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I saw this when I was a kid; my dad told me it was good, but it sucked.
Everything about it was bad--the characters sucked, the plot sucked, the total unrealism insulted your intelligence, the sci-fi wonder-workings were bland and ordinary, even the much-hailed final fight was stupid and not worth watching.
....And, on further reflection, I'll admit: maybe it was supposed to be funny. And, God knows, sci-fi could use a little more comedy and a little less drama. But, still...it wasn't that funny, so I'm only going to increase my rating of it in the most marginal way....
I try not to overdo my comparisons (tho who knows if I do), but "Galaxy Quest" was a much better execution of the much-neglected comedic aspect of this genre. I think it was unique in a way that this one could only dream of being.
So, in the end, I think that, while this movie was not terrible, it was pretty *stale*, at the very least. You know, like bread that would've been great, if you hadn't left it out overnight. And, maybe that has something to do with the fact that it's a pretty damn old movie for such a young genre (the dim hazy beginnings of Star Trek and Star Wars only go back to the 60s and 70s, respectively), but...
You know, dig up some review from the 80s, then, if you want to hear somebody rave about it.
....
What I mean is, that it tries to be funny, but it's just too suck-y to be funny.
That is, sometimes it's fun to be goofy, but if you're going to talk about the big bad world, then sometimes you've just got to be a little real....
It's hard to say, but.... Confusing two different kinds of things, is rarely good.
(6/10)
