It's actually a good point. A lot people, even the cast and crew, thought Star Wars would be this ridiculous looking movie with corny dialogue and be forgotten in a month. I mean, if you watch some of the behind-the-scenes footage where the special fx and sounds are not added it really does look like a cheap sci-fi flick.
Bad movies like this were the norm for science fiction films in the 1970's. That just proves how far ahead Star Wars was at the time and how much of a genius George Lucas is.
@Mark Grimes It’s really not hard to spot how biased and selective that video is. I mean w/o even being a SW making of expert, it jumped out at me pretty quickly as feeling fishy. Here’s a much longer video debunking that one for anyone that wants both sides of the story… ua-cam.com/video/olqVGz6mOVE/v-deo.html
1978: I remember seeing Starcrash in the theater when it was released. Without Caroline Munro, doing her space job in a bikini - and black Go-Go boots - no one would remember this film. We also have an Emperor who has the power to "halt the flow of time." That's a nice trick, assuming, once halted, there's a way to start things up again. Lucas tapped into a gold mine, and judging by the number of Star Wars ripoff films, and TV shows, we can tell exactly how big the original gold strike was. I remember thinking, on the way out of the theater, "Yeah, that was really awful, and I paid actual money to see it!" But decades later, I still remember this movie, because of the indelible impression made by Caroline Munro on my 19 year-old male brain.
No offense I didn't find Caroline Munro to be a good actress at all. And just because I'm male why would I find her a better actress than if I were female. No offense, you probably are a nice guy but you seem a bit slow and strange.
@@chamboyette853 No offense taken. I didn't say she was a good actress. I agree with you on that. I said she made an impression. It was the look. I think a better look than Jane Fonda in Barbarella or Dorothy Stratten in Galaxina. But of course, these are matters of taste - and a ridiculous topic to argue about. And as for being strange - we all know people are strange. Jim Morrison told us that in the 1960s.
@@chamboyette853, After seeing Caroline Munro as Naomi in The Spy Who Loved Me, I checked out Starcrash. Her brief appearance there piqued my interest. She was nowhere as compelling as Stella Star. Maybe her short role in the 007 flick was a right decision by the Bond producers. She is good in small doses.
B.S. Starcrash was made first they just didn't get a distribution deal until after that extra phony unoriginal StarWars got lucky. Tucker Carlson did a whole thing on it on account of his dad was the actor who played Actin and when the movie flopped he went on a bender and was caught fucking a neighbors dog so he killed himself.
Star Wars was very ahead of its time in the special effects department, that's for sure, and you know, George Lucas just lucked out with the actors he used, because they all did a fantastic job, not just individually, but as a team.
2001 a Space Odyssey came almost an entire decade before Star Wars. THAT is the movie that had TRULY pioneered what has become the modern science fiction movie.
For the record, some OTHER well made sci fi movies which predate Star Wars, or were contemporary to it, are .. . Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Logan’s Run (1976) Marooned (1970) Silent Running (1972) This Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) Fantastic Planet (1973) Earth Vrs. The Flying Saucers (1956) This Island Earth (1956) Space 1999 (television show 1975) 2001 A Space Odyssey (1968)
Star wars episode one the phantom menace (gui gon jim to jar jar binks) Qui gon: "the ability to speak does not make you intelligent, now get out of here." Jar Jar: "No! No! Me-sa stay! Me-sa called Jar Jar binks. Me-sa ya humble servant." *saw that reference homie. #TopNotch
I read a Plummer interview some time ago, and he stated that he didn't mind doing Starcrash. "I got a free trip to Italy". It's a fun movie. Sure, it's low budget, but wow, dig that lite-brite outer space! That was created by taking black crepe paper and punching holes in it and have the colored lights hovering over it! Say what you want about the effects, but, that's dedication folks. Spinell is great as the hammy "Count Zarth Arn" and what more can be said about Caroline Munro, but ooo-la-la. Still, too bad she couldn't do her lines for the voice recording, although I do like Candy Clark.
If George Lucas would have bowed down to Hollywood, this is what Star Wars would have turned out to be... Thank God he had the courage and will to fight against them!
@@Michael45007 Star Wars 4 is actually a New Hope that came out in the 70s as the first film. The Phantom Menace was the fourth movie to come out but was the first episode of the Saga. I don't think you've ever watched or seen the making of the Star Wars films, the original 3, and I don't think you've ever seen an interview or biography of Lucas. He had control of making the first 3 films! He fought against Hollywood and the status quo! He wasn't just producing it, he originally started to direct it as well, but when there was just too much to do, he hired a director that would follow his visions! Lucas kept all of the scripts under lock and key. Even the cast didn't know most the lines until right before they were doing that scene! So don't sit there and say he wasn't given creative control until Phantom Menace. He invented Start Wars, he and his crew invented THX and Pixar! Please learn your history first!
Check out "Black Hole" (1979) that was a Disney Production. It starred Anthony Perkins of Norman Bates fame. It's special effects rivaled Star Wars and it's story was better than all the Star Wars movie other than Original Trilogy. It is an all time underrated movie.
This is a perfect illustration of how far ahead of the times star wars was in terms of visual effects. Not just special effects. But costumes and crap. My god. Every other space movie of the time just completely sucks. But somehow star wars went above and beyond the standards of the time. A truly magnificent feat.
2001: A Space Odyssey, Alien ,Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Silent Running, Solaris are movies from the same time period with great space efects.
@@valkochobanov2230 Great examples. For some reason I never found 2001 compelling at all. Never saw what the fuss was about. Haven't seen the others I don't think. Might have to check those out.
Star Wars wasn't really so ground-breaking VISUALLY. 2001 A Space Odyssey came nearly an entire decade before Star Wars, .. . THAT was the movie that pioneered THOSE KIND of visuals
@@ianfindly3257 I'll certainly give you that in terms of breaking ground. But come on, what star wars did really bumped it up a notch. Especially the space battle stuff. Odyssey didn't really have much of that
Considering how many times I came up with my own version (headcanon, rewrites) after I watched a bad movie or show (Jurassic World, Star Wars sequels, Fantastic Beasts, Game of Thones S8, some Marvel), I can totally imagine that Lucas read the script of this movie and thought he could do a better one. 😆
@@myrithoros2540 um no you say you're being sarcastic when being sarcastic you ignorant tool your comment came off as a hipster movie critic who hates everything
Not gonna lie, Stella looks like she really did come from the future, well at least our present day. Her hair and makeup look current, and she's fine as hell.
@@Du-Masses She's not chillin in the vacuum of space (mostly) so she doesn't need to wear anything warm. The ships would probably be heated (not that these ships seem to be sealed at all lmao)
It amazing to see how Star Wars, Ep. 4 was released in 1977 and continues to attract new generations of fans. It was a 'game changer' for the Sci-fi genre.
Indeed, Star Wars had great vision. In terms of aesthetics and world building everything felt right and consistent. A lot of things in Star Wars became iconic like for example its wipe fade transition, what other movie can pull it off better than Star Wars now? It basically became a part of the brand that we can easily recognise. The only downside was the directing/writing imo, it's a shame because Star Wars has a vast source of collection from the legends of the Old Republic to other different eras, lots of interesting characters that could have made it to the big screen. Star Wars combines the best of both world, realism and sci-fi imo. It's really immersive and makes me feel like intergalactic space travel exploration may be possible in the far future.
Indeed, I particularly enjoyed the choice to have the girl wear high heeled boots to explore a snow covered mountain. It's his dedication to logic and realism that sets this movie apart.
I remember reading in Space magazine about how the fx artists for Star Crash used the sprues from the model kits as well as the parts to decorate their spaceships. You can see it on the opening shot. I remember buying a ticket to see this movie just to be inspired by how cheaply a movie can be made. LOL
It's called Kitbashing and they did it in star wars too if you've watched the bts documentaries. Actually I think most people did it since it's such an easy thing to do.
@@isthatbraised Absolutely. And I think you might agree that in Star Wars it was done much more sparingly and tastefully. For example, I think if you look at the bottom corner of the head of the cannon tower from the Death Star trench, you might see a kit sprue there among the model parts. Model parts themselves were used much more extensively, but always done thoughtfully and with a sense of purpose. Yes, I know about kitbashing. I read a lot of articles on model making and effects and built a few spaceships of my own for a short film that I was working on... another blatant Star Wars rip-off.
Actually, the screenwriter of Star Crash was told to read the novelization of Star Wars because the film wasn't released in Italy yet. So everything's off kilter because the writer had no physical frame of reference for what he was reading and what he was reading was translated from English into Italian!! Imagine reading R2D2, the force, light speed, Jedi, light saber and Wookie for the first time and being described these things on paper from a different language no less?!?! I mean, he saw there was a Princess Leia and assumed her father was a King!! He figured The Force was some kind of magic! And just look at his robots compared to R2 & 3PO? He really had no idea what he was reading or writing about. They saw the crawl written out on the first page but had no idea which direction it "crawled" on screen because he never saw one before!! Even the stuff Lucas drew inspiration from were foreign to him. So, this is why everything is the way it is in Star Crash. An Italian filmmaker wanted to make a cheap knock off of a revolutionary sci-fi, American box office smash that he didn't see, only read about.
Its a Spaghetti space film, minus the good actors, good director, and good writing. I did hear though that the pop corn was good. They use real butter in Italy.
I remember hearing that -- there was a Chinese similar one as well -- except that it was a comic book based on... someone's description? Something like that.
Starcrash was not something an italian filmmaker wanted to make. It was something producers and the film company wanted the filmmaker to make. Tje filmmaker wanted to make a serious "hard" sci fi movie, but nobody had any interest in financing it. Also, such new US genres killed the commercial movie industry as the italians could not really afford to make them. They did well with western and crime movies but sci fi and fantasy was really out of their range. The filmmakers would have preferred continuing to do western and crime movies, so making Rambo knockoffs and space opera was something they never really wanted to do.
@@davidgraham2673 There are good ACTORS in this flick, like namely Christopher Plummer and Joe Spinelli. And concerning this big "rip off" allegation. Why don't we be FAIR about this and cite some of the things that beloved big-britched high and mighty Star Wars did some pinching of it's OWN from, aye? Like namely from The Hidden Fortress, Dune, Arthurian mythology, and Vaughn Bode's Cobalt 60?
Star Crash: Hey, can I copy your homework? Star Wars: Ok, just make it look different so that it doesn't look like you just copied it. Star Crash: Sure thing.
THAT is something that I actually LIKE in THIS flick myself. I think they're a lot cooler looking than those bland yellowy-white stars in every other space flick, including big-britched high'n mighty Star Wars.
I love how much gravitas Christopher Plummer managed to put into his lines. He knew he wasnt dealing with A-list material, yet he sounds like he's reciting Hamlet.
Concerning this big "rip off" allegation. Why don't we be FAIR about this and cite some of the things that beloved big-britched high and mighty Star Wars did some pinching of it's OWN from, aye? Like namely from The Hidden Fortress, Dune, Arthurian mythology, and Vaughn Bode's Cobalt 60?
Stormtrooper: can’t shoot something directly in front of them This movie: shoots so accurately that time slows down and everything explodes Definitely not Star Wars
Yeah Memeboi that's funny and all but... Stormtroopers were ordered to not kill. The whole deal with Stormtrooper accuracy came from retards that didn't pay attention to the first movie.
@@brilliantshadows3153 that only excuses that movie. They are jokes in every single movie. Except rogue one, clone wars tv series and solo. If the stormtroopers were really actually capable, all star wars main characters except the jedi would be dead because of the stupid stuff they do.
@@FoxUnitNell I'm well aware of that, he's just an incredibly irritating character who was put in for bad comic relief. (And who was ripped off one of the beggars in Kurosawa's "Hidden Fortress".)
I duno bout this Star CRASH, .. . but your precious big-britched high'n mighty Star WARS DID do some pinching of its OWN from Dark Fortress, Vaughn Bode's Cobalt 90 and the paintings of Ron Cobb.
@@Skulldini ron cobb literally worked for EP 4. Not dark fortress, hidden fortress, witch Lucas admitted he inspired from. Vaughn cobb? Was a bit or nothing. There is no such thing as artists who made something uninspired by anything. But lucas brought so many new and amazing things. So shut it. Just handle the facts ya plank.
So the writers and director snorted $3,999,980 worth of coke and then dropped a 20-bomb at the special effects department and then gathered up a bunch of homeless people to play the parts for free Cup 'o Noodles.
This actually costed $4 million to make if you can believe it. 2001:A Space Odyssey costed $11 million. They must have spent most of the money on cocaine and cigarettes. This is what would happen if a 6 year old boy saw Stars Wars in 1977 then tried to write a script totally from memory a year later.
@@guyincognito8440 COST verb past tense: costed; past participle: costed 1. (of an object or action) require the payment of (a specified sum of money) before it can be acquired or done.
I can't share this point of view. As a kid, I watched Starcrash in a theater. The bleeding from my ears and my eyes finally stopped. However : I am sure I suffered no brain damage. Any film is better, even one involving a clumsy-walking-goofy-talking amphibian.
If StarCrash can prove story and artboards truly are pre-StarWars production , , , that WOULD really be something , , , and a new low for GEORGE LUCAS aside from "Jar Jar Binks" of course , , , ,
I'm going against the grain here, but some things in Starcrash that I DO find pretty cool and that I LIKE .. . The weird and original DESIGNS of some of the space crafts, especially the CLAW-shaped ship of the villains. The multi-colored stars. The ice planet (which, interestingly, even prefigures “Hoth” in Empire Strikes Back). The monster mask that fires lasers out of its eyes. The touching friendship between the robot character “El” and Stella (particularly in the scene where he suspends her temperature to save her life). Marjo Gortner as “Acton”. Sure, he overacts grossly, but he does bring a ridiculously quirky charm to the character, and I always thought he had a really cool looking FACE too. Robert Tessier as “Thor”” (the real creepy looking bald guy). The actual volcano used as a location for the “third launch”. The very comely and scantily clad Ms. Munro and Nadia Cassini (the “Amazon Queen”), both of whom contribute an aesthetic of feminine beauty. So, yeah, I do like Starcrash just a little bit. So you all can HANG me!
@@bunnyfreakz indeed, and so sir alec guinness just could not be sure this would come out the way lucas descibed it to him. he had no references of sci fi movies that were that good as this would in the end turn out. so him thinking this would be cheesy sci fi also was logical. i bet he was glad the one time he did act in a sci fi he god in this amazing movie instead of something like what came before
@@uncannyvalley2350 Well, at least people in movies HAD some HAIR back THEN, .. . not these shaven-headed or buzz-cutted el baldo chrome-domes with their stupid trendy goatee-beards that you see on every male actor in every movie made TODAY.
My family and I watched the MST3K version (the best thing to have ever happened to this film) and I swear, the torpedo soldiers nearly broke us. We were flabbergasted by what we were seeing. We had no coherent words.
I remember the onslaught of bad sci-fi flicks that hit the cinemas right after Star Wars came out..and I saw all of them!!! Check out these gems...." Battle Beyond The Stars", "Laser Blast", and "Message From Space". SO CHEESY BUT STILL LOVABLE!
"Black Hole" (1979) Walt Disney Production was a great movie! It get's overlooked simply because it's a space movie that came out around same time as Star Wars so people assume it was a Star Wars cash grab but it's actually a great movie.
FanboyFlicks: "Why is she the only one who can save them from the special weapon, what special talent does she have?" Most other guys: *Stares at her body then shakes their head out of a trance to then say* "I'm sorry you was saying something."
I'm glad the jailers allowed Stella to wear her "work clothes". Maybe that's where George Lucas got the idea for "Slave Leia". Then again, maybe he just wanted to commit Carrie Fisher in a bikini to film... which we should all be thankful for.
Star Crash was fun. And unpretentious. Watching it took me back to the happier parts of my childhood. I can't say better than that. I struggle to think of a single SW film I have truly enjoyed since the original trilogy (Rogue One?).
@@anonb4632 I'll defend Rogue One till death I thought it was good, I even liked The Force Awakens. TLJ could have elaborated on the story more of TFA and made it even better but someone (who shall remain nameless) decided to completely do away with everything in TFA and do his own thing "subverting expectations"😠
@@beejay271 Rogue One had its faults, but it's the best film since ROTJ. It captured some of the grittier elements of the original trilogy, which I liked. I didn't bother with Solo. I think there is too much recycling in the recent films, plus the constant need to make political points. I quite like Daisy Ridley as an actress but even she can't save a lot of the material.
I saw this during a bad movie festival in Prague. It was absolutely fucking hilarious. The experience was further elevated by having two ppl do a live dub into Czech that was either a fairly precise recreation of one that circulated on old pirated copies or at the very least captured the tone and the vibe of those bad bootleg dubs from early 90s extremely well. 10/10, would recommend, I think we were all half-delirious from laughter when it ended.
I love how your only commentary on the wardrobe for Stella is, "Then she changes out of her perfectly dry clothes into something more appropriate for space travel." I laughed again just typing it out. So glad I found this channel.
That actress Caroline Munro played in the Un-Official Bond movie Casino Royale then a few years later became a genuine Bond Girl in "The Spy Who Loved Me".
@@shugaroony He said he did this film because he loved the idea of being able to spend a few years in Rome. The guy is a consummate professional - read up on how he saved the film "All the Money in the World" in just a few days.
@@DaveMcGarry Isn't it great? I showed it to a friend of mine who usually watches rubbish like Batman vs Superman and Transformers films, and he was blown away by it. He couldn't believe it.
@@anonb4632 yeah a good movie for sure... Suspenseful, great acting and looks fantastic as usual from Ridley Scott. I don't really care for any superhero films, except the Nolan Batmans.
6:00 “Planning an escape, this what you’re gonna get, lady!” This scene makes me laugh out loud, every time, without fail. Something about that doofus and the way he starts hitting her with that stick is just comedy gold to me.
I've tried watching this movie before. Multiple times. I've fallen asleep every time, so consistently, I actually started using it to get myself to fall asleep. Until, of course, my brain started turning into sludge and I started getting nightmares from it. But seriously, don't do that, you will have nightmares and will wake up feeling stupid.
I was only 8 when watch this movie at a theatre. At that age, everything seems to be fun without ever thinking of the silly plot and logic. Btw, great review, really bring back the memory watching it with my parents...
My brother and I saw this at a theater when it came out. As soon as we saw how bad the special effects were along with the brightly colored Christmas tree ornament stars, we almost walked out, but decide for fun, stayed for the entire movie just to see how bad it would get. We weren't disappointed.
I assumed that this movie had an incredibly low budget, but the budget was 4 million which was decent for that time lol. Star Wars had an 11 million dollar budget, to put that into perspective lol.
Hey dude just wanted to say I’ve been watching you since middle school (Batman and robin, wicker man and twilight reviews are still my faves) and I’m a sophomore in college now. Thanks for all the entertainment all these years!
@@casper6405 directed by tommy wiseau, starring nicholas cage, and produced by niel breen. the universe would probably explode out of sheer awesomeness
piperian396 The Phantom Hoff, The Attack of The Hoffs, The Revenge of The Hoff, A New Hoff, The Hoff Strikes Back, The Return of The Hoff, The Hoff Awakens, The Last Hoff, The Rise of Hoff. Not forgetting Hoff and Hoff One. And The Hoff Wars and Hoff Wars The Hoffmass Special.
Strangely this film has some stuff going for it. At least three well known actors who are fun to watch, a robot who is less annoying than C3 PO and none of that pseudo-spiritual BS that Star Wars does. Plus its soundtrack is lush. I thought it was really fun even if parts do look cheap.
This is the movie Kathleen Kennedy watched when she was telling George Lucas that she knew all about StarWars and could lead the new movies...if only he had known.
Remember in The Last Jedi when Rose’s sister was in an open bomb drop bay with no suit just breathing the cool space air? Rian Johnson must have loved that human missile scene through the windows in Star Crash.
air and gravity exist in star wars space. have you not seen an x wing? or their loading docks? also I think fire exists in space too. have you ever seen lasers that have a colored beam? nope. don't you just love fiction?
The problem with StarCrash is that the writers got a bit carried away and forgot they were writing a Porn Parody.
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@@hairsprayguy84 No, but better for everyone if it had been..
Jayventurous B.B. Well I guess it did have burlesque scenes
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SuperOrangeCat What?
me: “mom can we go see the new Star Wars??”
Mom: “ *we have Star Wars at home* “
Your Mom is technically correct since the "new" Star Wars ain't really Star Wars.
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I'm guessing that's how this movie actually made any money. By parents mistaking it for the real Star Wars
@@Cyba_IT I doubt it made any money in the U.S.
best comment ever lmao!!!!
Before Star Wars came out in 1977 critics had been saying that it was gonna be a big flop, this is the movie they thought Star Wars was gonna be.
Kinda funny., since Star Wars came out in 1977 and Starcrash came out in 1978.
It's actually a good point. A lot people, even the cast and crew, thought Star Wars would be this ridiculous looking movie with corny dialogue and be forgotten in a month. I mean, if you watch some of the behind-the-scenes footage where the special fx and sounds are not added it really does look like a cheap sci-fi flick.
I was thinking that the whole video
If it hadn't been for the quantum leap forward in special effects, Star Wars *would" have been Star Crash.
@@steelmongoose4956 that doesn't make sense because star crash came out after
Believe it or not, I saw this movie in the theater when it came out.
And yes, we laughed our way through it. Otherwise it would've been too painful.
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It looks cheap. Unbearably cheap
@@JosephSmith-lm4ri - It was.
Can we just say "cringe"
"Downvote Troopers"
Bad movies like this were the norm for science fiction films in the 1970's. That just proves how far ahead Star Wars was at the time and how much of a genius George Lucas is.
Jim Henson you mean
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lol George made 3 decent movies. Disney made the rest.
@Mark Grimes It’s really not hard to spot how biased and selective that video is. I mean w/o even being a SW making of expert, it jumped out at me pretty quickly as feeling fishy. Here’s a much longer video debunking that one for anyone that wants both sides of the story… ua-cam.com/video/olqVGz6mOVE/v-deo.html
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Dam shots fired. Lmaooooo
So true
There’s an alternate universe where Starcrash is a cult classic, and Star Wars has a MST3000 episode
Good one...like the way you think.
Holy crap I can see it now, and just for a moment I wish I can travel over to watch that
I love this idea.
And Spaceballs took 100 years in future of that Star Crash timeline where Stella is ancestors of princess Vespa 😂
This movie should be a cult classic, one of those 'so bad it's good' flicks, like The Room, or Attack of The Killer Tomatoes.
1978: I remember seeing Starcrash in the theater when it was released. Without Caroline Munro, doing her space job in a bikini - and black Go-Go boots - no one would remember this film. We also have an Emperor who has the power to "halt the flow of time." That's a nice trick, assuming, once halted, there's a way to start things up again. Lucas tapped into a gold mine, and judging by the number of Star Wars ripoff films, and TV shows, we can tell exactly how big the original gold strike was. I remember thinking, on the way out of the theater, "Yeah, that was really awful, and I paid actual money to see it!" But decades later, I still remember this movie, because of the indelible impression made by Caroline Munro on my 19 year-old male brain.
No offense I didn't find Caroline Munro to be a good actress at all. And just because I'm male why would I find her a better actress than if I were female. No offense, you probably are a nice guy but you seem a bit slow and strange.
@@chamboyette853 No offense taken. I didn't say she was a good actress. I agree with you on that. I said she made an impression. It was the look. I think a better look than Jane Fonda in Barbarella or Dorothy Stratten in Galaxina. But of course, these are matters of taste - and a ridiculous topic to argue about. And as for being strange - we all know people are strange. Jim Morrison told us that in the 1960s.
This Star Wars porn parody... had way too little sex, weird.
@@chamboyette853 ur gay
@@chamboyette853, After seeing Caroline Munro as Naomi in The Spy Who Loved Me, I checked out Starcrash. Her brief appearance there piqued my interest. She was nowhere as compelling as Stella Star. Maybe her short role in the 007 flick was a right decision by the Bond producers. She is good in small doses.
First star crash movie: 1979
First Star Wars movie: 1977
No more needs to be said
Wow congratulations. You explained the joke.
B.S. Starcrash was made first they just didn't get a distribution deal until after that extra phony unoriginal StarWars got lucky. Tucker Carlson did a whole thing on it on account of his dad was the actor who played Actin and when the movie flopped he went on a bender and was caught fucking a neighbors dog so he killed himself.
Whaleoilbeefhooked that’s was such a turn of events.
Right.
Makes as much sense as the title of the video. The real quest should be 'Is Seven Samurai a rip-off of Battle Beyond the Stars"?
Star crash writers: im the original
Darth Maul: *Unfortunately for you, history will not see it that way*
God that robot's accent is hilarious, it's like a South Park parody.
They tuuk err jubs
Release her or I'll blast your queen....... iiiiiii mean it!!
Star Wars was very ahead of its time in the special effects department, that's for sure, and you know, George Lucas just lucked out with the actors he used, because they all did a fantastic job, not just individually, but as a team.
2001 a Space Odyssey came almost an entire decade before Star Wars. THAT is the movie that had TRULY pioneered what has become the modern science fiction movie.
Not to mention ripping off Dune.
Starcrash actually has some pretty decent actors in it, like namely Christopher Plummer and Joe Spinnelli.
For the record, some OTHER well made sci fi movies which predate Star Wars, or were contemporary to it, are .. .
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Logan’s Run (1976)
Marooned (1970)
Silent Running (1972)
This Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
Fantastic Planet (1973)
Earth Vrs. The Flying Saucers (1956)
This Island Earth (1956)
Space 1999 (television show 1975)
2001 A Space Odyssey (1968)
The lead actress is damn fine, though.
The legendary Caroline Munro.
Bond girls usually are.
The warrior of love
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Star Crash looks like a porno that was censored and changed into a movie
Appears any idiot in THIS comments log gets an assload of up-thumbs just for using the word "porno".
@TheCuteZerg Barbarella ain't from the SAME ERA as Starcrash here. It was made an entire decade earlier. Just saying.
@@veegar9265 who took a shit in your cheerios? You sound butthurt
@@veegar9265 you sound like a massive edgelord
@@veegar9265 You mad bro?
**reads title**
Me: *The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.*
AMEN!!
Yes.
Did you....not watch it?
@@sheevpalpatine6139 yes
Star wars episode one the phantom menace (gui gon jim to jar jar binks)
Qui gon: "the ability to speak does not make you intelligent, now get out of here."
Jar Jar: "No! No! Me-sa stay! Me-sa called Jar Jar binks. Me-sa ya humble servant."
*saw that reference homie. #TopNotch
I read a Plummer interview some time ago, and he stated that he didn't mind doing Starcrash. "I got a free trip to Italy". It's a fun movie. Sure, it's low budget, but wow, dig that lite-brite outer space! That was created by taking black crepe paper and punching holes in it and have the colored lights hovering over it! Say what you want about the effects, but, that's dedication folks. Spinell is great as the hammy "Count Zarth Arn" and what more can be said about Caroline Munro, but ooo-la-la. Still, too bad she couldn't do her lines for the voice recording, although I do like Candy Clark.
If George Lucas would have bowed down to Hollywood, this is what Star Wars would have turned out to be... Thank God he had the courage and will to fight against them!
Yah, up until he sold out.
@@Michael45007 Star Wars 4 is actually a New Hope that came out in the 70s as the first film. The Phantom Menace was the fourth movie to come out but was the first episode of the Saga. I don't think you've ever watched or seen the making of the Star Wars films, the original 3, and I don't think you've ever seen an interview or biography of Lucas. He had control of making the first 3 films! He fought against Hollywood and the status quo! He wasn't just producing it, he originally started to direct it as well, but when there was just too much to do, he hired a director that would follow his visions! Lucas kept all of the scripts under lock and key. Even the cast didn't know most the lines until right before they were doing that scene! So don't sit there and say he wasn't given creative control until Phantom Menace. He invented Start Wars, he and his crew invented THX and Pixar! Please learn your history first!
skilz8098 calm down mate it’s just a film
the first movie was an independent film 2 years before starcrash. thanks to helmets. Mark was one of the stormtroopers on tattoine
skilz8098 No need to sweat you geek.
Seeing the other sci fi/fantasy stuff that came out back then really makes you appreciate how well star wars has aged
Check out "Black Hole" (1979) that was a Disney Production. It starred Anthony Perkins of Norman Bates fame. It's special effects rivaled Star Wars and it's story was better than all the Star Wars movie other than Original Trilogy. It is an all time underrated movie.
@@Wallyworld30 only better than the sequels
@@Wallyworld30 Yeah. I love The Black Hole. Very dark for a Disney film.
becuase rhe fucking redone sfx u moron lol during hte 90s
I actually think 'Star Wars' has dated badly. For one, the hairstyles for the lead actors squarely plants this in the late Seventies.
This is a perfect illustration of how far ahead of the times star wars was in terms of visual effects. Not just special effects. But costumes and crap. My god. Every other space movie of the time just completely sucks. But somehow star wars went above and beyond the standards of the time. A truly magnificent feat.
Let’s not forget John Williams awesome movie Scores too.
2001: A Space Odyssey, Alien ,Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Silent Running, Solaris are movies from the same time period with great space efects.
@@valkochobanov2230 Great examples. For some reason I never found 2001 compelling at all. Never saw what the fuss was about. Haven't seen the others I don't think. Might have to check those out.
Star Wars wasn't really so ground-breaking VISUALLY. 2001 A Space Odyssey came nearly an entire decade before Star Wars, .. . THAT was the movie that pioneered THOSE KIND of visuals
@@ianfindly3257 I'll certainly give you that in terms of breaking ground. But come on, what star wars did really bumped it up a notch. Especially the space battle stuff. Odyssey didn't really have much of that
Considering how many times I came up with my own version (headcanon, rewrites) after I watched a bad movie or show (Jurassic World, Star Wars sequels, Fantastic Beasts, Game of Thones S8, some Marvel), I can totally imagine that Lucas read the script of this movie and thought he could do a better one. 😆
This came out 2 years after the first star wars doofus 😂
@@mattrice3993 Sarcasm, my friend. I wasn't serious... I even put an emoji there to indicate it... Doofus...
@@myrithoros2540 um no you say you're being sarcastic when being sarcastic you ignorant tool your comment came off as a hipster movie critic who hates everything
@@myrithoros2540 lay off the drugs bud
@@myrithoros2540 i get you're embarrassed someone called you out on your stupidity so you gotta backtrack
Not gonna lie, Stella looks like she really did come from the future, well at least our present day. Her hair and makeup look current, and she's fine as hell.
Zero 8880 hell yeah, the amazon women too
She is gorgeous but the outfits are soooo impractical. Space is cold.
Record amount of yoghurt flying around the world back in the day, that a fact. Starcrash gets the credit.
@@Du-Masses She's not chillin in the vacuum of space (mostly) so she doesn't need to wear anything warm. The ships would probably be heated (not that these ships seem to be sealed at all lmao)
Enjoy Caroline Munro in Harryhausen's _Golden Voyage of Sinbad_ as well as other Far Better Movie...
You can see why now, that Star Wars was such a success. It was just miles above any other sci if movie.
It amazing to see how Star Wars, Ep. 4 was released in 1977 and continues to attract new generations of fans. It was a 'game changer' for the Sci-fi genre.
Indeed, Star Wars had great vision. In terms of aesthetics and world building everything felt right and consistent. A lot of things in Star Wars became iconic like for example its wipe fade transition, what other movie can pull it off better than Star Wars now? It basically became a part of the brand that we can easily recognise.
The only downside was the directing/writing imo, it's a shame because Star Wars has a vast source of collection from the legends of the Old Republic to other different eras, lots of interesting characters that could have made it to the big screen.
Star Wars combines the best of both world, realism and sci-fi imo. It's really immersive and makes me feel like intergalactic space travel exploration may be possible in the far future.
@@GarrisonFall you mean 2001 : space odyssey right?
True. Even though the script was completely stolen from Frank Herbert's DUNE.
be prepared for salty star trek fans
The wardrobe designer is a man of exquisite taste.
Sure he got a raise for his work. In more than one way.
Works at Pornhub now
Hey dont hate her because she likes to look good
Indeed, I particularly enjoyed the choice to have the girl wear high heeled boots to explore a snow covered mountain. It's his dedication to logic and realism that sets this movie apart.
This was basically
Barbarella Part Deux.
I remember reading in Space magazine about how the fx artists for Star Crash used the sprues from the model kits as well as the parts to decorate their spaceships. You can see it on the opening shot. I remember buying a ticket to see this movie just to be inspired by how cheaply a movie can be made. LOL
It's called Kitbashing and they did it in star wars too if you've watched the bts documentaries. Actually I think most people did it since it's such an easy thing to do.
@@isthatbraised 👍 Adam Savage does a pretty big deep dive into Kitbashing on his YT channel. The Death Star and Falcon are heavily Kitbashed!
@@dwmueller76 They also touched upon it briefly in his guest appearance in Corridor crew
@@isthatbraised Absolutely. And I think you might agree that in Star Wars it was done much more sparingly and tastefully. For example, I think if you look at the bottom corner of the head of the cannon tower from the Death Star trench, you might see a kit sprue there among the model parts. Model parts themselves were used much more extensively, but always done thoughtfully and with a sense of purpose. Yes, I know about kitbashing. I read a lot of articles on model making and effects and built a few spaceships of my own for a short film that I was working on... another blatant Star Wars rip-off.
Totally different yet totally the same. I had no idea where I was going with this one...enjoy the video
C N yes, it will be out January 1st
Excited for this, im ready to celebrate my new years with Mark uploading
FanboyFlicks I can’t believe Star Wars ripped off Star crash. Just like Neil Breen can’t believe he committed suicide.
Oh hai Mark!
Dear Mark, if you don't do a review of Leprechaun 4 in outer space Canada will be struck by a Birdemic I promise you that!!!😡
Actually, the screenwriter of Star Crash was told to read the novelization of Star Wars because the film wasn't released in Italy yet. So everything's off kilter because the writer had no physical frame of reference for what he was reading and what he was reading was translated from English into Italian!! Imagine reading R2D2, the force, light speed, Jedi, light saber and Wookie for the first time and being described these things on paper from a different language no less?!?! I mean, he saw there was a Princess Leia and assumed her father was a King!! He figured The Force was some kind of magic! And just look at his robots compared to R2 & 3PO? He really had no idea what he was reading or writing about. They saw the crawl written out on the first page but had no idea which direction it "crawled" on screen because he never saw one before!! Even the stuff Lucas drew inspiration from were foreign to him. So, this is why everything is the way it is in Star Crash. An Italian filmmaker wanted to make a cheap knock off of a revolutionary sci-fi, American box office smash that he didn't see, only read about.
That makes a lot of sence!
Its a Spaghetti space film, minus the good actors, good director, and good writing.
I did hear though that the pop corn was good. They use real butter in Italy.
I remember hearing that -- there was a Chinese similar one as well -- except that it was a comic book based on... someone's description? Something like that.
Starcrash was not something an italian filmmaker wanted to make. It was something producers and the film company wanted the filmmaker to make. Tje filmmaker wanted to make a serious "hard" sci fi movie, but nobody had any interest in financing it. Also, such new US genres killed the commercial movie industry as the italians could not really afford to make them. They did well with western and crime movies but sci fi and fantasy was really out of their range. The filmmakers would have preferred continuing to do western and crime movies, so making Rambo knockoffs and space opera was something they never really wanted to do.
@@davidgraham2673 There are good ACTORS in this flick, like namely Christopher Plummer and Joe Spinelli. And concerning this big "rip off" allegation. Why don't we be FAIR about this and cite some of the things that beloved big-britched high and mighty Star Wars did some pinching of it's OWN from, aye? Like namely from The Hidden Fortress, Dune, Arthurian mythology, and Vaughn Bode's Cobalt 60?
Star Crash: Hey, can I copy your homework?
Star Wars: Ok, just make it look different so that it doesn't look like you just copied it.
Star Crash: Sure thing.
Caroline Munro was also in those Sinbad movies, where she wears basically the same clothes.
Notice how the stars look like Christmas lights.
*shocked Pikachu face*
How do you know they aren't Christmas lights?
I honestly kinda like it; so adorably low-budget in a way
THAT is something that I actually LIKE in THIS flick myself. I think they're a lot cooler looking than those bland yellowy-white stars in every other space flick, including big-britched high'n mighty Star Wars.
No, I don't want to.
Star Crash looks like it’s in the same universe as the Star Wars Holiday Special.
😆 that's a spot on description
It probably was haha
Bit insulting...
@@andrewgwilliam4831 ahhh not really
Andrew Gwilliam to the Star Wars Holiday Special? I agree. I low key look forward to watching it every Christmas morning while my wife cooks.
I love how much gravitas Christopher Plummer managed to put into his lines. He knew he wasnt dealing with A-list material, yet he sounds like he's reciting Hamlet.
He sounded stoned. This is the movie where David Hasselhoff gave a better performance than Christopher Plummer.
@@glennmartin6492 Never.
@@Discrimination_is_not_a_right Once
@@glennmartin6492 Never.
I wonder if Plummer struck some sort of percentage of profits deal with the producers? That could have set him up for literally weeks!
Concerning this big "rip off" allegation. Why don't we be FAIR about this and cite some of the things that beloved big-britched high and mighty Star Wars did some pinching of it's OWN from, aye? Like namely from The Hidden Fortress, Dune, Arthurian mythology, and Vaughn Bode's Cobalt 60?
The monster robot on the shore was very Sinbad/Jason and the Argonauts (Ray Harryhausen) and the end fight looked very Flash Gordon (1980)
Even the old Sindbad/Jason movies were more realistic than this awful parody with a shoestring budget
Harryhausen's stuff was much more realistic 😅
cant believe i find you here, i love your channel
Honestly I was getting '79 Buck Rogers vibes from the whole thing.
No way Lindybeige is here too, im literally playing ur Archery video on the background as I write this comment
Stormtrooper: can’t shoot something directly in front of them
This movie: shoots so accurately that time slows down and everything explodes
Definitely not Star Wars
Yeah Memeboi that's funny and all but...
Stormtroopers were ordered to not kill. The whole deal with Stormtrooper accuracy came from retards that didn't pay attention to the first movie.
Kiryuu238 🤦♂️
@@brilliantshadows3153 that only excuses that movie. They are jokes in every single movie. Except rogue one, clone wars tv series and solo. If the stormtroopers were really actually capable, all star wars main characters except the jedi would be dead because of the stupid stuff they do.
The robot sounds like Goofy with a western accent.
Still better than C3 PO.
@@darthkai8242 C3 PO is easily the most irritating main SW character yet he appears in more films than any other! God knows why.
@@johnanon6938 I hate C3 PO even more than Jar Jar and the Ewoks.
@@anonb4632 He was returned in the prequels because other than yoda, the droids would be the only ones to survive for so long.
@@FoxUnitNell I'm well aware of that, he's just an incredibly irritating character who was put in for bad comic relief. (And who was ripped off one of the beggars in Kurosawa's "Hidden Fortress".)
I think the funding to this movie could have differed a bit from Star Wars too. It's like a 70s porno, without the actual porn!
That’s pretty low to rip off a movie that was made two years in the future. Shame on you George Lucas.
I duno bout this Star CRASH, .. . but your precious big-britched high'n mighty Star WARS DID do some pinching of its OWN from Dark Fortress, Vaughn Bode's Cobalt 90 and the paintings of Ron Cobb.
@@Skulldini And Logan's Run,
@@Skulldini and Spaceballs.
@@Skulldini shut up
@@Skulldini ron cobb literally worked for EP 4. Not dark fortress, hidden fortress, witch Lucas admitted he inspired from. Vaughn cobb? Was a bit or nothing.
There is no such thing as artists who made something uninspired by anything.
But lucas brought so many new and amazing things. So shut it. Just handle the facts ya plank.
Well, the Stella character was sexier than Princess Leia, so there's that.
A lot of body and flesh of a woman, Stella ;)
packlesswolf1 Leia is uniquely hot.
@@Snake-sg7yc "A lot of body and flesh"? .. . THAT sounds more like your describing somebody who's OBESE than sexy or hot you barely-literate cretin.
Caroline Munro makes Carrie Fisher look like a wookie!
@@masonkrabbe8652 Seriously? This is mild at best.. You haven't been through enough comments you naive goof..
When you realize this movie had a budget of 4 million
Wait, what? Seriously? No, surely not?
I mean, Lasers
In 1979...........
You sure the budget wasn't actually $250?
So the writers and director snorted $3,999,980 worth of coke and then dropped a 20-bomb at the special effects department and then gathered up a bunch of homeless people to play the parts for free Cup 'o Noodles.
It’s hilarious how Mark tries to prove that Star Wars is a ripoff of Star Crash by explaining how they AREN’T similar.
This isn't a "low-rent" Star Wars, it's the "20 movies on one dvd bargain bin" Star Wars.
This actually costed $4 million to make if you can believe it. 2001:A Space Odyssey costed $11 million. They must have spent most of the money on cocaine and cigarettes.
This is what would happen if a 6 year old boy saw Stars Wars in 1977 then tried to write a script totally from memory a year later.
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Cost is present and pastense
@@roberthutchison7806 verb
past tense: costed; past participle: costed
@@guyincognito8440
COST
verb
past tense: costed; past participle: costed
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(of an object or action) require the payment of (a specified sum of money) before it can be acquired or done.
Actually the budget for STAR CRASH was barely $1 million and probably most of that went to Christopher Plummer and composer, John Barry.
Robot with a southern accent: "LOOK! AMAZONS ON HORSEBACK!"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The robot was built in Alabama. 😆😆😆
I hope they're friendly
I almost bust a gut laughing when I first heard that accent!
Holy shit I nearly died
That's the funniest shit ever
10:00
A-ominous black voice
B- sco'ish
C-de south
This movie had the look and style of a high budget porno
Funny how high budget porn and low budget sci-fi overlap.
Return of the Orgasm.
@@pickeljarsforhillary102 Princess Lay-a-Orgasma
Michal Szczekocki boba fetish
Darth boner
It's so funny how Stella's outfit is reduced to the bare minimum for a considerable part of the movie. Totally not for fan service, I'm sure.
Only interesting part tho lol
This is the best part of the film. In this sense, this film absolutely beats Star Wars.
Complaints about Beautiful scantily clad Mrs. Carloine Munro? Must be either a feminist or homosexual or a religious puritan. So which is it?
I'm still gunna argue it's better than the sequel trilogy.
Yep, This crappy movie's advantage is that is does not try to lull us with perfect visuals. It is very honest about how shitty it is.
All of those type of films from around that are were better than the sequel trilogy.
A pile of Cat Sick is better than Diddny Whurl Star Wars.
I can't share this point of view. As a kid, I watched Starcrash in a theater. The bleeding from my ears and my eyes finally stopped. However : I am sure I suffered no brain damage. Any film is better, even one involving a clumsy-walking-goofy-talking amphibian.
If StarCrash can prove story and artboards truly are pre-StarWars production , , , that WOULD really be something , , , and a new low for GEORGE LUCAS aside from "Jar Jar Binks" of course , , , ,
I'm going against the grain here, but some things in Starcrash that I DO find pretty cool and that I LIKE .. .
The weird and original DESIGNS of some of the space crafts, especially the CLAW-shaped ship of the villains.
The multi-colored stars.
The ice planet (which, interestingly, even prefigures “Hoth” in Empire Strikes Back).
The monster mask that fires lasers out of its eyes.
The touching friendship between the robot character “El” and Stella (particularly in the scene where he suspends her temperature to save her life).
Marjo Gortner as “Acton”. Sure, he overacts grossly, but he does bring a ridiculously quirky charm to the character, and I always thought he had a really cool looking FACE too.
Robert Tessier as “Thor”” (the real creepy looking bald guy).
The actual volcano used as a location for the “third launch”.
The very comely and scantily clad Ms. Munro and Nadia Cassini (the “Amazon Queen”), both of whom contribute an aesthetic of feminine beauty.
So, yeah, I do like Starcrash just a little bit. So you all can HANG me!
This movie is what sir Alec Guinness thought Star Wars would turn out to be.
Star Wars made him wealthy
@@thedevilsadvocate5210 it did but he did think it would not be great when he was asked to participate at first
That's why Star Wars just groundbreaking. Effect and story was just way ahead.
@@bunnyfreakz indeed, and so sir alec guinness just could not be sure this would come out the way lucas descibed it to him. he had no references of sci fi movies that were that good as this would in the end turn out. so him thinking this would be cheesy sci fi also was logical. i bet he was glad the one time he did act in a sci fi he god in this amazing movie instead of something like what came before
How. it came after not before the first star wars
Starcrash: * breathes *
George Lucas: "I'm bout to end this man's whole career"
Why do these comments get liked
@@getgle because unoriginality is seemingly popular.
Star Wars came out in 1977 star crash came out in 1979
The great thing about Star Crash is how well they did with next to NO budget, and next to NO time.
This fvcking movie though 😓
*AND THAT FVCKING PERM!*
@@barbarahayes7441 Actually you dumbshit, THIS movie has some pretty good ACTORS, like Christopher Plumber and Joe Spinell.
@@amoeba1533 you angry, bro?
I wouldn't call $4 million no budget.
@@uncannyvalley2350 Well, at least people in movies HAD some HAIR back THEN, .. . not these shaven-headed or buzz-cutted el baldo chrome-domes with their stupid trendy goatee-beards that you see on every male actor in every movie made TODAY.
My family and I watched the MST3K version (the best thing to have ever happened to this film) and I swear, the torpedo soldiers nearly broke us. We were flabbergasted by what we were seeing. We had no coherent words.
What if Count Dooku was created to mock Count Zarth...? 😂
At least Disney hasn't ruined Star Crash. Yet.
OMG don't jinx it now Disney might find some inspiration next thing u know new revamp star crash playing alongside the mandalorian on Disney plus
@@mataharon5952 I think Disney hired the writers from Star Crash.
Micky mouse - hold my beer
aanler it doesn’t matter anyway
I think Star Crash already ruined Star Crash.
Stella is hot. Man if I wasn’t 1 when this movie came out
I wasn't even near to be born like good 20 years
I was just born.
Caroline Munro, famous for Hammer movies yeah she's lovey
I was negative 10 years old... you were lucky lol
I remember the onslaught of bad sci-fi flicks that hit the cinemas right after Star Wars came out..and I saw all of them!!! Check out these gems...." Battle Beyond The Stars", "Laser Blast", and "Message From Space". SO CHEESY BUT STILL LOVABLE!
Luke Skywalker lookalike in Laserblast (1978). : )
"Black Hole" (1979) Walt Disney Production was a great movie! It get's overlooked simply because it's a space movie that came out around same time as Star Wars so people assume it was a Star Wars cash grab but it's actually a great movie.
Battle Beyond the Stars! I loved that piece of Roger Corman dreck!
You forgot "Starship Invasions", with Christopher Lee!
The robot sounds like he's coming out of the Fallout franchise lol
Where do you think they got the idea.
@@GeneralPadron I see what you did there
They were ahead of the times.
its further galaxies than starwars i guess
@@herald1953 Galaxies deep south of us
FanboyFlicks: "Why is she the only one who can save them from the special weapon, what special talent does she have?"
Most other guys: *Stares at her body then shakes their head out of a trance to then say* "I'm sorry you was saying something."
Exactly. She's just the greatest at everything she does for some reason. Best pilot, best saviour, best at wearing a prison uniform 🤣
Nope she has 2 Special Talents.
Al cien 😩🍺
Stella and the Amazon's, best part of this movie.
Stella is hot though. She’s at least got that going on over Han Solo
Jeremy Permenter Harrison Ford in his prime gives her a run for her money tho
🤔 debatable
I think it depends on sexual preference
Well, she is a Bond girl. She was in The Spy Who Loved Me.
@Jay Gan why not?
Damn, every single scene was so damn close to turning into a full fledged porn 💪🤣
I need to see more movies with that actress for educational purposes
Check out Captain Kronos vampire hunter. Shmokin.
Hello ☺️
Check out Golden Voyage of Sinbad😎👍🤔😏😳🙄👍☺️😎
Especially the blue outfit. the actress Caroline Munro has on.
She's the helicopter pilot who attacks James Bond in The Spy Who Loved Me.
Gotta check out the movie cyborg
She's Caroline Munro and had been in lots of kids films. Saw her at a premier once really nice lady
... takes off his helmet and HOLY CRAP IT'S DAVID HASSLEHOFF
"Stella, I am not your babys father"
As shocking as Adam Driver
There is no "Force" in Starcrash. See? Totally different.
pfft... lightning!
Just instant diarrhoea
I'm glad the jailers allowed Stella to wear her "work clothes". Maybe that's where George Lucas got the idea for "Slave Leia". Then again, maybe he just wanted to commit Carrie Fisher in a bikini to film... which we should all be thankful for.
The robot with the southern accent is hilarious
the robot = darth vader
That Disney totally ripped off for the black hole in 79
Best
That's one quirk of the movie I probably liked the most.
It's very Tennessee.
"Downvote Trooper" has to be the most underappreciated joke in this video
So true.... So true.
Laughed out loud when I saw the down-vote arrow.
Ha ha
Disney's trilogy is a rip off of StarWars too
XMelkorBauglirX it’s a fan made
Bugger it there is only 6 Star Wars movie
Facts lol
@@yamcha8309 " .. but its cannon.." literally stfu.
Of course disney says its canon, doesnt make it Star Wars though
You gotta admit. Baby yoda and the mandalorian made it a an official canon
*FINALLY STARTS HERE* 2:30
*(first 2 minutes wasted repeatedly saying this is not Star Wars.)*
Did anyone else notice that her space suit helmet looked suspiciously like a water cooler jug?
Ah but now they are wearing them in China to protect against coronvirus smh
I was too focused on her other jugs.
To be honest... I'd rather watch Star Crash than The Last Jedi so it has that going for it. PLUS Caroline Munroe is freaking BEAUTIFUL!😍
Star Crash was fun. And unpretentious. Watching it took me back to the happier parts of my childhood. I can't say better than that. I struggle to think of a single SW film I have truly enjoyed since the original trilogy (Rogue One?).
@@anonb4632 I'll defend Rogue One till death I thought it was good, I even liked The Force Awakens. TLJ could have elaborated on the story more of TFA and made it even better but someone (who shall remain nameless) decided to completely do away with everything in TFA and do his own thing "subverting expectations"😠
@@beejay271 Rogue One had its faults, but it's the best film since ROTJ. It captured some of the grittier elements of the original trilogy, which I liked.
I didn't bother with Solo. I think there is too much recycling in the recent films, plus the constant need to make political points. I quite like Daisy Ridley as an actress but even she can't save a lot of the material.
@@beejay271 p.s. Got to agree with Mark Hamill. I hate what they've done with Luke in the recent films.
Star Crash looks by far more original than the new Star Wars Trilogy.
I guess the original porn title was, “Star Smash”. And those silver blasters look like trombone parts. But anyways... Star Crash vs Space Balls?
I saw this during a bad movie festival in Prague. It was absolutely fucking hilarious.
The experience was further elevated by having two ppl do a live dub into Czech that was either a fairly precise recreation of one that circulated on old pirated copies or at the very least captured the tone and the vibe of those bad bootleg dubs from early 90s extremely well.
10/10, would recommend, I think we were all half-delirious from laughter when it ended.
Honestly didn’t even know this existed
Imagine not being a fan of RedLetterMedia.
Theres a lot of things you don't know exist. What a dumbass
Who did?
Coolio Star Stache Don’t worry about it, sounds like Ru is on his period.
me either
I lost it at "downvote troopers". You're the funniest man, Mark, love it!
I suppose you got a plan?
@@TrevJericho he must, he always has a plan.
I’m wondering how many people picked up on that
I love how your only commentary on the wardrobe for Stella is, "Then she changes out of her perfectly dry clothes into something more appropriate for space travel." I laughed again just typing it out. So glad I found this channel.
same
the makers obviously ripped off Barbarella, too. ANd the amazons on horseback reminded me of Planet of the Apes.
Back in the day when the Male Gaze really meant something... NORMALITY.👍
That actress Caroline Munro played in the Un-Official Bond movie Casino Royale then a few years later became a genuine Bond Girl in "The Spy Who Loved Me".
@@Wallyworld30 and Ursula Andress is the only actrss to play both a Bond Girl AND James Bond 007
Fun fact, the woman that plays Stella is absolutely SMOKING hot.
How did they make this movie with straight face
That's the only emotion/face the actors were able to do!
Drugs were better in the 70s
COKE, lots and lots of COKE! Possibly a few gallons whiskey!
Jennifer Pyrce 🤣🤣🤣🤣
"Look! Amazons on horseback!" Laughed so hard at this when I realized Rise of Skywalker ripped this Part off.
"Look! Amazon's on horseback!" could have said this same line in the Wonder Woman movie!
Christopher Plummer stole this film. He only did a couple of days of filming, yet he is great in every section he is in.
He played it straight as well, hell he probably enjoyed it more than the Sound of Music!
@@shugaroony He said he did this film because he loved the idea of being able to spend a few years in Rome.
The guy is a consummate professional - read up on how he saved the film "All the Money in the World" in just a few days.
@@anonb4632 He was phenomenal in that film considering he was brought in last minute and only had a few days on set. True pro.
@@DaveMcGarry Isn't it great? I showed it to a friend of mine who usually watches rubbish like Batman vs Superman and Transformers films, and he was blown away by it. He couldn't believe it.
@@anonb4632 yeah a good movie for sure... Suspenseful, great acting and looks fantastic as usual from Ridley Scott. I don't really care for any superhero films, except the Nolan Batmans.
"Star Crash" is one of the bootleg rip-off films made in the "Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers" film.
"They're 'Star Wars',
we're 'Star Crash.'"
They use "The Force",
we use "The Farce".
May "The Farce" be with you.
It is. 😒..😑
'They're McDonald's, We're McDowell's'.....
'They have the Golden Arches, We have the Golden Arcs'.....
Coming to America.
They forced us to watch it.
I prefer using "The Scwartz" By the way. Everyone in a skimpy outfit is the BEST pilot in known universe so there is no ground for a doubt.
6:00 “Planning an escape, this what you’re gonna get, lady!” This scene makes me laugh out loud, every time, without fail. Something about that doofus and the way he starts hitting her with that stick is just comedy gold to me.
6:01 old boy checking out Stella!! Took me a couple of times watching this to notice, cause I was checking out Stella!! 😂😂😂
Me too and also checking out amazon queen🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
10:26 that shot reminds me of "Jason and the Argonauts" and this is the best scene so far....Nice..lol
Why do so many people think he’s serious that Starwars is a copy of this movie
Not even close to it.
Only if they didn't watch after the first minute or two. Still, the cynicism came through pretty early.
Because they didn't watch the whole video.
Yeah, I mean this guy is oozing sarcasm
Is it just me or is the giant robot in this movie ripping off the Talos statue from Jason and the Argonauts (1963) with worse animation?
The scene even takes place on a
Similar location
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes Octupusman1000. They said in an old interview that they were trying to make a Jason and the Argonauts and Voyage of Sinbad in space.
Ray Harryhausen
Also, 5:41 is a ripoff of Invaders from Mars and 18:38 is ripping off 2001. I'm sure there are more.
I've tried watching this movie before. Multiple times. I've fallen asleep every time, so consistently, I actually started using it to get myself to fall asleep. Until, of course, my brain started turning into sludge and I started getting nightmares from it. But seriously, don't do that, you will have nightmares and will wake up feeling stupid.
I was only 8 when watch this movie at a theatre. At that age, everything seems to be fun without ever thinking of the silly plot and logic. Btw, great review, really bring back the memory watching it with my parents...
When we saw this at a drive-in theater in the late 70's I remember my dad even saying "This is ripping off Star Wars."
My brother and I saw this at a theater when it came out. As soon as we saw how bad the special effects were along with the brightly colored Christmas tree ornament stars, we almost walked out, but decide for fun, stayed for the entire movie just to see how bad it would get. We weren't disappointed.
This looks like a movie I need to watch when I’m high
Same bruh
You beat me to the comment,,,high to watch this
Caroline Munro 😏
My first thought when i saw the thumbnail
I assumed that this movie had an incredibly low budget, but the budget was 4 million which was decent for that time lol. Star Wars had an 11 million dollar budget, to put that into perspective lol.
Is it there at the beginning of the mask at 4:42, really a deflection coil of a CRT picture tube?
Hey dude just wanted to say I’ve been watching you since middle school (Batman and robin, wicker man and twilight reviews are still my faves) and I’m a sophomore in college now. Thanks for all the entertainment all these years!
One had ‘The Hoff’, the other doesn’t. I know with one is superior.
Starcrash is a masterpiece we need a starcrash sequel
@@casper6405 directed by tommy wiseau, starring nicholas cage, and produced by niel breen. the universe would probably explode out of sheer awesomeness
Casper Disney should be making Starcrash episode 9 Rise of Hasselhoff instead.
piperian396 The Phantom Hoff, The Attack of The Hoffs, The Revenge of The Hoff, A New Hoff, The Hoff Strikes Back, The Return of The Hoff, The Hoff Awakens, The Last Hoff, The Rise of Hoff. Not forgetting Hoff and Hoff One. And The Hoff Wars and Hoff Wars The Hoffmass Special.
@@leecroft1983 did you just google "list of star wars movies"?
the asylum version of star wars lol
Guy Chamberland - I certainly felt like I was going crazy
Strangely this film has some stuff going for it. At least three well known actors who are fun to watch, a robot who is less annoying than C3 PO and none of that pseudo-spiritual BS that Star Wars does. Plus its soundtrack is lush. I thought it was really fun even if parts do look cheap.
The Asylum wishes it had the vision to conceive of something like Starcrash. 💫
Anon B your opinion is irrelevant and c3po is a iconic robot
@@Brianbravo2000 My opinion is as relevant as yours. 👍
I like Space Balls best. It's well written.
If Star Wars is a rip off of Star Crash, it’s a good rip off I’d say.
If it's a rip off it's a good ripoff stolen by a telepath while someone drunkenly woke up and started writing a first draft of a script for star crash
This is the movie Kathleen Kennedy watched when she was telling George Lucas that she knew all about StarWars and could lead the new movies...if only he had known.
Are we sure this wasn't supposed to be a porno originally and they left out the sex?
Remember in The Last Jedi when Rose’s sister was in an open bomb drop bay with no suit just breathing the cool space air? Rian Johnson must have loved that human missile scene through the windows in Star Crash.
air and gravity exist in star wars space. have you not seen an x wing? or their loading docks? also I think fire exists in space too. have you ever seen lasers that have a colored beam? nope. don't you just love fiction?