From the bowels of Full Moon Films' filmography, 'Robot Wars' was so bad that it was hard to even make fun of. I tried to pay attention but it really was difficult. What I gathered was that there was some sort of military base in the future that let people ride on giant robots that occasionally underwent attack simulations. One of those attacks happened to be the real deal, but the pilot got the people through it safely only to be ridiculed for conducting a drill that seemed unsafe. The pilot, a suave, Scott Valentine impersonator, immediately fell for Barbara Crampton when she and her horny reporter-on-vacation friend belittled his pilot skills and punched him in the face. The pilot also didn't get along with his captain and was relieved of his duty for a while but that didn't seem to matter. Then he went to the desert and killed some random people. He had a friend/co-pilot who seemed to be a little on the slow side who helped him out. The two of them figured out that the stereotypical Asian guys who wanted to buy a robot were in league with the bad guys from some other corporation and they wanted to do something to someone or something. I don't know. I was really trying to stay with it but it was just so bad. To sum up the ending, the pilot and his friend and Barbara Crampton found an old robot that still worked and apparently they were able to defeat the Asian dude in his robot that he stole. They don't really show the end of the fight though, they just said they won, so I guess they must have. I felt bad for Barbara Crampton for being part of this.
2. Clash of the Titans
Ray Harryhausen never made anything bad. His creature effects are still some of the coolest that have ever appeared on screen. That said, 'Clash of the Titans' isn't necessarily a good movie. Sure, it is a classic, but it is still pretty bad. Made 18 years after 'Jason and the Argonauts', the two movies look like they could've been made one right after the other. Oh well, that doesn't matter. It is still a very entertaining movie. I won't go into the details about the plot. If you want to know, either go watch the movie (or the remake) or, better yet, go read up on Greek mythology. 'Clash of the Titans' boasts an all star cast including Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Burgess Meredith, and several other big names. Part of me feels bad for calling it a bad movie, but then there is a part of me that doesn't care about that first part.
From the bowels of Full Moon Films' filmography, 'Robot Wars' was so bad that it was hard to even make fun of. I tried to pay attention but it really was difficult. What I gathered was that there was some sort of military base in the future that let people ride on giant robots that occasionally underwent attack simulations. One of those attacks happened to be the real deal, but the pilot got the people through it safely only to be ridiculed for conducting a drill that seemed unsafe. The pilot, a suave, Scott Valentine impersonator, immediately fell for Barbara Crampton when she and her horny reporter-on-vacation friend belittled his pilot skills and punched him in the face. The pilot also didn't get along with his captain and was relieved of his duty for a while but that didn't seem to matter. Then he went to the desert and killed some random people. He had a friend/co-pilot who seemed to be a little on the slow side who helped him out. The two of them figured out that the stereotypical Asian guys who wanted to buy a robot were in league with the bad guys from some other corporation and they wanted to do something to someone or something. I don't know. I was really trying to stay with it but it was just so bad. To sum up the ending, the pilot and his friend and Barbara Crampton found an old robot that still worked and apparently they were able to defeat the Asian dude in his robot that he stole. They don't really show the end of the fight though, they just said they won, so I guess they must have. I felt bad for Barbara Crampton for being part of this.
Ray Harryhausen never made anything bad. His creature effects are still some of the coolest that have ever appeared on screen. That said, 'Clash of the Titans' isn't necessarily a good movie. Sure, it is a classic, but it is still pretty bad. Made 18 years after 'Jason and the Argonauts', the two movies look like they could've been made one right after the other. Oh well, that doesn't matter. It is still a very entertaining movie. I won't go into the details about the plot. If you want to know, either go watch the movie (or the remake) or, better yet, go read up on Greek mythology. 'Clash of the Titans' boasts an all star cast including Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Burgess Meredith, and several other big names. Part of me feels bad for calling it a bad movie, but then there is a part of me that doesn't care about that first part.
