Are you all insane???
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Galaxy of Terror
phantasmda — 17 years ago(April 22, 2008 04:49 PM)
4.6????? How can anyone give this anything higher than a 1?
Dreadful acting, a complete rip off of Alien, awful direction, probably the worst music in a movie since film began, special effects that look like they have been done on an episode of Blue Peter (egg boxes and sticky back plastic anyone?)
And most of all, Dull, dull, dullHow people can slate and bitch about the likes of One Missed Call, Hollow Man, Pulse, Event Horizon, Alien Vs Predator, Prom Night, When A Stranger calls and similar box office fare and then praise this pile of steaming tripe is beyond even thinking about.
I've seen episodes of the original Star Trek series made over 20 years earlier that look more professional than this.
-50/10 Diabolical film
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phantasmda — 17 years ago(April 27, 2008 01:29 PM)
Only seen the Xtro movies out of that lot and while I didn't think the first one was too bad I totally agree on the other 2 they were beyond pants!
I've seen write up for Insemnoid and I really do want to see it just to see if it really is THAT bad lol
Creature, I've only seen the poster which looks really cool but then, as the old cliche goes, never judge a book by it's cover
Forbidden World must be bad if it recycles scenes from Galaxy of Terror which I personally thought was horrendous so I'll deffo be avoiding that one and Nightflyers, never heard of it but it sounds ridiculous.
While G.O.T is far from the worst film I've ever seen it's still really bad. I think three worse movies that spring to mind are Troll 2 - How funding for that was ever granted is beyond me, it has to be the worst movie sequel ever!
Metamorphosis The Alien Factor that was originally planned as a sequel to The Deadly Spawn but then scrapped is another really relly bad movie (and it had a budget of 3m WHAT???? Looks more like 3pence it's THAT bad. It's 3 star rating on here is ludicrous.
But definately THE WORST movie I have ever sat through has to be Galaxy of the Dinosaurs, OMG, it just has to be viewed to understand just how bad this film really is
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Squonkamatic — 17 years ago(October 11, 2008 01:11 PM)
Forbidden World used some leftover sets and costumes from Galaxy of Terror but did not "recycle scenes", maybe you should actually watch a movie before you start dishing out on it next time based on what others may have said or written.
The capacity to appreciate a good, trashy B movie is also either built in naturally or acquired over many years of careful study. We love it because it's awful, and awful in a way that is sublime. If you don't get it then you don't get it, no need to make an ass out of yourself in public like this. -
phantasmda — 17 years ago(October 14, 2008 03:02 PM)
Once I start watching a movie, I feel that I owe it to the makers to at least see the film through before being allowed to have a proper viewpoint. I just felt that in this case, no effort had been put into making this film whatsoever, hence the same level of respect wasn't shown to the viewer. That is why I posted my comment, you see now?
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phantasmda — 17 years ago(December 17, 2008 03:39 AM)
Why does everyone seem to think the maggot scene is cool? It sucked! It was a big rubber slab on a stick being pushed over a womans body covered in KY jelly. The camera angles prevent you from seeing anything worth while as far as cheap porn goes and you'd do better for cheap thrills with an episode of the red shoe diaries.
What Captain Spalding was doing in this beggers belief.
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leonie — 15 years ago(July 11, 2010 11:21 PM)
captain spaulding aka sid haig made his bread and butter working on schlocky z-grade beep know what you're talking about before opening your mouth, thanks.
"It's better not to know so much about what things mean." David Lynch
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LeeVing88 — 13 years ago(September 19, 2012 12:21 AM)
I don't think you're capable of grasping just how much effort was probably put into the production of this film. While it is clearly an Alien ripoff and the script isn't exactly inspiring, I think the atmosphere created by the set and special effects were tremendous. Atmosphere is a integral part of any sci-fi movie, and if you weren't satisfied with what was delivered on a $700,000 budget,(For comparison, the budgets of Alien and The Terminator were @ $11,000,000 and $7,000,000 respectively, with all three films being made within five years of each other.) you should probably steer clear of any low budget film requiring any semblance of the suspension of disbelief. You have to see this movie for what is which is an 80's sci-fi gore movie produced by Roger Corman.
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YouKnowMyName68 — 17 years ago(December 23, 2008 10:10 PM)
'Dreadful acting, a complete rip off of Alien.'
James Cameron, who worked on the movie's special effects, pretty much summed it up like that but in a more conservative way in the second disc of 'aliens'.
What you see is not necessarily what you get,
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shilrah — 17 years ago(December 30, 2008 02:40 PM)
Oh geez
Yet another Starship Troopers fan born after 1990 who'd rather watch slickedy 90210 characters fight computer generated monsters, and can't place movies from a time when filmmakers didn't have millions after millions after millions dollars to make the film, or existing concepts to base it on, or a computer that poo yet another bug.
I wouldn't go as far as to call Galaxy Of Terror a good movie but, but if come on
AVP? Hollow Man? Those are good movies? And wasn't One Missed Called copied from a (probably equally underfunded) Japanese movie? And who in their right mind can say that the basic idea behind Event Horizon wasn't inspired by Galaxy Of Terror?
Comparing a low budget B-flick from '81 to a half computer generated blockbuster from this decenium is preposterous. It's when you put things into perspective that you can appreciate a movie like Galaxy Of Terror. -
phantasmda — 17 years ago(January 03, 2009 12:11 PM)
'Yet another Starship Troopers fan born after 1990 who'd rather watch slickedy 90210 characters fight computer generated monsters, and can't place movies from a time when filmmakers didn't have millions after millions after millions dollars to make the film, or existing concepts to base it on, or a computer that poo yet another bug.'
God I love how planks like you categorise people because of thier dislike of crap movies.
The Evil Dead, The deadly Spawn, Killer Klowns from outer space, Halloween, Just before dawn, It's Alive, The Beastmaster, ScannersNeed I go on?
I happen to be 32 years old and the early to mid 80's was my era as far as movies are concerned.
All of the movies I have mentioned above are cheap, low budget horror/sci-fi movies from around the same time frame as Galaxy of Terror, with only one differenceThe people who made them actually gave a beep about the people who would eventually get to watch thier movies.
Galaxy of Terror has been made with little or no thought to the poor people who would be put through this tripe, the story, acting, special effects, music, camera work, everything, is rushed to make a quick dollar from a bit of inventive marketing. It has no entertainment value whotsoever.
Probably all or most of the movies i mentioned above will have had similar budgets.
So think on next time you start ranting on about how I'm a silly child born after 1990 who likes nothing more than beverly hills 90210 actors and campy CGI.
If you disagree with what i say then fine, say so, but don't pretend you know who I am and what I know.
"Hasta la vista, baby."