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Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster (1965)
Deliciously cheesy
I just watched this cheddarfest this morning. It's a solid 8 if you love cheesy movies; it's about a -2 if you don't.
Oh, a note to MooCowMo. The martians were not armed with hair dryers; those are Whammo Air-Blasters - a delightfully dangerous toy from the 1960s.
You'd cock the Air-Blaster by pulling the lever on top. Pulling the trigger would expel a blast of air which was able to topple a house of cards from about 40 feet. More usefully, when fired from close range at a friend's ear it was fully capable of rupturing their eardrum.
For some reason, Whammo no longer markets the Air-Blaster.
Space Rangers (1993)
A sci-fi train wreck
Where do I begin talking about a show that was unrelentingly bad on so many levels ? The characters seemed to be motivated by Brownian motion. The series pseudo-science made no sense (space sonar ?! Sonar, by definition is based on sound waves, which cannot be propagated through the vacuum of space). Even the Star Trek fans were mocking this one.
Linda Hunt was supposed to add some gravitas to the cast . Poor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa was asked to act but was given only a costume, not a character.
This series was so bad I was expecting the credits to say "A Bialystock Production".
I forced myself to watch all 4 episodes that aired in the US. When I'm lying on my deathbed I'm sure I'll wish I could have those 4 hours back.