Smooth move, Dave. You’ve done pissed off the ship’s Nav-com enough to warrant bailing out of an airlock. Now, find yourself in the cold embrace of interstellar space sans helmet. Here’s what you have to look forward to during your last few moments alive.
Death by vacuum has become a hallmark of modern space cinema. 2001, Total Recall,Outland, Armageddon, every one of theAliens series—no movie set outside Earth’s atmosphere is complete without somebody getting sucked out of an airlock, tearing their suit, or otherwise being subjected to the vacuous extremes of space. However, every film seems to find new and inventive ways for people to expire. Some go by explosive decompression—Quaid had his eyes nearly burst in Total Recall, and the construction worker from Outland had his head explode outright. Still, others simply flash freeze into meat Popsicles (a la Event Horizon). So which is it? Well, a bit of both, actually.
via Gizmodo
July 10, 2012
