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I agree that the aesthetic made for an excellent film but I always thought that if they had sufficient power for FTL travel (e.g. massive fusion reactors or something) they could have powered a few extra light bulbs.

Although the ship in Dark Star wins the space-grunge contest hands-down.

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Even today the brick and mortar stores of multi-million (billion) dollar companies have dirty bathrooms and broken lights.

The justification for the light situation in the movie is simple: corporate greed and human laziness (which fits nicely in the narrative as well).

> Even today the brick and mortar stores of multi-million (billion) dollar companies have dirty bathrooms and broken lights.

Last place I worked at (10M investment) the men's pisser didn't flush and the toilet paper was brown sandpaper that smelt like shit even before you used it. Horrible TL lights though, so not quite a horror scene.

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