Pandora, Europa and Prometheus - the outer moons of Hollywood propaganda

@Freeplanet If the movie is set in a moon, they can make some neat shots showing the moon's sky and the planet it is orbiting. That might be one reason...

so, moons .... LOL. This still doesn't answer the WHAT THE F*** IS HOLLYWOOD'S GAME? Can someone oblige, if they know? :)

It almost seems like the Star Trek ethos -new episode, new planet, new adventure... the cash paying public doesn't care for "its not possible" scenerios. So hollywood throws out something that is assured to make money for whomever! Placing it on a moon or in "OuterSpace" *said in best scary voice* is just exotic scenery!. If people thought about how possible Sunshine or X-men or any other (not so) Super hero film was then they would have to face a loss... and we all know they don't like that. Bring back the likes of Silent Runnning, Outland and intelligent audiences than a premise that no matter what's shown the audience will just sit and get fed by the Deadeye! Studios don't care about possible or not...they care about money. You ask "w.t.f"... I reply chewing gum for the brain's for the masses.!

If I am not wrong then only europa is likely to have atmosphere safe for the life forms as per the research.

Ah, you mean Arthur C Clarke's warning to STAY AWAY FROM EUROPA? Nice...

Haha.

And don't forget that in 2001's novel, they're on a mission to Iapetus, a moon of Saturn and not Jupiter.

Xeno, EXACTEMENTO [img]http://ealdent.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/deathstariapetus.jpg[/img]

Hey Sky What about Titan?, This moon of Saturn is the only known moon with a dense atmosphere which incidentally is rich in methane.

Titan is a particulary beautiful moon, isn't it? [img]http://terraform.no.sapo.pt/Menu_Principal/Saturno/titan1.jpg[/img]

Enceladus has geysers, that means it possesses hot water, that can be enough to sustain life like parasites.

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Fountains_of_Enceladus_PIA07758.jpg/708px-Fountains_of_Enceladus_PIA07758.jpg[/img]

... a rock is a rock is a rock... unless there is a Waffle-Plex there... it's still just a rock.

Nexo54, yeah, Prometheus is a moon, my point is, "What's with all these Hollywood scenarios where 'moons in sci-fi space' seem to orbit Solar System-like planets?" namely Jupiter and Saturn. What's the fascination with the outer Gas Giants, or is it just that the inner rock planets have proven themselves not able to retain an atmosphere ... oh.