exploding planets

[superjef]

I am directing a version of Superman the musical, An absolutely horrible musical that was written in the mid- sixties. The play contains a sixties educational style film about superman that i am assembling from mostly stock footage of my favorite fifties and sixties b-movies. Here is my problem, I need a shot of a planet exploding. My favorite is actually from amazon women on the moon, but there are actors in the way. Can anyone point me in the direction of a really bad exploding planet. The cheesier the better. Thanks

[Deej]

was there ever a movie made of Restaurant At The End Of The Universe? That should contain a planet exploding. Possibly in BBC's Hitchhiker's Guide...?

[FearlessFreep]

Well, parts of what  made it into "Restaurant." came from the TV show, at least,, like the Restaurant itslef, and the Golgafrinchians

[superjef]

i don't believe there was actually an exploding planet shot in the bbc production. I'm thinking maybe something older. Did Ed Wood ever blow up mars or anything?

[Ash]

You could always use the scene of the Death Star exploding!
Hehe!

[superjef]

yeah- the death star is my safety, but it looks WAY too cool. I was wodering if anyone knew of any footage that looks like someone stuck an M-80 in a Styrofoam ball.

[Ash]

I don't know of any cheap scenes like the one you described but there is a neat scene in the beginning of Star Trek 6 The Undiscovered Country.

It's the scene where the Klingon moon Praxis explodes.

[JohnL]

Lots of planets get blown up in Lexx, both the movies and the series.

[Flangepart]

Humm....why not blow one up your self!
M-80, cheap globe filled with spray foam insulation for mass....and B&W film stock, if ya can find it. Just use a long fuse, and a fast speed camers if ya can find one.
Ohter then that....Hummm.....

[The Burgomaster]

How about WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE?

[Vermin Boy]

Did they ever show the planet blowing up in This Island Earth?

[Flangepart]

Nope, Vermin. I think it just flared up into a glowing sun ball.
Think i'll get out my MST agine!
"Weaney man away!"

[Brother Ragnarok]

Try "The Tenth Planet" - William Hartnell's last episode of Doctor Who before he regenerated into Patrick Troughton.  At the end, they blow up the Cybermen's planet of Mondas.  Which basically means they lit a ball of polystyrene on fire.  It didn't explode, it just smoldered and dripped.  And the drips of burning plastic fell down, and the smoke went up.  In space.  Yep.

Brother R

[JohnL]

Anyone remember SciFi's short film series Exposure? I seem to recall that there was one with people at a UFO convention and they started fooling around with some device left by aliens and they end up blowing up the world.

[dean]

can u just use the footage from superman? i can't really remember it now but i think it could work.  Other than that, all my planet exploding knowledge is pretty run of the mill.