I came across this during a binge of all the Seven Samurai (1954) remakes and was really quite elated to find something this different from the original content.
Unlike many of the other remakes this does resemble the original and I can to an extent appreciate that it is. Trouble is, in this guys opinion it's really not very good at all.
With an all star cast including Richard "John Boy Walton" Thomas, George "A-Team" Peppard, Robert "Everything" Vaughn and John "Nightmare on Elm Street" Saxon. Truth be told seeing this, the concept and the clear budget I was really expecting something special here.
It tells the story of an evil warlord who threatens to destroy a planet and it's people if they don't yield to him. A citizen sets out on a quest to find mercenaries to help combat the warlord which includes a wacky array of characters from a cowboy to a lizard man to a valkyrie to little people who communicate through temprature.
All the stars aligned here to make a truly fantastic movie, so why is it so unashamably bad?
It has poor structure, it isn't engaging, it has messy characterization. It's just an absolute mess of a painting, but made with the highest quality paint.
The Good:
Great cast
Solid concept
The Bad:
Very dated
Disjointed
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
Ageism is rife in space
Even in space, people can't see that the confederate flag is inappropriate
Smoking is the worst thing in the world
Unlike many of the other remakes this does resemble the original and I can to an extent appreciate that it is. Trouble is, in this guys opinion it's really not very good at all.
With an all star cast including Richard "John Boy Walton" Thomas, George "A-Team" Peppard, Robert "Everything" Vaughn and John "Nightmare on Elm Street" Saxon. Truth be told seeing this, the concept and the clear budget I was really expecting something special here.
It tells the story of an evil warlord who threatens to destroy a planet and it's people if they don't yield to him. A citizen sets out on a quest to find mercenaries to help combat the warlord which includes a wacky array of characters from a cowboy to a lizard man to a valkyrie to little people who communicate through temprature.
All the stars aligned here to make a truly fantastic movie, so why is it so unashamably bad?
It has poor structure, it isn't engaging, it has messy characterization. It's just an absolute mess of a painting, but made with the highest quality paint.
The Good:
Great cast
Solid concept
The Bad:
Very dated
Disjointed
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
Ageism is rife in space
Even in space, people can't see that the confederate flag is inappropriate
Smoking is the worst thing in the world