He Thinks He’s In Spaceship To Mars, But After 51 Years He Realizes He’s Still on Earth

The story takes place aboard a generation ship launched in the 1960s and now half-way into its 100-year journey to Proxima Centauri.
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[@WakkasLove]

This is the classic example of taking a good idea for a story, but not knowing where to stop adding so much crap to it that you ruin everything.

[@kharris0465]

The Black actor is playing the role of The Black Guy That Keeps Getting Punched In The Face But Does Not Punch Back.

[@slicingonions4398]

Yes

[@NickanM]

True. I started to watch it, but it went downward real fast. 😢

[@bennette.7033]

Jesus loves you :::;

[@alenaelamoya4212]

yeah and it's so confusing, why the heçk does the girl have powers when she didn't even got to space i hate this plot/and even the ending. it's so ruined

[@taffythegreat1986]

If I thought I was in space heading towards Mars. Then I found out that I wasted half of my life in a simulation. I’d be so pissed and heads would literally roll

[@luck1057]

Yeah, imagine someone waking you up only to discover that your modern life is a vr headset designed solely to satisfy people, but you're actually in 10,000 BC. Dealing with farming, beasts, and other 10,000 bc problems. Would suck wouldn't it

[@taffythegreat1986]

@@luck1057 certainly would 😂

[@Patthamenace]

You should still be pissed we are still in a simulation lol

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

@@luck1057 oh man 💀

[@maryqueenievillamor941]

villain origin story

[@Novaurawr]

Can we all just seriously take a moment to agree that Mystery Recapped is probably the best recap channel ever out there?

[@Frustrations-]

Yea

[@BaronKsatria]

One thing for sure: the others doesn't have his charming voice and his jokes.

[@nifty55]

Who cares?

[@nisimorina5804]

Bet

[@BananashuIsTheBest]

@@nifty55 du u have more subs than him xD

[@tasha3757]

I'm sorry, but I couldn't help laughing when he said "Instead freezing in the vacuum of space... he lands on an inflated mattress" 🤣😅

[@willemvandeursen3105]

Also funny: a human sucked into the space vacuum won't freeze immediately. He will have breathing problems and his blood starts to boil, but he doesn't turn into a block of ice instantly. In a weightless environment his own body heat will stay close to him for quite a while, there's no cooling breeze in space. Yet he will lose consciousness and become comatose within a few minutes. What is also absolutely true: in space no one can hear your scream... But when you fart into the right direction, you may projectile yourself back into the airlock. It's advisable to drop your pants first. :--))

[@KnightYellow]

@@willemvandeursen3105 "In a weightless environment his own body heat will stay close to him for quite a while" half right, its not got anything to do with it being weightless, heat can only transfer by radiating in a vacuum which takes a lot of time. And technically speaking depending on how close the body was to the sun at the time then there is a real possibility that the body would never actually freeze as the radiated heat from the sun would be more than the body would lose radiating heat out into space. If you were as close to the sun as Earth is for example you would experience temperatures of 120c or 248f in direct sunlight, actually cooking you rather than freezing you.

[@flexabyse]

@@willemvandeursen3105 this farting stunt needs to be in a Rick and Morty episode😂

[@willemvandeursen3105]

@@flexabyse I saw a GIF meme with Homer Simpson skinny-dipping in space. That alone is something to think about... The text in the animation: "And here's the Earth. So beautiful with your many rings..." And I thought, not without envy, "Damn, Homer farted himself to Saturnus!"

[@flexabyse]

@@willemvandeursen3105 😂😂

[@BlazingOwnager]

This movie really was something special in the first half, I was really going to swap off the spoilers and watch it. I thought it was going to go that one of the people running the simulation was a serial killer, which is how they were getting on and off the ship without being seen. But they had to go and include all this superpower stuff for no reason at the end - a bridge too far.

[@VernonMaxwellsfriend]

I agree

[@Hajmola19]

Yep that superpower thing was stupid

[@amannan-123]

You might like "The 100".

[@bunnywavyxx9524]

@@amannan-123 Ironically The 100 does the same thing this show does but later on. Just completely goes off course from any semblance of the base plot lol.

[@AC-iz7eh]

The end where Goult was teleported to another planet is when they jumped the shark and got cancelled. Would've been fine with just a "Fallout Shelteresque type experiment but in space!" show but the writers went nuts 😂

[@juliettowera5114]

Dude, you're the best thing that happened to this channel. That sarcastic humour brings us back all the time.

[@adamafterdark6233]

Thanks so much, Juliet!

[@Sassy_Alaskan]

I seriously thought this was a movie and I was overwhelmed with all the twists and turns. Now it sounds amazing.

[@Apple_Beshy]

It's trash after the super power bullshit

[@frostfamily5321]

I hope the reactor of the "ship" is a universal breeder, and you would think that this premonition power would reveal the project having duped the crew. Also I wonder if you typed what you did because *you never met a Metagene!*

[@DaNinja60]

What do you mean? This was a movie and this is a recap channel.

[@Sassy_Alaskan]

@@DaNinja60 No, this was a show. It only had one season before being canceled.

[@DaNinja60]

@@Sassy_Alaskan Thanks

[@nicholastreat6720]

I actually watched this when it came out, I instantly knew that they were still on earth because there's no way that the US government of the 1960s would send african americans on such a mission.

[@chamuuemura5314]

Nah, the military was integrated by then. What’s dumb is the 50 years of Andy Griffith Show harmony and then suddenly everything falls apart conveniently in the then current year the show was aired.

[@LuxeMindsetVibes]

@@chamuuemura5314integrated but racism was still alive and well so African Americans weren’t given any respectable positions. An entry level soldier? sure. A respected member of the military management? No.

[@RollingCalf]

I knew they had to be on earth because of the abundance of resources they had despite all the obvious waste. Plus, no one is gonna waste money sending volunteers on such a voyage. They would have been profiled to hell and clinically selected to ensure a cohesive society. So skilled, healthy, rational, and organized. Not random people that are gonna burn the place down.

[@theonlyeye1170]

“If you guys don’t say who killed Lorelei I will *TURN THIS ROCKET AROUND!* “

[@kbranch1011]

😂🤭

[@matthewatteberry8711]

Secret passage on the fake beach. Haha. The one place on the entire ship where people might play in the sand and discover it.

[@LittleRedTeaCake]

this was a really neat show, pretty annoyed when it got cancelled and left on a cliffhanger

[@SaintOtter]

The whole telekinesis stuff felt like it was an attempt to get a longer plot in the series.

[@Apple_Beshy]

Bruh it became trash after super power

[@soap07230]

@@Apple_Beshy not everybody shares your opinion

[@Apple_Beshy]

@@soap07230 "not everybody shares your opinion" see? Please have some common sense

[@soap07230]

@@Apple_Beshy yup not everybody shares your opinion

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

This show is really underrated, it had a really unique plot and I wish it had a second season.

[@paradiseexpress3639]

this is league bro, go away

[@Novaurawr]

you still everywhere huh

[@martinc3597]

Why dafu didn't it have a 2nd season

[@sbritton1313]

This wasn't unique... It's been done for several shows/movies

[@markbigelow2608]

I hate no ending shows.

[@toainsully]

Little did they know that the Cuban Missile Crisis managed to be resolved without nuclear war, and those onboard the Generation Ship didn't get the news

[@56postoffice]

I can't believe it's already 8 years this was on TV. Should've had a 2nd season, imo.

[@tuberobotto]

I share that feeling, in fact I was so disgusted after a long long wait, that a second season was never coming. I sat thru all the episodes and what you get in the end of the season is nada, nothing. Too bad, it was a very good show.

[@moji3812]

Yeah

[@moji3812]

I forgot 2014 was 8 years ago🤣times gone by fast

[@jemeeladams1197]

Yeah

[@UnownDepth]

Was it on Fox?

[@longbottomleaf6918]

This show was actually really good and a fun watch, I wish it got a second season. People seem to think this was a movie, no it was a mini-series.

[@superbmediacontentcreator]

This film calls for the suspension of more levels of disbelief than can possibly exist.

[@SimuKiseru]

Me realizing my life with a better family was a fake one and all of it was just a dream. So I'm stuck in a nightmare

[@emilyj3444]

Dang you good

[@quandalequindinglequintavi5160]

Bro's never happy💀💀

[@theldraspneumonoultramicro405]

actually, fun little fact: you dont freeze to death in space, you suffocate, reason being the lack of air and any medium for you to lose heat to, so it takes upwards of 30 minute to an hour to freeze in the vacuum of space from thermal radiation, assuming you are not in direct sunlight, in case of being in direct sunlight, it depends on distance from the sun, at earth orbit, direct sunlight heats surfaces up to 120 degrees celcius (248 merica units) so whatever side of you is facing the sun is experiencing 120 C, where the other side of you, which is in the shade, experience over -100 C, but dont worry, you will suffocate and die within seconds as all the air in your lungues, stomach and intestines is forcefully "sucked" out of you by the vacuume of space so you'll never live long enough to experience these temperatures, as you lose conciousness you'll feel your saliva and moisture on your eyes boil away, if theres any pee in your bladder it will be forced out and instantly start boiling and evaporate, oh, and that gas in your intestines? yeah... thats not the only thing being forced out of you, so, space... while fast, not a very fun place to die in. and teleported to another planet? so he dead then, the odds of there being a planet with just the right atmospheric composition for human life is obsenely low, and the odds just become lower when you take microbes and other factors into account.

[@exoticalBecky_Miami]

If you're willing to buy that he teleports then you can be willing to buy he subconsciously teleported to a place he can live on odds are one exists... Or maybe he teleported to another simulation... You see people come kill him off and we start season 2...

[@tuberobotto]

Those are amazing facts Theldras. Glad to know you're not a "flerfer".

[@quandalequindinglequintavi5160]

Bro said but don't worry💀💀

[@arcynull]

That's not a fun little fact

[@Gbari7]

You must be fun at parties bro.

[@snix7613]

Holy the tech in 60s was so advanced!!! 😂

[@donaldduck830]

Yes. They got to the moon, but then we regressed. It is almost as if Patton was right. Operation Paperclip ftw, but then nothing.

[@MorrowPlays]

The whole point was that they were trying to develop this power as a means of teleportation to other planetrs but the show got cancelled and left us with a huge cliffhanger ending.

[@ChibiHoshiDragon]

It was INTENDED to end that way. No second season/pick up "hoped" for. It wasn't a first season. This was NOT a series subject to cancellation whims, it was a MINI series. Those don't get renewed or cancelled Those END. Like Taken, 10th Kingdom and Childhood's End The POINT of the ending is they succeeded. Anything else would change the narrative

[@harshithharsh2542]

Could you imagine somewhat likewise happening in area51 ?

[@Carrick0117]

Maybe

[@icyboy771z]

Don't need to be area 51. We are already living in a simulation.

[@mathapelo4781]

51 years

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

@@icyboy771z zoo*

[@roserocks1979]

It probably is.

[@MarcosGarcia-et1qu]

This plot went way crazier than I expected

[@nikkicole3331]

Thank you for making sense of this movie. Your insightful narration is really superior to some other recap channels where the captions are written by people who have English as a second language and don't always interpret American English as well as you do.

[@creemateplayz9604]

vruh

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@@creemateplayz9604 all you know is bruh huh? Since that's all you've been typing...

[@shinzu...]

I love how mystery recapped is Abel to show us these movie that we never even know existed

[@M8Actions]

Frr

[@demonstone0]

It's too bad they never actually say what the name of the movie is.

[@ChibiHoshiDragon]

@@demonstone0 Are you BLIND?! ASCENSION 2014 is PLASTERED to the bottom of the video

[@demonstone0]

@@ChibiHoshiDragon Yeah no you right. I was probably drunk when I first watched this.

[@ansar2334]

I just love how you always keep us entertained 🥰 Best recaps

[@Lion-O-Richie2040]

me*

[@Crinlask]

not me*

[@coresoundz9000]

600 volunteers and this project is a secret?? How possible?😂😂

[@mygodisyahweh8634]

Project Manhattan Project iron mountain Project blue beam Project mockingbird Project monarch And many more

[@jameshagan2832]

It's not, it's how I know most gov conspiracies are BS.

[@putty-e2872]

@@mygodisyahweh8634 how did that name leak then? it was not a "secret" but an "open secret", meaning everybody have heard about it but don't know the detail.

[@mygodisyahweh8634]

@@putty-e2872 It's Called Declassified information. After a certain number of years, Documents are considered... DECLASSIFIED. Because - Most of the people involved are dead... OR the Tech that was being used is no longer relevant... outdated.

[@TheMachinePUA]

It was said in the recap that the originals were all orphans - so no family looking for them.

[@lunalove2259]

Your channel is the best recap channel. Great voice, I love your witty humor that is injected throught the vids. Keep it up, thank you!

[@Apple_Beshy]

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[@lunalove2259]

@@Apple_Beshy I'll watch both

[@charlottebreton6796]

I will never get over how calming Adams voice is....

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Mystery recap never fails to impress me

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Mystery Recapped*

[@Kratoz_rider]

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[@tasha3757]

The ethics of such an experiment irl would be beyond unacceptable 😅

[@smokinhick28pcgames98]

I agree but sometimes ethics have been bent by our government, that prevented a large scale threat to human civalization or even all lifeon earth, just can't go into any details, but things are not what we are programed to think...

[@swatisquantum]

They have it.. it’s underground and the people are not registered. Argentina/Germany/US underground ran these type of experiments where you think you’re “off world” to see how humans react.

[@thoughtfulskeptic7529]

Well of course... in today's world. All that ethics stuff about informed consent and whatnot didn't really exist before the Stanford Prison Experiment in 1971. In Ascension, the ship was "launched" 5-10 years before that.

[@kaidendelmenico865]

Thanks for taking the time to do all of these videos, keep them coming

[@makemoneyonline6706]

Nice recap thanks for making this movie

[@goddieemteule]

I really love mystery recaps they make me imagine things that don't exist they are existing I love his recaps they are best ever🥳🥳

[@JohnWasTaken23]

Hi bro love your videos

[@theilluminatibenefactor]

10:44 I always enjoy your small bits of humor amidst the 'plain' narration xD

[@americanpaisareturns9051]

The soundtrack/score for Mission to Mars is amazing

[@markc7440]

Truman Show in Space, with a sprinkle of the Cold War and Stepford Wives.

[@FlamesAndShadows]

Maybe also a smidge of 'The Island'

[@micmac99]

It was originally hyped as Mad Men in space and when the plot got weird fans were pissed and quit watching

[@FlamesAndShadows]

@@micmac99 Really? Watching the recap did nothing for me, but in almost any other case 'but then the plot got weird' would be a HUGE selling point XD

[@rayrivera59]

I subscribed!!!! Ive watched enough that now i really enjoy what you do and the time you save me! I work so much that this sums up what could take 2hrs

[@averageday]

Your summary perfectly captured the essence of the 'Ascension' series and provided a compelling overview of the plot. Your attention to detail and creative speculation about a second season plot are impressive. Thank you for delivering such an insightful summary!

[@shepherds314]

chatgpt?

[@SupportGamin2024]

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[@Sxthyx]

i can listen to this while doing my homework

[@theempresss]

Thank you I remember this show. Amazing.

[@christielynn2395]

I agree I love his voice, he's funny as hell with his little add inns they make me lauph and he's also well read and his voice is relaxing And understanding, I only watch his now.

[@Phlegethon]

They don’t need to look outside in space the whole time?

[@frocurl]

Too bad there wasn't another season this was a good show

[@amandamarie5337]

My gosh that was GOOD!! great job!

[@tremetical]

they shoulda known that they cant make it to proxima centauri in 100 years. it takes a while to make it using LIGHT SPEED, and the fastest we've ever gone is 70 kilometers per second

[@eduardopupucon]

proxima centauri is 4 light years away, so it would take 4 years to reach there at light speed...

[@curiouscat9]

@@eduardopupucon If this story was in-universe science fiction, that would be alright. Even faster than light travel would be alright in science fiction because such a fictional universe doesn't need to obey "our" Theory of Relativity. But the story is set in the real world. To reach Proxima Centauri in 100 years, they would have to travel consistently at c/25, or about 25000 km/s. That's way too higher than what we're capable of achieving _now_, never mind in the 1960s. Granted that the characters involved in the "experiment" were not scientists, but surely at least some of them would have a little school science knowledge, and would be skeptical about the whole "research trip"?

[@eduardopupucon]

@@curiouscat9 because this is a sciene fiction series, it's not a documentary

[@cordeliacarstairs2796]

I saw this show it was really good! Especially when it came out the ship never left earth.

[@Apple_Beshy]

Bruh it became trash after super power

[@kenmakozume6330]

Woah this must be what it feels like in among us but in real life😳

[@zubaidahh31]

Bro this guy is my favorite recapped he is just amazing

[@Nerdy_The_Punk]

I love mystery recaps comments he says some hilarious things to sum up a situation lol almost always out of nowhere in that dead pan voice so great.

[@jarildayao8793]

imagine bieng that guy being teleported to an unknown world 😂😂

[@kareemteniola3634]

Can’t relate

[@eatadickutubenazis]

Well when I found out it was a simulation I said holy crap out Loud! That would be messed up man. Watched the whole thing. Man that was bananas!

[@jemeeladams1197]

Yeah it was

[@arnoldsherrill2585]

It would have been very interesting if they had given this a second season there were so many interesting unanswered questions including who actually was providing mission support for all of this and how did the project maintain security for all those years without anyone knowing about it., This literally could have become the space version of The prisoner if they had supported it This is another example of a studio or a network throwing away a excellent idea and not following through past a first season

[@TheTheone12360]

i discover new movies and tv shows because of this channel. Thanks

[@Justsayingthat]

I want more! This show looked really good.

[@georgesdrouillard3061]

I loved this show, so sad it didn’t continue

[@ChibiHoshiDragon]

It was a mini series. Mini Series aren't at the whim of cancelation It was INTENDED to end that way It wasn't a first season Anything else would change the narrative

[@koko7682002]

Seems to be a reoccurring theme, people thinking there on long term space mission, only to turn out their in a hole in the ground. Pity Netflix cancelled 1899, I was wanting to see where that went.

[@elishh8173]

Me too I really wanted to see 1899. I guess people don't appreciate real a anymore..

[@shaguftahasan3308]

Yooooo I like your videos bro you are sooooooo cooool man

[@Jan-ss9tm]

it was really good!

[@goofball5182]

Don’t mean to be that guy but a trip to Mars would take like 9 months

[@coltynstone-lamontagne]

Or less yeah

[@shamicentertainment1262]

I don't get why but the titles on this guys channel generally aren't the same as what happens in the film

[@thoughtfulskeptic7529]

They weren't going to Mars. It was a trip to another star system.

[@MarcUK]

They took the long way. :-)

[@owlsareeverything4152]

“Sheesh” wasn’t expecting that.😭

[@niagarawarrior9623]

great recap, i remember watching the show years ago, it was pretty good but kind of came apart late in the series.

[@tali_montage]

10:45 I cant, its too much to handle XD

[@XMachete]

Never has a series had me so anticipating it, so immediately invested, only to have all that dissipate with the big reveal, then rub salt in the wound with the second twist.

[@mbuckley3828]

Krueger must have some really bad luck. Her and the other guy escape into a normal city only to run into another person whose part of the organization running this whole secret project to begin with. What are the odds of that occurring?

[@thoughtfulskeptic7529]

They didn't just "run into" Eva; Eva was tracking them.

[@xanddyy620]

Nice🙂

[@dusty2774]

glad I didn't see this one in theater and sorry I watch this recap!

[@coloradolove7957]

The scariest part about a murder happening in a isolated space... Has to be the instant realization that you cannot trust anyone. It's true that revenge doesn't solve anything because the first thing I would have thought of if I thought there was a murderer on my spaceship is to crash the spaceship.

[@ChristianDuncan]

among us

[@peachezandbillie]

I remember watching this and thinking it was great! Sad it never got a 2nd season

[@ChibiHoshiDragon]

It was a Mini Series. It was INTENDED to end that way IT ENDED with a reveal that the project SUCCEEDED. All that is left is to discuss the morality and if it was it worth it? What else could they show? Seeing more children with powers? Seeing Christa be captured or fighting? What is the point? What would it add to the story they WANTED to tell?

[@michaeldelaware5026]

i watch your vids high asf and they are really good

[@jimransu]

finally someone who dissects movies in my mind set.

[@FlamesAndShadows]

So... Do they have other similations running that test ingenuity of humans to build, terraform and thrive in a barren hostile enviroment? Because this sounds all too easy to cheat themselves out of, if ever any supplies or parts run out, be sabotaged or just be a subject to wear and tear.

[@km077]

The movie started well. Expected the Earth's technology to ascend to godhood and, when the supposed ship would arrive, for it to turn out that the humans, who stayed on Earth, got there first and the colony was already established and is thriving. Was disappointed with how weird they handled this version of the plot: one man would not have been able to do sht, because on a project like this there are tons of surveillance, protocols and strict rules.

[@spookrockcity]

This was a great movie

[@raptorblue193]

1:33 Harris actually looks like Mulley with a different haircut

[@Dlam0nd]

Fallout 5 💀

[@yoseph32kefelegn21]

I really want to play fallout 4 i dont have pc

[@maximzaporojan6966]

I think it would take the ship to go at 26 million mph to do this

[@blackbiz]

This looks so interesting that I stopped the video to go watch the series...thankfully it's on Tubi!

[@sophiathg___fanpage]

i love this girl so much

[@Philippines91037]

The beginning of this movie reminded me of John F. Kennedy before his assassination, and this movie includes a futuristic spaceship project, even though it's year is 1963.

[@simonm1447]

Project Orion ;-)

[@normal_norm]

Is it just me or is this the exact same concept of another movie that mystery recapped??

[@adrock_sokolov6570]

Vault tec with more funding

[@_PAIGE94]

Soooo much is happening 😮

[@Randomperson11121]

10:42 wtffff😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 yo that killed me

[@Invixnlty]

Even during a space mission Ppl are divided into poor and rich

[@I1p]

I’m gonna guess that they don’t turn back to earth, because 51 is exactly 1 year over 50, and they might say something like “It will take longer to turn back then go to the destination”. 4:28

[@MO-dg6en]

Only seen the recap now and found the first half interesting, but really going over board.

[@UrMom-sq5ym]

He is the only movie spoiler that is cool

[@kanak6630]

Only the people who didn't come from tiktok are worthy of liking this 🏆

[@unknow7002]

Wdym

[@thecringeykid738]

I came from youtube

[@tlniscool970]

Among Us in real life be like:

[@redissus6226]

Was looking for this comment

[@thoughtfulskeptic7529]

Ascension aired in 2014.

[@Ricanchitown]

My dude why you using a picture from Mission to Mars which actually was a decent movie isn't this false advertising? Why not use a picture from the actual movie your talking about

[@deedeewhipple4668]

That was surprising! I figured the faux mission pretty quick but there were great twists I didn't see coming!

[@polinudommaknuk1587]

Never gonna give u up

[@Maple0518]

Never gonna let you down

[@NickanM]

Never gonna run around and desert you

[@Rinkyu]

No

[@anonimus1419]

Never gonna make you cry

[@SLASHY_SSB]

Introducing Psychic powers randomly just completely killed my interest

[@nicbentulan]

Did you already do this story (but not this movie)?

[@markbigelow2608]

I'd like to see next episode.

[@tudytudy3316]

So let me get this straight... The "crewmates" think that Stokes is "sus" and that he "murdered" somebody and also that he "sabotaged" water treatment, making him an "imposter" so they "eject" him from the "spaceship"? Doesnt that remind you of a certain hit game?

[@jedigamer9935]

This was a great special on SYFY. Shame the never continued it.

[@KrishLius]

i was in a plane for more than 10 hours straight, when i got off i had the power to turn back time and teleport shit. even call lightning storms at my will.

[@rambo8003]

God bless mystery recaped 🙏