Wednesday, April 2, 2014

A-Z Challenge 2014: B is for Battle Beyond the Stars!

It's the second post in a month long alphabetical look at some cool movie posters - here we go!


1980







When Roger Corman decided to cash in on the Star Wars craze he decided to make a science fiction version of The Magnificent Seven - itself a Western retelling of Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai - and he lined up some solid talents both in front of the camera and behind it.



While credited director Jimmy Murakami may have been a little over his head and might have been assisted along the way by others - the script by John Sayles is solid B movie fun - and the cast plays the whole thing with tongue firmly in cheek. And yes, it's the same John Sayles who wrote the movie in yesterday's "A" post - what can I say - the guy was good. Sadly, we lost him to indie drama - he doesn't do genre flicks any more. In any case, I promise we'll look at some movies he didn't write this month too.




And, uh, Sybil Danning. OMG.







Our next post is tomorrow, I hope you'll "C" your way clear to come back by - until then, you Can Poke Me With A Fork, Cause I Am Outta Here!

8 comments:

  1. LMAO Sybil Danning...still in lust after all these years, I see. I really dug this movie. It still makes me smile when I think of John Boy Walton saving the galaxy. What ever happened to Darlanne? I enjoyed her.

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    1. I'm still in lust with her alright - and I mean the now her - she's still smoking hot! I just saw Darlanne in Eyes of Laura Mars - she got bumped off about halfway through. No idea where she might be now.

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  2. It actually had the attractable actors that TV peeps could relate too. I don't remember this movie though, and I like the B and C flicks.

    Katy Did

    Life's Ride In Between

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    1. It was a pretty stellar cast - they even got a cameo from Gunga Din himself - Sam Jaffe! Thank you for stopping by!

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  3. Classic film Man. I love the part where the bad guy (names escape me) takes the alien arm and the others try to make him choke himself. Classic Corman.

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    1. It's really a neat little movie. One of the better Star Wars ripoffs in my humble opinion.

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  4. I've never heard of this one, and that sucks because it looks awesome. Totally have to watch it.

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    1. Easily found these days - DVD and Blu-Ray - hope you enjoy it!

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