Bad Movie Review: Light Blast

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  • Опубликовано: 3 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 166

  • @nicks1451
    @nicks1451 3 года назад +72

    Top two things that are criminally underrated:
    1.) This channel.
    2.) Robin's dad.

  • @dylanehooverlibrarian7026
    @dylanehooverlibrarian7026 3 года назад +107

    The cameos of your dad really brighten the whole proceedings!

    • @morganrobinson8042
      @morganrobinson8042 3 года назад +6

      He always seems so disappointed, and wondering at what is really fun/sad.

    • @dirkstarbuck6126
      @dirkstarbuck6126 3 года назад +4

      That was awesome!

    • @jamesduncan6729
      @jamesduncan6729 3 года назад +4

      I adore those cameos. Too great!

    • @jamesnoland7821
      @jamesnoland7821 3 года назад +1

      I'd watch entire videos of just the science advisor/Da. Perhaps those could peppered in (sparingly)?

    • @clarencewalker3925
      @clarencewalker3925 2 года назад

      Robin's dad is a better actor than Erik Estrada.

  • @christopherwilson3754
    @christopherwilson3754 3 года назад +26

    Your father is a man of few words. Respect, sir.

  • @simplesimon755
    @simplesimon755 3 года назад +27

    4:08 I am almost embarrassed to say that I was on the edge of my seat as I watched your Dad perform that experiment. It was surely more excitement than the movie itself would provide me. And his reaction and delivery were perfect, resulting in a big laugh from me each time I watched and rewatched it. Great review and very kind of your Dad to participate. Thanks to you all!

  • @camerastooge
    @camerastooge 3 года назад +16

    That moment with your dad and his one-word response was priceless. Loved it!

  • @dtdimeflicks6708
    @dtdimeflicks6708 3 года назад +20

    Don't ever piss off Eric Estrada. He will track you down and turn you into a grease spot. Then he'll use that grease to style his hair.

  • @markdavidwelsh3340
    @markdavidwelsh3340 3 года назад +14

    Ah, the 80s! Unrewound VHS tapes in bigass shiny disintegrating plastic boxes with cover artwork that had as much to do with the movies inside as their titles did.

  • @southron_d1349
    @southron_d1349 3 года назад +15

    As his wife lays dead, Warren cries, "And I never knew her name!"

  • @hawkerhellfire9152
    @hawkerhellfire9152 3 года назад +6

    Love the way you consulted your Dad!

  • @vintageretro83
    @vintageretro83 3 года назад +10

    Hey now, I almost laughed at the "Chip's" reference ;)

    • @Flood520
      @Flood520 3 года назад +4

      I definitely smirked for a moment.

  • @annvictor9627
    @annvictor9627 3 года назад +10

    When you made that remark about a character having no name, I was reminded of the fears of Guy Fleegman in "Galaxy Quest".

    • @TheRealNormanBates
      @TheRealNormanBates 3 года назад +3

      Otherwise known as “Crewman #6” (a reference to *The Prisoner)*

  • @TheRealNormanBates
    @TheRealNormanBates 3 года назад +6

    1:32 “I like how Eric Estrada is introduced carrying _chips._ This joke may not work for an American audience.”
    I got the joke. Took awhile... but I got it.
    Hey, it takes time for things to travel across the Atlantic!
    7:13 aww... no mention of Checkov’s gas can!
    It’s funny that you review this film now, considering Brandon Tenold did his own review a week earlier. Synchronicity?

  • @jeffconnors4027
    @jeffconnors4027 3 года назад +3

    Love it when you have your Dad on. He’s brilliant!

  • @euansmith3699
    @euansmith3699 3 года назад +16

    I misheard the hero's name as, "Wrong Warrant"; which sounded a bit on the nose for a renegade cop.
    That's a great Dad Cameo; obviously where your comic timing comes from.

    • @ThreadBomb
      @ThreadBomb 3 года назад +1

      "Ron Warren" is a name that seems purposely designed to be misheard and mispronounced.

  • @rogermorris9696
    @rogermorris9696 3 года назад +6

    And now the close up image of Eric Estrada's package in a pair of budgie smugglers is burned into m mind forever.

    • @markduncan3246
      @markduncan3246 3 года назад +1

      hahaha budgie smugglers,im using that.....brilliant

  • @John14-6...
    @John14-6... 3 года назад +4

    When the nurse was attacking him it seems as though his super tight jeans protected him from those groin kicks. Lol

  • @carlosencarnacion1255
    @carlosencarnacion1255 3 года назад +5

    About time you brought your father back. He is a cool cat.

  • @tonymacaluso4609
    @tonymacaluso4609 3 года назад +3

    Love your dad , please cherish him .

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot 3 года назад +10

    When he seen his wife dead, I was hoping that he would scream Mandoza.

  • @a.champagne6238
    @a.champagne6238 3 года назад +5

    So they found some fx people who knew how to do the "Raiders" face-melt effect and then made a movie around that.

  • @Ektalon
    @Ektalon 3 года назад +5

    That dune buggy racing against traffic has serious Grand Theft Auto vibes . . .

    • @ElTio.45-70
      @ElTio.45-70 3 года назад

      It says "ARCIERO" on the side of the buggy, quite famous family of off-road racers.

  • @joshua2814
    @joshua2814 3 года назад +2

    I realized after a minute that I'd seen this flick. I also realized that I was always get a chuckle out of your scientific advisor.

  • @tecumsehcristero
    @tecumsehcristero 3 года назад +3

    Robin's dad is so cool he even takes his time in an edited clip

  • @mariakelly1059
    @mariakelly1059 3 года назад +4

    2:20 His name was Officer Redshirt, Robin.

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot 3 года назад +3

    Oh the 1980s and exploding cars.

  • @BlackburnBigdragon
    @BlackburnBigdragon 3 года назад +13

    I remember seeing this at night back in the early 80's during one of those, "It's the NBC Friday Night Movie" shows that they would put on at 10 or 11 o-clock at night (Remember those? Man, I miss those.. and TV specials.). Almost every night, at around 10, or 11 the channels would all have their "Movie", and it was often a load of schlock. The ones that stand out in my mind the most were this one, and one called "Exo-Man" that was originally intended to be a pilot for an Iron Man show, but they couldn't get the rights to the Marvel Character. That one was so bad. Exo-Man could barely move or walk in that suit, so he lumbered around slower than molasses. The only way he was able to stop the villains was them being stuped, and not stepping away from him. This movie, "Light Blast" had a different title when I saw it. It was called, "Death Ray 2000" on the Friday Night, or Saturday Night Movie or whatever that I watched.

    • @euansmith3699
      @euansmith3699 3 года назад +2

      "Death Ray 2000" is an excellent title; promising so much more than this movie appears to deliver.

    • @Gappasaurus
      @Gappasaurus 3 года назад +3

      @@euansmith3699 Guessing someone decided that title was a bit too close to “Death Race 2000” and didn’t want to provoke the wrath of Roger Corman 😄

    • @robertodell9193
      @robertodell9193 3 года назад +1

      Death Ray 2000 went to series as A Man Called Sloane. ruclips.net/video/B8PFvf7wC70/видео.html

  • @MattHawes
    @MattHawes 3 года назад +5

    Yayy!!! Robin's dad rocks! He needs more cameos!

  • @salliewagenblatt5188
    @salliewagenblatt5188 3 года назад +6

    A better name for the movie would've been clock blast!

  • @jamesduncan6729
    @jamesduncan6729 3 года назад +7

    That melting effect is awesome! Too bad the rest of the film can't measure up

  • @slartibartfast3041
    @slartibartfast3041 2 года назад

    I just like how Eric Estrada just pops in front of the cameraman filming the explosion. Great stuff

  • @KarlBunker
    @KarlBunker 3 года назад +7

    Way back in the days when all telephones were electro-mechanical, a movie came out where a mad scientist came up with a machine that could overload the speaker in any phone's earpiece in a way that would kill the person taking the call. Kind of a stupid premise for a movie, but so, so much better than the one in this flaming turkey.

    • @TheRealNormanBates
      @TheRealNormanBates 3 года назад

      Was that *Telethon* with Charles Bronson?

    • @KarlBunker
      @KarlBunker 3 года назад +2

      @@TheRealNormanBates No, I just looked it up and it's Murder by Phone (1982).

  • @morgangallowglass8668
    @morgangallowglass8668 3 года назад +1

    All those classic cars, dying for this...pile. At least seeing your dad again put a grin on my face!

  • @soula551551n
    @soula551551n 3 года назад +6

    Hurray! Your dad's in this one! Like a bit of scientific back up in the reviews! Lol! 🤣

  • @TheRadical42
    @TheRadical42 3 года назад +1

    Hey! You didn't say what was in the safe deposit box! HMPH! Now I'll live the rest of my life not knowing this great mystery.

  • @robertodell9193
    @robertodell9193 3 года назад +3

    I thought you reviewed horror movies, not horrible movies!
    I'll see myself out.

  • @tonyarichards5430
    @tonyarichards5430 3 года назад +5

    Aged like carrion.

  • @stephen70edwards
    @stephen70edwards 3 года назад +5

    Not only do LCDs make poor explosive devices, they aren't used for large digital clocks like the one at 0:35, so their "exploding clocks" idea is even more nonsensical than you think.

  • @davidromeroblaya7920
    @davidromeroblaya7920 3 года назад +1

    I watched that movie on TV when I was a kid. The only thing I remember was the laser gun exploding clocks and the people melting.

  • @danielspencer582
    @danielspencer582 3 года назад +3

    Yea dad showed up today!!!

  • @achecase
    @achecase 3 года назад +1

    A 70's movie made in the 80's through a 20's lens. I love it!

  • @caeserromero3013
    @caeserromero3013 3 года назад +1

    God I love a musical interlude...

  • @TheSilencedKill
    @TheSilencedKill 3 года назад +3

    Please review 'The Navigator a Medieval Odyssey' Its a NZ film and absolutely engrossing

  • @tadeusticeghostal
    @tadeusticeghostal 2 года назад

    I love the science dad showing up. Keep that up man it's gold

  • @wombat1238marsupial
    @wombat1238marsupial 3 года назад +1

    no real clocks were harmed during the making of this movie🤣🤣🤣

  • @tskmaster3837
    @tskmaster3837 3 года назад +4

    It feels like I should know this directing style. Checking IMDB: It's from the director of films like Warriors of the Wastelands, Escape from the Bronx, the Last Shark... No, I mean films that are like Mad Max, Escape From New York and Jaws. Cheesy and dumb Italian knock offs starring C rated American actors... Which I think is above Estrada's level because he's either the joke or he's in on being the joke.

  • @kevinrwhooley9439
    @kevinrwhooley9439 3 года назад +2

    0:10 man, Ned Flanders can sound kinda creepy.

  • @born2hula325
    @born2hula325 3 года назад +5

    Terrible plots - IIRC the villain's goal in The Humanoid was to put people in a machine that made them stupid.. for 24 hours. And the machine took a good while to work.

  • @TheJMPD
    @TheJMPD Год назад

    I love Professor Dad's "Noooo"!

  • @loumencken9644
    @loumencken9644 2 года назад +1

    The best thing about this movie was the melting face effect. Well, that, and Erik Estrada getting kicked in the nuts, several times

  • @bostonrailfan2427
    @bostonrailfan2427 5 месяцев назад

    your dad just continuing with his experiment then simply answering your question is his best response yet: almost as if it’s him trying to figure out how to respond without laughing at the absurdity of the “science”

  • @maplebob23
    @maplebob23 3 года назад +4

    Wasn’t Eric Estrada in that tv show, Sealab 2021?

    • @galloe8933
      @galloe8933 3 года назад +2

      Yes, but that was a cartoon on Cartoon Network back in the day, or Adultswim because the cartoons had bad words, and adult situations not suitable for children.
      It was also one of my favorite cartoons.

    • @Gappasaurus
      @Gappasaurus 3 года назад +2

      Lol, yes! He was Marco, i forgot about that! 😆

  • @hatrickmusicnz
    @hatrickmusicnz Год назад

    I love your dad's comic timing.

  • @NGMonocrom
    @NGMonocrom 3 года назад +4

    Thumbs up, for your dad.

  • @frankchilds9848
    @frankchilds9848 3 года назад +4

    The sorrow of it all is that the actors lack any feelings for their roles. Imagine how Lugosi and Karloff might have handled a film like this one 😳

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot 3 года назад +1

    And when we see Erik Estrada again he's hanging out with Cool Cat. Him and Vanessa Fox. Oh boy 🤦🏿‍♂️

    • @grapeshot
      @grapeshot 3 года назад

      @gerard dearie Yes but I wouldn't want to hang out with Cool Cat.

  • @caeserromero3013
    @caeserromero3013 3 года назад +2

    I thought the hostage takers demands were going to be: Our agents head on a plate for convincing us to be in this awful movie...

  • @ThreadBomb
    @ThreadBomb 3 года назад +1

    The patron who recommended this must be a sadist.

    • @a.champagne6238
      @a.champagne6238 3 года назад

      If anyone ever recommends Mardi Gras Massacre...

  • @d1halberdgnoll963
    @d1halberdgnoll963 2 года назад

    "Carrying chips" - Oh wow, I only now understood the joke.

  • @francoisgermain3991
    @francoisgermain3991 3 года назад +2

    I'm 52, so I got the Chips joke... and was hoping to see the blonde guy make a cameo.

    • @mariakelly1059
      @mariakelly1059 3 года назад

      The blonde guy has too much good taste to do that.

  • @thesausagecontinuim1971
    @thesausagecontinuim1971 Год назад +1

    dude your dads a legend... oh yeh and your ok too?!

  • @Nerval-kg9sm
    @Nerval-kg9sm 3 года назад +1

    Wow, I thought the episode of C.Hi.Ps, when he sang Kool and the Gang's Celebration was the cringiest thing Erik Estrada ever did.

  • @glenmcculla6843
    @glenmcculla6843 3 года назад

    Watching Ponch repeatedly take roshambo crotch kicks has brightened up my morning.

  • @tmrezzek5728
    @tmrezzek5728 3 года назад

    7:19 - Godallfuckingmighty...I felt THAT just sitting at my computer. And to think Hooper (1978) made being a stunt performer seem like fun!

  • @janetcraft
    @janetcraft 3 года назад +2

    I may watch this movie just for the car chase scenes alone.

  • @Relfar2
    @Relfar2 3 года назад

    Best Science Advisor Ever

  • @klaatoris
    @klaatoris 3 года назад +2

    Movie concept: Include everything a 10 year old boy thinks looks cool.

  • @joegahan7055
    @joegahan7055 3 года назад

    Eric blocked that news camera with his illustrious perm. Now no one will be able to watch on tv what the fuss was about.

  • @scottlandano3819
    @scottlandano3819 2 года назад

    The chase music sounds like " Get Ready" by The Temptations keeps trying to start.

  • @johansmallberries9874
    @johansmallberries9874 2 года назад

    Some of the fx were way better than you’d expect, like the fx team only did this flick for a working demo reel. Great bullet hits.

  • @davidfausel9029
    @davidfausel9029 Год назад

    I remember randomly catching this movie on TV one afternoon - it physically gave me a headache it was so bad lol

  • @epiendless1128
    @epiendless1128 2 месяца назад

    I like how the clocks aren't even liquid crystal types..

  • @UberNeuman
    @UberNeuman 3 года назад +1

    The melting wax budget for this film must have been in the tens of dollars!

  • @phluphie
    @phluphie 3 года назад +1

    This was made AFTER CHiPs. WTF Eric?!

  • @RavenHouseMystery
    @RavenHouseMystery 3 года назад +1

    Let's see, we need a good title about a light ray weapon that shoots like a laser and blasts things, but "Laser Blast" is already taken.

  • @epiendless1128
    @epiendless1128 3 месяца назад

    I don't know Eric Estrada. My immediate reaction was, "Eli from Stargate?!?"

  • @Ynot101
    @Ynot101 3 года назад

    Another one 👍.. looking forward to the next 😉

  • @aimeeinkling
    @aimeeinkling 3 года назад

    The CHIPs joke was solid.

  • @MikeADee
    @MikeADee 3 года назад +1

    You want implausible plans by a villain then check out 1980s Death Ray 2000. A review of this movie would be cool too, I'm not patreon supporter but I did buy 3 of your books.

  • @andrewparsons2391
    @andrewparsons2391 3 года назад

    'Light Blast'! It's less intense than 'Laser Blast'!

  • @CaptOrbit
    @CaptOrbit 2 года назад

    I really feel like the doctor probably should have made the choice to wear a normal analog watch all things considered.
    Also, I was alive for the 1970s at least half of it and it's amazing that any of us lived considering how unbelievably flammable cars were back then.

  • @GreatgoatonFire
    @GreatgoatonFire 3 года назад +3

    Was this movie filmed on sandpaper with audio recording from a can with a string?

  • @Charlesputnam-bn9zy
    @Charlesputnam-bn9zy 3 года назад

    5:25 there we are ! Hence the music at 3:39

  • @Bigbadwhitecracker
    @Bigbadwhitecracker 3 года назад

    Larry Wilcox: Bahahahahahahahahha
    Erik Estrada: Fine. I'll just learn Spanish and become a big telenovela star in Mexico.

  • @caeserromero3013
    @caeserromero3013 3 года назад +2

    Say what you want, but Erik managed pretty well from TWO huge kicks to the nuts. Most men would be crying in the foetal position at that point...

  • @brendanduffy2710
    @brendanduffy2710 Год назад

    Your old man is a cool geezer .

  • @moonrun2
    @moonrun2 3 года назад

    If there are worse ones than this, then just damnit. Great review and a visit from the Noble Prize winning father. Win win.

  • @wkgmathguy218
    @wkgmathguy218 3 года назад +1

    Great work as always.... and your dad rules :D

  • @DukeNukem2417
    @DukeNukem2417 3 года назад

    0:23 = the interior of the cargo car reminds me of a bit from Twin Peaks....you probably know exactly which one.

  • @ninetyZeven
    @ninetyZeven 3 года назад

    Good casting in this.

  • @LolliPop2000
    @LolliPop2000 3 года назад

    Discount Bullit. Love your dad!

  • @carnivorouslily234
    @carnivorouslily234 3 года назад

    The review was better than the movie. More cameos from the Scientific Advisor! Although I was kind-of hoping for a small fire at least from the contraption on the table...

  • @andrewflashchannelgibbs5384
    @andrewflashchannelgibbs5384 3 года назад

    Wasn’t there a Pierce Brosnan movie along these lines with exploding water? I seem to remember you drink the water and explode. Will check IMDb 😂

  • @fletchkeilman2205
    @fletchkeilman2205 3 года назад

    I just called
    To say......
    I love this channel.
    As well as Christopher Lee.
    And Hammer films.
    And Kung Fu movies.
    And giant Japanese Monsters.
    And Dracula......
    And Eric Estrada ....
    And Frankenstein...
    And ........schieze
    I don't even know anymore.....
    Hope all is well and stay safe! Remember.......everyone here loves you. When you get back, you will have some early Birthday present awaiting yourself. I, on the other hand, will have the exact same

  • @jeraldbaxter3532
    @jeraldbaxter3532 8 месяцев назад

    Have you scene the episode of the 1970s tv show "Kolchak; The Night Stalker," were Eric Estrada plays one of the victims of an Aztec Mummy cult.

  • @danddoty3981
    @danddoty3981 3 года назад +4

    The 80's strike again. Another straight to video release that went to the dollar bin sixteen minutes after arriving at the store. Video killed the drive-in , but we were not better off. This movie would have been the third feature and the only ones left to see it were the poor saps who thought they were going to show a porn flick and didn't have enough booze left to help this movie to make sense. Once again I'm suggesting a couple of movies for you guys. TEENAGERS BATTLE THE THING, BLOOD OF DRACULA'S CASTLE ( the back story is even more interesting than the movie itself) and for Robin, WAXWORK ( this movie was made for him).

    • @robertodell9193
      @robertodell9193 3 года назад +2

      Teenagers Battle the Thing a.k.a. CURSE OF BIGFOOT!!!

    • @danddoty3981
      @danddoty3981 3 года назад

      @@robertodell9193 They retitled it CURSE OF BIGFOOT in the early 70's and tacked on some new footage at the beginning. A bigfoot craze had hit in the early 70's so they tried to take advantage of that.

  • @mahatmarandy5977
    @mahatmarandy5977 3 года назад

    Honestly, Lethal Weapon hasn't aged terribly well either.

  • @markw.loughton6786
    @markw.loughton6786 3 года назад

    Your Dad is a Legend :)

  • @RobinJohnstonphotography
    @RobinJohnstonphotography 2 года назад

    This is a pretty grim Chips sequel.

  • @xwrn
    @xwrn 3 года назад

    I saw this at B Movie Bingo. I'd say it's worth it for the chicken gun, but then you have to watch the rest of the movie. I remember having fun with it, but they serve beer at that theater.

  • @HeavyMetalTones
    @HeavyMetalTones 3 года назад

    Italian American co production look this is bad but he did make the Inglorious Bastards back in 77 and is not a bad film. Not good but not bad, and slew of Mad Max knock offs.. Ahhhh you got to love Italian schlock movies. It’s a guilty pleasure of mine