Back to Earth?
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JamesA-1102 — 9 years ago(July 13, 2016 06:48 AM)
One of the purposes of Taylor's mission was to test Hasslein's theory of time dilation. We don't know if they were actually looking for another planet.
From both Taylor's and Landon's remarks it seems clear that they were looking for another planet.
maybe Zaius finally believed Taylor's story of traveling from the past?
Taylor never claimed he was from the past. He said he was from 'another planet in another solar system'. -
JamesA-1102 — 9 years ago(July 13, 2016 06:51 AM)
I think the ship was programmed to go Earth's future.
There is no evidence of that. Taylor states at the beginning of the film that they were traveling to another star.
Towards the end , Dr. Zeus is tied up on the beach.
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samslick — 9 years ago(July 13, 2016 02:37 PM)
There is no evidence of that. Taylor states at the beginning of the film that they were traveling to another star.
Taylor was talking to Nova in the lab saying something like 'Stewart was to be the new Eve with our hot and eager help." He definitely expected to go to another planet.
If you've seen 2001: Once the Discovery hit Jupiter's orbit, a video recording came on and explained why they were sent on the mission ( the monolith). The crew , Dave and Frank, didn't know why they were on the mission until then.
As previously stated, going to the Earth's future makes much more sense than four astronauts colonizing another planet. However, I don't have an answer as to why the astronauts wouldn't be told that. -
Pete8680 — 9 years ago(July 25, 2016 04:35 PM)
I recently saw it again. The plan was to land, study the planet stay a few years, f[% the hot blonde & RETURN 2 EARTH. They were never meant 2 stay there. Unfortunately the ship sank. So in as Taylor sed "we're STUCK here".
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roland-rockerfella — 9 years ago(December 15, 2016 11:49 AM)
Yes sadly the actual mission than the 4 explorers were on remains a bit of a mystery. Taylor makes contradictory statements in the film and even him and the others don't seem to know where they have landed. You don't attempt to colonise another world with only 4 people in a small spaceship with very limited supplies yet Taylor suggests that was their mission, so it still baffles me to this day why they were actually out there.