History YMMV / Pandorum

* PlayingAgainstType: The director picked Quaid for the role [[spoiler: because ''no one'' would expect him to be the villain in a movie]].

* OlderThanTheyThink: There are a lot people that think this movie is a rip off of ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'' but little do they know that Pandorum began filming in August of 2008 before ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'''s release.
** It also helps that ''Pandorum'' is viewed by some as a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Film/EventHorizon'', which came out well before either.

* NarmCharm: One would think that Dennis Quaid's...erm...'emphatic' delivery of the "I SAID STAND DOWN, CORPORAL!" would incite raucous laughter, but the tone of the rest of the movie has a very subductive effect upon one's sense of humor.

* MisaimedFandom: [[spoiler: Some critics and audiences actually believe the creatures are transformed crew members. Despite clues and WordOfGod saying that isn't possible.]]

* HateDumb: Of the "Everything is the same" type. Some people criticized this movie for the Hunters being similar to the Crawlers from the Film/TheDescent. They seem to be rather ignorant of the fact that The Crawlers are based heavily on TheMorlocks trope and thus not original creations.

* HateDumb: Of the "Everything is the same" type. Some people criticized this movie for the Hunters being similar to the Crawlers from the Film/TheDescent. They seem to be rather ignorant of the fact that The Crawlers are based heavily on TheMorlocks trope and thus not original creation.

** This is mainly to due to critics give VERY inaccurate plot details.

* CriticalBacklash: The critics were mostly mixed or negative about ''Pandorum'' and it failed at box office(though this was mostly due to many people not hearing about it), but many people see it as an actually good film, and others even consider it as one of the best films of the genre in years. As shown by the IMDB and Netflix ratings.

* SerialNumbersFiledOff: This film has so much in common with the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' films that it's hard not to think of it as a missing installment of that series.

* CriticalBacklash: The critics were mostly mixed or negative about ''Pandorum'' and it failed at box office(thought this was mostly due to many people not hearing about it), but many people see it as an actually good film, and others even consider it as one of the best films of the genre in years. As shown by the IMDB and Netflix ratings.

* CriticalBacklash: The critics were mostly negative about ''Pandorum'' and it failed at box office, but many people see it as an actually good film, and others even consider it as one of the best films of the genre in years.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The film opens as an intense, thoughtful science-fiction psychological thriller, as two crew members of a malfunctioning starship struggle to keep the ship running while trying to discover the circumstances that led them to this situation. Within thirty minutes, however, the film has become a Franchise/ResidentEvil style [[RecycledInSpace band of inexplicably attractive, well-groomed and combat-trained survivors fighting cheesy monsters]]. The tight atmosphere is even abandoned as they explore ever-larger, ever-better-lit areas of the ship.
** [[http://commentaryandcritiquing.blogspot.com/2013/07/pandorum-loveletter-to-hp-lovecraft.html Not at all]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandorum#Production the basic premise of Pandorum predates the Resident Evil films.]] Nor are the hunters zombies.

** [[http://anarchyreviews.blogspot.com/2013/07/pandorum-loveletter-to-hp-lovecraft.html Not at all]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandorum#Production the basic premise of Pandorum predates the Resident Evil films.]] Nor are the hunters zombies.

* OlderThanTheyThink: There are a lot people that think this movie is a rip off of ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'' but little do they know that Pandorum began filming on August of 2008 before ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'''s release.

* ScifiGhetto: The movie was hardly a critical success at the box office. It was marketed as a horror film, but in the end it explained everything, probably annoying the hell out of people [[GainaxEnding who like their horror left mysterious and unexplained]]. However as a scifi film it's pretty good.

** [[http://anarchyreviews.blogspot.com/2013/07/pandorum-loveletter-to-hp-lovecraft.html Not at all]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandorum#Production the basic premise of Pandorum predates the Resident Evil films.]] Near are the hunters zombies.

** [[http://anarchyreviews.blogspot.com/2013/07/pandorum-loveletter-to-hp-lovecraft.html Not at all]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandorum#Production the basic premise of Pandorum predates the Resident Evil films.]]

** [[http://anarchyreviews.blogspot.com/2013/07/pandorum-loveletter-to-hp-lovecraft.html Not at all]] and the creatures were not humans turned into monsters like in Resident Evil but [[spoiler: a new spieces that evolved from humans that went insane and became cannibals.]]

** The creatures were not humans turned into monsters like in Resident Evil but [[spoiler: a new spieces that evolved from humans that went insane and became cannibals.]]

** The creatures where not humans turned into monsters like in Resident Evil but a new spieces that evolved from humans.

* WorldOfSymbolism: The film makes tones of references to Dante's Inferno.

** [[http://devilmayhem666.blogspot.com/2011/09/pandorum-review-spoilers.html How untrue.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The film opens as an intense, thoughtful science-fiction psychological thriller, as two crew members of a malfunctioning starship struggle to keep the ship running while trying to discover the circumstances that led them to this situation. Within thirty minutes, however, the film has become a Franchise/ResidentEvil style [[RecycledInSpace band of inexplicably attractive, well-groomed and combat-trained survivors fighting cheesy monsters]]. The tight atmosphere is even abandoned as they explore ever-larger, ever-better-lit areas of the ship.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The film opens as an intense, thoughtful science-fiction psychological thriller, as two crew members of a malfunctioning starship struggle to keep the ship running while trying to discover the circumstances that led them to this situation. Within thirty minutes, however, the film has become a Franchise/ResidentEvil style [[RecycledInSpace band of inexplicably attractive, well-groomed and combat-trained survivors fighting cheesy monsters]]. The tight atmosphere is even abandoned as they explore ever-larger, ever-better-lit areas of the ship.
* WorldOfSymbolism: [[http://devilmayhem666.blogspot.com/2011/09/movie-reviewanalysis-pandorum.html Read]]