Exploring Galaxy of Terror - The 2 Million Dollar Alien Ripoff That Changed Cinematic History

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  • Опубліковано 27 лис 2019
  • Good Bad Flicks looks into the history of the Alien ripoff movie Galaxy of Terror. Directed by B.D. Clark.
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  • @otaking3582
    @otaking3582 4 роки тому +619

    - 2nd highest international box-office of the year
    - considered a flop
    You'd think this were EA or Activision we were talking about

    • @Ideo7Z
      @Ideo7Z 4 роки тому +45

      Nah, they studied Fox's fuckery as a template for how they do business.

    • @LinkMarioSamus
      @LinkMarioSamus 4 роки тому +25

      Fox's buyout at the hands of Disney feels karmic.

    • @SuperPeterok
      @SuperPeterok 4 роки тому +4

      It beat Rocky 2!!!!

    • @pandaman2234
      @pandaman2234 4 роки тому +7

      @@LinkMarioSamus Disney is even worse with this shit.

    • @clobbyhops
      @clobbyhops 4 роки тому +5

      They were no different than the record companies, legally stealing the money from their artists

  • @TheSkepticalPanda
    @TheSkepticalPanda 4 роки тому +1215

    Claimed it lost money?
    Creative accounting?
    Sequel not warranted?
    Sounds like those movie execs are in the video game industry today.

    • @carltonstaples7423
      @carltonstaples7423 4 роки тому +31

      @Dominique Hardie Good Bad Flicks should do an Exploring video on Freaked - the Tom Stern/Alex Winter dark fantasy comedy; 20th Century Fox gave $13 million for that film and before it was prepare to move into post-production, Rupert Murdoch (CEO of Fox) and Peter Cherin cut almost all of the funds of marketing for Freaked because they claimed it was "too weird".

    • @reikun86
      @reikun86 4 роки тому +7

      Dominique Hardie it’s funny what happened to Fox now that they were bought by Disney.

    • @manga3040
      @manga3040 4 роки тому +6

      Really video games are non stop sequels...

    • @akinokusami3623
      @akinokusami3623 4 роки тому +7

      More corrupt than a military junta

    • @DemonDethchase
      @DemonDethchase 4 роки тому +12

      Plus as well, for video game companies, I hear in the UK alot of the bigger publishers while not paying their fair share of tax, they are also are stealing tax payer money that is supposed to be set aside for smaller developers and publishers who are looking at trying to make a go of it. So basically if you're in the UK and you don't plan on giving the likes of EA or Activision your money, due to their greedy lootboxes and mircotransactions too bad because we've got it already! I would say that the UK government should do something about this, but considering that it's the Tories in charge they don't give a shit about stuff like this, as after all its only tax payer money, and they'd sooner burn it themselves rather than actually use it to help the country.
      metro.co.uk/2019/10/02/sony-sega-warner-took-110-million-tax-breaks-meant-indie-developers-10850083/

  • @jamstonjulian6947
    @jamstonjulian6947 4 роки тому +442

    Roger Ebert spent a lot of his career dismissing genre movies, only to admit many of them were classics years later

    • @squirlmy
      @squirlmy 4 роки тому +66

      Because of video rentals. When he started, VHS rentals were new and movie critics were never really accountable. When it became easier for the public to rent, or even watch movies on cable, he had to update his more obviously stupid reviews.

    • @UnknownDino
      @UnknownDino 4 роки тому +30

      Probably like many critics it starts with trying to appear picky and get attention.

    • @gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090
      @gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090 4 роки тому +32

      That's why you never trust critics see the movies for yourself don't read reviews

    • @Debilitator47
      @Debilitator47 4 роки тому +40

      Roger Ebert was a narrow minded hack right to the moment he thankfully kicked it. Good riddance.

    • @wwiiinplastic4712
      @wwiiinplastic4712 4 роки тому +15

      @@diverguy3556 He's just giving his opinion. And BTW, Siskel was the better of the two.

  • @williamsandell3260
    @williamsandell3260 3 роки тому +79

    This is such a great discussion of all these films. I did about 10 films for Corman before he bought the lumberyard. Did Piranha for New World Pictures and Joe Dante. I knew all these people a million years ago. What a time to be making films. Good memories

    • @Robertlynschultz
      @Robertlynschultz Рік тому

      I loved Piranha... thank you!

    • @valckenvanniekerk906
      @valckenvanniekerk906 10 місяців тому

      Gvcc😊 c c
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  • @rogermorris9696
    @rogermorris9696 4 роки тому +525

    The number of Oscar winners who started working for Roger Corman over the years would put most major film schools to shame.

    • @LinkMarioSamus
      @LinkMarioSamus 4 роки тому +61

      Haha Scorsese, Coppola, Ron Howard as well. Wow. And then Coppola financed George Lucas's first two films, and Tarantino claims inspiration from Corman, oh my.
      Thank MST3K for exposing Corman's films for a new audience. A shame he doesn't feel the same way.

    • @linternamagica100
      @linternamagica100 4 роки тому +2

      Fuck yeah

    • @DVAcme
      @DVAcme 4 роки тому +28

      Same as with Troma. Some of the industry giants right now started slinging fake blood for Lloyd Kaufman. James Gunn, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Vincent D'Onofrio, Samuel L. Jackson, JJ Abrams, Billy Bob Thornton, Oliver Stone, Kevin Costner, Marissa Tomei, Michael Jai White... It's pretty crazy how many careers that goofy old man has launched.

    • @ManScoutsofAmerica
      @ManScoutsofAmerica 4 роки тому +6

      I wonder if any studios still do this apprentice style hiring?

    • @jethrofawkes8189
      @jethrofawkes8189 4 роки тому +4

      @@ManScoutsofAmerica Kathleen Kennedy/ Rian Johnson? Ow my balls.

  • @idunbeezasmart1
    @idunbeezasmart1 4 роки тому +453

    20th Century Fox:
    We're not saying the film didn't make any money. We're saying the film didn't make YOU any money! BWAHAHAHAHAAAAA!

  • @EvilTedSmith
    @EvilTedSmith 3 роки тому +228

    I'm a new subscriber and an industry effects veteran. I loved this movie when it has released. Then I moved to LA in 89 to start working as a model maker/ prop effects artiest. How did you get all this detail information on this movie. Over the years I've met people who worked this movie, and I would beg them to tell me stories. Thank you for this Video.

  • @mrKozmoz
    @mrKozmoz 4 роки тому +29

    Cameron proves not just being in the right place at the right time counts, but busting your ass and showing effort with a product is key

  • @Karl_Marksman
    @Karl_Marksman 4 роки тому +561

    "John Carpenter came to the lumberyard" That seems about right

    • @lesleyrussell8200
      @lesleyrussell8200 4 роки тому +13

      john carpenter came from space in the enterprise with PALE captain kirk and jamee lee curtis

    • @gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090
      @gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090 4 роки тому +2

      With his famous white mask blue jumpsuit and butcher knife

    • @Psilocybin77
      @Psilocybin77 4 роки тому +3

      ...six cigarettes dangling from his mouth

    • @Karl_Marksman
      @Karl_Marksman 4 роки тому +3

      ... and a hangover that could kill a Kennedy

    • @Jeffrey314159
      @Jeffrey314159 4 роки тому +2

      The DVD comments section of GALAXY OF TERROR never mentioned Carpenters name!

  • @shainewhite2781
    @shainewhite2781 4 роки тому +246

    8:50, RIP, Bill Paxton.

    • @shainewhite2781
      @shainewhite2781 4 роки тому +6

      @Thomas Emilio He passed away due to complications from open heart surgery in 2016.

    • @dsandoval9396
      @dsandoval9396 4 роки тому +17

      @@shainewhite2781 No way!?!
      ...
      I'm sorry but I gotta...
      ...game over, man! GAME OVER!

    • @bdre5555
      @bdre5555 4 роки тому +7

      Frailty is outstanding

    • @mightymoose6793
      @mightymoose6793 4 роки тому +12

      "Well why dont you put her in charge"
      ~Bill the fucking man Paxton

    • @chadbrick67
      @chadbrick67 4 роки тому +1

      @@shainewhite2781 murdered

  • @stormwatcheagle5448
    @stormwatcheagle5448 4 роки тому +31

    This is an amazing story of a man who was willing to take the opportunity presented to him and work hard to get to the position he wanted in life. James Cameron's story on this film is inspiring.

  • @UnbeltedSundew
    @UnbeltedSundew 4 роки тому +238

    I think one of the greatest things about the internet is that professional critics are rendered entirely useless.

    • @paulallen8109
      @paulallen8109 3 роки тому +17

      Correct. This is why I didn't listen to them ripping the Twilight films a new one. Wait a minute...
      I think one of the greatest things about the internet is how regular people always are masters at displaying their unashamed confirmation bias. Funny how they also never praise critics for loving the same movies they love (again negative confirmation bias). But short-sighted fools always sound the same. Internet gives them a voice.

    • @bustarogers9990
      @bustarogers9990 3 роки тому +10

      @@paulallen8109 lol that was one of the saddest comments i have ever had the misfortune to read. I actually feel sorry for you.

    • @rocoe9019
      @rocoe9019 3 роки тому +7

      Now ever neckbeard and spastic thinks they are a critic, it's the worst thing about the Internet, any moron can have a platform to be an insufferable pos with an inflated ego

    • @balazsvarga1823
      @balazsvarga1823 3 роки тому +16

      Well, a professional critic is an insufferable dweeb with an inflated sense of worth from big words that matter not to anybody who did not major in the arts, while neckbeards can provide a more common sense approach, even if it is crude. For most , lets say not so cerebral films that are today's favoured style, the neckbeard is the correct choice. This is because most moviegoers have the neckbeard's taste, and don't exactly care about artistic tools and such, they just want a fun popcorn flick.
      Indeed a lot of films that became successive franchises got nailed by critics for being "too crude." The problem is, after a decade of fart sniffing most critics forgot the whole idea of "dumb fun" and think every film must absolutely be an arts festival social commentary with all the subversions and zero fun.
      Which most people find boring, snobbish and preachy.

    • @kgpspyguy
      @kgpspyguy 3 роки тому

      @@rocoe9019
      Lol. Ok boomer.

  • @redkingrauri3769
    @redkingrauri3769 4 роки тому +134

    It's always funny when you play the Roger Coreman origin game. So many big stars and directors owe him everything for their first roles because he's so willing to take risks and hire the inexperienced.

    • @squirlmy
      @squirlmy 4 роки тому +7

      And/or, he had such low standards. I think you could find many more failures and flops, it's just no one cares what happened to them. A stopped clock still tells the right time, twice a day.

    • @MannyJazzcats
      @MannyJazzcats 2 роки тому +4

      @@squirlmy you are simply wrong,what you have said in no way disproves the original commenters point

    • @swampdonkey4919
      @swampdonkey4919 Рік тому

      ​@@squirlmy Not low standards, just low budget. The same amount of care and effort went into these movies as they would for a major Hollywood feature.

  • @Dream0Asylum
    @Dream0Asylum 4 роки тому +169

    There's an old strategy when dealing with a studio; never take points on the net - ALWAYS take your cut from gross.

    • @genghispecan
      @genghispecan 4 роки тому +29

      Always a favorite little self aware line from Freakazoid, "...always ask for a piece of the gross. The. Net. Is. Fantasy."

    • @Laceykat66
      @Laceykat66 4 роки тому +18

      This was standard practice at the time and most studios did it. James Garner famously fought battles with "creative accounting" studios.

    • @bielanski2493
      @bielanski2493 4 роки тому +2

      "Obfuscation protects the Vig."

    • @Dream0Asylum
      @Dream0Asylum 4 роки тому +2

      @‘The Faustmeister’ Rest Roddington
      You can't say one of the biggest movies of the year was a financial failure if you're talking gross, that strategy only works if you're talking net and using "creative accounting" to make the profit invisible.

    • @frankenzion0001
      @frankenzion0001 4 роки тому +6

      ...and residuals. Like Yogurt said in Spaceballs, "Moichendising, moichendising, moichendising!"

  • @NefariousKoel
    @NefariousKoel 4 роки тому +20

    The movie studios claiming Alien lost them money just reiterates my belief that Hollywood studios have been rife with shady financial undertakings for a long time.

    • @oneproudbrowncoat
      @oneproudbrowncoat 2 місяці тому

      Hollywood has been run by the mafia for decades.

  • @mayfid
    @mayfid 4 роки тому +32

    I watched this video, then started to watch "The Movies That Made Us" about Ghostbusters. Good Bad Flicks made a far more enjoyable and informative video about the making of a movie than a show on Netflix did.

  • @shainewhite2781
    @shainewhite2781 4 роки тому +168

    4:38, RIP Sid Haig. 1939-2019

    • @h.plovecat4307
      @h.plovecat4307 4 роки тому +14

      He is slinging his Crystal Pepsi throwing stars in heaven.

    • @bearianna
      @bearianna 4 роки тому +4

      also, woah, he looked iconic now, but he was DEFINITELY ruggedly handsome back then too. RIP 💫 i didn’t recognize him at first! 😄

    • @trikkerman1
      @trikkerman1 4 роки тому +1

      Dragos was the man.

    • @commentcopbadge6665
      @commentcopbadge6665 4 роки тому +1

      Wait WHAT? Are you kidding? NOOOOOO! JFC no.
      If you didn't mention it here I never would've known. Well, not really "never"but you know what I mean. Sorry. So weird
      And thank you, random person. I gotta go make some phone calls.

    • @mbrando4403
      @mbrando4403 4 роки тому +3

      he did indeed live and die, BY THE CRYSTALS. i LOVE that line, i'm glad they made him say it, even though he was still a little bitter about it on the DVD special features when he recorded them all those years later.

  • @coachrenaldo
    @coachrenaldo 4 роки тому +293

    Budget: 5-10 million dollars
    Returns: 150-200 million dollars
    Final verdict: profit loss?
    Conclusion: FOX IS BAD AT MATH!

    • @blackdragon6
      @blackdragon6 4 роки тому +18

      I personally think studios still do this.

    • @juggernautheadcrush4161
      @juggernautheadcrush4161 4 роки тому +30

      Same Fox Execs that said, "Star Wars isn't going to go anywhere so let Lucas keep all the merchandising rights."

    • @dy120481
      @dy120481 4 роки тому +42

      "Bad at math" is code for "flat out stealing".

    • @SuperFunkmachine
      @SuperFunkmachine 4 роки тому +6

      That's how Hollywood works.

    • @kamandi1362
      @kamandi1362 4 роки тому +10

      All studios do this. They transfer losses from flop films to hit films and cook the books.

  • @kruleworld
    @kruleworld 4 роки тому +200

    with Hollywood's "creative accounting" no movie has EVER made any money.
    it's the only creativity in hollywood.

    • @shawnarthur5921
      @shawnarthur5921 4 роки тому

      Savage AF!!! 😆😆😆

    • @MrBottlecapBill
      @MrBottlecapBill 4 роки тому +5

      @@shawnarthur5921 Whats more disturbing is that the lawsuits didn't find any fraud. Weird.

    • @scottcantdance804
      @scottcantdance804 4 роки тому +2

      @@MrBottlecapBill the lawyers, accountants, and executives were all probably related.

    • @_Hal9000
      @_Hal9000 4 роки тому +1

      Oy vey

    • @ToxicToastRecords
      @ToxicToastRecords 4 роки тому

      It happens in the music industry as well.

  • @jameskerr3258
    @jameskerr3258 4 роки тому +36

    "I live and I die by the crystals."
    I saw this during first run. The theater burst out laughing.

  • @AdamGoldbach
    @AdamGoldbach 4 роки тому +22

    I love that despite the fact that Cameron grew to one of the biggest power players in the movie industry, he believed in loyalty to his friends.

  • @Tigerfire75
    @Tigerfire75 4 роки тому +343

    James Cameron was never heard again after this movie

    • @dsandoval9396
      @dsandoval9396 4 роки тому +30

      James who?

    • @Watchin4story
      @Watchin4story 4 роки тому +50

      I’m really sad that this James Cameron never continued in this Movie Business. I feel like his talent could be used on a Actual Aliens movies. Or even a movie about a sinking ship.

    • @CorbCorbin
      @CorbCorbin 4 роки тому +6

      jgfjgfify
      Both Cameron and Miller have given interviews, and only said they disagreed on whether the humans should be winning in the future. Cameron wanted the humans to be winning. Since it’s an alternate timeline/future created, why not switch it up. Cameron said Poole was stubborn and difficult, but that never was reported when in production, and Poole seemed very happy with it in prerelease press.
      Other than some much more minor issues, both talked about the film as if they just didn’t understand why people didn’t love it.
      I just watched it thinking, “are they really making a movie so close to how T3 turned out?....Yep they did.” And they add the “enhanced” character, who is too reminiscent of the worst part of Salvation.
      Add the overdone CGI, and it’s another letdown. I liked it better than Genysis and most of Salvation, but not by a lot.

    • @CorbCorbin
      @CorbCorbin 4 роки тому +16

      Im our timeline, he was Terminated in a bar in Mexico, wearing a terrible shirt.

    • @LinkMarioSamus
      @LinkMarioSamus 4 роки тому +11

      @@jgfjgfify In all seriousness Jim Cameron's involvement in the new Terminator movie reminds me of George Lucas and the prequels.

  • @mohammadislam2324
    @mohammadislam2324 4 роки тому +299

    seems like ebert didnt know wtf he was talking about

    • @DrForrester87
      @DrForrester87 4 роки тому +68

      He didn't. Film critics like Ebert are paid to basically tell people their own opinions on the film based on standards that they may or may not apply to every film they review. Though, in fairness to them, when you see so many movies so often then the formulas and tropes quickly become old hat and while something maybe refreshing to audiences the truth is you'll be so jaded that you'll only see the underlying said formulas and tropes.

    • @zaphodbbrox
      @zaphodbbrox 4 роки тому +20

      @@DrForrester87 Yes. Although when Ebert mentions that sci-fi films at the time were basically retreading themes from the 50's he was on point-- Alien's basic plot is clearly "inspired" (to put it mildly) by "It! The Terror from Beyond Space". Leonard Maltin was another popular and prolific film critic who infamously trashed Alien on release, only to recant his views in later years.

    • @PuppetDungeon
      @PuppetDungeon 4 роки тому +25

      @@DrForrester87 Ebert was semi-famous in critic circles for passing off scifi and fantasy films to his underlings and interns, then basing his review off his own opinions of what they wrote. Worse, at time's he'd make a show of attending, but then sneak out during previews or shortly into the credits. Siskel routinely jabs at him over it by trying to discuss details he knows Ebert doesn't have. Fun fact, Ebert's one contribution to actual film is writing Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, an X-rated rock opera Russ Meyer film.

    • @Furzkampfbomber
      @Furzkampfbomber 4 роки тому

      @JDH87
      _"you'll be so jaded that you'll only see the underlying said formulas and tropes"_
      Good point, but I would not or only partially agree. I love movie as a medium, my guess is that I have watched more (and more obscure) movies than the average moviegoer over the decades and when I quite often I can tell right from the start what the plot twist will be, who is the murderer or who will stay alive.
      And this can be immensely annoying, quite entertaining or, in the best case, of no concern at all, depending on the quality of the script and the direction and acting, but I don't feel annoyed per se. Sure, I am not a movie critic, but then again, it's not that those people are forced to watch _that_ (bad) many movies.

    • @ballsoutbob559
      @ballsoutbob559 4 роки тому +3

      He did, then he didn't, then he did again lol

  • @NoiseFetish
    @NoiseFetish 4 роки тому +23

    In early 90's, when Poland opened up to the west and VCR's became a thing that people could own, we had a boom of video rentals and vhs distributors who would grab anything and everything that they could put on a tape and sell/rent it to people. As a result, both Battle beyond the Stars and Galaxy of Terror became two of my favorites and up to this very day I pull them out every few years to rewatch... and they mostly hold up too. I mean, yea, they're low budget knock offs of popular sci-fi but goddamn do I love them still :D
    Although I will admit, I probably saw Galaxy of Terror a couple years too early than I should have :P

  • @cheapthrillsproductions
    @cheapthrillsproductions 4 роки тому +164

    The film that jumpstarted James Cameron's career!

    • @fatdaddyeddiejr
      @fatdaddyeddiejr 4 роки тому +14

      James Cameron said if he hadn't worked on this movie. Then he would have had a hard time with the Queen in Aliens.

    • @leecroft7311
      @leecroft7311 4 роки тому +8

      Thank god it did. We wouldn’t have had two of my favourite movies, Aliens and Terminator 2.

    • @LookingGlass69
      @LookingGlass69 4 роки тому +1

      It's cursed

  • @wstine79
    @wstine79 4 роки тому +106

    That alien slug scene was just crazy.

    • @DrQuagmire1
      @DrQuagmire1 4 роки тому +15

      that scene was originally longer and gave it an X-rating

    • @chonchjohnch
      @chonchjohnch 4 роки тому +46

      I know right? I only masturbated twice

    • @LinkMarioSamus
      @LinkMarioSamus 4 роки тому +26

      Still less of a monster than Harvey Weinstein.

    • @Hando316
      @Hando316 4 роки тому +4

      Good I wasn't the only one.

    • @luchomscyfy
      @luchomscyfy 4 роки тому +4

      Sure. It inspired so many......animes.

  • @runi5413
    @runi5413 4 роки тому +170

    "he promised the investors that there was gonna be a rape in the film"
    Ah, the 80's... Good times.

    • @MuzikJunky
      @MuzikJunky 2 роки тому +1

      Yes, but she would LIE on the floor. She was LYING on the floor! Where was something to lay on the floor? Peace.

  • @Chunkhead
    @Chunkhead 4 роки тому +55

    "Battle Beyond the Stars" was NOT a Star Wars knockoff. Go watch a western called "The Magnificent Seven". Robert Vaughn even plays the same character!

    • @searcherfortruthlayton1665
      @searcherfortruthlayton1665 4 роки тому +24

      @@kowaigaijin8880 And Star Wars was a remake of the Samurai movie the Hidden Fortress by Kurosawa. Some next degree circle of life shit going on here!

    • @uncannyvalley2350
      @uncannyvalley2350 4 роки тому

      dafuq

    • @jeffwells641
      @jeffwells641 4 роки тому +7

      @@kowaigaijin8880 And "Seven Samurai" is a Japanese reimagining of Shakespeare's MacBeth. There are no new stories, just new retellings.

    • @Pink.andahalf
      @Pink.andahalf 3 роки тому

      @@searcherfortruthlayton1665 Have you ever watched Hidden Fortress? It's not a whole lot like Star Wars.

    • @Ideo7Z
      @Ideo7Z 3 роки тому

      @@kowaigaijin8880 Kurosawa acknowledged that 7 Samurai was influenced by the Western genre so again circle of life...

  • @shainewhite2781
    @shainewhite2781 4 роки тому +48

    23:05, RIP Stan Winston. 1946-2008.

  • @mhxistenz
    @mhxistenz 4 роки тому +57

    The worms on the prop arm are not maggots. They're mealworms.

    • @MandleRoss
      @MandleRoss 4 роки тому +8

      Yup, which is what they almost always use instead of real maggots and the real ones are tiny and boring.

    • @andrewblanchard2398
      @andrewblanchard2398 4 роки тому +2

      @Florian Held
      RULE OF ACQUISITION
      #
      " NEVER MAKE FUN OF A
      FERENGI'S FOOD "

    • @mbrando4403
      @mbrando4403 4 роки тому +3

      @@andrewblanchard2398 as long as they are "pre-chewed" it's fine. lol

    • @andrewblanchard2398
      @andrewblanchard2398 4 роки тому

      @@mbrando4403
      😂

    • @TheCivildecay
      @TheCivildecay 4 роки тому +3

      True, I used to feed them to my pet-lizard.
      Also even WHEN they use real maggots (Event horizon for example) they use the white maggots (green flies) instead of the red maggots (meat flies) that are actually found on corpses.

  • @Mastaace
    @Mastaace 4 роки тому +49

    This was pretty damn interesting. But I will admit while thinking "wow, so crazy he went from low budget horror to the biggest box office hits ever" I kind of forgot that I do in fact know Peter Jackson started with stuff like Dead/Alive lol. Or even Sam Raimi going from Evil Dead to Spiderman. All kind of had parallels in their careers I guess.

    • @dwoodard5717
      @dwoodard5717 3 роки тому +3

      I love Dead/Alive, one of my favorite B movies growing up and I still watch it every now and then. I couldnt believe the same guy directed the LotR movies

    • @TMMReznor
      @TMMReznor 3 роки тому +2

      Jackson should have gone back to making stuff like Braindead IMO. The Lord of the Rings trilogy was a case of 'lightning in a bottle'. The Hobbit trilogy and those crappy Kong movies were just embarrassing following TLotR.

    • @Malum09
      @Malum09 3 роки тому +1

      A lot of directors normally have that path, also look at Steven Spielberg.

    • @jeeperscreepers8902
      @jeeperscreepers8902 3 роки тому +1

      I loved Jackson's movie Bad Taste.

    •  2 роки тому +1

      If you don't have an already famous relative or big connections, but you have talent, you have to start way at the bottom and prove yourself to the industry, basically

  • @clobbyhops
    @clobbyhops 4 роки тому +9

    Strange how the movie consumers gave all power to the famous movie reviewers that could not make a award winning film themselves, strange times back then

  • @chrislondo2683
    @chrislondo2683 4 роки тому +24

    Even for a low budget for Corman standards. The special effects look really good and you could tell.

  • @mcdoobies7328
    @mcdoobies7328 4 роки тому +16

    Cecil you've outdone yourself. This deep dive was amazing, I never get tired of watching your channel.

  • @jomanci
    @jomanci 4 роки тому

    Good bad flicks , I love your historical accounts so much. It reminds me of all the times I'd nerd out about films with friends in the early 90's as a kid.
    I wish I could have had your videos as a map to the VHS rental store horror section.

  • @jab5915
    @jab5915 4 роки тому +4

    This was the first GoodBadFlicks video I've seen, and I'm very impressed. I was expecting the typical UA-cam review where they just rehash the plot of the movie, but this was well researched and provided a lot of background on aspects of James Cameron's early years that I only vaguely knew.

  • @PrinceGastronome
    @PrinceGastronome 4 роки тому +20

    This was obviously an epic passion project. The culmination of a lot of work. Good job!

  • @lagrie
    @lagrie 4 роки тому +20

    Always liked Galaxy of Terror. It's just over the top weird SciFi in a good way. Awesome video btw !

  • @danl.2220
    @danl.2220 4 роки тому

    Dang, you really did your homework on this. Your report makes me appreciate the movie more now. I just watched this the other day for nostalgic reasons from back in the 80's but wow, I really like your detailed description! I had no idea.

  • @tojiroh
    @tojiroh 4 роки тому +80

    Let's talk about the real issue here.
    How to find Maggy the Maggot's lost footage. 🧐

    • @vtr0104
      @vtr0104 4 роки тому +10

      I feel like whoever came up with that was clearly watching Hentai at the time....
      The late 70s were around the time when Japan's laws started censoring everything and tentacles became a way to avoid that since no one could say an octopus was being kinky.

  • @gutz1981
    @gutz1981 4 роки тому +44

    Suddenly I can see where Cameron got a lot of practice and ideas used in Aliens.

    • @231mac
      @231mac 4 роки тому +3

      Well, I mean, the entire theory was clearly stated and all the info was completely laid out in front of you, so if you couldn't piece this together, you must be brain damaged.

    • @rexxbailey2764
      @rexxbailey2764 4 роки тому

      @@231mac : ROFL LMFAO !! BAAAHAAAHAAAHAAAHAAAA !!! : D

    • @sticky4158
      @sticky4158 2 роки тому

      @@231mac tldr... No shit

    • @231mac
      @231mac 2 роки тому

      @@sticky4158 Damn you're lazy, lol

    • @sticky4158
      @sticky4158 2 роки тому

      @@231mac efficient... Not lazy lol

  • @Activated_Complex
    @Activated_Complex 4 роки тому +7

    The bit about the maggots taking Cameron’s direction got a good laugh from me. And in all, this is one of the most entertaining Exploring videos to date on your channel. Keep up the great work.

  • @jakedizzle
    @jakedizzle 4 роки тому +4

    Crazy how this was the jumping off point for successful careers. Pretty cool. I also love how Cameron brought back people he worked with throughout his early career after he became huge. True bro.

  • @lorenzobianchi1896
    @lorenzobianchi1896 4 роки тому +119

    wow, first Alien, then The Thing... were Siskel & Ebert ever right about anything?

    • @Vaultboy101
      @Vaultboy101 4 роки тому +23

      Not sci-fi horror by the sounds of it.

    • @231mac
      @231mac 4 роки тому +8

      NO

    • @mikhailo.6768
      @mikhailo.6768 4 роки тому +9

      @@Vaultboy101 guess it was a really misunderstood genre

    • @racheledwards2352
      @racheledwards2352 4 роки тому +3

      No

    • @waynechapman9823
      @waynechapman9823 3 роки тому +5

      Gene was right about "Blue Velvet," but Roger gave it a thumbs-down. And if I'm not mistaken, they thought "The Terminator" was a routine action flick. And Roger said "Aliens" exhausted him. There were great films they liked, of course, but they missed out on some of them like "Reservoir Dogs."

  • @RavenHouseMystery
    @RavenHouseMystery 4 роки тому +9

    Your knowledge and research into these films is truly commendable.

  • @TalkingHands308
    @TalkingHands308 4 роки тому +4

    Aw, the bromance between Lance Henrikson and James Cameron is kind of cute, lol.

  • @1800astra
    @1800astra 4 роки тому

    I now know everything I need to know about 'Galaxy of Terror', probably more. Thank you for your sterling work (and dedicated picture research) in making this so watchable.

  • @LuxBellator92
    @LuxBellator92 4 роки тому +1

    This was a fascinating video, thank you so much for this. I've always heard the title of this film over the years but I've never actually watched it, and I never realised how many later huge names worked on it and what it directly inspired later. You've definitely peaked my interest to want to watch it!

  • @meccashazmaru
    @meccashazmaru 4 роки тому +3

    Yes! Finally! Amazing work as usual, Cecil!!

  • @docsamson198
    @docsamson198 4 роки тому +18

    That's interesting about Roger Ebert's "turnaround" on Alien. I think Alien is one of those movies you have watch at least twice to appreciate. Living in Chicago, I met Ebert a few times. He was very nice and friendly. But I had to ask him why he gave such a lukewarm review to "Deliverance". He told me that the movie wasn't "deep enough" for him. Still don't understand that criticism, to be honest with you.

    • @thedrewdog
      @thedrewdog 4 роки тому +4

      I did a similar turnaround on Big Lebowski and Fear and Loathing. I HATED those on first watch, but fell in love with them on the rewatch.
      Can you believe my MOM wanted to see Fear and Loathing, and was willing to take a 12 year old me to see it?
      I didn't dodge a cringe bullet, but a cringe GRENADE there.

  • @CaptainBlaine
    @CaptainBlaine 4 роки тому

    I love this video so much. Great job! You keep getting better.

  • @robote7679
    @robote7679 3 роки тому +1

    A lot of great research went into this. Wow. Really learned some neat things I never knew or imagined. Good stuff.

  • @Djarra
    @Djarra 4 роки тому +8

    Great film, one bit I like is the evil version of Englund's character is basically a sneak preview of Freddie.

  • @shainewhite2781
    @shainewhite2781 4 роки тому +17

    PREDATOR and Pumpkin head are awesome!!!

  • @Slidaulth
    @Slidaulth 4 роки тому +1

    Damn you and your channel.
    There are not enough hours in my days to watch all the movies and TV shows I love AND these missed treasures.
    Also, you do an excellent job in the narrative.

  • @MrPornoforpandas
    @MrPornoforpandas 4 роки тому

    Great video with a fresh historical perspective. It shows how great movies somehow happen out of a combination of talent, hard work and serendipity.

  • @michaelwilson5114
    @michaelwilson5114 4 роки тому +13

    Ray Walston will always be "Poopdeck Pappy" in my heart

  • @zzFuzzy
    @zzFuzzy 3 роки тому +4

    Saw you on PKA and came to check out this video. Good stuff man, thought it was really interesting and well produced.

    • @GoodBadFlicks
      @GoodBadFlicks  3 роки тому +2

      Thank you! If you would like to see more like this you should check out my videos on The Black Hole, The Thing and Mortal Kombat.

  • @thefunkinator2435
    @thefunkinator2435 4 роки тому +1

    Dude! This was such an awesome look back at a movie i've never heard of, and it's impacts on film as a whole! Seriously, Thank You!

  • @thebigzapfer8696
    @thebigzapfer8696 4 роки тому

    Good Sir, this is one of your best Exploring videos yet. I think I actually learned about GoT from your channel also, its a great classic with its very own vibe.

  • @RamboRaptor92
    @RamboRaptor92 4 роки тому +4

    Thank you for making this video, for a Cameron fan like me, this is really awesome to see

  • @Mr72Dolphins
    @Mr72Dolphins 4 роки тому +53

    The original Star Wars costumes had painted wood.

    • @adamFIVE88
      @adamFIVE88 4 роки тому +2

      No way!? Hahaha I gotta look that up, that's cool.

    • @ammosophobia
      @ammosophobia 4 роки тому +4

      Still painting Mickey's wood.

  • @btvcast
    @btvcast 4 роки тому

    Excellent work on this. Some of it we didn't even know and I consider myself a huge fan. Great work. Will share.

  • @readyforclarity
    @readyforclarity Рік тому +1

    You make such great videos. I usually watch four or five at a time. I think you're just so swell, one of my favorite creators. I think i started listening to you maybe four years ago. I'm always recommending you to film buffs i meet. Never found another series with as much extra info and details and little nuggets as good bad flicks. I think razorback was one of the first i saw of yours.

    • @GoodBadFlicks
      @GoodBadFlicks  Рік тому +1

      Thanks so much! I really work hard to try to make these as informative as possible. :)

  • @mrKWJones
    @mrKWJones 4 роки тому +10

    Dude, this one is cool! You focus more of the history of Cameron. You should do more like this where it's 'person' centered instead of 'movie' centered

  • @lascheque
    @lascheque 4 роки тому +3

    Brilliant! Well worth the wait, thank you!

  • @lancebuttox9637
    @lancebuttox9637 4 роки тому

    Thanks for all your hard work, thoroughly enjoyed this exploration

  • @MEXUS.
    @MEXUS. 4 роки тому +2

    This is hands down my favorite Exploring video. Great job 👍

  • @DerekBarns
    @DerekBarns 4 роки тому +14

    That's unusual for Ebert to flip-flop like that. Industry pressure perhaps?

    • @EhurtAfy
      @EhurtAfy 4 роки тому +2

      The clip where he called Alien a haunted house in space - he wasn't really calling it a bad movie. It's fairly accurate if you think about it 🤔. He was probably better able to express and articulate his criticism about the movie as time went on and with subsequent viewings.

  • @ryanmooreedits
    @ryanmooreedits 4 роки тому +3

    Easily one of your best reviews/breakdowns/documentaries so far. The amount of insane research you had to do must have been ridiculous.

  • @x.atheista
    @x.atheista 4 роки тому +1

    I knew it! Every time you get sick you hit a grand slam! That flu is clutch! This Exploring documentary is nothing short of spectacular. Thanks, man. This is just brilliant content. Blessings to you and your fam and Happy Holidays! 😁

  • @dronefury
    @dronefury 4 роки тому +74

    Gave this a thumbs up before the title intro wasn't even over yet. I live this film even for being a supposed rip off. I've obsessed over this film even getting the poster signed by three of the actors. Alien is one of my favorite films. But shockingly this film is also in my favorites.

    • @Alienmojo
      @Alienmojo 4 роки тому +4

      Screw what anyone else says... it WAS an awesome film! Great actors, great script! I loved it. A bit cheesy but that's ok. I mean, it's no Alien.... but it sure as hell kept me entertained and engrossed in it and that's all that counts.

    • @mrg3241
      @mrg3241 4 роки тому +1

      I'm amazed how rare it was when I first watched it. Had to get an imported bootleg before they released it on Blu-ray.

  • @shreknet
    @shreknet 4 роки тому +7

    I've always wanted to know James Cameron's story during and after this film. Thanks for the video, this was excellent research.

  • @chinaski6593
    @chinaski6593 4 роки тому

    God i love your videos! You put so much info and history and make them so much interesting and fun. Awesome work sir!

  • @zacgorenc
    @zacgorenc 4 роки тому

    Phenomenal video! I love when you do these massive deep dive videos!

  • @squirrelgray945
    @squirrelgray945 4 роки тому +77

    So to review. Fox was terrible then and terrible now.

    • @maxant4285
      @maxant4285 4 роки тому +2

      Fox is Disney now.

    • @GodwynDi
      @GodwynDi 3 роки тому +3

      @@maxant4285 Doesn't refute his statement

    • @jimmysimard3008
      @jimmysimard3008 3 роки тому

      Every Hollywood major studios are...

  • @nicks288
    @nicks288 4 роки тому +3

    27 minute video for this movie? Fantastic as always!

  • @muthahumpa2715
    @muthahumpa2715 4 роки тому +1

    I’m a huge fan of Battle Beyond the Stars. The most informative, entertaining entry yet. Top notch to you sir!

  • @jackcraven2266
    @jackcraven2266 4 роки тому +1

    Great job as always Cecil, sometimes your episodes turn out even better than some official making of documentaries about films you're talking about! Will you be making an episode about Forbidden World (1982) in future? Not only that often times that film and this one are put together as double features but there's also the fact that Forbidden World was filmed on some of the same sets as Galaxy of Terror. Corman sure knew how to save few bucks...

  • @Ciborium
    @Ciborium 4 роки тому +105

    New movie idea: "Galaxy Quest of Terror", a rip-off Star Trek and Alien mashup.

    • @stegwise
      @stegwise 4 роки тому +5

      they're calling it "Picard" though and it's a series on a failing pay access streaming service. Alex Kurtzman developed the concept so good luck.

    • @Mastaace
      @Mastaace 4 роки тому +13

      This unfortunately made me think of Alan Rickman and I got sad. But that's cause Galaxy Quest is fucking awesome.

    • @TheRealNormanBates
      @TheRealNormanBates 4 роки тому +3

      Would that mean the giant worm tries to tickle the woman to death?

    • @briant4266
      @briant4266 4 роки тому

      @@stegwise you take that back

    • @justSELF
      @justSELF 4 роки тому +2

      that actually sounds pretty good :D

  • @FeniXMinerva
    @FeniXMinerva 4 роки тому +21

    8:39 It’s the bastard himself.
    In the grand scheme of things, I think 20th Century Fox’s greed and stupidity was honestly a GREAT benefit to the science fiction genre as a whole. Without Xenogensesis and Galaxy of Terror, we wouldn’t have Aliens as it is now. James Cameron wouldn’t be as popular as he is now. And without Aliens, games like Metroid, Doom, and Half-Life may have never happened (or at the very least, be radically different).
    Come to think of it, the Alien franchise seems to have a thing with knockoffs. From space marines to headcrabs, the Alien dna has truly infested our hearts (and brains). 😊

    • @StrazdasLT
      @StrazdasLT 4 роки тому

      Some think that James Cameron not being popular would have benefited the industry.

  • @capitandope818
    @capitandope818 4 роки тому +1

    You research is amazing. Thank you for this amazing video!

  • @michaelsnydermusic
    @michaelsnydermusic 4 роки тому

    Your best episode that I’ve seen to date. As a huge fan of these flicks I still learned something new. Especially the Fox accounting angle. Thanks!

  • @mrbuckets1106
    @mrbuckets1106 4 роки тому +118

    Sam Raimi - "My new movie has a tree rape scene!"
    James Cameron - "Hold my cold KY jelly and watch this"
    Both this and Evil Dead released the same month I found out, pretty cool.

    • @ammosophobia
      @ammosophobia 4 роки тому +5

      I was thinking ... Dear Jim, introduce the warm KY then spray with the cold. The reaction ... cmon

    • @juztenable
      @juztenable 4 роки тому +5

      The tree may have raped but what was the girl doing in the woods at night anyway? Haha

    • @Furzkampfbomber
      @Furzkampfbomber 4 роки тому +2

      One word. Splinters.

    • @twikirobot6897
      @twikirobot6897 4 роки тому +2

      There was only a "Book of the Dead" showing when this was released in '81..."The Evil Dead" was released in 1983.

    • @adamw116
      @adamw116 4 роки тому +3

      It was a big time for inanimate objects like trees and oversized insects, like maggots sodomizing young women in movies.

  • @KaseyBadwell
    @KaseyBadwell 4 роки тому +8

    Sweet, I never heard of this movie and it has Sid Hauge.
    * Add to cart *

  • @TheRausing1
    @TheRausing1 4 роки тому +1

    One of the best ones yet, it’s like two explores in one

  • @jhhone
    @jhhone 4 роки тому

    Great video with many interesting facts from behind-the-scenes! I discovered this movie on cable in the 80s! I now own the DVD and enjoy it at every viewing!

  • @URBONED
    @URBONED 4 роки тому +7

    The terrific special effects were definitely the stand out of this movie. Few films, especially this cheaply made manage to nail the look and atmosphere of Alien so well. I was also glad the plot doesn't do a copy and paste of alien like so many of the knock offs did. It almost feels more like Bava's Planet of the Vampires which clearly had a huge influence on Ridley Scott.

  • @dr.decker3623
    @dr.decker3623 3 роки тому +5

    James Cameron is the Gordon Ramsay of the filming industry lol

  • @charms1vp
    @charms1vp 4 роки тому

    Outstanding! Well worth the wait. Cecil, job well done. Proud to be a Patreon supporter.

  • @thereallycool
    @thereallycool 4 роки тому

    Great video. I didn't know so much of the information found right here. Thank you

  • @ralphwheat1536
    @ralphwheat1536 4 роки тому +5

    I found this very interesting and fascinating. The progression of different people in the film world.

  • @kevinpogue7294
    @kevinpogue7294 4 роки тому +3

    This was one of the movies we would watch in Jeff Farley's makeup effects shop in Van Nuys, while working on other film effects.

  • @premorockproductions7461
    @premorockproductions7461 4 роки тому +1

    I seen ya in the Search of Darkness documentary. You did a fantastic job. The documentary was the best documentary I've ever seen. It's a BIG HIT!!!!!!

  • @sonofagreatsouthernland
    @sonofagreatsouthernland 4 роки тому

    Fantastic journey through sci-fi movie history! Thanks for the in depth detail and background on Cameron and Alien etc.

  • @jrreedve2825
    @jrreedve2825 4 роки тому +4

    I left Monday, John Carpenter was getting my coffee... Tuesday, I was getting John Carpenter’s coffee!

  • @jordanmc9015
    @jordanmc9015 4 роки тому +16

    The lack of reaction to the giant skeleton bothers me. Alien life was unknown. They see an alien skeleton an nobody talks about it.

    • @johnnyfavorite1194
      @johnnyfavorite1194 3 роки тому +2

      The reactions were caution, puzzlement and fear. Assuming you’re talking about Alien, they knew the transmission may not be human in origin, and if you’ve seen the extended cut they actually listened to the message which is thought to be an Extraterrestrial Voice. At no point in the movie is it ever suggested that Extraterrestrial Life had previously never been encountered. Granted it would be safe to assume that the “Space Jockey” Species and the Alien/Xenomorph Species had yet to be encountered.

  • @srvfan42
    @srvfan42 4 роки тому +1

    Wow, great video!! Crazy how that one film was the genesis of so many iconic 80s scifi films.

  • @no_one_from_nowhere
    @no_one_from_nowhere 4 роки тому

    Fantastic episode! I love this channel and I really appreciate your work!

  • @shainewhite2781
    @shainewhite2781 4 роки тому +4

    I saw this on TCM 5 years ago as their midnight special where they show blaxploitation and low budget horror films. Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Happy Thanksgiving!!