When that fails and the ship explodes, Doolittle grabs a piece of debris and surfs on it, nabbing his last chance at escapist freedom before the universe snuffs him out. Dark Star is about a ...

Lt Doolittle ... the movie, in particular the flashing computer graphics that are screened on the monitors in the ship’s bridge. The FX, animation, set designs and costumes in Dark Star are ...

Made for $60,000 (£47,581) by film school students, horror maestro John Carpenter's directorial debut Dark Star is now regarded ... Lieutenant Doolittle, the ranking officer, is a former ...