Outland (1981)

About this episode

The episode discusses the film 'Outland' and its themes of security and illegal drug use in a futuristic mining colony.

Marshall O'Neill (Sean Connery) has just been assigned to take over security of a new mining colony....on the Jupiter moon of IO. :o Yes this takes place in the future though many things have not changed as much as you would think: suddenly miners are starting to die under some VERY unusual circumstances as it might be as a result of a new illegal drug. Against the advice of everyone around him, O'Neill digs deeper to find out how and why these drugs are starting to spread....and soon f...

People in this episode

Host: Geoff Gershon

Topics covered

• science fiction
• mining colony
• illegal drugs
• security
• mystery

Keywords

• Outland
• Sean Connery
• Jupiter
• IO
• mining colony
• illegal drugs
• security

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Outland

Places: Jupiter, IO

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