Really, how BAD could it be?
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yatessixecho — 16 years ago(December 15, 2009 06:34 PM)
I have never seen the film so I can't say if it's good or bad. However, I must ask: Is the movie bad because it's Sci-fi and people just don't get or understand Sci-fi? Or do people have way too much trouble believing that aliens from another planets are stronger and smarter than humans? If this is the case, then these are really bad reasons. If aliens from outer space do exist, is it really hard to believe that they could overpower humans? No, I would expect them to overpower us easily. Just because something is Sci-fi doesn't mean it can't be good or great. Or is it something else that makes this movie bad?
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ffordegroupie — 12 years ago(April 24, 2013 11:34 PM)
Srsly, nobody has trouble imagining that aliens could be stronger than us. Nobody has a problem with scifi.
People have a problem with what the NC calls "Jamaican Klingon clowns" who are dumb as toast conquering us when they seem like they couldn't tie their shoes without help.
What makes the movie bad is that EVERYTHING ABOUT IT IS BAD. Every last thing. I'm not talking about scifi, I'm talking about basic moviemaking. -
choadliqour — 16 years ago(December 18, 2009 05:11 PM)
Battlefield Mirth!
This is one of those movies that is soooo baaaaddd that that it is almost good. Good fodder for people to ridicule that is. I wish "Mystery Science Theater 3000" was still on the air I know they'd roast this movie real good.
The entire armies of the human race were wiped out in 9 minutes according to Terl (John Travolta) after he took slave Johnnie to the Denver public library to read about Earth's history. Now, never mind every paper book would be dust after 1000 years and all electronic media devices corroded beyond repair, not to mention the stoutest buildings would be mere foundations after 1000 years of neglect(if that). This movie is bad for all the reasons everyone has cited and more. If it is true to the book Hubbard wasn't a very good Sci-fi writer. If a teleporter could transmit dangerous materials that acted VERY adversely with your atmosphere would you have a teleporter in open atmosphere? No. You probably wouldn't even have it on your home world an orbital platform or near by moon would be the logical choice. I can't believe the Psychlo's could conquer space without being able to control the interaction between their "Breathe Gas" and common nuclear radiation.
Another thing to remember about the slave resistance army is that they were born and raised in areas that were still too radioactive for Psychlos to enter 1000 years after mankind's fall I doubt they would be in very good physical or mental shape after generations of chronic radiation exposure . Also the vehicles and weapons they found would no longer function after 1000 years in storage jet fuel degrades in a matter of months in a few years that same jet fuel would be sludge and in 1000 years it would be dry sludge. -
MikeCantSleep — 16 years ago(December 29, 2009 10:05 PM)
"This is one of those movies that is soooo baaaaddd that that it is almost good."
No, not even that. -_-
I've seen bad movies that were so bad they were "good". But this wasn't one of them. It isn't even Mystery Science Theater 3000 material. This movie should just be burned and buried and never spoke of again. -
beats45 — 15 years ago(April 02, 2011 01:07 PM)
actually the creators of Mystery Science Theater 3000 did riff Battlefield Earth
under the "rifftrax" commentary pretty funny
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taffysaur — 13 years ago(May 20, 2012 07:18 PM)
I wish "Mystery Science Theater 3000" was still on the air I know they'd roast this movie real good.
rifftrax dot com
"The Movie sucks so bad. Avoid at all costs!!!! The book though was great."
neil gaiman lists it as a guilty pleasure too. i might check it out.
second-hand, of course. i don't want
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joewald — 15 years ago(December 18, 2010 09:16 PM)
I read the book and I actually like it! Which is why I went to see it in the Theater at the time, and let me tell you, the Movie and the Book are almost completely different. The Movie sucks so bad. Avoid at all costs!!!! The book though was great. it's a large paperback, so a lot would have to be cut out for a Movie. It wasn't only that, but the complete B.S. Ending was completely different! There was no planes/Jets flying in the book. Read the book and forget the movie!