One of the best of the Star Wars knock offs. Explosive. Fun. Campy to its core. Some fun special effects. Lots of explosions. An epic score. Frantic camera work. Flashy costumes. Vic Morrow. And space walnuts! What more can you want?
It is not an imitation since it premiered in April 1978. It had to be done at least in April 1977 and Star Wars premiered in March 1977. There was no way to copy it at the touch nor do we know of its worldwide success. It's not like now. a movie comes out and it is copied quickly
I wish they would make a hybrid track. The english track used the original voices of the american actors, and vice versa with the Japanese. I have a fancut, which combined them both, so no dubbing was used at all, with english subs for the japanese actors. I hope at least that the english track is included as well.
Very fun movie looking forward to this new release have placed my advance order. I have the French 2022 Carlotta edition which looks great but listed it on eBay. Wondering if the Masters Of Cinema edition is the same....
The movie gets a bad rap from a lot of people, but I love it. It has great minature sequences and is somewhat whimsical- kinda slightly reminds me of Flash Gordon with the FX. I have the rare HK dvd, but thinking about upgrading to this blu ray thats supposedly now on Amazon for (finally) region free pre order. If anyone has this blu ray let me know if the transfer is mid, or if it kicks ass. Thx
