Sure the plot is thin, but there's lots of nice little touches that make this a fun popcorn flick
See that weird looking orange ship? It's called Nell, and supposedly that's the first time a sci fi ship talks in a movie. That's what Richard Thomas said in a interview...I know HAL talks of course, but Nell isn't just a ship's computer but is the entire ship and feminine too.
Take a look at the hull of Nell, does that look like anything you recognize?
I forgot to give Kudos to the music score! It's really beyond the movie itself as it's so grand. James Horner was just at the start of his career when he did this magnificent big sounding orchestra score that influenced a lot of other movies. You'll recognize it as he also did the score for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and a bunch of other well known films too.
Oh, check out Cowboy's (George Peppard's) accessory belt. There's no light saber hanging from it. Instead it mixes drinks! and even dispenses ice
See that weird looking orange ship? It's called Nell, and supposedly that's the first time a sci fi ship talks in a movie. That's what Richard Thomas said in a interview...I know HAL talks of course, but Nell isn't just a ship's computer but is the entire ship and feminine too.
Take a look at the hull of Nell, does that look like anything you recognize?
I forgot to give Kudos to the music score! It's really beyond the movie itself as it's so grand. James Horner was just at the start of his career when he did this magnificent big sounding orchestra score that influenced a lot of other movies. You'll recognize it as he also did the score for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and a bunch of other well known films too.
Oh, check out Cowboy's (George Peppard's) accessory belt. There's no light saber hanging from it. Instead it mixes drinks! and even dispenses ice
Don't know if you ever saw any of the Lou Ferrigno Hercules movies (1983 & 1985) - they are awful... except for the women, and Sybil Danning steals the show in the first one.
These Hercules movies wouldn't have been so bad if not for making every monster some weird, mechanical, Transformers-looking thing. That along with some of the "special effects" killed them. Otherwise, Ferrigno looked great (although his voice is dubbed), and the scantily clad, unbelievably beautiful women throughout both movies are the only redeeming features.