Earth sends its first manned probe to Mars in 1999,and a jealous Martian murders the two astronauts when his wife has erotic dreams of meeting them.Based on the novel written by Ray Bradbury.
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01x03 The Martians Aired: Jan. 29, 1980November 2006: Earth is an amber cinder, all life annihilated by total nuclear war. A handful of settlers left on Mars are the sole survivors … [continue reading]
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- 01x03 The Martians (Jan. 29, 1980)
- 01x02 The Settlers (Jan. 28, 1980)
- 01x01 The Expedit… (Jan. 27, 1980)
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- Michael Anderson (3 episodes)
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- Ray Bradbury (3 episodes)
- Richard Matheson (3 episodes)
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- The miniseries was originally scheduled for release in September 1979 as a major kickoff to the 1979-80 season. Unfortunately, it fell victim to some negative publicity from Ray Bradbury…
[show]The miniseries was originally scheduled for release in September 1979 as a major kickoff to the 1979-80 season. Unfortunately, it fell victim to some negative publicity from Ray Bradbury himself. Although Bradbury had worked with scriptwriter Richard Matheson in adapting his book to the small screen, he was less than thrilled with the final production. At one point, shortly before the miniseries' scheduled release, Bradbury found himself the sole representative of the production at a press conference. When one reporter asked him what he thought of the miniseries, he responded candidly, "Booooooooring!" NBC soon shelved the miniseries and did not air it until January 1980.
[hide] - Goof (factual errors): Characters on Mars talk to characters on Earth with no perceptible delay in communication. Even at their closest approach, signals would take at least 3 minutes to…
[show]Goof (factual errors): Characters on Mars talk to characters on Earth with no perceptible delay in communication. Even at their closest approach, signals would take at least 3 minutes to travel the distance between Mars and Earth.
[hide] - Goof (revealing mistake): In the opening scene of "The Expeditions", the wires used to slowly lower the Mars probe are visible.
