Battlefield Earth - Nostalgia Critic 

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My father acted in that horrible movie, so here's a bit of behind the scene info: Apparently, the movie wasn't going to focus so much on the main character and the villain. The supporting characters where going to be developed, and you could actually feel..well, actual emotions towards them. But instead, John Travolta (the villain, and who had a lot of influence in the making of the movie) had the bright idea to cut most of the lines that weren't his or the main character's. For exemple, my father started the movie with about 2-3 pages of text, and finished it with 2-3...sentences. But eh, apparently John's private chef was there, and the food was delicious.

Shortly after Battlefield Earth was released, it was widely declared to to be the worse movie of the entire 21st century. Which, you have to admit, is quite an achievement since it had only been released in June 2000.

Biggest issue with Battlefield Earth is the gold thing. There are asteroids in our solar system with more gold in them than has been mined in the whole of human history. Vastly easier to find and almost effortless to mine.

"While you were still learning how to SPELL YOUR NAME, I was being trained TO CONQUER GALAXIES!!!" - John Travolta 2000

can't believe you glossed over the fact that the human military hardware had been mothballed for 1000 years and inexplicably still works perfectly, and the stores of gas and jet fuel have miraculously survived untainted.

Did you know that John Travolta described this film as being the Schindler’s List of science-fiction and being like Star Wars, but better? Just when you thought this movie couldn’t get any funnier

This director knows from other better directors that cameras need to be tilted sometimes, but he doesn’t understand why. -Roger Ebert

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Upload of a 7 year old video that is a video looking back at older videos. Damn I feel old

I remember the ending of Battlefield Earth, where they pretty much set up a sequel. The Last Airbender and Jem & The Holograms can eat their heart out.

Thank God this film never had a sequel. My neck isn't strong enough to another slanted adventure.

Battlefield Earth took almost 20 years to finally get to the big screen: L. Ron Hubbard intended for the book to be turned into a movie from the moment he had it finished, and recruited British director Ken Annakin to help produce a movie adaptation. However, Hubbard's ongoing legal troubles meant that it proved impossible to get finance for the movie. When Hubbard died, John Travolta started trying to get it made into a film, but this proved difficult as he had been sent into a career slump following Staying Alive. It wouldn't be until he had a Career Resurrection in Pulp Fiction that he had enough star power to convince anyone to touch it. He started putting even more effort in 1995, eventually getting MGM interested in the project. J.D. Shapiro signed on as screenwriter - later admitting that he did so mostly for the paycheck and because he'd heard Scientology centres were good places to pick up women - but ended up quitting after not being able to see eye-to-eye with either Travolta or MGM. MGM eventually dropped the film, and it was picked up by 20th Century Fox. A new screenwriter, Corey Mandell, was hired and tried to produce a Pragmatic Adaptation of Hubbard's novel, which Travolta seemed more accepting of. However, Fox then dropped the project themselves, leading to it being taken on by Franchise Pictures, a company that specialized in salvaging Hollywood stars' personal projects - and also massively padding out their budgets, allowing them to pull all sorts of embezzlement scams with the budgets. According to Mandell, Franchise only provided the financing, with the rest of production essentially being handled in-house by the Church of Scientology and Travolta's production company, removing any real oversight of Travolta and allowing things to start going completely off the rails. The screenplay was completely rewritten and turned into a more straightforward translation of the novel, with Mandell and Shapiro both being credited as writers, but subsequently disowning the movie. When filming began, the production team had to move from the U.S. to Canada in order to keep costs down. Even then, the budget ended up ballooning (in no small part due to Franchise padding out the budget immensely) to the point where it became the most expensive film to ever be shot in Canada. Despite this, many of the film's crew complained that the actual budget they were afforded was barely any better than what they'd had to work with on the average TV movie. The Psychlo make-up proved to be challenging for both Travolta and co-star Forest Whitaker. Travolta had envisioned his wife Kelly Preston playing a larger part in the movie, but it was downgraded to a one-scene cameo due to a combination of Preston being busy on another project, and her finding the make-up incredibly uncomfortable and claustrophobic during screen tests. Production ended up taking so long that Travolta had to cancel two other roles in order to finish Battlefield. Right before the film was set to release, a version of the screenplay was leaked and retitled online. Reviews for the screenplay were scathing, pretty much ensuring the film to be the complete commercial disaster that it was. Travolta's career arguably hasn't recovered since. As the icing on the cake, one of the film's main financial backers later sued Franchise Pictures into bankruptcy after finding out the extent of the financial fraud that had taken place with the film's production. German production company Intertainment AG agreed to handle the European distribution of a slate featuring the film in exchange for financing what they thought was 47% of its production costs. Without Franchise Pictures' embezzlement, their financial contribution was closer to 90%.

"I will be the laughingstock of the universe!" - Toilet chin guy Wait, you're not already?

So the psychos invade Earth for gold. But there's more gold in one asteroid (433 Eros) than the entire planet Earth.

12 years later, and still "makes my nipples tingle with fear" is still my favorite WTF line of the show.

Even worse than the dutch angles is the fact that they shot this movie in freaking PANAVISION and they still couldn't keep the actors in the frame half the time.

100 Episodes of A Screaming Critic.

My biggest problem with this movie: the final battle. So 1000 years ago, the combined military forces of Earth could only hold off the alien invasion for about 10 minutes But in the final battle, a small group of cavemen who only trained for a few days were able to destroy the alien home planet. And for some reason, those weapons and fighter jets are still operational after 1000 years. THIS IS STUPID!!! STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID

When Spoony is actually a better Terl than John Travolta.

I miss Spoony. his acting in this review was the best.

"A demon, a monster, a beast!, YARRHGGG!" Love that line.

"it came out in 2000, so I sort of considered it on the cusp of being nostalgic" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

"on the cusp of being nostaglic" 7 years later he is reviewing films that are literally still in theaters

1:59 That whole "YOU DON'T MEAN--?" bit was one of the funniest Nostalgia Critic moments of all time to me!

There's one thing good about battlefield earth: It's not boring. It's dumb as fuck but it's entertaining and enjoyable as long as you don't actually expect it to be, well, any good.

"While you were still learning how to spell your name!..."

Gold is such a plentiful resource in the universe that conquering a planet for its gold is like attacking your neighbor for his chicken dinner.

18:51 I like how Doug makes it looks like he’s interacting with the movie’s characters, I wish he did that more these days.

10:11 The original REEEEEEEEEEEE?

Did you know that the only reason the book was listed as a bestseller was because Scientologists were instructed to by multiple copies?

"The Psychlos enslaved humanity because they want our gold." Oh, that's just ridiculous, what are they going to do, buy something with it?

Fun fact: Roger Christian is actually a very accomplished set/art director, winning an Oscar for his work on Star Wars (and being nominated for one for Alien). He should stick to art direction.

Didn't mention that the fighter jets they learned to fly have been sitting for almost 1000 years with ammo and fuel that are still viable. The annoying kids in Jurassic World being able to fix jeeps that have been sitting for several decades is more plausible.

Since Battlefield Earth came out in 2000, I'm guessing that this is the movie that started the Dutch Angle craze of the early 2000's.

"*ghasp* you don't mean?" "no not that one." "oh" still a great joke.

Saw Gerrara was into some weird stuff between the Clone Wars and Galactic Civil War.

I remember everything Thursday my family had movie night and everyone got to pick a movie and my dad picked this one I remember my mom just getting up in the middle of this shit and yelling Eddie what the hell did you pick this is terrible, turned off the tv and that was the end of my dad picking movies on movie night.

It seems like any modern sci fi movie with "Earth" in the title is gonna suck. Battlefield Earth, After Earth, The Day The Earth Stood Still (the remake).

Marvin the Martian could beat these aliens.

This made me realize that The Psyclos would stand absolutely no chance against the Yautia(The Predator race)

10:11 DIO: "WRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!"

There are few jokes in the universe as clever as, "Have you ever heard of subtlety, underplay, a good actor? HAW!" & "I feel like Moses is parting the dissolving scene.". Also, Spoony was a better Terl than John Travolta.

Fun fact Battlefield Earth won 9 Razzie Awards throughout the 2000s. It won: Worst Picture, Director (Roger Christian), Actor (John Travolta), Supporting Actor (Barry Pepper), Supporting Actress (Kelly Preston), Screen Couple (John Travolta and any actor who was unfortunate enough to share the screen with him), Screenplay (JD Shapiro and Corey Mandell), Worst Drama of the Razzies 25 Years in 2005 and Worst Picture of the Decade in 2010. NOTE: Forest Whitaker (who plays Ker) was also nominated for Worst Supporting Actor, but lost against Pepper.

“We finally get to see what this advanced alien race that enslaved humanity looks like........... 6:19 Jamaican Klingon Clowns. I got to admit, Movie, I gave you a lot more credit than you deserved!”

2010: "This movie from the year 2000 is just on the cusp of being nostalgic." 2017: "Here's a review of a movie that came out a few months ago." Boy, the meaning of the word "nostalgic" sure has changed. :P

I know this originally aired in 2010, but it's the first time I am seeing it. What makes this gold for me is I just saw another video title "Advanced Sci-fi Civilisations Too Stupid To Really Exist Ep.01- The Psychlols" by Media Zealot which JUST covered this movie. He did a three part series on a bunch of different races like this too.

This is probably one of my favorite reviews

1000 years of presumably hardcore gold mining and there is still gold left?

7:10 Fun fact: Forest Whitaker later expressed regret taking part in this film, and I can't say I blame him.

"I'M REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLY ANGRY!"

I love how wide Bargo's eyes get when he says, "No, Critic, there is one movie you have overlooked." Ah, could those eyes get any bigger? Such great delivery on that line too.

Can you believe this movie is 20 years old? Wonder how John Travolta is looking back But man this review brings back so many memories.... My buddy Tom and I had a ball watching it back in the day

If someone would remake this film - but remove the deadbeat seriousness and up the irony/black humour - it could make a pretty good B-flick. Again, just make sure to take it as seriously as any L. Ron Hubbard work should be taken. That is, not at all

Checked the comment section and I'm really surprised at how many people find it hard to grasp that this episode first aired in 2010.

9:25 spoony’s impression is so spot on, it deserves an Oscar

10:11 *REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE* *REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

Back when Spoony was actually cool. Sad times, man.

I love how the jets as well as the fuel are still fully functional after sitting there and rusting for a thousand years

2:57 "This movie has nothing to do with Scientology." Actually yes it does, because the Psychlos are supposed to represent Psychology Practice and all its treatment which Scientology is fully against especially when L. Ron Hubbard's second wife demanded that he should see a Psychologist and also when the Psychological community denounced his book Dianetics as unreliable as a self-help book.

Is anyone else somewhat bothered by the fact that the 'heroes' apparently cause the deaths of billions of potentially innocent people to create their leverage or whatever?

10:12 You were expecting Nostalgia Critic, but it was me, Dio!

Kudos to y'all on your 100th episode Nostalgia Critic and friends

This deserves a Million Views, the jokes, NC reactions & responses, and Spoony's performance as Turel is just fucking hilarious.

Radiation = explosion, because science.

20:50 Best. Rant. Ever!!!

1:58 I love this bit, especially his screaming of Battlefield Earth and the mentioning of feared nipples.

I'm easily probably five of the thousands of views of this video and this episode still gets me every single time I watch it. A periodically go back and re-watch this episode and the water world episode just because they're so good

this review make me miss Spoony....I wish he would come back

Man, I miss Spoony.

I still laugh at what The Nostalgia Critic said at 17:38-17:41.

10:11 this is one of the funniest Nostalgia critic moments for me

10:13 REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

"has anyone ever seen one? a demon, a monster, a beast, YAAAAHHHH" "have you ever heard of subtlety, underplay, a good actor?, YAAAAHHHH" XD

Funny Fact: this video was the first ever recorded use of a REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

18:33 “No. They're not... They're honestly not... SON OF A BIIIIIIIIITCH!!! TERL!” My favorite part of the vid. The delivery is hilarious. 🤣🤣🤣

I'm watching old Nostalgia Critic episodes, with endless options for renewal, with endless options for renewal, with endless options for renewal.

Consider this the Most Famous Episode of the Most Infamous Movie the Critic reviewed in his 100th Episode.

FOOL! While you were still learning how to *SPELL YOUR NAME*, _I_ was being trained *TO CONQUER GALAXIES!*

11:09 That politician has more chins than Jabba the Hutt

"To be....or not to BE!!!!!" 😂😂😂

i swear when i first saw this movie i thought i was watching a first year film students project made direct to dvd

8:46 is that John Travolta doing an impression of Nostalgia Critic doing an impression of John Travolta????

The angles make it look like every bootleg movie on RU-vid that’s been edited to holy hell to avoid copyright strikes

Also why are they still using bullets? It's 3000 not 2000. I mean where are the phaser gun.

20:00 a Small explosion also counts as a rocket booster or engine. think about how they even get of the planet

My favorite Nostalgia Critic videos are: Battlefield Earth Neverending Story 3 The Last Airbender Patch Adams The Magic Voyage Batman and Robin After Earth Master of Disguise Cool as Ice The Room Ghost Dad Felix the Cat Green Lantern The Amazing Spiderman 2 Doug's First Movie Fan4stic Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides The Life of Timothy Green Rapsittie Street Kids Beauty and the Beast (2017) Lady in the Water Pixels The Emoji Movie Robocop (2014) Double Team Steel

21:28 Don't mind me, just leaving a timestamp of the funniest bit of the entire video for myself in the comments...

I miss Spoony.

Sometimes I wonder what the director of one of these bad movies would say if they were on one of the critics reviews... would they defend the abomination? Agree with NC and ask for it to die? Or just deny it's existence and the request to be on the show?

Terl: Reeeeeeaaaaaa~ Critic:Reeeeeaaaaaaa~ Dio: WWWRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYY~!!

Noah/Spooney as Terl is hilarious, he does a really good Travolta impression.

Nostalgic Critic, glad we finally get to hear your native language (begins at 20:50).

My favorite joke in the review is when he makes fun of the tilted angle. Especially, when he and his chair "sinks" out of view with a "Whoa!". Also if you're watching this review or movie on a handheld device, here's a challenge for you: In spite of the tilted angles, can you keep the ground of the movie leveled with the outside ground you're standing on for as long as possible? I'll bet you'll be shaking your device this way!

I remember seeing this when looking through the on-demand movies one day when I was really bored. I'm no movie critic or cinematographer, but even I noticed the oddness of the tilted camera, and even thought my TV was messed up for a minute. It was dumb enough to almost make me stop watching several times, but I did finish it due to the over-the-top villain and having nothing to do that day.

10:15 hey look, they predicted 2017!

Doug, PLEASE do an episode on "Fateful Findings," a hilariously bad movie!

Another NC vs AVGN would be awesome!

And remember folks this came out of the mind of L Ron Hubbard.

I love that even after 7 years, Doug still looks the same with the same beard and hair