Don’t go off topic, you need to discuss Metalstorm, not other movies!
I think I have an anaglyph DVDR around here somewhere, but no 3D glasses to fully appreciate it with. I was always bummed that the rash of resurgent 80s 3D movies were always released on VHS in 2D.
Melanie Griffith and Tim Thomerson, this movie can’t be bad.
Speaking of Tim Thomerson I’ve always loved the Trancer series.
Best line possibly ever in a movie Jack: “You’re knocking on death’s door and I got the god damn key.”
(The joke hear being his name is Jack Deth…)
If we are just listing off those questionably good sci-ish movies I recommend “Freaked”.
And yes you can find the full movie on youtube (although not in the best quality).
Yes it can. Seriously. I was only half paying attention to it one night and it still made me groan.
Fun with friends and drinks but otherwise give it a pass.
I got into a mini-argument because I maintain that Ice Pirates is more impressive and for an adult it holds up better than Spaceballs.
Compare the casts alone.
Trancers is actually pretty ok, but unlike a lot of other films the poster/cover makes it look WAAAAY better than it actually is.
There isn’t a single prop element in the actual film as well designed as the helmet on the poster.
Most definitely. Spaceballs is good, but is too reliant on just making fun of Star Wars. Ice Pirates manages to combine all sword,scifi and fantasy of the 80s into a wonderful little package. The time fight at the end has no equal.
I think of it as “Carlin-smart” smart, but for people who like smart and fart jokes about the same.
Hehehehe Richard Moll as Hurok… (Bull Shannon on Night Court) same year. One performance memorable, another not so much.
Metalstorm only proves that you don’t need a big budget or big name actors or a good script or even any talent to make a truly awful piece of shit.
I remember seeing this as a kid. Cheezetastic!
Huh Never seen it.
I DID finally watch Logan’s Run.
It got me thinking - we are SOOOO lucky we didn’t end up with a craptacular synth soundtrack that was popular at the time for Star Wars.
Ok. I won’t. But I’ve wondered many times about this, because I could never remember the title or what was it about, only that it was the only 3D movie I ever saw in the 20th century and that scene with the acid shooting at the camera.
Hold your tongue! The soundtrack to Logan’s Run was 2doep.
I don’t understand the contemporary aversion to electronic scores in favor of faux-epic symphonic loop libraries and pop songs.
I was going to add “Damnation Alley” and “Meteor” to the list but those are actually from the 70’s. Damn, I’m old. When I look back at what we had to sustain ourselves with when it came to video games and sci-fi movies, I sometimes wonder how we survived.
I don’t mine ALL synth scores - but a lot of them - most of them - were not very good. Especially Logans run where there were parts meant to be dischordian (sp) and noddley - it literally sounds like a money on a synth. Though not all of the soundtrack was like that. I found too much of it be distracting vs enhancing.
The one exception I can think of for synth scores would be Bladerunner. And I am sure there other movies where it holds up well. Clockwork Orange to a degree. But too often it sounds dated and IMHO lazy.
This is coming from someone who in general like Electronica.
Friend of mine had it on his shelf, and has also named one of his cats after the title character. He gave me a synopsis of the film and showed me one scene, said that was really all I needed to know about it.
Are The Scanners’es’ too good to be bad?
