grw@fortune.UUCP (05/26/83)
A not-quite-as-negative review of Space Hunter. I was very
intrigued by the characters. All of them were interesting, but
never were we told the motivations of the characters for what they
were doing.
Why was Overdog such a sick guy? How did he get Vader'd up
like that? Why would the government (whoever THEY are) send him
to be the doctor? Was the brat really from Earth? How did she
get stranded there?
In other words, I felt like they needed a good hour more to
the film to explain things, but I don't think they wanted to spend
an hour of non-action.
This was the first 3D film I've seen, and my comments on that
are that I don't see that it adds much to the visual experience, but
it sure makes matte shots more obvious!
-Glenn