OMG, who remembers this movie? I didn't.
Red Planet Mars
It has poor reviews and I can't find a copy in the library but there is so much here.
First Peter Graves, the young scientist, intercepts messages from Mars, maybe.
By telescope different scientists document in photographs that the canals are real, so it starts with that premise.
A separate eccentric scientist in Russia picks up transmissions between Graves and Mars but they need decoding. Russia, however, is ahead in their time zone.
First the message is that Mars has harnessed cosmic rays for power. Their lives are wonderful, no one suffers or goes hungry.
Then the world goes into chaos as all the coal miners and oil workers riot thinking they will be out of business soon.
But the other plot, Russia intercepting the messages, continues.
Or have they? The one scientist intercepting the messages for the Russian commies may be the one sending the messages.
As the world riots and economies collapse, a message is received from Mars claiming to be from Jesus believing Martians. It's the usual: Earth had a chance but we turned to evil, yadda yadda. There are Biblical references some key characters recognize and repeat from the Bible: 'The Sermon on the Mount'.
The US releases the message.
Next scene a bunch of God believers in Russia dig up some ancient relic and people march to a tiny church they put the relic in. They they are all mowed down by Russian soldiers.
Then they show an avalanche that wipes out the Russian intercepter.
Now the US scientist can't get any more messages and neither can the Russian military contact their guy, he was an eccentric.
So there you are, did Mars send the messages or the eccentric Russian.
Cue crowds singing religious hymns in Russia and the soldiers mowing them down.
Meanwhile in the capitalist world the riots and economic collapse disappears into scenes no one cares about.
Russians however succeed in overthrowing the military, the Orthodox Christians establish rule.
Cue the beautiful music, Peter Graves holding his son, everyone is happy and suddenly they all know what is really important. War is over. The Commies are defeated. God saved the world just in time for Christmas.
Final scene, the eccentric Russian scientist turns up at Graves' house. He confronts Graves who stole the Russian's invention used to communicate with Mars. Turns out he wasn't killed in the avalanche.
He admits the messages came from him. He threatens to tell the world. Graves' wife says he can't ruin what the messages have done.
Graves' wife discovers the messages really were from "the profit".
Or were they.
Now Graves thinks his government changed the messages.
Wife: it was no fraud.
Eccentric Russian: there's no god, I dug myself out of the avalanche.
The ending is fascinating. I don't want to spoil it. Will God show up and send a message from Mars or not? Will Graves kill the eccentric scientist to silence him? Or will Graves and his wife blow themselves up with the eccentric scientist to save mankind? Or will God stop that too? Or something else? :D
Red Planet Mars
It has poor reviews and I can't find a copy in the library but there is so much here.
First Peter Graves, the young scientist, intercepts messages from Mars, maybe.
By telescope different scientists document in photographs that the canals are real, so it starts with that premise.
A separate eccentric scientist in Russia picks up transmissions between Graves and Mars but they need decoding. Russia, however, is ahead in their time zone.
First the message is that Mars has harnessed cosmic rays for power. Their lives are wonderful, no one suffers or goes hungry.
Then the world goes into chaos as all the coal miners and oil workers riot thinking they will be out of business soon.
But the other plot, Russia intercepting the messages, continues.
Or have they? The one scientist intercepting the messages for the Russian commies may be the one sending the messages.
As the world riots and economies collapse, a message is received from Mars claiming to be from Jesus believing Martians. It's the usual: Earth had a chance but we turned to evil, yadda yadda. There are Biblical references some key characters recognize and repeat from the Bible: 'The Sermon on the Mount'.
The US releases the message.
Next scene a bunch of God believers in Russia dig up some ancient relic and people march to a tiny church they put the relic in. They they are all mowed down by Russian soldiers.
Then they show an avalanche that wipes out the Russian intercepter.
Now the US scientist can't get any more messages and neither can the Russian military contact their guy, he was an eccentric.
So there you are, did Mars send the messages or the eccentric Russian.
Cue crowds singing religious hymns in Russia and the soldiers mowing them down.
Meanwhile in the capitalist world the riots and economic collapse disappears into scenes no one cares about.
Russians however succeed in overthrowing the military, the Orthodox Christians establish rule.
Cue the beautiful music, Peter Graves holding his son, everyone is happy and suddenly they all know what is really important. War is over. The Commies are defeated. God saved the world just in time for Christmas.
Final scene, the eccentric Russian scientist turns up at Graves' house. He confronts Graves who stole the Russian's invention used to communicate with Mars. Turns out he wasn't killed in the avalanche.
He admits the messages came from him. He threatens to tell the world. Graves' wife says he can't ruin what the messages have done.
Graves' wife discovers the messages really were from "the profit".
Or were they.
Now Graves thinks his government changed the messages.
Wife: it was no fraud.
Eccentric Russian: there's no god, I dug myself out of the avalanche.
The ending is fascinating. I don't want to spoil it. Will God show up and send a message from Mars or not? Will Graves kill the eccentric scientist to silence him? Or will Graves and his wife blow themselves up with the eccentric scientist to save mankind? Or will God stop that too? Or something else? :D
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