matter)?
> For the most part, modern cinematic science fiction only deals in areas
> already settled and developed, and the drama comes from political
> conflict (space wars).
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>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Combs

Firefly. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303461/) - a western in Space, by
Joss Whedon. (Of Buffy fame) not very PC, could be why the studio knocked
it on the head. Although there is a movie (Serenity -
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379786/)coming out next year.