I remember watching this as a little kid and distinctly thinking, "That has got to be the absolute worst way to go" If the seal is broken, the stasis pod incinerates you. If you choose to stay in, you die slowly from starvation and dehydration. That, my friends, is what we call truely and roya...
Any story involving the humans being thoroughly, utterly and helplessly mind-fucked is truely awesome. I love it.