Either the late seventies or the early eighties...You would remember it if you saw it, especially Plummer's "Jack Armstrong" long, wavy blonde hair! It was a riot!
"Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That is bad! You paid to see it in the theater? I do not remember it. When did it come out? Astromancer wrote: > Sorry, folks...the ABSOLUTE worst save in Sci Fi history was in the spaghetti > sci-fi flick 'Star Crash'...Christopher Plummer was the Emperor of the > Universe...a bounty Hunter has found his kidnapped son and he arrives on the > planet...The bouty hunter and son tell him "Sire, we only have 2 minutes to > leave the planet before it explodes! the audience in the theatre as well as I > was murmering how the heck are they going to get out of this when suddenly > the Emperor looks at them and says "Do not worry, I am not the Emperor of the > Univese for nothing." He then looks to the sky and says "Spaceship! Halt the > flow of time!" There was dead silence for a good second before the laughter, > groan and cat calls began. The movie was so bad, I fell in love with > it...I've been looking for it ever since to add to my collection! > > Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've always wondered...Why didn't > NOMAD blow up the moment he had discovered his error? oh yeah, it was in the > script... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How about, Kirk saving the day by outsmarting a > super computer, causing it to self-destruct in self-loathing and > unreconcilable programming loops? He did that with M5 ("How will you atone > for the sin of murder"..."This computer must die..."), Nomad ("Nomad, you've > made three errors, you are flawed. Execute your prime directive". "Boom!") > and Landru ("You are not protecting the Body!".... "Landru! Help me! Boom!") > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> During our discussion about over the top with bad plot block busters, we >> started talking about over the worse saves in speculative fiction >> movies. So far two were raised. They are: >> >> 1. "Data putting the freakin' Borg *to sleep* to save the day in Star >> Trek Next Generation >> >> 2. How Jeff Goldblum was able to with "his Mac laptop and a few hours of >> virus coding couldn't topple the computer system of a technologically >> superior society of interstellar conquerors on the first try in >> Independence Day" >> >> Got any others.... >> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > "Akin, but no matter what you think, I am concerned for your life, so I'll > only say this once; if you talk too much or ask too many questions, you might > say something that interests the Community, and you really, really don't want > to get them interested." - The Side Street Chonicles by C.W. Badie > > --------------------------------- > Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > "Akin, but no matter what you think, I am concerned for your life, so I'll > only say this once; if you talk too much or ask too many questions, you might > say something that interests the Community, and you really, really don't want > to get them interested." - The Side Street Chonicles by C.W. Badie > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] "Akin, but no matter what you think, I am concerned for your life, so Ill only say this once; if you talk too much or ask too many questions, you might say something that interests the Community, and you really, really dont want to get them interested." - The Side Street Chonicles by C.W. Badie --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]