Star Odyssey (1979)

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Normally, I don't give out single stars but in this case all the reviewers are correct about this movie. (except the one about pretty girls. None of those on here. Just 2 plain ones).The most glaring issue being the editing with multiple scenes out of sequence which is very confusing. There is no continuity & the director clearly failed to preview the final cut, otherwise the scenes would not be out of sequence. The worst editing fiasco occurs when they are supposedly headed toward a lunar penitentiary on a stolen military vessel (really poor effects for which there is no excuse even for a simple manual overlay) & suddenly are playing cards at a casino and jumps from one erroneous scene to the next before getting back on track.It really has the worst acting & script imaginable. The story itself might be salvaged with judicious rewrites. If the director actually showed up on the set at any point, he could not have been of sound, uninebriated mind. I really mean this. Even with pocket change for a budget, I cannot fathom any sane sober person of the lowest capability permitting the mess on this film. A third grade child could have done better.They actually had one of the characters doing handstands & gymnastics in the background of a scene for no apparent reason. Plus, a totally ridiculous silly looking pair of inane babbling robots arguing about their suicide & silly relationship. We also have a poor man's R2D2.We also have 2 characters with growing hypnotic eyes. I also got a kick out of the Carol Channing comparison for the androids with Star Wars swords and the constipated officer description. Those reviews were on the nose.There was an ending to the story on my copy from the Sci-fi 100 pack. The waffle faced bid purchaser of the earth put our planet back on the auction block in collusion with a side deal with 2 earthlings for half profits. Earth was bought by his hated competitor. Basically, waffle face passed off the troublesome earth to his worst enemy for a 600% profit.The professor solved the silly robot problem by offering to give them capability for a physical relationship. Fully functional in multiple techniques of pleasuring as Mr Data would say.This movie is so messed up & ridiculous & out of sequence with such terrible acting that I cannot recommend it on any level. It doesn't even qualify for cult value. There is also seems to be a character design tie to the film War of the robots. I'd recognize those Carol Channing robots with Star Wars swords anywhere.Perhaps if someone recuts the film & replaces the entire dialogue & voices for the entire cast of characters & adds some CGI repairs plus some new music & sound effects, they might be able to bring this movie up to a 2 or 3 star rating.This isn't a case of low budget issues. This film was botched by pure incompetence, inebriated deliberate intent & total apathy which can only have been the sole fault of the director.

Other than the fact that the copy I watched was apparently edited and spliced by a room full of baboons with kindergarten scissors and Scotch tape, this is undoubtedly the worst tripe ever committed to celluloid. (And yes, I've seen "Plan 9") 1. Alien androids in blonde "Monkees" wigs (Hmmm, "Monkees wigs"! Perhaps that has something to do with the roomful of baboons that edited the film?) 2. Alien Overlord with a face like Hellraiser (without the pins and needles) 3. SuperSmart earthling to "save the day" although he, of course, is on the outs with any and all powers-that-be. 4. Special effects from stock footage from WWII and possibly some earthquake footage (mostly in B/W) 5. Two lovesick, depressed, suicidal, paranoid 'droids' (And yes, I know there was 'Marvin, the Paranoid Android' in "Hitchhikers Guide", but that was a comedy....this isn't) 6. Same 'Glowing eyes' from earthling (opens safe by looking at it), alien overlord (renders competing bidder lifeless) and some guy that's supposed to have psychic abilities (capable of anything from seeing thru playing cards to 'total mind control followed by amnesia'). 7. An entire Earth that is completely apathetic to the fact they're about be all become slaves to an alien overlord. 8. Over acting 9. NO acting 10. To borrow a line from 'Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'... "Script? You mean there's a SCRIPT?" (There are way more than 10, but you get the idea.) *** OK!!! SAVING GRACE!!! The best name for a chemical/material ever in any sci-fi movie. "INTHEORYUM" (In Theory....um)

Have plenty of crackers ready for all this cheese. This movie is for the person who loves those late-night public access horror hosted shows. In fact, it's a safe bet that's the only way you'll ever see this movie. It's that bad. But that's what makes it so great! Hokey dialog, corny special effects and cardboard sets, along with some of the dingiest background music (and theme song) you're likely to ever hear. Add that to the cartoon-sounding sound effects and you've got a worse-than-Starcrash movie that'll satisfy any B-movie fan! UPDATE: This movie, believe it or not, has been released on DVD. The copy is as bad as the movie, but if you can find it in the dollar bin, there you go!

Out of boredom, my friends and I decided to have ourselves a "worst movie marathon". Among the titles we rented were "la guerre de l'espace en l'an 3000", "La soupe au chou", " Como rubare la corena de Ingleterra" and "Space Oddysey (english title of this movie)". Although all the movies were disgusting and hard to watch, this one had to be the worst...Here are a few things that stood out...A male and a female robot ( she has metal eyelashes) in love!A woman scientist working in a tight leather "swim suit"A gymnast fighter ( we dubbed him "mr exercise" ) who jumps around during the movieA hero who walks around like he is constipatedAn army of evil "droids" with blond wigs and silver suitsThe characters are not developed, ( some seem to come out of thin air) and the villain is laughable.The thing that got me the most, though, is the fact that this movie has no end, literally; Music covers the dialog in the last scene, were everything unfolds.Really, this is something you should try to find at your local videostore.-1,5 * :)