Yes, I know I skipped a couple of episodes. They are DAP Central editions and for some reason they don’t burn well on DVD+Rs. I’m going to reburn on DVD-R and was told that solves several problems. I don’t know why, but it’s worked once, so I’m willing to go with it.
Despite starring Gregory Peck and Gene Hackman, MST3K somehow still got hold of this dud. Perhaps that’s why they got hold of it. This movie was about a team of three astronauts living in space for five months, to aid research for man’s extended-living in microgravity. When they’re about to come home, something goes wrong with their reentry burners and they become stranded in orbit with limited oxygen.
A rescue is planned, an untested rocket shot quickly into space to save the slowly suffocating astronauts. Gene Hackman breaks down and goes crazy, one of the other astronauts decides he can fix the engine on an EVA, and the other one keeps a level head. EVA astronaut cuts his suit on a sharp bit of metal fin and dies, solving part of the oxygen problem. The rescue ship gets there just as the astronauts are running out of air (of course).
I give this movie one empty seat, for not including Ernest Borgnine in this Poseidon Adventure in space.