As I wrote this I awarded it an extra point because of how much I enjoyed it.
Ok, it's not the best film ever, it's not the funniest Space Film (Spaceballs obviously, but if you loved Spaceballs then check this out), but it does do an awful lot right. This is what the 80s were about: FUN films, unlike the "fanfic content" we get now from the Big Evil Corps.
The cast put their all into it, and you'll recognise an awful lot of people that went on to bigger and better things. The FX are pretty bad, even by then standards, but who cares - lets go for a ride - it's a comedy film, and delivers.
I'm sure people will complain about some of the stereotypes - but for those that know they'll know that Bruce Vilanch was playing Bruce Vilanch in Space and have a riot with it. For those that don't know Vilanch is a super important person in the US's LGBT progression.
The story is daft and fun, the casting far more multicultural and realistic than all the modern crap, much like Star Trek The Original Series. And you'll come away loving the cowardly robots.
Stacked full of throwaway lines that are far more actively progressive than the crowbarred stupidness and the gaslighting that follows of current Hollywood.
"Why'd you make him black?" "Cause I wanted him to be perfect"
Ok, it's not the best film ever, it's not the funniest Space Film (Spaceballs obviously, but if you loved Spaceballs then check this out), but it does do an awful lot right. This is what the 80s were about: FUN films, unlike the "fanfic content" we get now from the Big Evil Corps.
The cast put their all into it, and you'll recognise an awful lot of people that went on to bigger and better things. The FX are pretty bad, even by then standards, but who cares - lets go for a ride - it's a comedy film, and delivers.
I'm sure people will complain about some of the stereotypes - but for those that know they'll know that Bruce Vilanch was playing Bruce Vilanch in Space and have a riot with it. For those that don't know Vilanch is a super important person in the US's LGBT progression.
The story is daft and fun, the casting far more multicultural and realistic than all the modern crap, much like Star Trek The Original Series. And you'll come away loving the cowardly robots.
Stacked full of throwaway lines that are far more actively progressive than the crowbarred stupidness and the gaslighting that follows of current Hollywood.
"Why'd you make him black?" "Cause I wanted him to be perfect"