Comments on: Space Mutiny (1988)

By: Dennis

Dennis — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:41:28 +0000

I also hate computers that have a “clicking” sound for every freakin’ letter that is written to the screen

By: guts3d

guts3d — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:25:36 +0000

Back on the bridge, the Commander is searching through the computer files regarding the Balarians. As the computer says everything that’s on the screen (I really, really hate that in the movies)

Galaxy Quest had this exact bit with Sigourney Weaver, and the crew even commented on it!

By: guts3d

guts3d — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:10:27 +0000

I imagine Reb Brown and Cisse Cameron sitting on rocking chairs at the old folks home with fond memories of this stinker, and bragging about it to the other oldies.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:30:58 +0000

“…By the way, why didn’t she hug the wall instead of standing square in the middle of the corridor and grinning like an idiot?…”

The same reason that when people run away from cars that are trying to run them over, they run down the middle of the road. And, yes, it’s too bad Lea didn’t crack under the space-tooth-drill, or whatever the hell it was.

By: monoceros4

monoceros4 — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:45:34 +0000

Sure. Didn’t you wish, just a little, that Kalgan would succeed in breaking Lea Janssen? Or that he’d actually manage to hurt the “space bitch” at the end when running her over with his floor-waxer? By the way, why didn’t she hug the wall instead of standing square in the middle of the corridor and grinning like an idiot?

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:33:17 +0000

A late addition here – but that’s a nicely subtle critique of some of the “best and brightest” from the Deviled Ham School of Villainy. Congrats to the man with the cat. (And a Siamese too!) Maybe I shouldn’t admit to this, but I too take note when any of these guys actually get something right. Somehow it seems important.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:09:45 +0000

I think that “worst” sci-fi movie ever made is pushing it, but I understand them trying to use an attention-grabbing title in order to draw attention to an otherwise forgettable piece of crap.

By: Spencer

Spencer — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:08:09 +0000

This movie took a serious ribbing from MST3K, one of my favorite episodes. They recently re-released it on DVD and apparently they were proud of the disaster this movie actually turned out to be and displayed “Worst Sci-Fi movie ever” on the DVD’s cover.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:23:04 +0000

Golf cart? Don’t you mean floor buffers?

By: monoceros4

monoceros4 — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:37:01 +0000

Who wins the smug-off between the three cackling villains, the Phantom of Krankor from Prince of Space, Terl from Battlefield Earth, or Elijah Kalgan from Space Mutiny? They're all stupid and they all laugh a lot but Kalgan goes further than the other two. Krankor and Terl use the villain's laugh in the standard way. They say something that they imagine to be clever or cutting or menacing, then add a laugh like punctuation. Kalgan, though, doesn't limit himself to the standard way. He laughs before he does something villainous. He laughs during it. And he laughs afterward, loud and long. No doubt Kalgan laughs when he brushes his teeth, laughs when he launders his band uniform, and laughs when he flushes the toilet (especially then.) Also he is semi-competent compared to the other two. Krankor never did figure out that his weapons were useless however many times he yelled, "FIRE!! FIRE!!" Terl doesn't get one thing right the whole movie (but he never does give up trying, bless him, even in a cage.) Kalgan, though, does accomplish a couple things. He knows about ancient dentistry. He actually succeeds in killing a couple people. And he survives the worst golf cart accident since 1974.