TorinDarkflight
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I am trying to learn more about a movie I remember seeing at least 20 years ago, it's some sort of sci-fi movie from the 70s or 80s. I do not remember the exact title, HOWEVER, for some reason, the name or word "Phoenix" comes to mind as being heavily associated with the movie...either as part of the title, or a name mentioned in the movie.
The basic synopsis, as I remember it, is as follows...some people are on a barren planet, or perhaps the moon, and the planet gets hit by a large solar flare. I only recall a few brief scenes, namely:
-Some kids taking cover beneath some large tanks filled with water. One of them says a line similar to "There's water in here, this should protect us"
-Some people (perhaps scientists?) in a vehicle of some sorts in a dark, desert-like area just before the flare hits
-The same people and vehicle as mentioned above when the flare hits, and it's like there's a whole lot of wind and stuff blowing around
-A computer screen showing the progress of the approaching solar flare. The display looked something like this:
))))))) o
With o being the planet, and the ) symbols showing the progress of the flare. A new ) would appear on the screen every few seconds closer to the planet.
-The computer screen just as the flare hits, an extreme closeup of )))o and at that exact moment, other computer screens begin turning to static.
These memories are quite jumbled and incomplete, but I hope this is enough to help identify this movie. As I said, I have a strong, STRONG feeling that the word "Phoenix" is associated somehow with this movie, either as part of the title or as the name of something (The planet, a city, a person, I don't know) shown or mentioned in the movie. I am fairly certain that it isn't "Maximum Overdrive", because the movie I remember had the "people on another planet in the future" feel to it, whereas "Maximum Overdrive" takes place on present-day Earth.
This has been driving me nuts for years trying to find out more about this movie. Web searches have so far turned up nothing. I would certainly appreciate any help with identifying this movie.
The basic synopsis, as I remember it, is as follows...some people are on a barren planet, or perhaps the moon, and the planet gets hit by a large solar flare. I only recall a few brief scenes, namely:
-Some kids taking cover beneath some large tanks filled with water. One of them says a line similar to "There's water in here, this should protect us"
-Some people (perhaps scientists?) in a vehicle of some sorts in a dark, desert-like area just before the flare hits
-The same people and vehicle as mentioned above when the flare hits, and it's like there's a whole lot of wind and stuff blowing around
-A computer screen showing the progress of the approaching solar flare. The display looked something like this:
))))))) o
With o being the planet, and the ) symbols showing the progress of the flare. A new ) would appear on the screen every few seconds closer to the planet.
-The computer screen just as the flare hits, an extreme closeup of )))o and at that exact moment, other computer screens begin turning to static.
These memories are quite jumbled and incomplete, but I hope this is enough to help identify this movie. As I said, I have a strong, STRONG feeling that the word "Phoenix" is associated somehow with this movie, either as part of the title or as the name of something (The planet, a city, a person, I don't know) shown or mentioned in the movie. I am fairly certain that it isn't "Maximum Overdrive", because the movie I remember had the "people on another planet in the future" feel to it, whereas "Maximum Overdrive" takes place on present-day Earth.
This has been driving me nuts for years trying to find out more about this movie. Web searches have so far turned up nothing. I would certainly appreciate any help with identifying this movie.