Post by Alleged on Jan 1, 2004 20:08:23 GMT -5
You may not have heard of this gem, but for everyone's consideration, the most incompetent film ever commited to celluloid goes to Ed Hunt's "Starship Invasions", a Canadian Star Wars rip-off from the late '70s.
"Starship Invasions" is one of the most inept films ever made. Christopher Lee stars as the leader of a group of aliens intent on taking over the earth. The presence of Lee is embarrasing enough; however, this great actors is placed in a costume consisting of of a nun's habit with shoulder pads. (I'm not kidding about this).
Lee's sun is going nova, so he needs to find a new planet for his people. Earth fits the bill, just one problem: it's occupied by earthlings. No problem, Lee just happens to have a device that induces humans to drop what they're doing and commit suicide. (We know this because we see three people overact while offing themselves). Never mind that it might be more efficient to simply MURDER your enemies, but this roundabout method is more fun...or makes a better movie...NOT.
Opposing Lee is a group of bubble headed "good" aliens We know they're aliens because their heads are covered with Play-Dough, but not enough to consistently hide their hair. (Tiiu Leek, a news anchor from LA plays one of the good aliens). They have a base underneath the ocean staffed by amateurishly built robots that make Tom Servo look sophisticated.
Robert Vaughn joins the good guys and eventually Christopher Lee's aliens are defeated in the world's most boring and poorly-shot space battles, with the aid of a portly scientist with a calculator. (No, I'm not making this up).
It's really disheartening to see Christoper Lee stoop this low. For a while it was under consideration for inclusion in season 7; too bad Mike and the 'Bots never got a stab at this one. I suspect Dr. F. might have been able to finally drive them mad.
-Alleged
"Starship Invasions" is one of the most inept films ever made. Christopher Lee stars as the leader of a group of aliens intent on taking over the earth. The presence of Lee is embarrasing enough; however, this great actors is placed in a costume consisting of of a nun's habit with shoulder pads. (I'm not kidding about this).
Lee's sun is going nova, so he needs to find a new planet for his people. Earth fits the bill, just one problem: it's occupied by earthlings. No problem, Lee just happens to have a device that induces humans to drop what they're doing and commit suicide. (We know this because we see three people overact while offing themselves). Never mind that it might be more efficient to simply MURDER your enemies, but this roundabout method is more fun...or makes a better movie...NOT.
Opposing Lee is a group of bubble headed "good" aliens We know they're aliens because their heads are covered with Play-Dough, but not enough to consistently hide their hair. (Tiiu Leek, a news anchor from LA plays one of the good aliens). They have a base underneath the ocean staffed by amateurishly built robots that make Tom Servo look sophisticated.
Robert Vaughn joins the good guys and eventually Christopher Lee's aliens are defeated in the world's most boring and poorly-shot space battles, with the aid of a portly scientist with a calculator. (No, I'm not making this up).
It's really disheartening to see Christoper Lee stoop this low. For a while it was under consideration for inclusion in season 7; too bad Mike and the 'Bots never got a stab at this one. I suspect Dr. F. might have been able to finally drive them mad.
-Alleged
