Moonbase story

movie: Moonbase (1997) · 1997-12-06

A band of escaped criminals take over a waste disposal plant located on the far side of the Moon.

10 total · 4 major · 6 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
colonization of the Moon major The story is largely set on a permanent waste disposal plant located on the far side of the Moon.
old flames major John and Dana were old flames.
romantic love major John and Dana rekindled their romantic relationship. There was something going on between the criminal mastermind Carl and his criminal gang member Mina.
unethical business practices major Washerman-Tobashi Industries claimed to be disposing of waste on the far side of the Moon, but they were really going about recovering some nuclear warheads that were hidden near the lunar surface.
hologram minor A man was entertaining himself in his quarters with a large breasted, holographic stripper.
interplanetary space travel minor John and Dana left the Moon base in a futuristic space shuttle-like vessel that they intended to pilot back to Earth.
nuclear weapons minor Washerman-Tobashi Industries was secretly trying to recover some nuclear warheads that were hidden on the far side of the Moon.
off-world prison colony minor Stark and his bang of criminals made a daring escape from an off-world prison colony that one gathers was located at Earth's L4 Lagrange point.
speculative spaceship minor John and Dana left the Moon in a futuristic space shuttle-like vessel.
tractor beam minor Deckert used a green tractor beam to capture the ship Dana was riding in as it approached the Moon base.