Truth in Advertising, please

[Jay O'Connor]

OK, I saw "Deep Space" this weekend. http://us.imdb.com/Title?0092863

Problem is, there was very little space and it was only near earth orbit.  Some sort of biological weapon created in a sattelite accidentally crashes back to earth and subsequentallystarts eating the local poplus.

This was basically "Dirty Harry versus Alien".  A tough, play-by his-own-rules cop (Charles Napier, the Space Hippie :) tracks down the killer Alien rip-off (and I really mean ripoff!) through..um..suburban U.S.A

So what did this have to do with "Deep Space"  *Nothing*!  At least the equally bad "Dead Space" (starring Dar The Beastmaster) took place on another planet.  Shouldn't the title at least be somewhat related to the plot, or story, or something?  FWIW - the cover art was pretty unrelated to the movie as well

There were a lot of other problems with this movie:

1) Very bad dialog - "The street is my boss"
2) Too many side plots with not enough time for proper exploration - or resolution.  The military-scientist plot goes nowhere.  The government coverup plot goes nowhere.  The romance plot goes nowhere and makes no sense to begin with.  The killing monster never really gets killing.  Ron Glass (of "Barnery Miller") would've made a nice contrast to Napier's character, but that never really develops and Glass dies too soon.  The change-of-heart character development of Napier's boss never really comes through

3) Too much of Napier trying to be a tough cop and doing ridicoulous things:  Crashing his car into his own trash.  Driving like an idiot for the sake of it and almost hitting other cars in almost empty streets.  Telling off his boss for no reason other than to prove he's a'tough-cop'


Anyway....

[Jay O'Connor]

Forgot...the physic who keeps calling Napier with warnings...another unexplained subplot to nowhere

[Flangepart]

you did read Nathans review of this gem at Cold Fusion video, diden't you? If you had, you would have been warned! Oh,well. Let that be a lesson to you young carbon based lifeform! When in doubt, check the title with the B-Masters title lists....its good for your mental health!.........like i should talk! Hah!

[Andrew]

You know, I was looking at this post and suddenly realized why it looked so wrong to me.  "Truth" and "Advertising" in the same sentence?

"Alien Predators" is another misnamed flick.  They aren't really predators so much as an infectious agent.

Andrew

[Jay O'Connor]

"Alien Predators" is another misnamed flick.

That one and "Alien Terminator" seemed so named to catch people's attentions with a reference to the two other movies they derive their title from.  

In Alien Terminator, it wasn't even an Alien, but something the drug-popping scientist created in his lab.  In other words, the *sole* reason for the title is to identify what movie they ripped off from, which was pretty easy to identify, anyway.

In answer to Flangepart, no I hadn't caught a review of this one yet before I rented it :)

[Jim Hepler]

Yeah, my review of it here pointed that out to.  Read the back of the box, the lies on it are so over the top it's hilarious!  I think I'm gonna hook my scanner up just to get a pic of it..

[Jay O'Connor]

I didn't read the back of the box too closely; thanks for pointing that out in your review, which I read a few months ago but forgot about.  Hey, Jerry didn't rate a "Jerry: Ron Glass!"?

I'm not really disappointed in the movie itself, it was exactly what I expected in terms of budget and quality.  I was just amused at the discrepency between the box and the actual film.

[Nathan]

That's us, The B-Masters Cabal: Sacrificing Our Sanity For the Good of Mankind.

Nathan

[Nathan]

Alien Terminator actually sets some records.  Not only is the creature not alien, not only does it bear absolutely resemblance to the spooky silhouette on the cover, but the photo of Maria Ford on the cover (blonde, wearing a sexy leather Fredericks of Hollywood getup -- obviously a promo photo from one of her many "strippers in jeopardy" flicks) looks nothing like she does in the movie (black-haired, wearing a floppy T-shirt 24/7).

Nathan

[Flangepart]

Ah. Amused at the discrepancy on the back of the box, but not suprised. Good. Shows your getting wiser! There is less B.S. in the Chicago stockyards then in Hollywood! And thats retro-active to 1920. Thats a lot of Bovine Scatology!