I have never seen subliminal nudes in ice cubes (I've tried, Lord, I've tried). I have trouble spotting sheep in clouds. Rorschach looks more like road kill than anything else. So you can imagine it's a stretch for me to believe this video's assertion that aerial photographs of the mountains of Mars are actually complicated geometrical communications meant to establish a bond between men and aliens. Okay, I'll admit, one of the mountains looks somewhat like an Imperial Stormtrooper staring up into space. But should we extrapolate from this that someone is attempting to open a discussion with us about recursive geometry and polyhedronic architecture from Mars? I think not. No amount of pretty computer graphics and digressions on the "wonders of the pyramids" can convince me otherwise. Hey, it's -81 degrees F every day out there and 95% carbon dioxide. You try building a big mathematical theme park under those conditions! Just in case though, I'm going out into the California desert to paint a huge smiley face back at them. I saw Mars Attacks! and those little guys are nasty when you insult their architecture. Not recommended. Aud: P. (R. Ray)
Mars Lives
(1997) 46 min. $19.95. Engram Digital Productions (dist. by Wehman Video). PPR. Color cover. Vol. 12, Issue 4
Mars Lives
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