Him and Megaweapon (which is sadly under-appreciated in this video) are the best parts of the movie. Definitely a film where you root for the bad guys! 😂
My favorite of the numerous post-apoc Italian movies. During the big rescue/escape, I love that not a single extra can act out being shot or dying without doing something inept or ridiculous. I particularly enjoy the guard that, upon being shot, runs down the stairs and then lays down.
The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king. - King Arthur (as portrayed by Graham Chapman).
A classic! Death over at Death Reviews made a custom transforming Megaweapon (as a Decepticon, natch), which is AWESOME. (And I don't use that word often or lightly.)
Saw this recently as the MST3K version, which was pretty funny (especially the gag where they call the Super Weapon for a chat and ask him about Killdozer).
After making such a great impression on everyone in Star Trek : The Motion Picture, I'm glad to see Persis Khambatta went on to bigger and better things.
Hahahaha. ST:TMP has "And Introducing: Persis Khambatta" to great fanfare in the opening credits AND replaced DeForest Kelly in the movie poster. I don't know who she had sex with in Hollywood to get that treatment. I'll admit her acting "talent" was perfectly suited for a robot.
@@neohermitistshe was a much bigger role in the movie than Kelly, and was supposed to be a star in the rebooted tv show before the movie was made…she was supposed to be bigger but it never happened
I have some (believe it or not) _fond_ memories of catching this on HBO with my brother on a late mid 80's Saturday night. I was (ugh) _enthralled_ within the first 5 minutes, when Einstein launched a rear missile into the Omega Force, causing the car to rear end a motorcycle, which promptly took the head off of the dummy riding the bike. And then the car sped off the road in the middle of the forest and right off a convenient cliff. Robert Ginty (or Meh Max) has got to be one of the most incompetent heroes in film history.
9:39 : good to know that after the apocalypse, Rolling Stones' T-shirts will still be a trend. Come to think of it, Keith Richards will probably be alive himself after any kind of apocalypse.
Ever since I saw the MT3K version of this movie "Mega Weapon" has been my name for all useless "super weapons" that show up in bad movies from time to time.
This is a surprisingly tidy end of the world. Technology is plentiful, laundries apparently still exist, and the grass verges of the pristine roads are kept nicely trimmed.
One of MST3K’s funniest running gags in their version had, every time Ginty slams his bike into turbo and Annoying Computer announces “Hang on to your…”, the comics invoke 70’s Match Game (aka Blankety Blank): “‘Hang on to your…’ BLANK, Brett Sommers:”. “I said ‘Hat’.” 😂
@@Bigbadwhitecracker There aren't Just these last 20 Years... And surely I missed something good and not necesserily anglo american. The world of music Is huge.
Everyone is tough on poor Robert Ginty - I bet he didn't even know what the movie would turn out to be. The director, David Worth, was sent to Italy and the producer/backers said "make a film". As explained in the trivia section of imdb: "Director/writer David Worth says that he was hired, shipped to Italy, and told to begin work on the film.... before he ever had a script. He was reportedly shown a poster for the film and told to make a film that would go with it." 😂 The black girl in the fight pit was also in Rats: Night of Terror and Demons.
As far as apocalypse buddies go, you couldn't go wrong with Mad Max and Snake Plissken. Maybe they run into a young Don Johnson and his little telepathic dog too.
To be fair, the Death Star's weak point *was* protected, at least until it was retconned into being an intentional flaw. To exploit it, you had to know it existed, then find a spot the size of a person on a sphere the size of a small moon, then get through the tower defenses, then fly down a trench that was enough to take out some pilots on its own, then make a shot that was apparently impossible unless you relied on a believed extinct religion rather than technology. That's a bit more secure than not armoring the bottom of your heavily armored attack vehicle.
How did the Bad Guys ever take over in the first place? They couldn't shoot , they couldn't do hand to hand combat and they're really, really stupid. Who did they fight to take over? A band of blind, deaf legless dwarves with bladder control problems. Who would I want to see meet up at the Armageddon Bar & Grill? All three versions of the main character from I AM LEGEND.
If I could have, I would have paid Fred Williamson to NOT do this dreck. I caught this on late night tv in the late Eighties during an Old English 800 jag, which was appropriate.
Myself, I've found that Shitz Malt Liquor or King Cobra are the better libations to accompany the late hours enjoyment of 70s & 80s celluloid schlock-astrophes. Just add beef corn dogs---or "Meat Twinkies", as I like to call 'em---for a rapturous late evening at the movies.
@@ashleys9397 Thursday and Sunday on RUclips, check out "So Bad It's Good", a review channel where a guy, his wife, and a couple of friends drink high gravity craft beer and critique cheezy movies; Steven Segall is a favorite target.
When MST3K was taking the Mickey out of this movie, they referred to Dr./General/whatever McWayne as "Jimmy Carter", and damned if he doesn't seem to have the former President's affable middle-of-the-road liberalism.
Ooh, another one I've already seen. I've also seen Pumaman, so can say that at least this wasn't the worst film Donald Pleasance ever did. Persis Kambatta looked amazing with a full head of hair. I read a comment that once said the action scenes in this are like someone picked toys at random from their toybox and let them fight, but that line about leftovers from other post apocalyptic movies is better. Characters from other films to mix? Dablone from Escape 2000/Escape from the Bronx or whatever it's called. He is just so awesome he would liven up any other movie. Or Yor, the hunter from the future. Who would follow his usual pattern by being flattered when Nastasia makes eye at home, and totally not noticing the murderous jealousy it provokes in his girlfriend..,
Random thoughts about this review. The only actor who enjoyed this film was the voice of the computer. Why wasn't the Rider concerned about having his ball shot off? Well, it's after the Apocalypse, maybe they are as useless as the rest of him. "Your brand of evil is an abomination. We vastly prefer a different brand of evil" If that's the state of music after the Apocalypse, maybe it's time for another one. So much to mock. Didn't I see McWayne running for office once. This Lost Word was better off STAYING lost.
Thanks. I actually have this movie. I don't know why. But I do think the motorcycle has more personality than all the other characters put together. Also: "But your brand of evil is an abomination." Sorry, is there a good kind of evil? I didn't get that memo. Anyway, thanks again. tavi.
Once again, it looks like Donald Pleasance was brought in to class-up the proceedings, while Fred Williamson adds some machismo, in case the hero turns out to be a schmuck. As for post-apocalyptic characters I'd like to see get-together for drinks and talk survival tactics, they would be Mad Max, Parsifal (2019: After The Fall Of New York) and Rourke (Daylight's End).
The helicopter pilot and/or one of the passengers is afraid of heights. See, if they crash, it'll only be, what 10 feet off the ground? That's not as far to fall, y'know?
As forl the origin of where Arthur got the sword, you got it wrong depending on which version you read. Most versions have Arthur pulling the sword from the stone at 15 whilst squired to Sur Kay. With a guest appearance from TLOL later when Arthur loses/breaks the sword later. However some versions have the LOL come first. However the first version is ALWAYS.the correct one as that is where the name Excalibur comes from Excalibur - out of the stone.
How the heck did they get Donald Pleasance in this?! He was too classy for some of the movies he was in. 3:42 Proper Italian SMG right there. Beretta PM12. Austin Powers also used one of those. 4:06 32 rounds per mag and he only scores one shot at close range and it's not even lethal. [cue Principal Skinner "pathetic" meme] "Stormtooper" aim. Certainly not OG Stormtroopers from World War I (whose moniker the "other" ones later stole). 5:42 Straight outta Borderlands! 7:00 Generic authoritarian collectivist. 8:10 It only rolled over the rear end and rear tire, so the A.I. core should still be intact.
"Shut your mouth..!"
"Hey I'm just talking about Megaweapon..."
Any fruit to declare?
The Pleasence never disappoints, no matter the role!
Unlike Robert Ginty who _always_ disappoints.
Pleasance - the Cameron Mitchell of the '80s.
i consider his performances too type , he made the very best of his only tools , see the caretaker , or mayor of Casterbridge :
Him and Megaweapon (which is sadly under-appreciated in this video) are the best parts of the movie. Definitely a film where you root for the bad guys! 😂
@@TheInnacity Have you seen his performance in the Columbo episode "Any Old Port in a Storm?"
My favorite of the numerous post-apoc Italian movies. During the big rescue/escape, I love that not a single extra can act out being shot or dying without doing something inept or ridiculous. I particularly enjoy the guard that, upon being shot, runs down the stairs and then lays down.
The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king. - King Arthur (as portrayed by Graham Chapman).
Well _I_ didn't vote for you!
Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government
Then where did the whole "Sword in the stone" thing come from?
Disney was guilty of a lot but they don't seem that brazen to invent that completely.
With the rebels inflicting a song like that on us, I'm with the bad guys.
This makes Moonraker look like Citizen Kane
A real MST3K classic. I remember it well.
First MST3K I ever saw!
Every mouthwash that you drink is either red or green....
A classic! Death over at Death Reviews made a custom transforming Megaweapon (as a Decepticon, natch), which is AWESOME. (And I don't use that word often or lightly.)
One question bungle everyone's mind to this day...
Have any fruit to declare?
YOU'RE BALLS .. was that not clear? - best delivery ever
My favorite episode of Paperchase.
Saw this recently as the MST3K version, which was pretty funny (especially the gag where they call the Super Weapon for a chat and ask him about Killdozer).
Oh hey its the Paperchase guy!
All I have to ask you, Robin, is this…
… any fruit to declare?
After making such a great impression on everyone in Star Trek : The Motion Picture, I'm glad to see Persis Khambatta went on to bigger and better things.
Hahahaha. ST:TMP has "And Introducing: Persis Khambatta" to great fanfare in the opening credits AND replaced DeForest Kelly in the movie poster. I don't know who she had sex with in Hollywood to get that treatment. I'll admit her acting "talent" was perfectly suited for a robot.
Dont forget Mega Force
@@neohermitistshe was a much bigger role in the movie than Kelly, and was supposed to be a star in the rebooted tv show before the movie was made…she was supposed to be bigger but it never happened
Well looks like one of those perfect bad movies to watch with friends...plus it has Donald Pleasence.
"ANY FRUIT TO DECLARE?"
Donald Pleasence, the Doc in Wake in Fright; one of the best characters ever
Warrior of the Lost World, it's terrible that I love this 80s post apocalyptic flick so much.
6:32 His fist controls the soundtrack!
@ 05:21 That's not Cobra Kai, that's Ryu from Street Fighter knocking out some 80's fashion victim.
HA-DO-KEN!
I have some (believe it or not) _fond_ memories of catching this on HBO with my brother on a late mid 80's Saturday night. I was (ugh) _enthralled_ within the first 5 minutes, when Einstein launched a rear missile into the Omega Force, causing the car to rear end a motorcycle, which promptly took the head off of the dummy riding the bike. And then the car sped off the road in the middle of the forest and right off a convenient cliff.
Robert Ginty (or Meh Max) has got to be one of the most incompetent heroes in film history.
I have serious Zardoz-wibes from this one.
Btw, am I the only one who wanna watch a fight between Littlest Hillbilly and Disabled Doomsday Dame?
It could make for quite an interesting caged match. Maybe.
Funnily enough, I also thought of Zardoz when he went through that wall.
@@andrewgwilliam4831 Do it was not just me. Glad.
Been a casual viewer for a while now - this episode had me in stitches, great review and now I am going to track down the film. Thanks : )
You should be able to find it on RUclips
Definitely recommend watching the MST3K version.
But there is MEGAWEAPON!
4:00 --When burp-guns become fart-guns!
Robert Ginty can slough his way through a movie in the most agonizingly way imaginable. Not sure if that takes talent or not!
Ever see White Fire? There's a performance.
He had is moments.
Some questionable like "White Fire" where there's no doubt left that his character has the hots for his sister.
9:39 : good to know that after the apocalypse, Rolling Stones' T-shirts will still be a trend. Come to think of it, Keith Richards will probably be alive himself after any kind of apocalypse.
Any character played by adrienne barbeau fighting and drinking with aliens and predators.
Dr Loomis who can obsess on other things besides Michael Myers.
"Your brand of evil is an abomination." As opposed to other brands of evil that aren't too bad?
Love the bike's answer to why it ran into that..
"Like...what wall...Man?"
Ever since I saw the MT3K version of this movie "Mega Weapon" has been my name for all useless "super weapons" that show up in bad movies from time to time.
I thought that woman looked familiar. I watched "Megaforce" last night and she was in that. :)
This is a surprisingly tidy end of the world. Technology is plentiful, laundries apparently still exist, and the grass verges of the pristine roads are kept nicely trimmed.
Say what you like about totalitarian regimes, they keep the laundries open and the grass trimmed.
One of MST3K’s funniest running gags in their version had, every time Ginty slams his bike into turbo and Annoying Computer announces “Hang on to your…”, the comics invoke 70’s Match Game (aka Blankety Blank):
“‘Hang on to your…’ BLANK, Brett Sommers:”. “I said ‘Hat’.” 😂
Excalibur did come from the lady of the lake but Arthur pulled it out of the stone to become king
You would think a Brit would know that.
In some adaptations, Excalibur and the Sword in the Stone are one in the same, but in the original legend they are not.
“... although his pimp-hand still seems strong.”
Is this what happened to Donald pleansese blofeld after he escaped the volcano at the end of you only like twice.
I don't want to live in a world where they sing and play THAT song!!
😭
Would you prefer anything recorded in the last 20 years? I think not.
@@Bigbadwhitecracker
There aren't Just these last 20 Years... And surely I missed something good and not necesserily anglo american. The world of music Is huge.
Bro. Your delivery and humor are remarkable. Thanks for what you do. Just found your channel.
It's fun to start making a movie........ without a script.
5:00 This whole bit is pure gold! Well done!
Everyone is tough on poor Robert Ginty - I bet he didn't even know what the movie would turn out to be. The director, David Worth, was sent to Italy and the producer/backers said "make a film". As explained in the trivia section of imdb:
"Director/writer David Worth says that he was hired, shipped to Italy, and told to begin work on the film.... before he ever had a script. He was reportedly shown a poster for the film and told to make a film that would go with it." 😂
The black girl in the fight pit was also in Rats: Night of Terror and Demons.
Pheonix The Warrior! (Which also featured Miss Khambatta!)
On the 'to watch' list
The saddest part is when MegaWeapon dies.
All I can see is the God of War Symbol. Now if Kratos suddenly appeared in this movie that would be a sight to see!
Another top commentary 🎉👍🏻
As far as apocalypse buddies go, you couldn't go wrong with Mad Max and Snake Plissken. Maybe they run into a young Don Johnson and his little telepathic dog too.
An LQ Jones Classic!!!
That ballistic weapons sounding like sci-fi laser weapons...
At 1.20....a "Postapocalitic Warrior" with a Thompson 1928 SMG?????........was obsolete for Korean War standars...
Okay…was not expecting the musical number
To be fair, the Death Star's weak point *was* protected, at least until it was retconned into being an intentional flaw. To exploit it, you had to know it existed, then find a spot the size of a person on a sphere the size of a small moon, then get through the tower defenses, then fly down a trench that was enough to take out some pilots on its own, then make a shot that was apparently impossible unless you relied on a believed extinct religion rather than technology. That's a bit more secure than not armoring the bottom of your heavily armored attack vehicle.
How did the Bad Guys ever take over in the first place? They couldn't shoot , they couldn't do hand to hand combat and they're really, really stupid. Who did they fight to take over? A band of blind, deaf legless dwarves with bladder control problems. Who would I want to see meet up at the Armageddon Bar & Grill? All three versions of the main character from I AM LEGEND.
"So they head to a nearby John Waters' film." That about sums it up.
The Paper Chase guy!!
If I could have, I would have paid Fred Williamson to NOT do this dreck. I caught this on late night tv in the late Eighties during an Old English 800 jag, which was appropriate.
Myself, I've found that Shitz Malt Liquor or King Cobra are the better libations to accompany the late hours enjoyment of 70s & 80s celluloid schlock-astrophes. Just add beef corn dogs---or "Meat Twinkies", as I like to call 'em---for a rapturous late evening at the movies.
@@ashleys9397 Thursday and Sunday on RUclips, check out "So Bad It's Good", a review channel where a guy, his wife, and a couple of friends drink high gravity craft beer and critique cheezy movies; Steven Segall is a favorite target.
I found your channel a month or so ago and I love it!
Have you covered Time Rider?
Yes we have. ruclips.net/video/CK0geWy3gfA/видео.html
Donald Pleasance doing a pretty good Blofeld imita...wait a minute!!!
So glad you guys also have as much disdain for Einstein and the Paper Chase Guy as MST3k did.
When MST3K was taking the Mickey out of this movie, they referred to Dr./General/whatever McWayne as "Jimmy Carter", and damned if he doesn't seem to have the former President's affable middle-of-the-road liberalism.
What on earth was the musical number about?
Ooh, another one I've already seen. I've also seen Pumaman, so can say that at least this wasn't the worst film Donald Pleasance ever did. Persis Kambatta looked amazing with a full head of hair. I read a comment that once said the action scenes in this are like someone picked toys at random from their toybox and let them fight, but that line about leftovers from other post apocalyptic movies is better.
Characters from other films to mix? Dablone from Escape 2000/Escape from the Bronx or whatever it's called. He is just so awesome he would liven up any other movie. Or Yor, the hunter from the future. Who would follow his usual pattern by being flattered when Nastasia makes eye at home, and totally not noticing the murderous jealousy it provokes in his girlfriend..,
At 6:29. Is that Judd Hirsch?🤣
I was thinking the same thing! (but it probably isn't.)
I'm so glad that I don't remember most of this movie.
So... He's got a bike like Street Hawk that can talk like KITT from Knight Rider - sure, may as well chuck in a helicopter like Airwolf too.
MegaWeapon! MegaWeapon!! Three cheers for MegaWeapon!!!
I don't understand why you guys don't have over 100K subscribers, you do great reviews
AKA Persis Khambatta's OTHER film.
Random thoughts about this review.
The only actor who enjoyed this film was the voice of the computer.
Why wasn't the Rider concerned about having his ball shot off? Well, it's after the Apocalypse, maybe they are as useless as the rest of him.
"Your brand of evil is an abomination. We vastly prefer a different brand of evil"
If that's the state of music after the Apocalypse, maybe it's time for another one.
So much to mock.
Didn't I see McWayne running for office once.
This Lost Word was better off STAYING lost.
Dr. Loomis?! I saw you in a another movie that I had to watch for an essay!
@9:54 I can almost hear "For the damaged coda"...
To rescue Professor McDuck.
It is interesting that an Englishman doesn't know both versions of the Excalibur episode in the Arthurian legend.
This is AMAZING . . . where has this been all my life 😂😂😂😂?!?!?
watch the MST3k riff - its amazing
@@BlueBrainMountainStream I’m going to have to!!!!
Warrior of the Lost World is much better than a Finder of Lost Loves 🎶 😂
Thanks. I actually have this movie. I don't know why. But I do think the motorcycle has more personality than all the other characters put together. Also: "But your brand of evil is an abomination." Sorry, is there a good kind of evil? I didn't get that memo. Anyway, thanks again. tavi.
this was riffed in one of the best episodes of mst3jk
It would have been better if the movie shows the romance, the baby is born and he looks just like Donald Pleasence's character.
Is that a gunfire soud effect from 2019: after the fall of new york at 1:02 ?
I don't know what I'd do without these weekly reviews.
What's Donald Pleasence doing in this?
That question is sadly relevant to too many movies.
A Paycheck is a Paycheck.
What was he doing in The Pumaman?
Feathered hair, shoulder pads, and slang that would make the TMNTs cringe, must be an 80's movie
Once again, it looks like Donald Pleasance was brought in to class-up the proceedings, while Fred Williamson adds some machismo, in case the hero turns out to be a schmuck.
As for post-apocalyptic characters I'd like to see get-together for drinks and talk survival tactics, they would be Mad Max, Parsifal (2019: After The Fall Of New York) and Rourke (Daylight's End).
::"Actually, Excalibur came from the Lady of the Lake"::
Doesn't it depend on the version of the story?
Her Father must be played by Not-Dick Van Dyck.
Donald Pleasence was such a great actor and he was in so many bad movies. At least he made a living.
He had to keep his children happy.
I don't care what anyone says.
I'll always love those cheesy, Mad-Max ripoff, 80s post apocalyptic films.
Did you guys ever review Turbo Kid?
It’s funny how many bits were cut out of the MST3K version....
Apocalyptic characters?I would say Snake Plissken,
Ah, Robert Ginty, the sign of quality.
I thought that's who that was! From Black Sheep Squadron.
More like the sigh of quality.
The helicopter pilot and/or one of the passengers is afraid of heights. See, if they crash, it'll only be, what 10 feet off the ground? That's not as far to fall, y'know?
I wondered when you would get around to this one.
I was rooting for the truck myself.
As forl the origin of where Arthur got the sword, you got it wrong depending on which version you read. Most versions have Arthur pulling the sword from the stone at 15 whilst squired to Sur Kay. With a guest appearance from TLOL later when Arthur loses/breaks the sword later. However some versions have the LOL come first. However the first version is ALWAYS.the correct one as that is where the name Excalibur comes from Excalibur - out of the stone.
I would agree that the earliest version is the one to go with, and the oldest versions of that legend have them as different swords.
A hilariously awful movie -- both in the MST3K version and in this review. And yeah, I wanted to strangle that computer with my bare hands.
I lost a little confidence with the hero when he had to ssk what was in it for him
Bro can you do a movie recap video where you talk about the movies you saw for the year that you really liked?
FYI, the TeePublic link doesn't seem to be working.
Try this www.teepublic.com/stores/dark-corners?ref_id=26415&Dark%2BCorners
In Excalibur, it was both.
How the heck did they get Donald Pleasance in this?! He was too classy for some of the movies he was in.
3:42 Proper Italian SMG right there. Beretta PM12. Austin Powers also used one of those.
4:06 32 rounds per mag and he only scores one shot at close range and it's not even lethal. [cue Principal Skinner "pathetic" meme] "Stormtooper" aim. Certainly not OG Stormtroopers from World War I (whose moniker the "other" ones later stole).
5:42 Straight outta Borderlands!
7:00 Generic authoritarian collectivist.
8:10 It only rolled over the rear end and rear tire, so the A.I. core should still be intact.
Donald Pleasance probably did this movie for a free Italian vacation.
@@theproplady The wine alone! (reference to the episode of Columbo he was in)