bloom@inmet.UUCP (01/15/85)
> It was called "The Wizard of Mars", and had to be the WORST > s-f movie ever made, bar none. And here all along I'd been thinking that the Worst S-F Movie Ever Made was "The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" --- or does that not even make it into the realm of s-f?
mwm@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA (01/16/85)
>> It was called "The Wizard of Mars", and had to be the WORST >> s-f movie ever made, bar none. >And here all along I'd been thinking that the Worst S-F Movie Ever >Made was "The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" --- or does that not even >make it into the realm of s-f? Gee, I've never had a chance to see "The Wizard of Mars." However, I'd have a hard time believeing that it's worse than "Santa Clause Conquers the Martians." For comparison, SCCTM is *much* worse than "The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes." <mike
@RUTGERS.ARPA:hester@uci-icse (01/17/85)
From: Jim Hester <hester@uci-icse> "The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" was bad only in the sense of groaning at puns, etc. It was intended as a comedy from the start. "The Wizard of Mars" had no intentional laughs, and was thoroughly lousey all the way through. I particularly recall the air "tanks" they wore. They were supposed to be dual tanks, much like a set of scuba tanks, but they were too cheap to get the tanks! They took a single large box and painted two cylinderical tanks on it. They didn't even bother to shave off the corners of the box, where nothing should have been! It was the WORST costume I had ever seen.
cjn@calmasd.UUCP (Cheryl Nemeth) (01/18/85)
In article <inmet.1894> bloom@inmet.UUCP writes: >And here all along I'd been thinking that the Worst S-F Movie Ever >Made was "The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" --- or does that not even >make it into the realm of s-f? I enjoyed "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes." I don't know if I'd call it sci-fi; it was more of a parady on "Jaws." -- Cheryl Nemeth All opinions expressed in this article are my own, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Calma Company or my cats. "Life is a series of rude awakenings" R. V. Winkle [Robert Asprin]
ayers@convexs.UUCP (01/18/85)
/* Written 1:12 pm Jan 13, 1985 by inmet!bloom in convexs:net.sf-lovers */ /* ---------- "Worst S-F Movie Ever Made" ---------- */ > It was called "The Wizard of Mars", and had to be the WORST > s-f movie ever made, bar none. And here all along I'd been thinking that the Worst S-F Movie Ever Made was "The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" --- or does that not even make it into the realm of s-f? /* End of text from convexs:net.sf-lovers */ worst? Worst? WORST? And here I thought "Attack..." was true to itself... blues, II (a mind is a wonderful thing to waste...)
emks@uokvax.UUCP (01/20/85)
/***** uokvax:net.sf-lovers / inmet!bloom / 1:12 pm Jan 13, 1985 */ > It was called "The Wizard of Mars", and had to be the WORST > s-f movie ever made, bar none. And here all along I'd been thinking that the Worst S-F Movie Ever Made was "The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" --- or does that not even make it into the realm of s-f? /* ---------- */ No, you've got it all wrong. "The Creeping Terror" truely has to be the *worst* sf flick made. It's really enjoyable. Interesting juxtaposition... kurt
lindley@ut-ngp.UUCP (John L. Templer) (01/22/85)
Without doubt, at least to me, the worst science fiction movie has to
be "Santa Claus Conquer the Martians." As for "Attack of the Killer
Tomatoes", I don't think that one should count; it was intended to be
as bad as possible.
--
John L. Templer
University of Texas at Austin
{allegra,gatech,seismo!ut-sally,vortex}!ut-ngp!lindleyasz@snow.UUCP (Alex Zbyslaw) (01/28/85)
The worst s-f movie ever made has to be "Plan 9 from Outer Space". The acting is so appalling its almost as bad as the script. One of the stars, Bela Lugosi, died during the filming (and I don't blame him) to be replaced by an actor six inches taller who had to cover his face with a cloak. Mind you, this film is just so bad, its funny. "Attack of the fifty foot woman", isn't quite bad enough to be funny so is in many ways worse. "Night of the Lepus" (giant bunnies) is quite funny and appalling too. --Alex -- "Brain the size of a planet and all I end up doing is sending news to the net." ... mcvax!ukc!qtlon!flame!ubu!snow!asz