She was really great in this film. This is one of my all-time favorite films!!! To me, Sean Connery was one of those people who look even better as they age. Great movie!!!
He's not the first to say so, either. Other movies that have been connected to 'Alien' include 'Bladerunner', 'Predator 2' (of course) and 'A.I.' Look it up, it's fascinating!
@@BuckarooBanzai84 to add to that-so is Kurt Russell's "Soldier", the character of "Plisken", and "The Thing". Look it up they're all in the same universe with Alien(s) and Outland.
Best acting from Connery. Sad that Hollywood snubs genres like sci-fi, horror and fantasy. Outland seem to feel like a in-between story of Alien and Bladerunner
It is really sad, that the major awards do not have a separate category for these types of film. To make an audience really feel like what’s happening on screen is actually happening, takes a lot of skill too.
I liked that, for a change, there was no romance implied in relationship between O’Neil and the doctor. Not every relationship between men and women turns into love and romance and Outland was wise to avoid it. And yes, O’Neils kid has to be one of the most annoying child actors ever. A cardboard cut out from a Life cereral box would do better!
I've always thought it was implied (as a "maybe/maybe not" idea) when the doc goes to visit O'Neil on the racket ball court, then asks him if he wants to "go get drunk," *after* telling him his wife "is one stupid lady!" Think about it... lol!
@@stevenkmiller Thank you! I'm so glad that I'm not the only one. I literally just finished a watch through of the X-Files from beginning to end. And Mulder and Scully had one of my favorite platonic relationships on TV ever. Built on mutual respect, loyalty, and unromantic love. Their friendship was the heart of the show, and the best part. Unfortunately, they had to go and ruin it in the last couple of seasons. 😏
I got to see this in the theater. Does anyone else remember when it was affordable to go see movies all the time? Anyway, Outland is great and I can definitely see it sharing the same in-universe time span with Alien. Love the soundtracks for both of those movies. Jerry Goldsmith was a master composer.
It’s still totally affordable if done right. Do you have a second run theater locally? I see movies about a month or two behind everyone else and spend $3.50 a ticket.
I saw this a few times when it came out, I was in college and the theater in town was pretty cheap so it was easy to see movies many times, like Star Wars movies.
I remember seeing The Wrath of Kahn in the movies, it wasn’t a matinee so it was 4.00us but the studio had several employees in studio quality Star Trek uniforms handing out magazines that gave details on the movie. Kinda like a paper form of internet’s! Now u pay 20 plus per just for a seat
Make that “11 Things I Didn’t Know About….” Because I have never heard of this movie. Thank You for putting it on my radar. Can’t wait to watch it soon.
Fun Fact: Future "Cheers" star John Ratzenberger has a role in the movie as an ill-fated psychosis victim and Frances Sternhagen (Dr. Lazarus) would go on to portray his mother on the show.
That man also came out in House II: The Second Story, the much more fun and cartoony sequel that not a lot of people seen. I honestly loved that entry and seeing John make a cameo I was like “Hey that’s Ham from Toy Story.”
Ripley's quote exactly fits what goes on in Outland, between the workers dying from the drug (that's obviously a metaphor for Cocaine) that the General Manager helps get smuggled into the mining colony because they produce more when they're on it, to the fact that he will have Marshall O'Niel killed when he discovers what's going on and wants to stop it, to O'Niel's deputies f***ing him over, all for a larger percentage.
This is a pretty good movie. I like to pretend it's Alien without any xenomorphs. This movie definitely has the aesthetics of Alien, and a lot of the set and prop design people were the same.
And neither one probably wouldn't have been made had it not been for Star Wars, it's huge success created a wave that a lot of SciFi movies got green lit that probably wouldn't have been without it, I mean let's face it a movie about a huge space bug terrorizing the crew of a space freighter and a movie that's essentially a SciFi remake of High Noon would have been hard sells to studio executives when movie's like The Godfather and Chinatown were what was hot and were made during the "Director's Era" of movie making in the 70's, ironically Star Wars itself never would have been the hit it was if it wasn't made during the Director's Era because the studio let a director have complete control over making it, in any other era the studio would have stepped in and taken over the moment Lucas went over budget, like they did with so many movies and screwed them up after Michael Cimino's massively over budgeted 1980 flop Heaven's Gate, that's the movie that single handedly ended the Director's Era of movie making causing the studio's to step in and take over and screw up so many movie's the moment they sensed danger.
I enjoyed Outland far more than I did High Noon and most definitely Star Wars I've enjoyed Outland since I saw it at my local cinema the ABC Dover in 1981 Also both Outland and Alien were made here in England
I watched Outland a few months ago, and my strongest reaction was that it seemed like it was set in the Alien universe, just 50-100 years earlier. If you keep that in mind, it makes both movies even better.
@rod scarborough You could, but it doesn't fit quite as well. Outland implies that humanity hadn't expanded outside the solar system much if at all yet, while at the time of Alien we clearly had.
Between Gary Cooper High Noon and Sean Connery's Outland. Yeah, I will go Outland. I was 12 when this movie came out. I thought it was great then. I took a Film class in college, the prof had us watch High Noon. When I compared Outland to High Noon I got a few extra points...😁
I was in a lineup for this movie with my folks and I tried to warn them since I was only 9 and sure enough we all got turned away for me being underage and it being Restricted. Still haven't seen it...only clips.
I can understand their forbidding you entry had the movie been X-rated, or if you had been alone...but if you were in the company of your elders, it should still have been permissible (if not exactly all right). I can't think why you would all get turned away. Then again, this was a few years before the PG-13 rating was introduced. 🤨 🙂 P.S. When - and note I do not say "if" - you should happen to see the whole thing after all this time, I do hope it meets your approval. 😎
Fun fact: the corrupt mining company was called Con-Amalgamate, just like the company that provided Capricorn One's malfunctioning life support system in Peter Hyams' eponymous movie.
I freaking love everything about this movie but what catches me the most is Sean Connery's internal struggle with the fact that the hired him because they thought he'd be crooked and Dr. Lazarus. Frances Sterhagens performance needs to go down in the history of strong female characters who aren't sexualized.
Odd looking woman, looks more like a man. Hollywood has that effect on gender 😆 all of them. What a joke. But yes his I mean her role can go down in his story.
For everyone who's never seen Outland...I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Great cast and a real sense of danger. Couple of gnarly decompression deaths where you may want to cover your eyes, but I don't recall anything else distressing. And Sean Connery is a badass.
One of my favorites. One thing I really like is that the marshals wife and kid get off the moon safely and aren't held hostage or abused by the bad guy and that the marshals motivation is genuinely to do the right thing and not revenge or retribution.
You do know that was highly inaccurate! 1A to 0A is not a big stretch of pressures, esp if done slowly! Sure the victim would die, but they would not explode! Their body would swell up, no doubt, but explode? No! 3-4A rapidy down to 0A, now THAT'S a different story! That WOULD splatter indeed!
@@DMSProduktions dude chill I was 11 and didn’t know shit then. It was all new once for everyone remember. I’m plenty up on my sciences in the last 36 years trust me,
@@rang123yea5 yeah a lot of guys that grew up around then had “boomer” fathers who were into horror, sci-fi and Roger Corman type films. I saw a lot of boobage, spaceships and monsters from an early age. No regrets I still love that shit now; got to go out and live and see shit so there’s that.
When comparing Alien to this film, I would argue humanity is the antagonist in each. Even if Weyland Yutani (Alien) isn’t directly antagonizing the protagonist.
It's almost 7:00 am here in California and I'm have some minty and my morning coffee. I just realized I only saw this movie once back in the day. We still have a..."drum roll" A video store! Shouts and screams! children crying" yes we do! Because of your channel we've watched and re-watched many,many,films. We turned off our cable ten years ago. No more mind numbing television...We really think you do a amazing job...We just love this channel....
Glad you mentioned that Connery looked noticeably trimmer and fitter in this one than he did 10 years earlier in "Diamonds are Forever". Hell, he looked more fit and suave in "The Rock" 15 years after "Diamonds". If he had taken care of himself, he could have continued as Bond up until "For Your Eyes Only".
I like the idea that the corrupt “profit above people and ask no questions” mining company is actually Weyland-Yutani. It fits so well and makes a lot of sense.
Loved this movie and really feel this is more realistic of what privatized space will be like and can be part of the alien universe. The real villain is Peter Boyle’s mining quotas, which his bonuses are based on, which his corporate bosses set, this is what leads to his need to increase quota.
Sword of the Valiant?🤢🤮 Connery didn’t phone it in; he Xeroxed it in. And let’s not forget what forced Connery to go into retirement: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
@@Cydonia2020 Wrong, Sean was BY FAR the best thing in that terrible film. Oh and Terry English's armour was great. Even the continuity was bad. Gawain would go around a corner with his sword in hand and appear with it in his scabbard, not just once, MANY times. The worst thing about Sean in that film was just how starkly he stood out as actually giving a damn.
@@scottmantooth8785 Thank you! Man how could I forget to add SOLDIER, as that is actually a direct ‘side-quel’ in the sane universe, written by the same Blade Runner team with David Peeples , even mentioning the shoulder of Orion / the Tannhauser Gate, and even features the actual Spinner cars In scenes, etc. Indeed EVENT HORIZON definitely is an add.
Picked up a copy of book in a used book in Tucson, Arizona a decade ago. It's a faithful, if rather quick read. Brilliant movie first saw it about 24 years ago on Channel 4 in the UK.
Interesting comment about strange time of Connery’s career. I remember reading that Connery played in The Hill in 1964 to avoid being typecast in Bond movies.
This was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid. It was a top quality sci-fi book based on a realistic/non fantastic story line. A believable sci -fi world that we could see in our lifetimes.
The music from the bar scene in my opinion was quite good and ahead of its time it could be mistaken for a lot of today's electronic music .it's cool and funky cause it's a space go go bar and not meant to be taken seriously always wondered who made it. Thanks Minty for clearing that up for me love your vids
Outland is a great movie. I just re-watched it a couple of weeks ago for the first time in years and found that it still holds up very well. It's actually one of my favorite Sean Connery movies. The chemistry between Boyle (whose character is an apologetic slime ball) and Connery was fantastic, and its a shame they didn't do another movie together. High Noon is not about a new Marshall, it's about an old Marshall who is ready to walk off the job for good with his new wife and start a new life somewhere else, but stays when he hears some old villains are coming who could cause problems. At first the whole town is behind him, but, as the story progresses, they all wimp out and he is left holding the bag by himself. It's a great movie and I highly recommend it. Watch the original with Gary Cooper and not the lame remake.
The funky bar scene music was by the Japanese Electro pioneer artist *Logic System* - a collaborator of Ryuichi Sakamoto's group Yellow Magic Orchestra - the "Japanese Kraftwerk". Those tracks are actually pretty great & were state of the art in 1980. Hyams knew his sh*t.
Jerry Goldsmith’s cue for the Rec Room sequence wasn’t used. The track they used was written and performed by Michael Boddicker. He wrote two cues and they’re both in the film. They’re both on the special edition of the soundtrack that was released by Film Score Monthly. Like always, a most enjoyable video about the film. I remember seeing it theatrically when it was first released. The laserdisc and initial dvd releases were terrible! Horrible aliasing. It was a relief that the bluray looks as good as it does. Keep up the great work you do!
Hm, I have been led to believe that "Highlander" was his big comeback cinematic vehicle, before "...Last Crusade" or even "The Untouchables". As well, the former (and future, albeit non-EON) JB/007 had a noteworthy role in "The Great Train Robbery" (adapted from the novel by M Crichton, who also penned the script and directed) in the interrugnum between Diamonds Are Forever and the aforementioned Highlander. "10 things you (may not have known about)" for...Goldfinger? Meteor? The Great Train Robbery? Indy3 (1989)?
I thought it was "The name of the Rose" that signaled his comeback, shot right before Highlander. That was the first movie in which he had the role of the older and wiser mentor, a role he would revisit in many of his later movies.
The Ninth Configuration is a film I found on Prime that I had never heard of...and it was phenominal. Scott Wilson alone is worth the watch. Good god was he amazing in that flick.
I always saw Alien, Outland, and Blade Runner as a future trilogy. Outland is where the resources are obtained, Alien is how they are transported, and Blade Runner is the representation of Earth. I realize Blade Runner chronologically is out of order, but the aesthetic works.
Thanks for doing Outland! I agree, it's extremely underrated. I saw it on TV as a kid then much later as an adult, found it on DVD. Great movie that no-one talks about!
They were horrifying! I'm surprised the movie isn't better-remembered for its gore, if nothing else. Great movie...even if you have to cover your eyes now and then.
I remember catching this on tv in the 90's. I think it was on the sci-fi channel. I remember feeling somewhat intimidated when watching Sean Connery fighting another guy outside the facility.
I feel Outland is actually one of Sean Connery's top 5 movies he has ever made. Maybe even #1 as far as his performance. The look and feel of the movie does fit Alien to a T. In fact when they came to making Alien 3 I think they should have reached to this for inspiration instead of the prison planet. This Blade Runner and Alien could all be the same universe and even around the same timeline if someone wanted to connect them somehow.
He used to beat his wife (mother of his son Jason) and has admitted at a talk show that there is a point in the argument or behaviour where a woman has to be hit.
Sean Connery said Yesh??! The poor guy couldn't help it, God rest his soul. Stop taking the pish! If Outland had the 20th Century logo at start, I'd say it would share the same universe with Alien, but feels more Blade Runner. Ish!
@@Abbeville_Kid oh my gosh, I just watched the trailer; I have to see this. I was born in 86, so no wonder why I never heard of it! This looks like a treasure in so many ways!
Very observant in your comments on Connery’s acting performance when he was really “into” a role vs just getting a paycheck. For Connery fans that have not seen all his movies, I would highly recommend “The Hill”, (if you can get past black and white, and very heavy English accents)! Also “The Man Who Would Be King”, ( Connery and Micheal Caine make an amazing and unforgettable team)!!!
The German title for the movie was "Outland - Planet der Verdammten" (Outland - Planet of the Damned). Don't ask me why, but German releases of movies often add a "The somethingsomething of somethingelse" to the title like that. :D
One, this is the best movie I've always wanted to see. I have seen bits and pieces over the years but never the full movie. Two, It's great to have you back, Minty. So happy you're doing better.
After seeing this movie, I adopted Frances Sternhagen's character's description of herself as a tagline for MYself: "I'm unpleasant, not stupid."
Imho, she had some of the best lines in that movie!
@@jmmartin7766 truth! That was one of my favorite lines, too!
She was really great in this film. This is one of my all-time favorite films!!! To me, Sean Connery was one of those people who look even better as they age. Great movie!!!
@@slcRN1971 Yes, unlike Bond, where they didn’t want him to age! I wish I was one of those who get better with time!
Absolutely underrated. Never occurred to me that this could be the same universe as Alien, but it definitely has a similar look and feel. Thanks Minty
He's not the first to say so, either. Other movies that have been connected to 'Alien' include 'Bladerunner', 'Predator 2' (of course) and 'A.I.' Look it up, it's fascinating!
It was basically an oil platform on Io. Like Alien, it was basically blue collar workers in Space.
@@jmcenanly1 Very similar aesthetic too. There's something to be said for those exquisite miniatures they used to build. =)
I think I heard in the commentary of "Aliens" that they used the space suits from "Outland" in the beginning of "Aliens". So yes, same universe. 😆
@@BuckarooBanzai84 to add to that-so is Kurt Russell's "Soldier", the character of "Plisken", and "The Thing". Look it up they're all in the same universe with Alien(s) and Outland.
Best acting from Connery. Sad that Hollywood snubs genres like sci-fi, horror and fantasy. Outland seem to feel like a in-between story of Alien and Bladerunner
Sci-fi and fantasy pay for most of Hollywood’s drugs and hookers.
It is really sad, that the major awards do not have a separate category for these types of film. To make an audience really feel like what’s happening on screen is actually happening, takes a lot of skill too.
His monologue in the racket ball court before the hired hit men arrive is up there with so many Oscar worthy performances.
I liked that, for a change, there was no romance implied in relationship between O’Neil and the doctor. Not every relationship between men and women turns into love and romance and Outland was wise to avoid it. And yes, O’Neils kid has to be one of the most annoying child actors ever. A cardboard cut out from a Life cereral box would do better!
the actor who played Richard Harris's kid in The Wild Geese was blooming awful too
I agree totally about the romance part, in many movies and tv shows. I hated when it happened between Mulder and Scully.
I've always thought it was implied (as a "maybe/maybe not" idea) when the doc goes to visit O'Neil on the racket ball court, then asks him if he wants to "go get drunk," *after* telling him his wife "is one stupid lady!"
Think about it... lol!
The kid in "The Empire of the Sun" was friggin' irritating.... (I'm Batmaaaaaaan!!) 🤣
@@stevenkmiller Thank you! I'm so glad that I'm not the only one. I literally just finished a watch through of the X-Files from beginning to end. And Mulder and Scully had one of my favorite platonic relationships on TV ever. Built on mutual respect, loyalty, and unromantic love. Their friendship was the heart of the show, and the best part. Unfortunately, they had to go and ruin it in the last couple of seasons. 😏
Connery: kicking arseh and taking namesh. If you can’t be immortal, be legendary. There can only be one.
Yesh!
@@skylined5534 Oh, nice.
Don’t get all pushy on us!
Yep , you don't want to lose your head
I got to see this in the theater. Does anyone else remember when it was affordable to go see movies all the time?
Anyway, Outland is great and I can definitely see it sharing the same in-universe time span with Alien. Love the soundtracks for both of those movies. Jerry Goldsmith was a master composer.
me too. i might have been a tad young for the content, but always remembered it.
It’s still totally affordable if done right. Do you have a second run theater locally? I see movies about a month or two behind everyone else and spend $3.50 a ticket.
I saw this a few times when it came out, I was in college and the theater in town was pretty cheap so it was easy to see movies many times, like Star Wars movies.
I have A-list. I just saw 4 movies in just under a month for 25 bucks-all of them in Dolby or Imax-so I saved cash.
I remember seeing The Wrath of Kahn in the movies, it wasn’t a matinee so it was 4.00us but the studio had several employees in studio quality Star Trek uniforms handing out magazines that gave details on the movie. Kinda like a paper form of internet’s! Now u pay 20 plus per just for a seat
Make that “11 Things I Didn’t Know About….” Because I have never heard of this movie. Thank You for putting it on my radar. Can’t wait to watch it soon.
It stands up well even now. I consider it a classic
you will like it. let us know
This was Minty’s first video on a movie I never heard of.
I watched Outland for the first time a few years ago and really liked it.
Fun Fact: Future "Cheers" star John Ratzenberger has a role in the movie as an ill-fated psychosis victim and Frances Sternhagen (Dr. Lazarus) would go on to portray his mother on the show.
Cool man
Ratzenberger also has a small role in a certain "space fantasy" film the year before - as a midlevel officer of The Rebel Alliance.
That man also came out in House II: The Second Story, the much more fun and cartoony sequel that not a lot of people seen.
I honestly loved that entry and seeing John make a cameo I was like “Hey that’s Ham from Toy Story.”
He was also in "A Bridge To Far" he has a great scene with Robert Redford..you cant miss him.
Did not realize that that was Ratzenberger. Thanks
RIP Sean Connery we will miss you James bond🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸
and Peter Boyle
Great Actor horrible as a person
He was the best Bond
@@abbynormall207 Maybe, but the most realistic Bond was Timothy Dalton
The meth drug psychosis symptoms were spot-on. One of many "practical" or life-like aspects of the film. One of my favorites!❤
And how would YOU know that the symptoms were spot-on??😉
@Beamer Games 🎮 Ex-husband and his brother. Any more zingers you'd like to try?
@@thejudgmentalcat lol. They are! I know... I just know!😉
Ripley: “You know, Burke, I don't know which species is worse. You don't see them f***ing each other over for a God damn percentage."
Excellent dialog but, what does that have to do with OUTLAND?
@@mr.jamesvincent3519 Ripley's quote could easily apply to Outland's tagline, "Even in space, the ultimate enemy is still man."
Too right mate!
Ripley's quote exactly fits what goes on in Outland, between the workers dying from the drug (that's obviously a metaphor for Cocaine) that the General Manager helps get smuggled into the mining colony because they produce more when they're on it, to the fact that he will have Marshall O'Niel killed when he discovers what's going on and wants to stop it, to O'Niel's deputies f***ing him over, all for a larger percentage.
@@johnbigboote8900 ow, nice!
This is a pretty good movie. I like to pretend it's Alien without any xenomorphs. This movie definitely has the aesthetics of Alien, and a lot of the set and prop design people were the same.
Sort of a And-here's-what's-happening-in-another-Weyland-Yutani-outpost type of scenario? : )
And neither one probably wouldn't have been made had it not been for Star Wars, it's huge success created a wave that a lot of SciFi movies got green lit that probably wouldn't have been without it, I mean let's face it a movie about a huge space bug terrorizing the crew of a space freighter and a movie that's essentially a SciFi remake of High Noon would have been hard sells to studio executives when movie's like The Godfather and Chinatown were what was hot and were made during the "Director's Era" of movie making in the 70's, ironically Star Wars itself never would have been the hit it was if it wasn't made during the Director's Era because the studio let a director have complete control over making it, in any other era the studio would have stepped in and taken over the moment Lucas went over budget, like they did with so many movies and screwed them up after Michael Cimino's massively over budgeted 1980 flop Heaven's Gate, that's the movie that single handedly ended the Director's Era of movie making causing the studio's to step in and take over and screw up so many movie's the moment they sensed danger.
Ha! Goldsmith’s “future club music” sounds almost too close to today’s pop music!!
I enjoyed Outland far more than I did High Noon and most definitely Star Wars I've enjoyed Outland since I saw it at my local cinema the ABC Dover in 1981 Also both Outland and Alien were made here in England
I watched Outland a few months ago, and my strongest reaction was that it seemed like it was set in the Alien universe, just 50-100 years earlier.
If you keep that in mind, it makes both movies even better.
@rod scarborough You could, but it doesn't fit quite as well. Outland implies that humanity hadn't expanded outside the solar system much if at all yet, while at the time of Alien we clearly had.
Here in Brazil, the title is "Outland - Comando Titânio (Titanium Comando)".
"Titanium Commando", :-D fantastic!
Between Gary Cooper High Noon and Sean Connery's Outland. Yeah, I will go Outland. I was 12 when this movie came out. I thought it was great then.
I took a Film class in college, the prof had us watch High Noon. When I compared Outland to High Noon I got a few extra points...😁
I was in a lineup for this movie with my folks and I tried to warn them since I was only 9 and sure enough we all got turned away for me being underage and it being Restricted. Still haven't seen it...only clips.
I can understand their forbidding you entry had the movie been X-rated, or if you had been alone...but if you were in the company of your elders, it should still have been permissible (if not exactly all right). I can't think why you would all get turned away. Then again, this was a few years before the PG-13 rating was introduced. 🤨 🙂
P.S. When - and note I do not say "if" - you should happen to see the whole thing after all this time, I do hope it meets your approval. 😎
It s unheralded classic. By critic considered one of best scifi movies. It actually cool futuristic version of High Noon.
@Ray Riley 777
Fun fact: the corrupt mining company was called Con-Amalgamate, just like the company that provided Capricorn One's malfunctioning life support system in Peter Hyams' eponymous movie.
Capricorn One was another underrated film too. I always wanted to see what happened after the end of that film and who's head would roll.
I freaking love everything about this movie but what catches me the most is Sean Connery's internal struggle with the fact that the hired him because they thought he'd be crooked and Dr. Lazarus. Frances Sterhagens performance needs to go down in the history of strong female characters who aren't sexualized.
Odd looking woman, looks more like a man. Hollywood has that effect on gender 😆 all of them. What a joke. But yes his I mean her role can go down in his story.
For everyone who's never seen Outland...I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Great cast and a real sense of danger. Couple of gnarly decompression deaths where you may want to cover your eyes, but I don't recall anything else distressing. And Sean Connery is a badass.
One of my favorites. One thing I really like is that the marshals wife and kid get off the moon safely and aren't held hostage or abused by the bad guy and that the marshals motivation is genuinely to do the right thing and not revenge or retribution.
Good point.
Another “my dad took me to see it at the drive-in”. Really memorable to 11 year old me. Watching the bodies in vacuum was a trip.
You do know that was highly inaccurate! 1A to 0A is not a big stretch of pressures, esp if done slowly! Sure the victim would die, but they would not explode! Their body would swell up, no doubt, but explode? No!
3-4A rapidy down to 0A, now THAT'S a different story! That WOULD splatter indeed!
@@DMSProduktions dude chill I was 11 and didn’t know shit then. It was all new once for everyone remember. I’m plenty up on my sciences in the last 36 years trust me,
I was 10. It was at the Drive-in along with "The Road Warrior" my grandma took us .
@@rang123yea5 yeah a lot of guys that grew up around then had “boomer” fathers who were into horror, sci-fi and Roger Corman type films. I saw a lot of boobage, spaceships and monsters from an early age. No regrets I still love that shit now; got to go out and live and see shit so there’s that.
@@noneed4me2n7 Jesus!
It can be summarized as "High Moon"
I always appreciated the scene with the neck guard. Never leave home without it.
When comparing Alien to this film, I would argue humanity is the antagonist in each. Even if Weyland Yutani (Alien) isn’t directly antagonizing the protagonist.
Almost like a live-action Bravestarr.
Strength of a bear etc.
Good to see you again Minty. Your one of my top 5 RUclipsrs.
Same
This movie is very underated. Great camera work. Great music. Great acting. Great fight scenes. Great everything... Minus the kid. Hahaha 😂
It's almost 7:00 am here in California and I'm have some minty and my morning coffee. I just realized I only saw this movie once back in the day. We still have a..."drum roll" A video store! Shouts and screams! children crying" yes we do! Because of your channel we've watched and re-watched many,many,films. We turned off our cable ten years ago. No more mind numbing television...We really think you do a amazing job...We just love this channel....
Glad you mentioned that Connery looked noticeably trimmer and fitter in this one than he did 10 years earlier in "Diamonds are Forever". Hell, he looked more fit and suave in "The Rock" 15 years after "Diamonds". If he had taken care of himself, he could have continued as Bond up until "For Your Eyes Only".
Yes, he looks great here. Even his toupee is better!
@@parisgreen4600 is it? It looks so thin. Notice in Never Say Never Again he didn't wear a toupee in his underwater scenes.
awesome, i rented this on VHS when i was in high school, such an underrated movie.
Looking good Minty👍👍👍
Glad to see you're recovering.
I like the idea that the corrupt “profit above people and ask no questions” mining company is actually Weyland-Yutani. It fits so well and makes a lot of sense.
Loved this movie and really feel this is more realistic of what privatized space will be like and can be part of the alien universe. The real villain is Peter Boyle’s mining quotas, which his bonuses are based on, which his corporate bosses set, this is what leads to his need to increase quota.
Very good points.
I'm just not sure Connery ever made a bad movie, yes, even Zardoz, at its time it was wonderful !
Sadly Highlander II and The Avengers exist.....
@@docpadds2 Highlander II? no such film
I dare you to watch "Sir Billi"
Sword of the Valiant?🤢🤮
Connery didn’t phone it in; he Xeroxed it in.
And let’s not forget what forced Connery to go into retirement: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
@@Cydonia2020
Wrong, Sean was BY FAR the best thing in that terrible film. Oh and Terry English's armour was great. Even the continuity was bad. Gawain would go around a corner with his sword in hand and appear with it in his scabbard, not just once, MANY times.
The worst thing about Sean in that film was just how starkly he stood out as actually giving a damn.
Being a hardcore Alien fan, my personal head-canon includes Outland, Blade Runner, and Soldier
What a great movie!!
Yup, Outland and ALIEN are in the same universe. No doubt in my mind.
It's easy enough to imagine they are even if that wasn't intended.
2 greats in Connery & Boyle. RIP both.
Peter Boyle and Frances Sternhagen in the same movie? Yes, please.
I've always believed that Outland, Blade Runner, Alien, and Aliens all existed in the same movie universe.
Totally agree…
*the evidence and subtle hints are there...you could also add Event Horizon and Kurt Russell's movie Solider to that in universe list*
@@scottmantooth8785 I generally stick to 80s movies of this type.
@@44excalibur *good call...very few movies made after that have been all that interesting...exceptions of course, but they are rare*
@@scottmantooth8785 Thank you! Man how could I forget to add SOLDIER, as that is actually a direct ‘side-quel’ in the sane universe, written by the same Blade Runner team with David Peeples , even mentioning the shoulder of Orion / the Tannhauser Gate, and even features the actual Spinner cars In scenes, etc. Indeed EVENT HORIZON definitely is an add.
Outland is an excellent movie.
Yes it is
Picked up a copy of book in a used book in Tucson, Arizona a decade ago. It's a faithful, if rather quick read. Brilliant movie first saw it about 24 years ago on Channel 4 in the UK.
You didn’t mention Young Frankenstein probably Boyles classic
He redo it
Peter Boyle, another very underrated dramatic actor!!! Also a hilarious comedian!
Don’t forget “Space Cowboys” if you want Clint Eastwood in space
Dennis Hopper & badass robots.
A fun, fine film.
Interesting comment about strange time of Connery’s career. I remember reading that Connery played in The Hill in 1964 to avoid being typecast in Bond movies.
The Ladd Company also released one of my favorite movies: Looker.
This was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid. It was a top quality sci-fi book based on a realistic/non fantastic story line. A believable sci -fi world that we could see in our lifetimes.
The music from the bar scene in my opinion was quite good and ahead of its time it could be mistaken for a lot of today's electronic music .it's cool and funky cause it's a space go go bar and not meant to be taken seriously always wondered who made it. Thanks Minty for clearing that up for me love your vids
Outland is a great movie. I just re-watched it a couple of weeks ago for the first time in years and found that it still holds up very well. It's actually one of my favorite Sean Connery movies. The chemistry between Boyle (whose character is an apologetic slime ball) and Connery was fantastic, and its a shame they didn't do another movie together.
High Noon is not about a new Marshall, it's about an old Marshall who is ready to walk off the job for good with his new wife and start a new life somewhere else, but stays when he hears some old villains are coming who could cause problems. At first the whole town is behind him, but, as the story progresses, they all wimp out and he is left holding the bag by himself.
It's a great movie and I highly recommend it. Watch the original with Gary Cooper and not the lame remake.
I love the Cut down Browning b2000 12 gauge! Total Bad Ass!
The funky bar scene music was by the Japanese Electro pioneer artist *Logic System* - a collaborator of Ryuichi Sakamoto's group Yellow Magic Orchestra - the "Japanese Kraftwerk". Those tracks are actually pretty great & were state of the art in 1980. Hyams knew his sh*t.
Jerry Goldsmith’s cue for the Rec Room sequence wasn’t used. The track they used was written and performed by Michael Boddicker. He wrote two cues and they’re both in the film. They’re both on the special edition of the soundtrack that was released by Film Score Monthly. Like always, a most enjoyable video about the film. I remember seeing it theatrically when it was first released. The laserdisc and initial dvd releases were terrible! Horrible aliasing. It was a relief that the bluray looks as good as it does. Keep up the great work you do!
In High Noon, the Sheriff was retiring, not a new sheriff.
Saw it twice in the theatre when I was 15. Those were the days.
I agree, this was an underrated movie, one which I enjoyed watching in the theatre when it came out
Hm, I have been led to believe that "Highlander" was his big comeback cinematic vehicle, before "...Last Crusade" or even "The Untouchables". As well, the former (and future, albeit non-EON) JB/007 had a noteworthy role in "The Great Train Robbery" (adapted from the novel by M Crichton, who also penned the script and directed) in the interrugnum between Diamonds Are Forever and the aforementioned Highlander.
"10 things you (may not have known about)" for...Goldfinger? Meteor? The Great Train Robbery? Indy3 (1989)?
I thought it was "The name of the Rose" that signaled his comeback, shot right before Highlander. That was the first movie in which he had the role of the older and wiser mentor, a role he would revisit in many of his later movies.
Underrated Connery movie this one!!
Totally
It proves he can really act
Saw this at the Drive-in part of a Saturday night triple feature along with "The Road Warrior" I don't remember the other film.
I remember watching this in the theatre. It was good then and it's good now.
Connery was in the best shape of his life. The man died being in better shape than over half of America. 👍
He was once a mr universe competitor
Your clip boards got better minty 🤭🤗
There’s a lot of fat-asses all over world
That says more about Connery than half of America.
@100 Proof Texan don’t you mean “who was in office”
underrated good movie!
Saw it when it first came out. Thought it was a western set in space but always appreciated Sean Connery
WOOT! Another of my all time favorites! Thank you, Minty!
The Ninth Configuration is a film I found on Prime that I had never heard of...and it was phenominal. Scott Wilson alone is worth the watch. Good god was he amazing in that flick.
I always thought Alien & Blade Runner could be in a shared universe. Never thought of Outland. Could totally see it!
High Noon in space, and damn good too! One of Connery's best roles, and he nails it.
So glad you reviewed this movie; one of my all time favorite classic Sci-Fi movies!
I know it under the Danish title Rumstation Jupiter.. but im currently playing Outlander
Rumstation meaning “space station”? A surprisingly plain title. ( I guess it sounds just as good as “Alien”. ) Cool thing to learn! Thank you.
"I'll kick your nasty ass all over this place" Sean Connery at his best!
I saw this at the theater all those years ago, loved it. “High Noon” in space!
Never seen this, but as a kid, the trailer scared the CRAP out of me! Definitely will have to check it out (if I can find it!).
Can you do the 10 Things You Didn't Know About Clockstoppers, please🥺?
I always saw Alien, Outland, and Blade Runner as a future trilogy. Outland is where the resources are obtained, Alien is how they are transported, and Blade Runner is the representation of Earth. I realize Blade Runner chronologically is out of order, but the aesthetic works.
I loved this film growing up. Connery was great and the story was wonderful.
Thanks for doing Outland! I agree, it's extremely underrated. I saw it on TV as a kid then much later as an adult, found it on DVD. Great movie that no-one talks about!
The decompression deaths always stuck with me...
They were horrifying! I'm surprised the movie isn't better-remembered for its gore, if nothing else. Great movie...even if you have to cover your eyes now and then.
You should do John Carpenter's
ELVIS & ESCAPE FROM L.A.
I love John Carpenter, but Escape from LA was terrible. The special effects especially.
@@za.307 I can understand that but he's done all the other Kurt Russell/John Carpenter collaborations already 😁
I like this idea.
I remember catching this on tv in the 90's. I think it was on the sci-fi channel. I remember feeling somewhat intimidated when watching Sean Connery fighting another guy outside the facility.
Always enjoyed this film. First time I saw 👀 it was on 📺 Saturday matinee showing as a kid. Sometimes a movie 🎥 can bring back fun memories.
I feel Outland is actually one of Sean Connery's top 5 movies he has ever made. Maybe even #1 as far as his performance.
The look and feel of the movie does fit Alien to a T. In fact when they came to making Alien 3 I think they should have reached to this for inspiration instead of the prison planet. This Blade Runner and Alien could all be the same universe and even around the same timeline if someone wanted to connect them somehow.
"Inter-galactic"? That's overstating it. The movie is barely interplanetary. Still, I always love your reviews. And this is a gem.
“Intergalactic planetary” - Beastie Boys
At most it would be pan-stellar.
This is such a good movie so few folks even remember it. Thanks for covering it Minty!
Perfect timing! I can listen to this on drive to work.
The only fiction in this science fiction masterpiece is that a woman would ever leave Sean Connery.
I think his wife was trying to convince him to come with them by forcing the issue.
He used to beat his wife (mother of his son Jason) and has admitted at a talk show that there is a point in the argument or behaviour where a woman has to be hit.
He was really pretty awful.
Not to be a pedant, but I don't think it's "intergalactic" as it all takes place within Earth's solar system :)
Might as well be pan-stellar.
GREAT movie!! I watch it every time it's on. So cool Sir Sean Connery starred!!
I saw this great film twice in the theatres. Tremendous fun. One of the more solid films of that time.
Sean Connery said Yesh??!
The poor guy couldn't help it, God rest his soul.
Stop taking the pish!
If Outland had the 20th Century logo at start, I'd say it would share the same universe with Alien, but feels more Blade Runner. Ish!
A couple of years after this there was another underrated cult classic “Sleepaway Camp”
The ending of that one scarred me during my early teens. 🤣🤣🤣
That sounds like a title for a Goosebumps book
@@pupinskimcgee definitely NOT in the “Goosebumps” series.
@@Abbeville_Kid oh my gosh, I just watched the trailer; I have to see this. I was born in 86, so no wonder why I never heard of it! This looks like a treasure in so many ways!
@@pupinskimcgee if you intend to watch it, try not to research and spoil the ending.
Loved this when it came out on hbo, it was a brilliant Sean Connery and Boyle vehicle
The Leasiure Club music was actually composed by Richard Rudolph & Michael Boddicker and performed by a Japanese artist under the name Ganymede.
Lazarus: Your wife is one stupid lady. You wanna go and get drunk?
O'Niel: Yes...
Lazarus: At least you have some sense left.
Sean Conner said "Yesh"...Nice.
I bought it when it first came out on VHS tapes and I have to say that I really enjoyed it. I hope to purchase the DVD as soon as I can find it.
Peter Boyal was also the monster in Young Frankenstein!! Some kinda oversight!! Love the videos!!
Great movie, one of the few SciFi movies made riding the Star Wars wave that's actually good.
Very observant in your comments on Connery’s acting performance when he was really “into” a role vs just getting a paycheck. For Connery fans that have not seen all his movies, I would highly recommend “The Hill”, (if you can get past black and white, and very heavy English accents)! Also “The Man Who Would Be King”, ( Connery and Micheal Caine make an amazing and unforgettable team)!!!
The German title for the movie was "Outland - Planet der Verdammten" (Outland - Planet of the Damned). Don't ask me why, but German releases of movies often add a "The somethingsomething of somethingelse" to the title like that. :D
One, this is the best movie I've always wanted to see. I have seen bits and pieces over the years but never the full movie.
Two, It's great to have you back, Minty. So happy you're doing better.
All right more ideas for a fanfic I am planning