Rich has a fanatical fascination with small things getting murdered. I remember them watching a film in which small rodents were shot with explosive rounds. I have never seen Rich laugh more
Star Wars Return of the Jedi was actually hastily produced and rushed to theatres a week after Space Hunter to capitalize on the success of Space Hunter.
Fun Fact: George Lucas was originally going to have Emperor Palpatine fight Luke while suspended on a big Crane Arm. But then Lucas saw Space hunter and he had to reshoot the whole movie in a week. Luckily, they were able to reuse the idea in Rise of the Skywalker
it's funny you bring up Ice Pirates, for DECADES i tried to remember some movie from one scene and I thought it was from Ice Pirates so i'd watch that movie every few years thinking it was the movie i couldn't place. This review made me realize it was Space Hunter the whole time.
@@billkeithchannel does he play two characters in ice pirates ? or is this a joke about how he looks weird without makeup, thus the joke is that we have never seen him not hidden behind makeup ? cause his character in ice pirates has no makeup on...just a bandanna, other than maybe the standard powder everyone on camera would get. Genuine question, cause if that was the joke, I've never heard it, and it's pretty damn funny.
You guys left out the bat people/fat people story. When they were getting the costumes made, they sent a note to the effects house and they wanted Bat People for the tower. There was a typo and it looked like Fat People, so that's what showed up on set. It was too late and too expensive for them to change it, so there are Fat People in the movie.
@@meoff7602 I think it totally worked out for the better, I always thought those people were gross and weird. The Bat People were just supposed to have been a "bats in the belfry" in joke as she was climbing the tower.
I literally only have herd of this movie is because their was a clip on youtube that was trending of Gene Siskel and Roger Eber defending Star Wars to some pretentious film critic who thought the Star Wars was the worst movies ever made and ruining the lives of children,Gene Siskel used this movie as example of Bad Sc fi and bad popcorn movie with no substance to counter-argue why star wars is good movie.
I still own Ice Pirates on dvd. Bonus fact I once ran into Bruce Vilanch at an airport, I asked him when they were coming out with Ice Pirates 2? He just looked at me and said how the hell do you know that piece of shit? It was a great time.
My parents saw this in theaters and owned it on LaserDisc. They said there was a cut in the theatrical cut that they quickly replaced for the home video release: originally, when the ship crash landed on the planet, it was a shot too wide and it revealed the parking lot they were shooting the sequence in.
@@Fudz4 I mean, colloquially, sure. But technically it would be anyone who changes something from its original intended purpose. Honestly, the idea of perverting sex doesn’t even really make any sense.
I mean, to me, a zoomer, I’ve never heard anyone under the age of 60 say “sex pervert” and even then it was only a couple of times. It sounds just, weird.
Jay: "The kid in the wheelchair gets shot by a cop and dies." Rich: 😀 Jay: "And then Mac has to bring him back to life with his magical powers." Rich: 😒
I knew Jay edited this ep. because they showed the clip of the kid in the wheelchair getting shot not once but twice. I'm sure Jay spent 10 minutes belly laughing just thinking about it.
I loved this movie as a kid. My wife took me to “an evening with Molly Ringwald” and when she mentioned Space Hunter, mine was the single cheer in the audience.
The most recent review by Brandon Tenold literally mentions that the director of Tammy and the T-Rex directed Ice Pirates. Brandon's video came out two days before this one. Weird coincidence I guess.
Less than a year after Landis killed those kids, that shot almost setting Molly Ringwald on fire was scary. Pretty impressive how she powered through it.
In review: Jay and Josh for a informative entertaining intelligent conversation, Mike and Rich for hilarious jokes and banter. But honestly, I'm happy whomever sits together.
Yeah. I tell the guys in work I have a movie night with my friends every week. It's just me watching RLM with a few beers at 2 in the morning. I even pause it now and then to give my opinion. And I love it.
@Sh3p 83 My girlfriend thinks it's sad but I have a great time. I'm not gonna invite someone to watch Samurai Cop, because I know they won't get it. We're a special breed.
My memory of "Mac and Me" was my dad renting the movie for me, and me going to the bathroom to cry because of a certain scene, then he yelled at me because I wasn't watching the movie he paid for and threatened to return it.
@@magisterrleth3129 Shows like SG1 and Farscape are admittedly very campy, while other shows like Star Trek tend to be more philosophical and slow. Above all these shows also tended to be rather episodic, with maybe some two part episodes or some season-long storylines. BSG came out with a bang and did their episodes in a way to keep you on the edge of their seat and each episode was pretty much a direct continuation of the previous episode. It was also pretty "edgy" so it made campy shows seem even sillier by contrast. It became so popular that other shows tried to emulate its success which is how we got shows like Stargate Universe that got a ton of blowback for being such a huge tonal shift from both SG1 and Atlantis (in addition to having a crummy season 1, season 2 was alright). If you look at some of the more recent sci-fi shows to come out like The Expanse they have kept the more serious tone, particularly with how they choose to adapt certain sci-fi tropes.
I absolutely loved this movie when I was a kid, same as Rich. Sometimes nostalgia is best left in the past. Also, like Congo, Ernie Hudson completely steals this movie without even trying.
Got sent here by Lextorias because this movie was mentioned in passing on the vid about the Space Western. I had this movie on VHS when I was a kid (this one, The Princess Bride, and Clue were our only movies for a few years) and I've never heard ANYBODY reference this movie outside of my immediate family, most of whom are no longer with us. I cannot even begin to express how happy both that reference and this review made me, and I haven't even watched this review yet!! (Full disclosure, I loved it as a kid and still do. I have it on DVD. This movie is the reason I love B-rated Sci-Fi.)
When I was a kid the little rubber monster toys had JUST hit the market, and I know I had one that looked JUST like that space herpe, I was thinking HEY, that's the toy I had, they are just dragging it across the floor on a string!
Remember that scene in The Phantom Menace where little Anakin gets shot through the heart by a battle droid, and Jar-Jar revives him using space magic?
You are like the third channel I'm subbed to that I never expected to see in the comment section of a RLM video. Not that I think its odd for people to watch them and cover other types of content just that I never saw it coming.
Isn't i a magical story? The young Rich Evans dreams of space and adventure. And only a mere decades later, he fulfills his very dreams as Spacecop?! Thinking about it brings tears to my eyes!
God. This, Krull, Ice Pirates and a few others bring back such great memories and affection for what it was to be an outcast, nerd back then. You couldn't find a community on Twitch or RUclips to share interests with. It was very personal and alone, but completely comforting and privately yours. Or felt that way. Loved this crap.
I wasn't what you would call a nerd(outwardly) but I loved all this shit, read comics/sci-fi/fantasy and much more, but bein a nerd wasn't something you wanted to be known for as it destroyed your street cred, lol, different days indeed (Andrew not doreen orr)
@@doreenorr6435 Yeah. Where I come from, there wasn't street cred so much as "prep" or "jock" cred. Either way, I couldn't worry about it because something about me made me the kind of kid that couldn't be in those groups by their own estimation. I think that is exactly what gives this stuff such a warm, fuzzy feeling for me. I remember being aware that there were groups and cliques. And I remember feeling acutely left out. And I remember having this stuff, quietly and to myself. Bitter sweet.
@Sprocket List Yup. I figured there were other people digging on this stuff. Just that, as an extreme introvert, it was very unlikely I would actually meet them. But I'm not surprised to see them here, now. Its a comfort that the world is full of weirdos.
Pretty certain the diapered guys hanging upside down were supposed to be "bat men" in the script (explains why they're hanging upside down) but the production guys misread it as "fatmen" and, well, there you go. True story from 'Starlog' back in the day.
@@echopeakbicycling85 -- Yep, the Internet before the Internet. Only thing worse than being caught with a copy of 'Starlog' was being caught riding a moped or dating a fat chick. (Who am I kidding? We didn't have girlfriends...)
Just for shits and giggles, there's a GREAT article in a late '82 Starlog magazine, written by the author while on the set, that goes deep into the making of the film, as if it's going to be a classic. It's pretty amazing. lol As for the film, itself, it's pretty nuts, obviously - but I always loved the design of the main ship.
My dad always made a point to take me to the movies in the 80's purely based on if Siskel & Ebert hated the movie. He was a wise man. Edit: I should have specified. "Action and sci-fi. Yes we still watched movies with good reviews. No I didn't watch babies day out, yes I've seen unforgiven.
Perhaps it's where I live in england but I never saw the draw of them. They just backed movies that were dead certs and made a messed up movie about how messed up hollywood is XD also ALOT of people I see who "adored" them on youtube often love the movies the duo hated and said would suck... media tells em to like em though so they do.
@@CrashHeadroom You clearly never watched them, I won't say I agree with every single one of their takes but they did champion a lot of lesser known films, hardly just major studio certs dead certs as you'd say.
@@CrashHeadroom i mean hell I probably agree with Ebert only about half the time but he still had a genuine love for the art which is infectious. Especially in his writing, i think they show him to be a great communicator of film theory for a mass audience. Siskel though, ill admit never seemed impressed by anything and is not someone i would have looked to for opinion.
I believe I watched this with my dad when I was four years old. I remember being horrified at the female android's face melting. I remembered this movie for years but never knew what it was. Thanks, RLM!
When Jay said at 31:17 he had some Italian Mad Max rip-offs, I thought, "I've probably seen some of them." Yep, I've seen ALL of them. Truly I have achieved in life.
Yeah, me too... I used to live in video stores (and got hired at one because the owner saw my rental history there and went "Woah!" lol). I can't say I'm "proud", but it's an interesting time and history to be a part of.
One of the 'Space babes' is Deborah Pratt, who was in Airwolf and was married to Airwolf, Quantum Leap and Magnum series creator Donald Belisario. She also voiced the opening monologue in the Quantum Leap opening credits.
I'm mad i read the rest of this comment. It was way funnier when I thought you were just incorrectly calling jan michael vincent "airwolf". Like...married to airwolf ? The helicopter ??...like she was the original TLC reality show type "check it out, I'm in love with my car or this rollercoaster" kinda coolguy ?? Eh, whatever, I'ma just pretend that's the case anyway in order to stave off the deep dark despar that I feel with every waking and sleeping moment.
@@flagnappersmith7974 No worries, it's a free country, you can read the words or arrange them in any order that gives you greatest pleasure :) Maybe she's Mormon and is able to be married to Airwolf, Magnum and Quantum Leap at the same time :)
I feel privileged to have had HBO in the early 80s. Their lack of budget for decent movie licenses shaped my whole perspective on movies. Because of that, Heartbeeps, Ice Pirates, SpaceHunter, Hercules (1983), etc just seemed like normal movies to me. I grew up on pure cheese, and I'm so glad :)
@@hulkhatepunybanner Something is _wrong_ on Saturn 3. Ah good memories of TV trailers. I got quite good at the Krull arcade game and loved the movie. Kill the girl!
Agreed. In the 80s the cheese was quite good. Probably explains why I'm so easy to please regarding sci-fi movies. You forgot a few: Night of the Comet, Flash Gordon, The Last Starfighter, Lifeforce, Krull, Electric Dreams, Battle Beyond the Stars, Real Genius, Re-Animator, Trancers, Chopping Mall, Howard the Duck, Maximum Overdrive, Cherry 2000.
@@hulkhatepunybanner Saturn 3 was awesome, I still own a copy (bluray I think). I left it off my list because it wasn't really cheese, it was just ahead of its time.
Molly Ringwald turned 15 in Feb 83 around when the film was announced. But filming had started in October 82 so she may have actually been only 14 filming that :/
They used to play this movie constantly on cable when I was a little kid. Recently rewatched it, and enjoyed it far more than Rich and Jay. It's pulp space adventure, and doesn't pretend to be anything else. I liked it.
it was clearer 3D because it used a new form where the left and the right eye had different polarized lenses. one vertical and one horizontal. I remember the glasses they gave out were clear with grooves. This 2D version was just the left video channel thats why its not centered
Oh, that's what's used nowadays for the most part for 3D productions. Guess it must have been a better experience when not watching in 3D than the previous standard.
The connection between Ivan Reitman, Elmer Bernstein, and Harold Ramis was first established in "Stripes" (1981), which Reitman directed, Bernstein composed the score for and Ramis acted in and co-wrote. Reitman also produced the animated anthology film "Heavy Metal" the same year, for which Bernstein also composed the score and Ramis lent his voice in one of the segments. The score that Bernstein composed for "Heavy Metal" also used a lot of theremin and ethereal tones, which he used later in "Ghostbusters". The shooting script for "Ghostbusters" was written a few weeks after "Spacehunter" was released to theaters and filming began in the fall of '83.
It's probably just a result of the movies they'd wantbto do for this show not intersecting. Rich usually goes for science fiction or action stuff and Jay is usually into horror films or John Waters shit which Rich is not that into it would seem.
@@meoff7602 Why did you have to go and ruin such a good thing? I was over here vibin' with my peeps, and we were all laughing and having a good time; and then you had to come along and say "You know what? My experience with Mac and Me wasn't so bad...In fact, I had a pretty good time." Well, you know who didn't have a good time? Me! Also, check out my sweet drawing of a ninja...He's holding 2 swords and doing ninja stuff.
As an old Gen X fart, I can tell you that Peter Strauss was well known at the time. He was big in the prestige mini-series boom of the 70s, so everybody knew his face.
@@Corbomite_Meatballs Zoomers are the generation that have lower income, less work benefits, are more gullible for any company that sells any bogus social issue, and will be extremely poor in old age. But they’ll have sweet memories when they had snarky comebacks on the internet like “ok boomer.”
When I turned on the tube today and saw this in my notifications I was genuinely happy. One of the movies I loved growing up Thanks guys for making my day
Rich's childhood recollection and adult realizations over this movie are mine with Hook. I watched it ad nauseum as a child, was captivated by the goofiness, and now it is a very different movie that I am willing to defend as Fun if Nothing Else. And knowing just how much hell the movie went through to even get made in the state it was released in and what ideas were left undone makes it bitter, but also sweeter, to enjoy.
@@dlvnmedia Molly is, give or take a few months, the same age as me. So I've grown up with her on screen. And I've always liked her, even in this movie (albeit with earplugs inserted).
OMG! For years upon years now I’ve been trying to remember what outlandish movie I saw as a kid, the only scene of which I could remember was a chase scene with guy in armor being drug behind a motorcycle and a family of robots being destroyed. It was ICE PIRATES! Rich Evans you are a blessing we mere mortals do not deserve.
7:00 "Somehow, Palpatine has returned...and he looks like Michael Ironside crossed with Skeletor crossed with Voldemort." I should've known that Abrams ripped that idea off from somewhere.
A less forgotten movie from my Childhood deserves the love of a Re:view. Battle Beyond the Stars, its basically a sci fi Seven Samurai. Wonderful memories and I believe that it is currently on Amazon Prime Video.
Here's a List of 1980's post Star Wars films (feel free to add to list) : The Ice Pirates, Enemy Mine, The Last Starfighter, Solarbabies, Outland, Megaforce, Spaceballs, Heartbeeps, Battle Beyond the Stars, Flash Gordon, Galaxina, Saturn 3, Earthbound, Forbidden World, Tron, Strange Invaders, Radioactive Dreams, Zone Troopers, Alien Nation, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Hell comes to Frogtown.
You guys missed an opportunity to mention how the title is similar to Forbidden Zone (1980) by Richard and Danny Elfman, which is also a wacky creep/horny movie that is like a lost cult movie without a cult.
I noticed the opening title thing immediately. My theory is that they did the special effect for each segment, and only noticed after the fact that SPACEHUNTER covers up the rest of the text for most of the animation. I bet someone spent all day animating the subtitle, and didn't want that time to be wasted.
Maybe they had had the title animation done before the re-shoots, and it was cheaper to remove the "Adventures in the Creep Zone" and just add the new subtitle afterwards.
I think the Italians admired how Road Warrior and Escape from New York were modern day adventures with a clear hero. We needed more of that after the 70s biker/hippy films. Plus they could be shot on a low budget in a foriegn country with foriegn actors and still make it big in the US.
I love the Rich/Jay dynamic, but one of the things I love about re:View is getting to see the RLM guys talk about films they actually like. There are plenty of venues to see them being disappointed. That's why I think that this and the Dark Horizon installments were both missed opportunities. Re:View things at least one host genuinely likes! The Amazing Rich/Jack Nothing But Trouble is a good example of how some genuine affection on one hosts part can make even a disaster a joy to discuss.
Holy crap, I saw this movie a ton of times as a kid and completely forgot it existed until now. Thanks for dredging this out of blank void of my mind RLM.
Holy crap! I remember the bad guy with the big robotic claw hands riding around on a crane arm! I had random memories of him in a film I saw as a child and, UNTIL NOW, I didn't know what film he was from. I've been trying to figure it out for years!
I also loved this film as a kid. It's probably been 30 years plus since I've seen it too. Being a kid back then you watched whatever sci-fi was available.
Jesus Christ...my parents took my older stepbrother to this and had me tag along and then made us walk out on the undressing scene and I only remember that moment and thought I had made this movie up!!!!!!!
Holy cow this is a movie my brother has been looking for over 20 to 25 years no joke . Thank you gang . It was in a video store and he rented once lol . The Michael Ironside part was something he wanted to remember lol.
When I was a kid and just old enough to be developing the ability to be critical about movies I remember Strauss's performance as the President in xXx 2: The Next Level making me stop and think "Sweet Jesus this guy sucks at acting." I'm fairly certain it was the first time I ever found a performance noticeably bad.
Yea Strauss was someone that was a constant on TV in the 80s and he played a convincing enough good guy. Then somehow he disappeared. I remember watching Rich Man, Poor Man with my family. I tried to read some stuff recently about him and what he became. And apparently he quit Rich Man, Poor Man at the height of the show and I don't know why. I wonder if it somehow hurt him in the long run. Cause there was the actor that played Steven in Dynasty who also quit his role and we never saw him again.
@@johnnyskinwalker4095 He didn't quit "Rich Man", it was a (couple of) miniseries. As I recall, the second one strayed pretty far from the original book. It should tell you something that Strauss was nominated for a Golden Globe alongside his co-star, Nick Nolte. Strauss was a good actor who never made it quite as big as he might have deserved. He wasn't quite good-looking enough to be a leading heartthrob but too pretty to be a character actor. So he did the smart thing, made a decent amount of money and started focusing on growing grapes and citrus. From what I recall reading, he's successful and well-respected at that and still acts occasionally.
@@ToniHinton This is something I read that he quit Rich Man, Poor Man. Maybe they wanted him for the second series and he didn't want to return? who knows. About him being "not good-looking enough" you have to be kidding me! lol
I watched this last night ahead of your review. I had never heard of it before and it seemed intriguing. Gotta admit I actually kinda liked it. The awesome sets and vehicle designs made it for me. And of course, Micheal Ironside as the pervy cyborg. It almost felt like a He-Man play set, or some other forgotten 80s toy line come to life.
This movie and Ice Pirates were on heavy rotation in the early to mid 80’s and I remember watching them a lot among quite a few others that helped me become the person I am today.
I have this on a 2 pack dvd with "Krull"...I watched Krull once as a kid and had always looked for it since. If I had seen this and "Empire Strikes Back" as a kid I am sure my life would changed forever. I only 1st saw "Spacehunter" about four years ago now.
I was pretty geeky about movies when I was 12, but I can definitely say that when I first saw this movie at that age, my eye did NOT go directly to the jagged edge of the matte painting :D
I watched this one a lot as a kid too. Dad recorded it off TV sometime around 1988. I don't remember much of it, but the obstacle course scene was pretty solid, and I loved the end credit music.
Omg I have been looking for the name of this movie for about 20 years. I remember watching it as a child late at night and being fasanated by it. Thanks for bringing it to light 👍
Damn, this was one of the first movies I watched on a VCR back in 83~84 with my cousins and I had it completely removed from my memory till seeing the poster in the thumbnail. Now all sorts of weird flashbacks of that session are popping into my mind again.
Saw this in the theatre when it came out , instantly fell in love with it ; it was also one of the first movies I added to my VHS collection . A true gem for psychotronic collectors and lovers of really cheesy films that transcend their cheese .
I graduated in 85. Saw both these movies with my friends many times. In our defense we smoked a lot of weed. Where the name started. Cool video gentleman! 😊😎
RLM should make a series of Rich Evans favorite childhood films and call it "Dick's Pix"
Gold. Comedy gold.
Too accurate, please delete.
I for one, support this.
the high caliber of humor and wit i expect from one Seymour Butts
Ice Pirates, Mac & Me, and Tammy & the dinosaur triple feature!!! How can one director be responsible for so much awesomeness!!
The happiness on Rich face when he finds out a kid gets shot is magical.
Rich has a fanatical fascination with small things getting murdered. I remember them watching a film in which small rodents were shot with explosive rounds. I have never seen Rich laugh more
It's even more magical when he seems let down the death isn't permanent.
@Null Null That was the one. Thank you
The heart wants what the heart wants.
So if we find something with children AND the elderly suffering, I assume Mike and Rich will bond over it.
Star Wars Return of the Jedi was actually hastily produced and rushed to theatres a week after Space Hunter to capitalize on the success of Space Hunter.
Fucking lol 🤣
😂
I heard George Lukas was sweating bullets when he saw this in theaters
Fun Fact:
George Lucas was originally going to have Emperor Palpatine fight Luke while suspended on a big Crane Arm. But then Lucas saw Space hunter and he had to reshoot the whole movie in a week.
Luckily, they were able to reuse the idea in Rise of the Skywalker
@@rocketforthree4479 So, JJ Abrams stole that, too? 😉
there's something so pure and joyful about imagining 6 year old Rich watching Ice Pirates laughing like 40 year old Rich
I loved Ice Pirates. Yet another movie where Ron Pearlman is hidden behind makeup.
it's funny you bring up Ice Pirates, for DECADES i tried to remember some movie from one scene and I thought it was from Ice Pirates so i'd watch that movie every few years thinking it was the movie i couldn't place. This review made me realize it was Space Hunter the whole time.
@@billkeithchannel does he play two characters in ice pirates ? or is this a joke about how he looks weird without makeup, thus the joke is that we have never seen him not hidden behind makeup ? cause his character in ice pirates has no makeup on...just a bandanna, other than maybe the standard powder everyone on camera would get. Genuine question, cause if that was the joke, I've never heard it, and it's pretty damn funny.
Pure ? You mean he’s always had that 9th layer of hell torturing scream laugh?
@@billkeithchannel my favorite role of his was as the tar-monster god of hell
You guys left out the bat people/fat people story. When they were getting the costumes made, they sent a note to the effects house and they wanted Bat People for the tower. There was a typo and it looked like Fat People, so that's what showed up on set. It was too late and too expensive for them to change it, so there are Fat People in the movie.
That's incredible.
Bat people sounds stupid. The Fat people were cool. Slipping out of pods.
@@meoff7602 I think it totally worked out for the better, I always thought those people were gross and weird. The Bat People were just supposed to have been a "bats in the belfry" in joke as she was climbing the tower.
I guess that explains why the Fat People were hanging from the ceiling, upside down.
@@Byrvurra I love reanimator.
Ah yes another movie I’ve never seen or heard of but will listen to 30 minutes of commentary on.
You beat me to it, man.
Lol
I love this series
Isn't that why we all watch this. Film enthusiasts, saving time
I literally only have herd of this movie is because their was a clip on youtube that was trending of Gene Siskel and Roger Eber defending Star Wars to some pretentious film critic who thought the Star Wars was the worst movies ever made and ruining the lives of children,Gene Siskel used this movie as example of Bad Sc fi and bad popcorn movie with no substance to counter-argue why star wars is good movie.
"Anything that had anything to do with space......I loved it."
- Rich Evans, star of Space Cop, a film he hates.
He just hates that hack Stoklasa.
@@mateuszjesionkowski3741 Its a tumultuous case of manlove, but manlove it is still.
the name Rich Evans should not have an apostrophe
rich evans shouldnt be captialized
I see a Sharpson brother in the wild, I give him a like.
I still own Ice Pirates on dvd. Bonus fact I once ran into Bruce Vilanch at an airport, I asked him when they were coming out with Ice Pirates 2? He just looked at me and said how the hell do you know that piece of shit? It was a great time.
You should have asked him about where the original Star Wars Holiday Special film print is kept. That needs to be in 4K
I can't believe that guy has never seen Ice Pirates.
Of all the sentences to not have commas, it has to be the one where the takeaway could be that Bruce Vilanch called you a piece of shit.
My parents saw this in theaters and owned it on LaserDisc. They said there was a cut in the theatrical cut that they quickly replaced for the home video release: originally, when the ship crash landed on the planet, it was a shot too wide and it revealed the parking lot they were shooting the sequence in.
Was Harold Ramis pushing a grocery cart in that parking lot? xD
That was deliberate, showing a wormhole through space and time, which just happened to be to a parking lot on earth on the other side.
It just cracks me up whenever someone from the RLM crew says "sex pervert" and I don't know why
Because its redundant, what other kind of pervert is there lol
@@Fudz4 I mean, colloquially, sure. But technically it would be anyone who changes something from its original intended purpose. Honestly, the idea of perverting sex doesn’t even really make any sense.
I mean, to me, a zoomer, I’ve never heard anyone under the age of 60 say “sex pervert” and even then it was only a couple of times. It sounds just, weird.
I swear to god i learned that word from them and everytime i say it i age like 20 years
I like when they call Hollyweird people "sex pests".
Jay: "The kid in the wheelchair gets shot by a cop and dies."
Rich: 😀
Jay: "And then Mac has to bring him back to life with his magical powers."
Rich: 😒
I can't believe they left out the next part where the alien family all get blown up.
I knew Jay edited this ep. because they showed the clip of the kid in the wheelchair getting shot not once but twice. I'm sure Jay spent 10 minutes belly laughing just thinking about it.
I loved this movie as a kid.
My wife took me to “an evening with Molly Ringwald” and when she mentioned Space Hunter, mine was the single cheer in the audience.
JUST AN EVENING???
@@DeflatingAtheism I could afford no more.
Masterpieces are rarely understood or recognized by the unwashed masses. You did well.
and mine was the peter griffin giggle 2 seconds later
"Oh, Tammy and the T-Rex! That's from the same director of Ice Pirates!"
Said nobody ever, Jay. Nobody EVER. Just you, you nerd freak.
Yeah, I know about Ice Pirates simply because I familiarized myself with Star Wars rip offs.
Which would also make me a nerd.
@@chuckwilliams3003 I only remember Ice Pirates because it was on heavy rotation on HBO in the mid-Eighties.
@@KenoshiAkai For that matter, Spacehunter was in regular rotation on HBO as well.
@@x-crisis For some reason, I didn't see it as much.
The most recent review by Brandon Tenold literally mentions that the director of Tammy and the T-Rex directed Ice Pirates. Brandon's video came out two days before this one. Weird coincidence I guess.
Less than a year after Landis killed those kids, that shot almost setting Molly Ringwald on fire was scary. Pretty impressive how she powered through it.
Actually, both movies were filmed in 1982. The Landis incident occurred in July, but I am not sure what month S.H. was filmed.
Waif!
Rich and Jay are really great together. Under rated pairing.
It's just so wonderful that among the main trio, any pairing is so enjoyable in their own unique ways and I never feel let down when they're involved.
I love rich, and Mike, but Jay, is great to.
Jay and Rich have fun chemistry together. A team up I approve of. Need more of it.
Yes! I agree with this ☝️
Don't know why, Jay and Rich are my favorites from the RLM team.
Their chemistry is quite overtly sexual.
@@ActionBastardo They did Road Warrior together.
@@ActionBastardo i think they also did a "...Talk About" on The Boys together
In review: Jay and Josh for a informative entertaining intelligent conversation, Mike and Rich for hilarious jokes and banter. But honestly, I'm happy whomever sits together.
The chemistry between Jay and Rich is great to see. Makes me wish I had friends really.
No, no you don't. Jay & Rich Evans are professional entertainers. MOST people are not fun to be around. So you aren't missing much.
Yeah. I tell the guys in work I have a movie night with my friends every week. It's just me watching RLM with a few beers at 2 in the morning. I even pause it now and then to give my opinion. And I love it.
@Sh3p 83 My girlfriend thinks it's sad but I have a great time. I'm not gonna invite someone to watch Samurai Cop, because I know they won't get it. We're a special breed.
who needs friends when we have the internet!!
i had one friend i watched bad movies with but he stopped seeing mr
I really like the way Rich and Jay riff. I don’t think we see just the two of them very often.
Really makes you wish their marriage didn't fall through.
@@justinkennedy3004 this comment split my sides 😆
"Mike won't let it happen"
I was not expecting that "It's like poetry, it rhymes" line from Jay. Absolutely shattered me. 10/10
I loved this movie as a kid. We even built our own death maze to put smaller kids through.
Awesome!!
I built one with legos and used it for a D&D game.
My memory of "Mac and Me" was my dad renting the movie for me, and me going to the bathroom to cry because of a certain scene, then he yelled at me because I wasn't watching the movie he paid for and threatened to return it.
Good memory. Are you gonna watch the Mortal Kombat crossover reboot, Ermac and Me?
M O O D
why didn't you just cry in front of your dad
Selfish
Ah, so the image of Molly Ringwald holding a cheap laser pistol isn't just something I conjured up when I had the flu as a kid.
She looks miserable in that poster, like she is so done with the whole thing.
Flu movie. The kind of thing you watch on HBO when you're home sick. :)
@@SausageFingers420 SG1 is a gift from above, it was exactly what we needed until BSG killed episodic SciFi
@@furfeyl How did BSG kill episodic sci-fi? I started watching it recently, loving it. The 2004 version, not the one from the 70's.
@@magisterrleth3129 Shows like SG1 and Farscape are admittedly very campy, while other shows like Star Trek tend to be more philosophical and slow. Above all these shows also tended to be rather episodic, with maybe some two part episodes or some season-long storylines. BSG came out with a bang and did their episodes in a way to keep you on the edge of their seat and each episode was pretty much a direct continuation of the previous episode. It was also pretty "edgy" so it made campy shows seem even sillier by contrast. It became so popular that other shows tried to emulate its success which is how we got shows like Stargate Universe that got a ton of blowback for being such a huge tonal shift from both SG1 and Atlantis (in addition to having a crummy season 1, season 2 was alright). If you look at some of the more recent sci-fi shows to come out like The Expanse they have kept the more serious tone, particularly with how they choose to adapt certain sci-fi tropes.
“It is I, Doctor Mobius, transmitting from my dome-shaped... dome in the Forbidden Zone! A zone... that is, yes... forbidden to you”
Does this movie have roboscorpions in it?
Ah, good ol' flat earth domed world programming.
For various raisins
I absolutely loved this movie when I was a kid, same as Rich. Sometimes nostalgia is best left in the past.
Also, like Congo, Ernie Hudson completely steals this movie without even trying.
Had a chance to meet Ernie at a convention a while back he's a very nice dude and just as charismatic as the roles he's played
The Substitute is another movie he shines in!
Got sent here by Lextorias because this movie was mentioned in passing on the vid about the Space Western. I had this movie on VHS when I was a kid (this one, The Princess Bride, and Clue were our only movies for a few years) and I've never heard ANYBODY reference this movie outside of my immediate family, most of whom are no longer with us. I cannot even begin to express how happy both that reference and this review made me, and I haven't even watched this review yet!! (Full disclosure, I loved it as a kid and still do. I have it on DVD. This movie is the reason I love B-rated Sci-Fi.)
I saw Ice Pirates in the theater. I remember asking my parents very loudly "What's herpes?!"
Did they tell you?
@@kellymoses8566 I asked as we were leaving the theater. From what I remember they changed the subject. lol
When I was a kid the little rubber monster toys had JUST hit the market, and I know I had one that looked JUST like that space herpe, I was thinking HEY, that's the toy I had, they are just dragging it across the floor on a string!
Hah! My friend's older sister took us and we asked her on the way out of the theater, she wouldn't tell us either :p
About that time the Saturday Evening Post had a big article explaining that cold sores are a form of Herpes Simplex 3.
Oh Spacehunter, a beloved movie from my childhood that I've never been able to talk about with anyone my entire life.
Yeah, I liked this one a lot as a kid too.
i liked it and i was in my 20's when it came out and i saw it
same!never knew it was in 3D!
What do you want to say about it?
@@jamstonjulian6947 I like the part where he has to explain to Molly Ringwald that hot dogs aren't actually made out of dogs.
Remember that scene in The Phantom Menace where little Anakin gets shot through the heart by a battle droid, and Jar-Jar revives him using space magic?
You are like the third channel I'm subbed to that I never expected to see in the comment section of a RLM video. Not that I think its odd for people to watch them and cover other types of content just that I never saw it coming.
Star Wars - Episode 1: Adventures in the Creep Zone
Not just magic... But ..SPACE MAGIC...!!!
Do you remember that part when Darth Maul proclaims himself the Phantom Menace?
I do now.
Isn't i a magical story? The young Rich Evans dreams of space and adventure. And only a mere decades later, he fulfills his very dreams as Spacecop?!
Thinking about it brings tears to my eyes!
I think Re-View has quickly become one of my favorite Weekend experiences. Thank you for all the hard work and wonderful entertainment.
Really like watching Re:views with Jay, his attention to technical detail adds a layer of perspective.
I think Jim is the best though with regards to story and surrounding info and technical know-how. They need to get him back for another one
@@frankmerker630 so a Jay/Jim re:view ? I LOVE it.
I love that Half in the Bag, Best of the Worst, and Re:view are all slowly merging into one show
Half of the Worst Review?
5 minutes into watching Spacehunter I had to double check that this wasn't Best of the Worst. No regrets though
Well, they are all part of the Red Letter Media Cinematic Universe, of course!
Gonna say it, Rich and Jay is the most wholesome matchup in the RLM universe
Gotta agree, you could cut the sexual tension with a knife between these two...
Rich and Colin
no, Rich & the bald guy with glasses from Previously Recorded is WAY more "wholesome"
No, its the most handsome cople
I think Rich and Mike can be a wholesome matchup when they are talking about TNG. Nowhere else.
I always love how relaxed and happy Jay and Rick looks when they review stuff together, i'm vibing with thi shit
God. This, Krull, Ice Pirates and a few others bring back such great memories and affection for what it was to be an outcast, nerd back then. You couldn't find a community on Twitch or RUclips to share interests with. It was very personal and alone, but completely comforting and privately yours. Or felt that way. Loved this crap.
I wasn't what you would call a nerd(outwardly) but I loved all this shit, read comics/sci-fi/fantasy and much more, but bein a nerd wasn't something you wanted to be known for as it destroyed your street cred, lol, different days indeed (Andrew not doreen orr)
@@doreenorr6435 Yeah. Where I come from, there wasn't street cred so much as "prep" or "jock" cred. Either way, I couldn't worry about it because something about me made me the kind of kid that couldn't be in those groups by their own estimation. I think that is exactly what gives this stuff such a warm, fuzzy feeling for me. I remember being aware that there were groups and cliques. And I remember feeling acutely left out. And I remember having this stuff, quietly and to myself. Bitter sweet.
@Sprocket List Yup. I figured there were other people digging on this stuff. Just that, as an extreme introvert, it was very unlikely I would actually meet them. But I'm not surprised to see them here, now. Its a comfort that the world is full of weirdos.
Well put, felt exactly the same back in the day👍
That is what videogame arcades were for in the 80's.
Pretty certain the diapered guys hanging upside down were supposed to be "bat men" in the script (explains why they're hanging upside down) but the production guys misread it as "fatmen" and, well, there you go. True story from 'Starlog' back in the day.
@@echopeakbicycling85 -- Yep, the Internet before the Internet. Only thing worse than being caught with a copy of 'Starlog' was being caught riding a moped or dating a fat chick. (Who am I kidding? We didn't have girlfriends...)
@kidzoki
But, where is the connection with Star trek?
Did they get it right in Beastmaster?
Just for shits and giggles, there's a GREAT article in a late '82 Starlog magazine, written by the author while on the set, that goes deep into the making of the film, as if it's going to be a classic. It's pretty amazing. lol As for the film, itself, it's pretty nuts, obviously - but I always loved the design of the main ship.
30:58 ...And PYRITE, is ALRIGHT, with ME.
Rich bringing back the classics.
It's not a pyrite if you don't record the warning.
@lietunantURNER I love when they said "fuck it Rich's singing sucks, let's just dub it over with Jack"
"This here's a nugget o solid gold, muthaf**kurr."
Agh’s shard tierlist when?
I remember being so happy when I got rich and Jack to sing that song when they were streaming twitch. Good times!
"In two weeks, Columbia will present 3D as you've never seen it before, it looks like 2D"
I love the fact that the 1995 live action 'Fist of the North Star' movie reused the motorcycle props seen at 31:55
Simply incredible.
Yooooooooooooo
My dad always made a point to take me to the movies in the 80's purely based on if Siskel & Ebert hated the movie. He was a wise man.
Edit: I should have specified. "Action and sci-fi. Yes we still watched movies with good reviews. No I didn't watch babies day out, yes I've seen unforgiven.
Perhaps it's where I live in england but I never saw the draw of them. They just backed movies that were dead certs and made a messed up movie about how messed up hollywood is XD also ALOT of people I see who "adored" them on youtube often love the movies the duo hated and said would suck... media tells em to like em though so they do.
@@CrashHeadroom they were the American Mary Whitehouse.
@@DistractedGlobeGuy .....oh dear
@@CrashHeadroom You clearly never watched them, I won't say I agree with every single one of their takes but they did champion a lot of lesser known films, hardly just major studio certs dead certs as you'd say.
@@CrashHeadroom i mean hell I probably agree with Ebert only about half the time but he still had a genuine love for the art which is infectious. Especially in his writing, i think they show him to be a great communicator of film theory for a mass audience. Siskel though, ill admit never seemed impressed by anything and is not someone i would have looked to for opinion.
I believe I watched this with my dad when I was four years old. I remember being horrified at the female android's face melting. I remembered this movie for years but never knew what it was. Thanks, RLM!
Your dad let you watch this with him when you were 4?Lets illegal.
@@karlydoc I KNOW, RIGHT?!!!?
I had the same experience actually. Literally the only things I remembered about the film were Molly Ringwald and melted-face android lady.
Well it was two years after Raiders of the Lost Ark, so melting faces were pretty popular too.
When Jay said at 31:17 he had some Italian Mad Max rip-offs, I thought, "I've probably seen some of them." Yep, I've seen ALL of them. Truly I have achieved in life.
Yeah, me too... I used to live in video stores (and got hired at one because the owner saw my rental history there and went "Woah!" lol).
I can't say I'm "proud", but it's an interesting time and history to be a part of.
You are the chosen
The only thing I remember about Bronx Warriors, was that I saw Bronx Warriors at some time.
Ah, for those good old days of the 1980s, when the Canadian and Italian governments *paid* people to make terrible movies!
What Mad Max rip off had the car having armor in the windshield that folded close like blinds? It also had a video monitor so the driver could see.
One of the 'Space babes' is Deborah Pratt, who was in Airwolf and was married to Airwolf, Quantum Leap and Magnum series creator Donald Belisario. She also voiced the opening monologue in the Quantum Leap opening credits.
I'm mad i read the rest of this comment. It was way funnier when I thought you were just incorrectly calling jan michael vincent "airwolf". Like...married to airwolf ? The helicopter ??...like she was the original TLC reality show type "check it out, I'm in love with my car or this rollercoaster" kinda coolguy ?? Eh, whatever, I'ma just pretend that's the case anyway in order to stave off the deep dark despar that I feel with every waking and sleeping moment.
@@flagnappersmith7974 No worries, it's a free country, you can read the words or arrange them in any order that gives you greatest pleasure :) Maybe she's Mormon and is able to be married to Airwolf, Magnum and Quantum Leap at the same time :)
I thought I recognized her.
@@flagnappersmith7974 “Cool, this is the part where Airwolf rescues his friends!”
I feel privileged to have had HBO in the early 80s. Their lack of budget for decent movie licenses shaped my whole perspective on movies. Because of that, Heartbeeps, Ice Pirates, SpaceHunter, Hercules (1983), etc just seemed like normal movies to me. I grew up on pure cheese, and I'm so glad :)
Is that one of those damned rescue rangers in your profile pic?
*Battle Beyond The Stars. Space Raiders. Saturn 3. Krull. Thank's HBO!*
@@hulkhatepunybanner Something is _wrong_ on Saturn 3. Ah good memories of TV trailers. I got quite good at the Krull arcade game and loved the movie. Kill the girl!
Agreed. In the 80s the cheese was quite good. Probably explains why I'm so easy to please regarding sci-fi movies. You forgot a few: Night of the Comet, Flash Gordon, The Last Starfighter, Lifeforce, Krull, Electric Dreams, Battle Beyond the Stars, Real Genius, Re-Animator, Trancers, Chopping Mall, Howard the Duck, Maximum Overdrive, Cherry 2000.
@@hulkhatepunybanner Saturn 3 was awesome, I still own a copy (bluray I think). I left it off my list because it wasn't really cheese, it was just ahead of its time.
Molly Ringwald turned 15 in Feb 83 around when the film was announced. But filming had started in October 82 so she may have actually been only 14 filming that :/
Hot. Thanks for the info
And she was supposed to be the babe of the movie‽... Crazy 80's Hollywood.
@@johnarbuckle2619 Ah things have changed so much in Hollywood since then
@@alexsilva28 not really
@@Phoenixifyable *insert THAT'S THE JOKE gif here
As a kid, this movie played CONSTANTLY on HBO. I must have watched it a thousand times on there. And loved every minute of it.
Same here.
They used to play this movie constantly on cable when I was a little kid. Recently rewatched it, and enjoyed it far more than Rich and Jay. It's pulp space adventure, and doesn't pretend to be anything else. I liked it.
Me too. Michael Ironside was a Standout as the Villain.
Michael Ironside is the only reason to watch this movie
it was clearer 3D because it used a new form where the left and the right eye had different polarized lenses. one vertical and one horizontal. I remember the glasses they gave out were clear with grooves. This 2D version was just the left video channel thats why its not centered
Oh, that's what's used nowadays for the most part for 3D productions. Guess it must have been a better experience when not watching in 3D than the previous standard.
@@nathanclark2424 it was color but not better. Too blurry
it gave me a piercing eye ache that made me sick to my stomach.
The connection between Ivan Reitman, Elmer Bernstein, and Harold Ramis was first established in "Stripes" (1981), which Reitman directed, Bernstein composed the score for and Ramis acted in and co-wrote. Reitman also produced the animated anthology film "Heavy Metal" the same year, for which Bernstein also composed the score and Ramis lent his voice in one of the segments. The score that Bernstein composed for "Heavy Metal" also used a lot of theremin and ethereal tones, which he used later in "Ghostbusters". The shooting script for "Ghostbusters" was written a few weeks after "Spacehunter" was released to theaters and filming began in the fall of '83.
Ice Pirates has persisted a bit more because "SPACE HERPIES!!" is memorable.
So true. Ice Pirates is a better meme-farm.
Rich: "It's pyrite. Fool's gold. And pyrite is all right with meeeeeeee."
Rich and Jay is a fun combination, shame that's a rare occurrence.
Theres just to much sexual tension
@@bobmcskell8201 copy man up here copying 40 minute old comments
It's probably just a result of the movies they'd wantbto do for this show not intersecting. Rich usually goes for science fiction or action stuff and Jay is usually into horror films or John Waters shit which Rich is not that into it would seem.
@@DTog1 you're a sad little man
@@bobmcskell8201 did you steal that comment too?
Amazing re:view. Would love to see the RLM crew tackle Robert Wise's Andromeda Strain. It has the Star Trek connection, too.
The amazing thing about Mac and Me is that almost no one has a happy memory of when they first watched it.
My first time was through Mystery Theater 3000. So mine was great.
@@meoff7602 Why did you have to go and ruin such a good thing? I was over here vibin' with my peeps, and we were all laughing and having a good time; and then you had to come along and say "You know what? My experience with Mac and Me wasn't so bad...In fact, I had a pretty good time." Well, you know who didn't have a good time? Me!
Also, check out my sweet drawing of a ninja...He's holding 2 swords and doing ninja stuff.
@@Tom_Van_Zandt I only had a good time because three characters were making jokes about it the whole time. Of course the movie is shit.
@@meoff7602 I know man...I was just giving you shit. I didn't know MST3K did Mac and Me...was it one of the newer episodes?
@@Tom_Van_Zandt that’s one rad ninja.
As an old Gen X fart, I can tell you that Peter Strauss was well known at the time. He was big in the prestige mini-series boom of the 70s, so everybody knew his face.
@Coll Hamd Good job being able to do math, Zoomer.
@@Corbomite_Meatballs Zoomers are the generation that have lower income, less work benefits, are more gullible for any company that sells any bogus social issue, and will be extremely poor in old age. But they’ll have sweet memories when they had snarky comebacks on the internet like “ok boomer.”
@@Gustavo3575 maybe engaging in generational warfare from any angle makes you seek like a deranged weirdo?
@Coll Hamd He actually says he is an Old Gen X, and you still get it wrong 🙄
@Coll Hamd so a fail then. Get it together zoomer.
Spacehunter and Ice Pirates are guilty pleasures. Loved them as a kid and still enjoy them today.
Spacehunter, Cherry 2000, Cyborg series (van dam, Jolie, McDowell), Robot Jox. All still fun.
Ice Pirates was a lot of fun.
"Spacehunter" was the 1st film credit for Colin Mochrie of "Whose Line Is It Anyway". He was just on Geek To Me Radio talking about it last week.
Then his son became his daughter.
When I turned on the tube today and saw this in my notifications I was genuinely happy.
One of the movies I loved growing up
Thanks guys for making my day
Rich's childhood recollection and adult realizations over this movie are mine with Hook. I watched it ad nauseum as a child, was captivated by the goofiness, and now it is a very different movie that I am willing to defend as Fun if Nothing Else. And knowing just how much hell the movie went through to even get made in the state it was released in and what ideas were left undone makes it bitter, but also sweeter, to enjoy.
"It's like poetry, it rhymes."
Rich knows that you go out on a high note.
Rich and Jay is such a fun combo for these
Still got a soft spot for Spacehunter - the first 3D movie I ever saw in a cinema.
LOL same!
Same here !
Same, I always loved Molly Ringwald she was decent in this. Like Jay and Rich say she grew on you over the course of the film.
@@dlvnmedia Molly is, give or take a few months, the same age as me. So I've grown up with her on screen. And I've always liked her, even in this movie (albeit with earplugs inserted).
@@danielemerson312 I like the way you think and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
One of the earliest sci-fi films I can remember watching and also one of my favourite. Totally underrated film.
I remember seeing This and Ice Pirates in the theater. This was pretty cool in old school 3D
Saw this on HBO a million times in the 80s.
Same
I remember it now, but I'd forgotten it.
But if anyone says, "land galleon" it will jog my memory.
The "ethereal" musical instrument in this and Ghostbusters is the "ondes martenot", an instrument frequently used by Elmer Bernstein.
.....I thought it was a theraman ? :S sounds exactly the same...
When the ondes martenot appeared in the score of The Revenant, my ears perked up. It was Oliver Messiaen's "Oraison", written 80 years prior.
OMG! For years upon years now I’ve been trying to remember what outlandish movie I saw as a kid, the only scene of which I could remember was a chase scene with guy in armor being drug behind a motorcycle and a family of robots being destroyed. It was ICE PIRATES! Rich Evans you are a blessing we mere mortals do not deserve.
Ernie gets his Han Solo role in Congo, which, yes I know it isn't thought of as a good movie but I love it.
7:00
"Somehow, Palpatine has returned...and he looks like Michael Ironside crossed with Skeletor crossed with Voldemort."
I should've known that Abrams ripped that idea off from somewhere.
Yeah, JJ thought we wouldn't notice, but we did.
A less forgotten movie from my Childhood deserves the love of a Re:view. Battle Beyond the Stars, its basically a sci fi Seven Samurai. Wonderful memories and I believe that it is currently on Amazon Prime Video.
A very enjoyable Star Wars knock off.
An awesome movie.
I remember Robert Vaughn was in it, Who by a weird coincidence was also in the Magnificent Seven.
@@loanaoftheshellpeople5627
Spooky!
Here's a List of 1980's post Star Wars films (feel free to add to list) : The Ice Pirates, Enemy Mine, The Last Starfighter, Solarbabies, Outland, Megaforce, Spaceballs, Heartbeeps, Battle Beyond the Stars, Flash Gordon, Galaxina, Saturn 3, Earthbound, Forbidden World, Tron, Strange Invaders, Radioactive Dreams, Zone Troopers, Alien Nation, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Hell comes to Frogtown.
Thank you guys for the Metalstorm reference. I haven't seen that movie since I was four, and I have been looking for that movie for 30 years.
Holy Shit. This just filled in a chunk of my memory that had been buried for decades. Thanks guys!
I remember a while back you guys talked about doing a re:View on Oingo Boingo's The Forbidden Zone. I want to see Jay go crazy over Oingo with Josh.
You guys missed an opportunity to mention how the title is similar to Forbidden Zone (1980) by Richard and Danny Elfman, which is also a wacky creep/horny movie that is like a lost cult movie without a cult.
Hell Comes to Frogtown is another cult movie without cult following.
I noticed the opening title thing immediately. My theory is that they did the special effect for each segment, and only noticed after the fact that SPACEHUNTER covers up the rest of the text for most of the animation. I bet someone spent all day animating the subtitle, and didn't want that time to be wasted.
Maybe they had had the title animation done before the re-shoots, and it was cheaper to remove the "Adventures in the Creep Zone" and just add the new subtitle afterwards.
I think the Italians admired how Road Warrior and Escape from New York were modern day adventures with a clear hero. We needed more of that after the 70s biker/hippy films. Plus they could be shot on a low budget in a foriegn country with foriegn actors and still make it big in the US.
That and the overall aesthetic was basically 'throw some junk around'.
I love the Rich/Jay dynamic, but one of the things I love about re:View is getting to see the RLM guys talk about films they actually like. There are plenty of venues to see them being disappointed. That's why I think that this and the Dark Horizon installments were both missed opportunities. Re:View things at least one host genuinely likes! The Amazing Rich/Jack Nothing But Trouble is a good example of how some genuine affection on one hosts part can make even a disaster a joy to discuss.
Holy crap, I saw this movie a ton of times as a kid and completely forgot it existed until now. Thanks for dredging this out of blank void of my mind RLM.
Remember Space Raiders? it would be on HBO alot back then in the 1980s
Holy crap! I remember the bad guy with the big robotic claw hands riding around on a crane arm! I had random memories of him in a film I saw as a child and, UNTIL NOW, I didn't know what film he was from. I've been trying to figure it out for years!
Cool feeling, huh?
@@VengerSatanis very
@@thevoxofreason8468 Similar thing happened to me a few weeks ago, but I sought out an expert and she asked around until the mystery was solved.
I also loved this film as a kid. It's probably been 30 years plus since I've seen it too. Being a kid back then you watched whatever sci-fi was available.
Jesus Christ...my parents took my older stepbrother to this and had me tag along and then made us walk out on the undressing scene and I only remember that moment and thought I had made this movie up!!!!!!!
No Mandela Effect. It happened.
Holy cow this is a movie my brother has been looking for over 20 to 25 years no joke . Thank you gang . It was in a video store and he rented once lol . The Michael Ironside part was something he wanted to remember lol.
"Wolff with two f's because... Space?" I'm dead XD
There is actually a real company called Wolff that specializes in making replacement springs and parts for a wide variety of firearms.
@@JJW3 cool story bro
@@JJW3 I actually think that’s cool.
Peter Strauss was pretty famous at this point with Rich Man Poor Man, The Jericho Mile and Masada being huge television hits.
When I was a kid and just old enough to be developing the ability to be critical about movies I remember Strauss's performance as the President in xXx 2: The Next Level making me stop and think "Sweet Jesus this guy sucks at acting." I'm fairly certain it was the first time I ever found a performance noticeably bad.
Yea Strauss was someone that was a constant on TV in the 80s and he played a convincing enough good guy. Then somehow he disappeared. I remember watching Rich Man, Poor Man with my family. I tried to read some stuff recently about him and what he became. And apparently he quit Rich Man, Poor Man at the height of the show and I don't know why. I wonder if it somehow hurt him in the long run. Cause there was the actor that played Steven in Dynasty who also quit his role and we never saw him again.
@@johnnyskinwalker4095 He didn't quit "Rich Man", it was a (couple of) miniseries. As I recall, the second one strayed pretty far from the original book. It should tell you something that Strauss was nominated for a Golden Globe alongside his co-star, Nick Nolte.
Strauss was a good actor who never made it quite as big as he might have deserved. He wasn't quite good-looking enough to be a leading heartthrob but too pretty to be a character actor. So he did the smart thing, made a decent amount of money and started focusing on growing grapes and citrus. From what I recall reading, he's successful and well-respected at that and still acts occasionally.
@@ToniHinton This is something I read that he quit Rich Man, Poor Man. Maybe they wanted him for the second series and he didn't want to return? who knows. About him being "not good-looking enough" you have to be kidding me! lol
Also in “Kane and Abel”.
I love SPACEHUNTER! Saw in theathers, even cried when Elmer Bernstein's score was finally released on CD!
"I'll say this about space hunters: I've never even heard of it."
I watched this last night ahead of your review. I had never heard of it before and it seemed intriguing. Gotta admit I actually kinda liked it. The awesome sets and vehicle designs made it for me. And of course, Micheal Ironside as the pervy cyborg. It almost felt like a He-Man play set, or some other forgotten 80s toy line come to life.
This movie and Ice Pirates were on heavy rotation in the early to mid 80’s and I remember watching them a lot among quite a few others that helped me become the person I am today.
I have this on a 2 pack dvd with "Krull"...I watched Krull once as a kid and had always looked for it since. If I had seen this and "Empire Strikes Back" as a kid I am sure my life would changed forever. I only 1st saw "Spacehunter" about four years ago now.
I haven't thought of Krull in decades... Thanks!
The guy who wrote Krull also wrote Ice Pirates. Although Krull originally was written as straight up fantasy, without the sci fi elements.
@@ompholoslunarhalo
I think I have to revisit some old stories, is what I'm getting.
I was pretty geeky about movies when I was 12, but I can definitely say that when I first saw this movie at that age, my eye did NOT go directly to the jagged edge of the matte painting :D
I had to squint to see what Jay was talking about, but then I'm blind as a bat.
It's not as obvious he claims it to be. It pulls his eyes, because he looks for those things as a movie reviewer.
I watched this one a lot as a kid too. Dad recorded it off TV sometime around 1988. I don't remember much of it, but the obstacle course scene was pretty solid, and I loved the end credit music.
Omg I have been looking for the name of this movie for about 20 years. I remember watching it as a child late at night and being fasanated by it. Thanks for bringing it to light 👍
Damn, this was one of the first movies I watched on a VCR back in 83~84 with my cousins and I had it completely removed from my memory till seeing the poster in the thumbnail. Now all sorts of weird flashbacks of that session are popping into my mind again.
LOTS of people seem to have seen this movie and forgotten all about it. No wonder it never found its cult, if it's so completely forgettable.
Saw this in the theatre when it came out , instantly fell in love with it ; it was also one of the first movies I added to my VHS collection . A true gem for psychotronic collectors and lovers of really cheesy films that transcend their cheese .
Yep. I have the VHS too. But my copy was a used rental from Iggle Video the rental area of Giant Eagle a grocery store.
"It's one of those movies that look both expensive and cheap at the same time"
That's exactly what I was thinking about Zack Snyder movies.
OH NOOOOOO!!! Most people agree that my vids are the worst on RUclips. I agree to disagree. Please agree to disagree with the haters, dear tho
It's scientifically designed to be that way
The michael Ironside char is what made me remember this from childhood seeing it on sci fi channel as a kid. I have it as a 2 pack dvd set with Krull.
I graduated in 85. Saw both these movies with my friends many times. In our defense we smoked a lot of weed. Where the name started. Cool video gentleman! 😊😎
"It's like poetry, it rhymes."