Mars

• Mission to Mars directed by Brian De Palma (2000)

  [5/10]

  "As an avid science fiction fan, I find the ideas in Mission to Mars stale and hardly worth the effects budget. Like Lost in Space, the Mission to Mars producers seem more concerned with creating a visually appealing film than creating an interesting plot or hiring some really good astrophysicists as consultants."

• Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (1961)

  [7/10]

  "Often, Heinlein's characters get so carried away discussing philosophical implications that all the action stops for pages and pages at a time."

  Average score: 6.00