Say what you will about the movie, but the poster art certainly exhibits enough classic space opera elements to get an 14 year-old 70s kid's pulse racing. Ray guns, robots and spaceships... that's what this blog is all about!
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I'm embarrased to say that I've never seen this film and only vaguely recall hearing about it. But it does look like the type of movie that I would have been excited to see back then.
ReplyDeleteI think this was the only entry in the post-Star Wars cycle which did NOT have any shootouts with rayguns, something almost mandatory by 1979. As I recall, the human protagonists in the movie fought against their robot adversaries using the more cost effective choice of sticks and trash can lids!
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure that animated laser beams were cost-prohibitive. :)
ReplyDeleteTerrific illustrations. I really do miss movie posters created by artists without using computers--truly a lost art nowadays.
ReplyDeleteGreat poster. Terrible film though with virtually no budget and the acting varies from over the top (Palance) to bored (Morse) to wooden (everyone else). There are enough ideas for one half hour show, but instead they try stretching it out to feature length.
ReplyDeleteAs a nine year old, I liked the movie for the most part. Sure, it wasn't up to the standards of the day, but back then we ate it up. I always felt bad for the hot chicks that got fried by the evil robots. ;) There are some clips on YouTube, but the hyperspace jump clip always makes me chuckle. It's good fun.
ReplyDeleteIf you have no budget, you come to canada where you can maximize your production dollar with both the exchange rate and get some tax credits from the province. All you have to do is incorporate canadians at every level of the production (which is why you have a rather young Nick Campbell, and Barry Morse in the cast and director George Mcgowan who directed several Littlest Hobo TV series episodes among others) and you have a low budget film that you can market.
ReplyDeleteNever saw this.....but might want to track it down as it is Canadian....