Okay, you did figure that out by going back :-D

The vessel Sam left on was used to send back the helium 3. Instead Sam climbed in.

Second Sam saw there was a stalled harvester (the one the first Sam crashed into) on a screen inside the base. And he knew something odd was happening because he stumbled into the live conversation between his robot pal and the company execs.

Something you guys didn't mention, so I don't know if you missed it, is that the new clone is ultra-aggressive, which is the personality trait that caused the separation with his wife, and the old clone is ultra-zen after working on himself during his 3-year isolation.

The effects were almost all practical, except for the compositing used to put multiple Rockwells in the same shot.

The guy from Garth Merengi's Dark Place is Matt Berry. He's in the TV show "What We Do in the Shadows" which is a spinoff of the movie of the same name, but not in the movie itself. The movie was "eh" but the TV show was one of the consistently funniest shows I've seen in the last 10 years

I've heard about this movie for years, and it was always on my list to watch as I heard nothing but good things. All I knew was Sam Rockwell was in it, and it was set on the moon. The thought in the back of my head was "oh that came out a decade or so ago", and then I realize it's been 17 years. Crazy how time flies. But yeah, good movie. Didn't blow me away or anything, but Sam delivers a great performance, and it kept me invested. Personally, it the pay was pretty good, like $500k a year, I'd do a job like that for 3 years. Just let me take some video games with me, I got Gerty to chat with, and I'll be fine. For me Covid was like "finally, some peace and quiet".

Sounds like your main criticism is that it doesn't follow tired predicable tropes, personally I think that's what makes it great. You expect the robot to be evil and working against them, but it isn't. Not every plot has to be the same. It's not a huge earth shattering conspiracy, it doesn't need to be. If you have any inkling of empathy that's enough to connect with Sam and his plight. From the imdb trivia section: According to Duncan Jones, the original Sam allowed the company to have his genetic material taken, certain memories to be downloaded and all of his transmission with his wife to be used. The company gave him a heap of money so after his 3 years of actually doing the job on the Moon, he went back to Earth, his family was taken care of and the guys on the Moon took care of the actual job.

Great movie.

Another shipmate! The more the merrier! Poor Guy. He was so right: "I'm not even supposed to be here! I'm just Crewman #6! I'm expendable!" Maybe he can find a job as Security Chief on Earth.

This was made on a $5 million budget, guys. Less than 10 million box office take. This is a movie that punched WAY above its weight. The director stated that this was written for a scifi literate audience. Basically, a rare example of an indie director who got to make a movie he would want to watch.

What a fantastic pick, guys. Wonderful movie. Fun, I hadn't seen this since it first came out...18 years ago? Fuck. :( Sam Rockwell absolutely KILLED THIS. Probably the best movie I've seen on the notion of identity...and for this subject...the performance of the actor portraying different versions of the same person absolutely makes or breaks it. Rockwell killed it. This was a very low budget indie film that basically nobody saw. Of course, the sorts of folks who are hanging around here are excepted. Glad this made it onto the channel, hopefully some additional youtube exposure will spread the word a bit.

Also, my read on Gerty is that his core programming is to take care of and keep every Sam Bell clone safe.

Love this movie. As previously mentioned, Duncan Jones is the son of David Bowie! This movie is nothing but a nepo hire project! :)

One of my favorite Sam Rockwell movies is “Gentleman Broncos.” It’s also from 2009 and by the creators of “Napoleon Dynamite.”

The movie is available free right now on youtube, just FYI. Timing matched up fine when I watched, although if you don't have premium, ads may mess that up

Such a great movie

Very underrated movie inlove Sam Rockwell

Written and directed by Zowie Bowie!

That’s was pretty good. There’s a different ending I was expecting but it’s like another movie so I don’t want to give spoilers for a different movie.