speculative environmental suit theme

A garment or wearable contraption designed to keep someone alive in an environment hostile to life is featured in a manner that makes clear it is a future technological achievement.

8 total · 8 minor

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movie: Creature (1985) minor The Shenandoah crew members wore futuristic spacesuit-like suits that enabled them to operate in the extreme environment of Saturn's moon Titan.
movie: Dune (1984) minor The Atreides men wore Stillsuits in the Dune desert. These suits recycled water and other waste products, enabling survival for weeks without any supplies.
movie: Dune (2021) minor The "stillsuits" recycled water and other waste products, enabling their wearers to survive in the desert for extended periods of time.
movie: Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle (2018) minor Haruo and his party wore special suits that protected them from Earth's now toxic atmosphere.
movie: Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017) minor Haruo and his party wore special suits that protected them from the now toxic atmosphere of Earth.
movie: Inseminoid (1981) minor The archaeologists and scientists needed to wear protective spacesuit-like suits to explore the planet.
movie: Outland (1981) minor O'Neil was walking around on a metal structure on the surface of Io in a spacesuit-looking thing.
movie: Sexmission (1984) minor Max, Albert, and Lamia wore futuristic radiation blocking suits when they went outside to walk around on the Earth's surface, which they presumed to be terribly irradiated.