The defining example isStar Wars.George Lucas’s success with this formula spawned countless imitators.
Some of them are good, most are okay, and a few are egregiously awful.
From disappointing blockbusters to low-budget disasters, they all promised space-faring entertainment but delivered galactic letdowns.
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The humor is also crude and lame, utterly devoid of wit.
Even the songs, which should be the highlight, are underwhelming this time around, despite their heaviness.
It’s a decent if unoriginal premise, brought down by derivative storytelling and cheap production values.
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Plus, many reviewers took issue with the protagonist’s performance.
“I can’t standWing Commander.
I can’t watch one scene of that movie,” hesaid.
5’Battlefield Earth' (2000)
Directed by Roger Christian
Man is an endangered species.
Widely regarded as one of the worst films ever made, thisL.
Ron Hubbardadaptation takes place in a post-apocalyptic future where Earth is controlled by an alien race called the Psychlos.
Travolta chews some serious scenery here(and torches much of the goodwill he had generated withPulp Fiction).
Consequently, it was quickly canonized as one of the worst movies of all time.
It’s all rather juvenile.
The novel is bursting with creative ideas, butthis direct-to-video movie is bland to the core.
The problems are myriad here.
The acting is laughable, the dialogue is ham-fisted, and the aesthetic is derivative.
There is also little to no chemistry between Sabato Jr. and the titular princess, played byTraci Lords.
The star is martial artist and performerCuneyt Arkn, a screen legend in Turkey.
Here, he seems utterly disinterested, totally phoning in his performance.
Perhaps he sensed that he had a flop on his hands.
But instead of a gripping tale of survival, it delivers a tedious journey to nowhere.
The cast is limited, and none of them turns in a decent performance.
The script gives them little to work with, as there’s essentially no plot here.
For all these reasons,Star Questis actively unpleasant and genuinely difficult to sit through.
It holds no ‘so bad it’s good’ ironic entertainment value.
Really, it’s just best avoided.
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Blair, a fighter pilot, joins an interstellar war to fight the evil Kilrathi who are trying to destroy the universe.
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