The Wild, Wild Planet (1967)

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Good concept, poorly executed.

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Pretty terrible low-budget Italian sci-fi film has future star Franco Nero in a small role, but the story is mainly about a mad scientist who kidnaps important leaders and shrinks them down to keep them in a state of suspended animation inside a cigarette case-size container. The film does have a European swingin' 60s Barbarella vibe to it which is fun, as are the terrible special effect, which do make the film somewhat enjoyable on a so-bad-it's-good level of camp entertainment, but generally speaking, it's an awful film.

Comely but nefarious females from space (aided by bald henchmen wearing sunglasses and long leather jackets) are abducting humans and shrinking them down to doll-size in order to harvest their organs for a perfect race. Director Antonio Margheriti's first in a series of 1960s sci-fi mini-epics, filmed simultaneously and reusing many of the same actors, costumes, and groovy props. Distributed Stateside by M-G-M as "Wild, Wild Planet"--the opening credits adding "The" to its title--Margheriti's efforts ultimately prove humorless to science-fiction connoisseurs unimpressed with the toy-like miniatures and wooden, occasionally campy lines of dialogue. For others seeking a colorful, glittery blast from the past, the film proves to be an amazing little ride: at times intentionally funny, always good to look at, and cast with lots of sexy women and handsome, virile men. The plushness of the art direction and production belie any sense of financial strain, as the pop-art colors swirl about the screen (it's most certainly a visual treat). The plot isn't exactly involving, nor need it be. What we are offered here is a live-action, comic-strip vision of an orderly futuristic society beset with the usual villains and a mad scientist at the helm (a dead-ringer for Rex Harrison who, in the film's oddest touch, hopes to fuse himself together with a curvy female lieutenant!). Great fun, provided your brain is in check and your nostalgia radar is higher than your expectations. **1/2 from ****

This takes place in the future. There's a space station under the watch of Commander Mike Halsted (Tony Russel) with buddy Jake (Franco Nero) and ex-girlfriend Lt. Gomez (Lisa Gastoni). Obnoxious Dr. Numi (Massimo Serato) is conducting some mysterious experiments. It seems he's shrinking people down for...some reason. To be honest I had trouble staying awake! Sleep inducing mess full of bad dubbing, hilarious special effects (you HAVE to see the obvious miniatures they use), an incomprehensible plot, gorgeous vapid babes, square-jawed bland heroes and just tons of bad lines. "Helium head" had me roaring! Unfortunately it's more boring than funny and I kept dozing off. There is a great fight sequence between three guys and three women (the women are winning!) and a fantastic ending but that's not enough to save this. Dubbed and dull. Drink lots of coffee if you expect to make it through this one! A 2.

The plot gets a bit muddled, but I'll give it a go. A mad scientist is trying to create a superior race. To do this, he has his henchmen kidnap and shrink his victims to the size of a Barbie doll. The "dolls" are then transported to his research facility for . . . I'm not sure what. Anyway, the scientists picks the wrong woman when he kidnaps the girlfriend of a space commander. He and his buddies go looking for the mad doctor's lair.Antonio Margheriti made several of films I really enjoy - The Virgin of Nuremberg and Castle of Blood immediately come to mind. I cannot, however, include Wild, Wild Planet on the list of my favorite Margheriti films. If I had any inkling of an idea why the mad doctor was kidnapping and shrinking people then I might have enjoyed it more. I'm not asking for the movie to come out and spoon-feed me all of the plot points, just have a plot that's coherent.The mad doctor's henchmen are about as un-threatening as a basket of puppies. The henchmen work in pairs - one is a beautiful woman with a beehive hairdo while the other is a bald, black trench coat wearing guy. The henchmen look more like 60s European models than evil kidnappers.The sets are obviously made of miniatures. A couple of the scenes are unintentionally hilarious. The first involves a small flying craft that maneuvers around the city. Ed Wood's hubcap on a string doesn't look to bad in comparison. The second is a shot of a futuristic land vehicle that runs of the road and catches fire. The tiny fire looks like someone lit a couple of matches. It's really bizarre to see.