While looking up something else (the Disosauroids of Dale Russell) I came across this:
http://www.nemoramjet.com/tswstory.html
Its a Turkish movie that wholesale "borrowed" scenes from Star Wars. heres some more background:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0182060/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%BCnyay%C4%B1_Kurtaran_Adam
Anyone seen this? Also check out the link to "Films COnsidered the Worst Ever" at the end. I think theres too much focus on moden bad film,s and not TRULY bad films in that list.
-Ed
I have seen this one....Definitely a skull......It made zero sense to me.....other than laughing at the horrible costumes it wasn't worth my time..... :hatred:
This is the worst film I've ever seen and, in my opinion, is probably the worst (critically speaking) ever made.
I love it.
http://www.wtf-film.com/reviews/turkish_star_wars_1982.html
Kindest regards,
Kevin P.
http://www.wtf-film.com
Quote from: wtffilm on September 24, 2007, 11:45:43 PM
This is the worst film I've ever seen and, in my opinion, is probably the worst (critically speaking) ever made.
I love it.
I'm hopelessly in love with Turkish ripoffs. Turkish Star Wars is definitely among the worst of them, but it's worth it to find the others because they're all about as insane as this one. Turkish Wizard of Oz, Turkish ET (where Turkish ET kills Turkish Elliot's Turkish Dad), Turkish Star Trek, Turkish Superman and Turkish Exorcist (http://www.cinema-suicide.com/2007/08/04/turkish-exorcist-seytan/). I'm also sitting on a copy of Turkish Last House on the Left which I haven't watched yet but promises to be extremely violent. We'll see about that.
There is also 3 Dev Adam which is one of the craziest movies ever made. Ever. Seriously. No hyperbole to be found here.
Better known as Turkish Spider Man, Spider Man is an overweight villain iwht huge bushy eyebrows that poke out of his mask facing off against Turkish Captain America and Turkish El Santo. No word of a lie. It is insane.
Quote from: RapscallionJones on September 25, 2007, 10:53:47 AM
There is also 3 Dev Adam which is one of the craziest movies ever made. Ever. Seriously. No hyperbole to be found here.
Better known as Turkish Spider Man, Spider Man is an overweight villain iwht huge bushy eyebrows that poke out of his mask facing off against Turkish Captain America and Turkish El Santo. No word of a lie. It is insane.
I think I've seen a bit of that where Spider-man is torturing or killing someone with a device that utilizes a tube and a rat.
Dunyayi Kurtaran Adam is The Movie. I doubt I'll ever see a greater movie as long as I live.
If anyone wants to see this, its on google video in all of its glory. They also used to have the Turkish Star Trek, but I believe that was deleted.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7069307816427160377&q=Turkish+Star+Wars&total=161&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
Quote from: Evan on September 25, 2007, 04:54:54 PM
If anyone wants to see this, its on google video in all of its glory. They also used to have the Turkish Star Trek, but I believe that was deleted.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7069307816427160377&q=Turkish+Star+Wars&total=161&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
[youtube=425,350] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utqnLoDfG3Y
WOw, they put a lot of effort into that huh? Star trek as done by the greater Istanbul amateur acting society. I guesss Turkish cinema/TV is a definetly underplumbed resource. Thanks all!
-Ed
I have the Turkish Star Wars. Didn't much care for it due to my ignorance of the language. If it had subtitles I may have enjoyed the wonderous cheese on display
Quote from: RapscallionJones on September 25, 2007, 10:53:47 AMBetter known as Turkish Spider Man, Spider Man is an overweight villain iwht huge bushy eyebrows that poke out of his mask facing off against Turkish Captain America and Turkish El Santo. No word of a lie. It is insane.
Turkish Captain America? Ha ha ha! What, they didn't even bother to change the flag? Or was he actually supposed to be Captain Turkey or something?
I remember back when I first took up reading comic books, before I knew that comic book superhero types are actually a mostly American tradition, I once discussed what kind of "superhero" the other countries of the world would have in their comic books. Since Saddam Hussein was still in power over in Iraq, I imagined comic books in his country would probably feature Captain Iraq, a guy going around flinging a razor-sharp Islamic shield at villainous caricatures of American Air Force pilots and regularly brainwashing kids to be his suicide bomber sidekick for, you know, one episode at least.
So far as I know, the Iraqis have never had domestically produced comics, so I guess we'll never know what kind of superhero they'd have, but I'll bet the Japanese had some equivalent mascot or other for their country in their own manga during World War II.
Quote from: VogNhymn on September 26, 2007, 03:00:35 PM
I have the Turkish Star Wars. Didn't much care for it due to my ignorance of the language. If it had subtitles I may have enjoyed the wonderous cheese on display
No you wouldn't have. Trust me on that. I have a subbed copy and it makes about as much sense as the movie without the subtitles. A lot of the dialog consists of:
Good guy: I am the strongest fighter from Earth!
Bad guy: I will destroy you!
Good guy: No you won't! I am the best!
Bad guy: When I am finished with you, I will destroy all of Turkey!
Good guy: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Indeed, the subtitles I've found are so poorly translated that they leave the film to be just as incomprehensible as it would have been without them - they also provide some amusement though. . . For instance, who could forget this classic line:
"I am afraid they are taking us to a place where they put us into eternal sleep without lullaby."
Kindest regards,
Kevin P.
http://www.wtf-film.com
Quote from: wtffilm on September 27, 2007, 10:10:10 AM
Indeed, the subtitles I've found are so poorly translated that they leave the film to be just as incomprehensible as it would have been without them - they also provide some amusement though. . . For instance, who could forget this classic line:
"I am afraid they are taking us to a place where they put us into eternal sleep without lullaby."
I have a subtitled version of Seytan (Turkish Exorcist) that was fansubbed. At around the halfway point, the subtitles begin bagging on the movie. It's beautiful.
Ah, Turkish Star Wars.
I don't even think the porta-potties at the state fair are that crappy.
I watched the Star Trek, are you sure this isn't a spoof? The guy in the hat might well be a popular Turkish comedian.
The guy in the hat is known as Omer the Tourist - the character appeared in a number of Turkish films from the 60's on (Omer The Tourist, Omer The Tourist in Germany, etc.). These were definitely meant as comedies, Omer The Tourist in Star Trek included.
Kindest regards,
Kevin P.
The Turkish Star Wars are cult these days. I think that every bad movie fan should see this at least once. It hasn't anything to do with SW... At least for me, I hadn't subs but it was more funny ;) Anyway, it hasn't anything to do with SW, but it's hillarious show of prro effects and pathetic FX's. Besides, Turkish have a lot of 'good' remakes :D As far I've seen:
- Turkish Evil Dead
- Turkish Exorcist
- Turkish I Spit On Your Grave
Sounds attractive, he?
I hate the "Turkish Evil Dead" nickname for Death Warrior. It is more of a Turkish version of those Godawful Godfrey Ho ninja movies, except the plot makes more sense.
I can't imagine what Turkish I Spit On Your Grave must be like but it couldn't possibly be even remotely as rough as American I Spit On Your Grave.
I've seen Turkish Exorcist and as far as these knock-offs go, it's pretty tame. It's nearly a shot for shot remake with most of the Catholic angle removed since there is very little crossover between what scares Catholics and what scares Muslims. It's not without its absurd moments but it's not even half as crazy as Turkish Star Wars.
I have Turkish Last House On The Left sitting at home, waiting for me to watch it. I think the westernized title is actually Last House In Istanbul. Supposedly it's a similarly nasty torture/revenge movie but I'll be the judge of that.
Also, on the flipside, Son Osmanli (aka The Last Ottoman) is completely awesome! It was made somewhere in the last few years and has good acting, story and production values. It's a lot of fun.