How Can A Space Battle Be So Great, And So Cheesy, At The Same Time?

newVideoPlayer("/battleinouterspace_io9.flv", 524, 228,""); Five years before Wrath Of Khan came out, the Japanese film Battle In Outer Space featured this amazingly submarine-esque spaceship battle in Jupiter's atmosphere. Stunning (if cheesy) model work and crazy-ass weapons. Rock on!

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