‘The control room buttons were upside-down ice-cube trays, one space suit had a dish-drying rack on it – and the special effects guy wrote the theme tune lyrics’
‘The control room buttons were upside-down ice-cube trays, one space suit had a dish-drying rack on it – and the special effects guy wrote the theme tune lyrics’
I rewatched Dark Star somewhat recently and was struck by how much of it clearly influenced Alien.
Dan O’Bannon wrote both movies so I see Dark Star as more of a proto-Alien.
Also, Red Dwarf is more-or-less Dark Star the series, including the slob, dead crew-mate, dubiously smart artificial intelligence, and a pet as main characters.