Best "CHEAP" space movie

[RobertScorpio]

Okay how about Outlander with Sean Connery. or better yet Saturn 3 with Kirk Douglas and Farrah Fawcett.

Wow..I just watched SATURN 3 a couple weeks past. And I didn't know it but Harvey Kietel's voice was dubbed the whole way through. I only found out about it after I saw the movie and went on line to see if i could find any background info on this turkey....

But I would still rank this dud above STAR TREK NEMESIS. I am starting a list of SCIFI movies that I prefer to Star Trek Nemesis. And as bad as Saturn 3 is? It ranks above NEMESIS...as does a new move on my "BETTER THAN NEMESIS" list; GODZILLA vs MEGALON..

Rob

 

[darkwing_duck1]

Okay how about Outlander with Sean Connery. or better yet Saturn 3 with Kirk Douglas and Farrah Fawcett.

I wouldn't call Outlander "cheap". The FX work was on par with the big dogs of it's day.

Honestly, I wouldn't consider ANYTHING that made it to the big screen "cheap".

"CHEAP" is the grade Z stuff that gets made for the Sat afternoon cable slots and overnights.

I saw part of one when I was channel surfing once. It was supposed to be a "cyberpunkish" techno thriller set 100 years from now. The only "futuristic" things on the set were the costumes for the police (They got hold of the Shock Trooper uniforms from V and died the red/orange parts black.) They couldn't find or couldn't afford the weapons to go with it, so they used cheesy looking Italian police SMGs.

Don't ask me what it was called; I didn't stick around to find out. It had to have been filmed in either Hong Kong or Singapore or Taiwan though, since the entire cast was oriental.

 

[Pingfah]

I think you guys mean Outland.

Outlander is about a spaceman that crashes into 6th century Norway and helps a village of vikings defeat a monster.

Both awesome films.

 

[darkwing_duck1]

I think you guys mean Outland.

Outlander is about a spaceman that crashes into 6th century Norway and helps a village of vikings defeat a monster.

Both awesome films.

Haven't seen the second, but I stand corrected on the first...

 

[RobertScorpio]

I think you guys mean Outland.

Outlander is about a spaceman that crashes into 6th century Norway and helps a village of vikings defeat a monster.

Both awesome films.

Haven't seen the second, but I stand corrected on the first...

Yep..me too. Thanks for dragging me down with you!!!

Rob

 

[Pingfah]

Glad to be of help.

I agree it was definitely not cheap though, it was actually a groundbreaking special effects movie.

 

[RobertScorpio]

Glad to be of help.

I agree it was definitely not cheap though, it was actually a groundbreaking special effects movie.

I haven't seen Outlander..will look for it. But I did like OUTLAND. Pretty much a HIGH NOON ripoff..but still good..

Rob

 

[amdmiami]

Pitch Black

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

Robinson Crusoe on Mars

 

[miraclefan]

Hi all! I got here late, so I havent read any of your posts, but I would like to reccomend OUTLAND as best ''cheap space movie. I saw it not to long ago and it holds up okay, Althou I thought it had a rather ''anti-climactic'' end. To tell the truth I woulden't mind seeing this remade ''or'' reimagind, maybe by Chris Nolan, or Pual verhoven.

 

[Pingfah]

Glad to be of help.

I agree it was definitely not cheap though, it was actually a groundbreaking special effects movie.

I haven't seen Outlander..will look for it. But I did like OUTLAND. Pretty much a HIGH NOON ripoff..but still good..

Rob

I think it's a great film too, as apparently so do many others.

I love downbeat space movies that have a very isolated, lonely and desperate feel to them, and Outland is an excellent example of that.

 

[RobertScorpio]

Glad to be of help.

I agree it was definitely not cheap though, it was actually a groundbreaking special effects movie.

I haven't seen Outlander..will look for it. But I did like OUTLAND. Pretty much a HIGH NOON ripoff..but still good..

Rob

I think it's a great film too, as apparently so do many others.

I love downbeat space movies that have a very isolated, lonely and desperate feel to them, and Outland is an excellent example of that.

You ought to start a thread and see how many 'isolated' movies you could come up with on this board. Silent Running is like that, I guess. Definatly ALIEN...

Rob

 

[Deckerd]

A lot of these movies end up with only one or two people left in them.

 

[Pingfah]

^ My favourites tend to start out with just a few people too.

You ought to start a thread and see how many 'isolated' movies you could come up with on this board. Silent Running is like that, I guess. Definatly ALIEN...

Rob

That's a good idea, and yes Silent Running is just the sort of thing I mean. If you can get over the weird square dwarfbots it's a great film

I've actually spent plenty of time looking for and obtaining a good number of these sorts of films, there can only be a few i'm missing out on. When I get time I'll get a list together of what I already have and then post a thread.

I'm heavily into sci-fi noir as well, always on the lookout for ones I have not seen, but it's not really a very large genre unfortunately.

 

[RobertScorpio]

sci-fi noir...wow...what movies do you qualify as that? Dark City? That movie has the noir feel to it..what others can you come up with?

Rob

 

[Deckerd]

Ahem

Blade Runner?

 

[Pingfah]

Yes, Blade Runner and Dark City are the real big boys, off the top of my head other Sci-fi films with noir elements of varying degrees are:

The Thirteenth Floor
Gattaca
Imposter
12 Monkeys
Alphaville
Strange Days
Until The End of the World

Amongst others.

 

[Deckerd]

Ooh I'd forgotten Strange Days. OH fell in love with Angela Bassett when she called him a 'pussywhipped mother....'


We could have a parallel list of fantasy noir too. I think the Ninth Gate deserves a mention somewhere.

 

[RobertScorpio]

Yes, Blade Runner and Dark City are the real big boys, off the top of my head other Sci-fi films with noir elements of varying degrees are:

The Thirteenth Floor
Gattaca
Imposter
12 Monkeys
Alphaville
Strange Days
Until The End of the World

Amongst others.

Hey...hats off to you. I have seen most of those movies, except for Imposter-AlphaVille, and you're right..Noir scifi movies are, generally, pretty good. I will look for Aphaville and Imposter...

I really liked 12 Monkeys, and I think it contains one of Brad Pitt's best acting gigs. Gattaca is just, wow, out there and I liked it because of it. What about the Fly (Goldblume)? I know...maybe not...but it has that kind of noir feel to it.

Rob

 

[Deckerd]

Children of Men?