crappy old sci-fi movies

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I picked up a double sided DVD with "In the year 2889" and "They came from beyond space on it" for $4.99 canadian. Any one else see these or any other sci-fi mivies from the 60's? Man they are so corny, it's really quite funny.

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Ever watch MST3K?

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nope what's it about?

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MST3k, those movies Mike and Bot's make fun of rule.

'Manos! The Hand of fate.'
'Overdrawn at the memory bank.'
'Attack of the fifty foot Manties'
and 'Hobgoblin's'

[Mike]*singing along with the music on Hobgoblins*It's eighties! do alot of coke and vote for Ronald Reagen![/Mike]

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I love Plan 9 From Outer Space. Best Ed Wood movie ever. It was the movie that started my love with b-movies and bad movies in general. A must-see for a sci-fi geek.

EDIT: Oh, and how can I forget the MST3K made fun of: This Island Earth!

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I think that the Crawling Eye is a real stinker of a movie now, but when I was 6, scared the hell outta me.

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I like all old movies. Has anyone seen them?
They are making a sequel called They.

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I always enjoyed Night of the Comet (information here).  Back when it was released in 1984, I liked having Catherine Mary Stewart and Zoe Kelli Simon to look at in this film.  And, years later, I discovered that this was also one of the earliest acting opportunities for Voyager's Robert Beltran.

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Originally posted by newhook_1:
I picked up a double sided DVD with "In the year 2889" and "They came from beyond space on it" for $4.99 canadian. Any one else see these or any other sci-fi mivies from the 60's? Man they are so corny, it's really quite funny.

I don't mean to make fun, Newhook, but is that a typo or it the movie really called "They came from beyond space on it"?  It's just with old sci-fi you never can tell.

While I am a fan of cheesy sci-fi, my true love is cheesy horror.  Luckily the two quite often overlap.

As for MST3K, it sucks that we never got it picked up on a Canadian station.  You can probalby get Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie at your local Blockbuster, or if you happen to come to Ontario and are near where I am (see my profile), look me up and I'll hook you up with something.  You can also download episodes off Kazaa.  (I don't think I'll get in trouble for saying that because the show's creators have said the don't mind any form of episode sharing as long as people don't pay for the eps.)

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Who could forget the Prince of Space?
"No! The Hitler building! You monsters!"
and
"Ah, we were going to tear that building down anyway, haha, thank you, ha."

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Originally posted by boingo2000:
  I don't mean to make fun, Newhook, but is that a typo or it the movie really called "They came from beyond space on it"?  It's just with old sci-fi you never can tell.

While I am a fan of cheesy sci-fi, my true love is cheesy horror.  Luckily the two quite often overlap.

As for MST3K, it sucks that we never got it picked up on a Canadian station.  You can probalby get Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie at your local Blockbuster, or if you happen to come to Ontario and are near where I am (see my profile), look me up and I'll hook you up with something.  You can also download episodes off Kazaa.  (I don't think I'll get in trouble for saying that because the show's creators have said the don't mind any form of episode sharing as long as people don't pay for the eps.)

yeah that was a typo it's "They came from beyond space"

In the movie "The year 2889" there was supposed ot be a freeze frame at the end. But apperently they ran out of money so they actors just stand still and it looks so funny cause trees are still blowing in the wind and shit.

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BestBrain's don't mind?

*Rushes off to get his Kazaa ready*

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Do the Planet of the Apes movies, Soylent Green, and Logan's Run count?

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Hell yes.

'Soylent Green is people!'

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Now logans run, Theres and oldy but goldy.

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Logan's Run is a good film from what I've seen (missed the beginning), but was one of those disturbing films I don't enjoy watching. I was 16 when I watched as well I think.

There's a section of music from Return Of The Jedi that will always remind me of Logan's Run.

I haven't seen many B-Movies, but I do remember one very vaguely but in the victory ending it had a sauser crashed into or around the Taj Mahal which makes me believe it was one of the movies parodied or at least refered by Mars Attacks!, which it self was a good film.

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Thunder Bump!

I watched Roger Corman's Raptor last night at work and it was as wonderfully crappy as any movie starting with "Roger Corman's" should be.  Not only that, it lovingly borrowed material from Corman's previous rubbersuit dinosaur films, the Carnosaur series.

Unlike many other B-movies, Raptor brings to bear all the star power that Eric Roberts and Corbin Bernsen have to offer.  Incidentally, when I saw Roberts' name in the credits, I immediately thought of South Park.  "Nobody gives a shit about Eric Roberts...Eat Eric Roberts!"  Add that to a softcore porn star or two in their underwear and you've got one heck of a terrible movie!

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Roger Corman, hee.
All the MST movies, of course, but some are more crappier than others.

Also, I don't know, do Tron and Flash Gordon count?

 

Originally posted by BeardedBender:
I always enjoyed Night of the Comet

Ohh, I love that movie. Cheesy yet enjoyably crapful. So very very 80s.

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The Giant Claw, about a giant bird attacking the world and landing on the Empire State Building. 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOj0nXpRqX8


The Angry Video Nerd said this was #1 favorite monster.  I saw a MST3K parody reviewing this film online.  The movie is so corny that it's actually good.

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Star Crash!
(No W00ter, not Snow Crash, Star Crash!

Click to see the Hoff with a lightsaber. Not kidding.

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Dead link unfortunately, or I'd be all over that like a fat guy on a slab of ribs.

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Still works for me.

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The link worked for me... I rather wish it hadn't 

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This thread reminds me of a movie called "It Came From Hollywood", where they lampoon all those bad 50's insect fear films...

My favorite crappy old sci-fi film has got to be "Plan 9 From Outer Space".  Quite possibly the worst film ever made; horrendous acting, undecipherable plot, sets consisting of cardboard & shower curtains, unbelievably bad script & Ed Wood directing it.  It's so bad that it's fun to watch.  Although, I doubt that's what Ed Wood had in mind; I understand that he was SERIOUS about his film making...

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Anyone seen Robot Monster?   Hilarious stuff! 

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Okay, now I see Star Crash.  Brilliant title.  I have high hopes for that film!

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Anyone seen THX 1138, george Lucas directed it before star wars fame. A sort of brave new world type future-vision.

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I thought that was a film school project? Would it be on DVD?

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Yes, it is now. though alledgedly Lucas has made significant modifications to the movie when it was digitally remastered for DVD release. The original version was released on VHS and may still be found on ebay or stores that sell used stuff. Assuming people outside of Scotland still have VHS machines, they are getting pretty historical!

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I saw that film on HBO back in the 80's.  Robert Duvall played the title character, right?

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Does 'The Black Hole' count as crappy old Sci-Fi? I just love that movie.

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Absolutely, I remember that as a boy! Maximillian Schell was the lead actor. What sticks in my mind is the dramatic music from it.

SJ: That's right and Donald Pleasance played a menacing character in it, he's good at that!

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Maximillian Schell, yeah... and the big menacing robot was coincidentally named Maximillian.

I was peeved recently because I rented The Black Hole on DVD. I hadn't seen it since I was little, and the disc fucked up right at the end.

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I can honestly say, the only thing I've seen Maximillian Schell in was the Hamlet episode of MST3K.

 

Originally posted by gaschief:
Yes, it is now. though alledgedly Lucas has made significant modifications to the movie when it was digitally remastered for DVD release.

Digital modifications to a George Lucas movie?  Surely you jest.