The best worst space movie. Every scene brings such new exciting failure. Every character an “oh god what’s this freaks deal”

The best worst space movie. Every scene brings such new exciting failure. Every character an “oh god what’s this freaks deal”

This Star Wars rip-off has David Hasselhoff wielding a lightsaber,

This Star Wars rip-off has David Hasselhoff wielding a lightsaber,

It’s impossible to watch this in any serious way. Heard about it in a book I finished the other day and had to check it out. Imagine if Tommy Wiseau made Star Wars. Okay, maybe it’s not that bad but it’s still unwatchable.

It’s impossible to watch this in any serious way. Heard about it in a book I finished the other day and had to check it out. Imagine if Tommy Wiseau made Star Wars. Okay, maybe it’s not that bad but it’s still unwatchable.

There's something really comforting about Christopher Plummer's presence in Starcrash. It's like a wizened father playing along with his children's wild pretend story.

There's something really comforting about Christopher Plummer's presence in Starcrash. It's like a wizened father playing along with his children's wild pretend story.

Starcrash seemingly flies by the seat of it's pants in that nearly every event is punctuated by some sort of deus ex machina ("stop the flow of time!"), unceremonious character death, or pointless twist. It'd be totally unremarkable if for not how decidedly weird and awkward it is and how it burns through each plot point as if it were a series of ten minute movies. Constant homages to the work of Ray Harryhausen (even has Caroline Munro in it!), an overly committed performance by Christopher Plummer, and inspired/bizarre production design accelerate Starcrash towards something gloriously shlocky, but it hits a major speed bump in the third act when it spends, what feels like an eternity, having the audience watch the protagonists watch a space battle.

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Part of a scavenger hunt devised with my friends Nathan and Neal.

Starcrash seemingly flies by the seat of it's pants in that nearly every event is punctuated by some sort of deus ex machina ("stop the flow of time!"), unceremonious character death, or pointless twist. It'd be totally unremarkable if for not how decidedly weird and awkward it is and how it burns through each plot point as if it were a series of ten minute movies. Constant homages to the work of Ray Harryhausen (even has Caroline Munro in it!), an overly committed performance by Christopher Plummer, and inspired/bizarre production design accelerate Starcrash towards something gloriously shlocky, but it hits a major speed bump in the third act when it spends, what feels like an eternity, having the audience watch the protagonists watch a space battle.

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Part of a scavenger hunt devised with my friends Nathan and Neal.