GALAXINA: Why So Blurry?

[FalTorPan]

I love B movies, but Galaxina is too bad even for my liking. The worst part is how blurry the thing is. Was the movie really shot so poorly, or have the people who made the videocassettes and DVDs been forced used to use what looks like a tenth-generation print?

 

[Davros]

I love B movies, but Galaxina is too bad even for my liking. The worst part is how blurry the thing is. Was the movie really shot so poorly, or have the people who made the videocassettes and DVDs been forced used to use what looks like a tenth-generation print?

I don't remember it being blurry when I saw it in the 80s.

 

[RAMA]

I just saw Nightfall for the first time, and Shape of Things to Come (1979) for the first time since the 80s, and wow, those are some bad (but clear) B movies!

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Galaxina came in that crazy period in the early 80's of oddball, low-budget fare like Battle Beyond the Stars, Ice Pirates, Android and so on. Since then, low-budget stuff is generally really pedestrian which is kind of odd since you'd think a lack of resources would encourage creativity and imagination, or at least a bold approach.

I think Galaxina probably just hasn't had enough recognition to warrant a good restoration yet. I guess it was released on HD-DVD but apparently the print there was pretty soft as well. It's been a long time since I've seen it but I don't really remember the movie being that great but maybe a specialty outlet like Blue Underground will give it a go someday and put out something respectable.

 

[Greg Cox]

I love B movies, but Galaxina is too bad even for my liking. The worst part is how blurry the thing is. Was the movie really shot so poorly, or have the people who made the videocassettes and DVDs been forced used to use what looks like a tenth-generation print?

I don't remember it being blurry when I saw it in the 80s.

Likewise, although that was LONG time ago.