@RUTGERS.ARPA:BRYAN@SU-SIERRA.ARPA (02/11/85)
From: Doug Bryan <BRYAN@SU-SIERRA.ARPA>
My room-mate nominates "Battle Beyond the Stars". I have not seen this movie
but he said that its only redeeming factor is a female character who has
quite large breasts.
Any comments??
Doug Bryan
bryan@su-sierra
facts are temporary...
long live fantasy!
-------herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS]) (02/11/85)
In article <576@topaz.ARPA> @RUTGERS.ARPA:BRYAN@SU-SIERRA.ARPA writes: >From: Doug Bryan <BRYAN@SU-SIERRA.ARPA> > > >My room-mate nominates "Battle Beyond the Stars". I have not seen this movie >but he said that its only redeeming factor is a female character who has >quite large breasts. > >Any comments?? > > Doug Bryan > bryan@su-sierra > > facts are temporary... > long live fantasy! >------- i have watched this one several times. the people i remember being in the show are Richard Thomas and Robert Vaughn. the heavy is someone i recognise who normally plays such roles, but his name escapes me. i was always under the impression that the movie was made a another spoof, albeit a rather high budget spoof. the special effects are very good (i've seen better, but only a few times). the plot is straight out of the space westerns or starwars. for that matter, it has similarities to `the last starfighter'. some of the things that stand out are the four white communal mind aliens, the two `heat-emitting' aliens that glowed in the dark, and the computer that ran Richard Thomas' ship. Herb Chong... I'm user-friendly -- I don't byte, I nybble.... UUCP: {decvax|utzoo|ihnp4|allegra|clyde}!watmath!water!watdcsu!herbie CSNET: herbie%watdcsu@waterloo.csnet ARPA: herbie%watdcsu%waterloo.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa NETNORTH, BITNET, EARN: herbie@watdcs, herbie@watdcsu
hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (Jerry Hollombe) (02/11/85)
>Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers >Subject: worst SF movie ever >Message-ID: <576@topaz.ARPA> >From: Doug Bryan <BRYAN@SU-SIERRA.ARPA> > >My room-mate nominates "Battle Beyond the Stars". I have not seen this movie >but he said that its only redeeming factor is a female character who has >quite large breasts. Once again I must protest. Though not one of the greats, I've always liked this film in the "mindless entertainment" category. It's actually a science fiction remake of Akiro Kurosawa's _Seven Samurai_. (I suspect it's really a remake of _The Magnificent Seven_ which was a western remake of _Seven Samurai_.) Kurosawa's original is so good and durable that it seems impossible for anyone to do a truly awful rehash of it. In this case, the effects are reasonably well done, the plot is Kurosawa's (of course), and there's enough humor -- intentional and not -- to keep you from getting bored. Liking it is probably a matter for individual taste, but it's certainly not in the all time bad category. [***SPOILER*** BTW: The female character with the large "breasts" is actually a spaceship -- "the last of the fighting Corsairs". She steals a lot of the show, too. ***ENDSPOILER***] -- ============================================================================== The Polymath (Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp TTI If thy CRT offend thee, pluck 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. it out and cast it from thee. Santa Monica, California 90405 (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {vortex,philabs}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe
kmo@ptsfa.UUCP (Ken Olsen) (02/12/85)
In article <576@topaz.ARPA> @RUTGERS.ARPA:BRYAN@SU-SIERRA.ARPA writes: >From: Doug Bryan <BRYAN@SU-SIERRA.ARPA> > >My room-mate nominates "Battle Beyond the Stars". I have not seen this movie >but he said that its only redeeming factor is a female character who has >quite large breasts. > >Any comments?? > There are two things I remember about this masterpiece. One, Richard Thomas was in it (what a superb follow-up to "The Waltons"!); and two, Erin Moran dissolved into foam. The latter was the best part for me since Ms. Moran has always struck me as one who should be dissolved. (Remember her as 'Joanie' in "Happy Days" and that ever-popular spin-off "Joanie Loves Chachi"?) Enough of this sanity; on with the idiocy . . . Ken Olsen {ihnp4,ucbvax,cbosgd,decwrl,amd70,fortune,zehntel}!dual!ptsfa!kmo
berry@zinfandel.UUCP (Berry Kercheval) (02/12/85)
In article <576@topaz.ARPA> @RUTGERS.ARPA:BRYAN@SU-SIERRA.ARPA writes: >From: Doug Bryan <BRYAN@SU-SIERRA.ARPA> > >My room-mate nominates "Battle Beyond the Stars". I have not seen this movie >but he said that its only redeeming factor is a female character who has >quite large breasts. > >Any comments?? "Battle Beyond the Stars" was a remake of "The Magnificent Seven", which was a remake of Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" (which, incidentally, I nominate for a permanent position in the 5 best films ever made). ("Seven Samurai", for pete's sake, not any of the others!) The best part for me was Robert Vaughn playing the same role as he had in TM7, even down to the black leather gloves. \\I// though it was very funny, though the director may not have intended it thus... -- La musique est une science qui veut qu`on rit et chante et dance. -- Guillaume de Machaut Berry Kercheval Zehntel Inc. (ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!berry) (415)932-6900 (kerch@lll-tis.ARPA)
rcb@rti-sel.UUCP (Random) (02/13/85)
In article <942@watdcsu.UUCP> herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS]) writes: > >i have watched this one several times. the people i remember being in the >show are Richard Thomas and Robert Vaughn. the heavy is someone i recognise >who normally plays such roles, but his name escapes me. The heavy is John Saxon. He plays a lot of bad guys and even the occasional good guy. He has been in a lot of SF (good and bad). The first ones that come to mind are _Planet Earth_, _Genesis II_ and a third one that I can't remember the name of. They all deal with a post-holocaust (sp?) world where the only technical and peaceful group left is called Pax. Not bad movies on the whole. A little standard on the plots but worth a couple hours on saturday afternoon. Random Research Triangle Institute ...!mcnc!rti-sel!rcb
emjej@uokvax.UUCP (02/16/85)
/***** uokvax:net.sf-lovers / topaz!BRYAN / 5:53 pm Feb 10, 1985 */ My room-mate nominates "Battle Beyond the Stars". I have not seen this movie but he said that its only redeeming factor is a female character who has quite large breasts. Any comments?? /* ---------- */ Yes... 1. Down here in darkest Oklahoma, we call it "John-Boy Saves the Universe," by virtue of its starring Richard Thomas. 2. When I saw it on NBC, they had the ill grace to black out certain portions of some scenes, so I can't vouch for the redeeming factor. (Darn it!) "Live fast, fight hard, and have a beautiful death..." James Jones
rob@ctvax.UUCP (02/20/85)
Another redeeming factor of 'Battle Beyond the Stars', aka 'The Seven Aliens' and 'The Magnificent Seven Aliens' is the fact that Robert Vaughn played the same character he played in the 'The Magnificent Seven'. Viewed as a parody, on the retelling of the 'Seven' story, I found it amusing, but it was a long time ago that I saw it. "I'll have what you're having. I want to get loaded too." Rob Spray ...convex!ctvax!rob