Dimension X: The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury, adapted by Ernest Kinoy)

[james_davis_nicoll]

The Martian Chronicles

This adapts the following into a series of short vignettes:

"Rocket Summer": Climate change, rocket-style

"Ylla": A Martian woman dreams of the touch of an Earth man. Her husband turns out not to be into netorare.

"—And the Moon Be Still as Bright": The Earthmen learn that a previous expedition brought chicken pox to Mars, something the Martians have no resistance to. Reactions to this vary.

"The Shore": Humans settle on Mars en masse.

"The Off-Season": An entrepreneur's grand plan for his hot dog stand on Mars are sabotaged by global thermonuclear war on Earth.

"The Watchers": Most of the humans head back to the dying Earth for some reason.

"There Will Come Soft Rains": used as a frame for

"The Million-Year Picnic": In this version the family that gets incinerated in the original version of "There Will Come Soft Rains" instead flees to Mars, where the father seems hopeful that they will form the basis of the new population there.

Interesting creative decision to cram so many stories into just 30 minutes.

Comments

[agoodwinsmith.livejournal.com]

Regarding the chicken pox thing - in the early 50's my uncle's first son died in infancy because he was exposed to chicken pox. It seems to have a silly name, and you don't hear much about it any more (vacination?), but it was a dangerous childhood disease.

[chrysostom476.livejournal.com]

Yes, chicken pox has been vaccinated for in the US since the mid-90s.

[bruce munro (from livejournal.com)]

I had a case of it in the 80s, when I was in my teens, and I was in bed, covered with blisters and lotion, for several days: I still have a couple pockmarks.

[austin-dern.livejournal.com]

I managed to get exposed to it on at least six separate occasions, but never got it myself. My parents believe I must've just got so mild a case it was never noticeable, although I probably should get a vaccination for safety's sake.