Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watdcsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watdcsu!herbie From: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS]) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: worst SF movie ever Message-ID: <942@watdcsu.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Feb-85 11:17:47 EST Article-I.D.: watdcsu.942 Posted: Mon Feb 11 11:17:47 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Feb-85 04:36:45 EST References: <576@topaz.ARPA> Reply-To: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS]) Organization: U of Waterloo Lines: 36 Summary: In article <576@topaz.ARPA> @RUTGERS.ARPA:BRYAN@SU-SIERRA.ARPA writes: >From: Doug Bryan> > >My room-mate nominates "Battle Beyond the Stars". I have not seen this movie >but he said that its only redeeming factor is a female character who has >quite large breasts. > >Any comments?? > > Doug Bryan > bryan@su-sierra > > facts are temporary... > long live fantasy! >------- i have watched this one several times. the people i remember being in the show are Richard Thomas and Robert Vaughn. the heavy is someone i recognise who normally plays such roles, but his name escapes me. i was always under the impression that the movie was made a another spoof, albeit a rather high budget spoof. the special effects are very good (i've seen better, but only a few times). the plot is straight out of the space westerns or starwars. for that matter, it has similarities to `the last starfighter'. some of the things that stand out are the four white communal mind aliens, the two `heat-emitting' aliens that glowed in the dark, and the computer that ran Richard Thomas' ship. Herb Chong... I'm user-friendly -- I don't byte, I nybble.... UUCP: {decvax|utzoo|ihnp4|allegra|clyde}!watmath!water!watdcsu!herbie CSNET: herbie%watdcsu@waterloo.csnet ARPA: herbie%watdcsu%waterloo.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa NETNORTH, BITNET, EARN: herbie@watdcs, herbie@watdcsu