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David Hasselhoff's Lightsaber Duel With Stop-Motion Androids

Palliard — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:10:14 PDT

"Awfulsome" is now my new favorite word, supplanting "craptacular". It describes those clips to a T.

Palliard

David Hasselhoff's Lightsaber Duel With Stop-Motion Androids

furrbrain — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:35:49 PDT

This is one of my favorite movies in a MST3K sort of way. One of the best are the plate glass windows which they shoot a rocket through filled with soldiers! And without the obligatory computer saying "atmospheric shield activated".

furrbrain

David Hasselhoff's Lightsaber Duel With Stop-Motion Androids

Habu — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:15:16 PST

Wow, that scene is so bad I was momentarily blinded....

And yeah, that ain't the Hoff...that's his frickin' twin sister, all made up like a whore 'n junk......

And they all have the serious, determined looks on their faces, as if thinking what a landmark epic work this is going to be.......hilarious!

Habu

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Master Aramil — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:52:43 PST

David Hasselhoff is probably better with a lightsaber than some jedi!

Master Aramil

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markcheng — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:29:25 PST

that's not the Hoff. it's either his mom or sister i think.

markcheng

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umanoide — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:36:51 PST

hi, I was part of the cast, as at that time I helped Mr. Armando Valcauda (spfx) to build the spaceship managing to make them looking as the ones in StarWars, but, more "coloured"...
It was a great experience, expecially if you think this was the unique try of an italian movie to imitate sci-fi movies a-la-USA!

umanoide

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dOk — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:07:57 PST

Nope.. Battle Beyond the Stars was a released movie... and its way better than this thing could ever be... but hey this is quality crap and looks fun to watch on a drunken night with a bowl of popcorn and your favorite geek girl by your side.

dOk

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RedEye — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:47:45 PST

@MADFLAVA
'Battle Beyond the Stars' wasn't made for TV, I don't think. I think it was a fully fledged feature film. It was directed by a guy called Jimmy Murukami. I had lunch with him once, so I am not going to say anything bad about it...just that it had John Boy Walton in it, and some 'interesting' spaceship designs...

RedEye

David Hasselhoff's Lightsaber Duel With Stop-Motion Androids

strider_mt2k — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:46:54 PST

I'm seeing an exec somewhere looking at the dailies and saying, "I got a fever, a fever for...more eye makeup..."

strider_mt2k

David Hasselhoff's Lightsaber Duel With Stop-Motion Androids

mydogisdexter — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:59:21 PST

@gargoyle93: Nice find on Marjoe.
Seems he is big in Germany too. Just like the Hoff.
Conspiracy?

mydogisdexter

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Bancho — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:56:54 PST

@arkowi:

Ok seriously, I LOL'ed hard at that.

Bancho

David Hasselhoff's Lightsaber Duel With Stop-Motion Androids

shudderstep — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:46:13 PST

Still better than Jar Jar.

shudderstep

David Hasselhoff's Lightsaber Duel With Stop-Motion Androids

arkowi — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:02:41 PST

I heard Lucas is doing a prequel to this, but I feel it will leave the true Star Crash fans disappointed.

arkowi

David Hasselhoff's Lightsaber Duel With Stop-Motion Androids

t3knomanser — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:44:47 PST

This movie is awesome, in a godawful way. Hot chicks running around in "spacekinis" fighting robot amazons? I mean, seriously- it's that aw(ful|some).

My personal favorite moment is when the main characters survive an attack by "the most powerful weapon in the universe". What does this awesome power do, you ask? Make everything red and lava-lamp-like, and the main characters dizzy.

Also: in true storytelling hackery, the main character (not the Hoff) constantly gains new powers as they get written into different corners.

t3knomanser

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edb87 — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:17:16 PST

Hoff > Hayden Christiansen

edb87

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Niteowl — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:17:09 PST

With this post io9 has secured a spot in the pantheon of Greatest Sci-Fi Blogs of All Time.

Dear lord, Hoff and Light sabres == win.

Niteowl

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X: The Eliminator — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:05:20 PST

long live the gortner! that ugly bastard!

thank god 'the starkiller' didn't turn out like this or my life would be much different.

X: The Eliminator

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da5id_nz — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:55:50 PST

I think I remember seeing this when I was a kid. I also think it was shown in 3D with the Polaroid 3D glasses.

da5id_nz

David Hasselhoff's Lightsaber Duel With Stop-Motion Androids

AhnyerKeester — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:53:12 PST

Okay, I (kind of) retract my comments from the survey post about resurrecting MST3K. I'd love to see Joel OR Mike and the bots tear into this one.

On the condition that they get Trace Beaulieu back too.

Why do the men look so feminine in that film?

AhnyerKeester

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JoshJasper — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:43:06 PST

The eye makeup on Hoff is really hilarious.

JoshJasper

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madflava — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:38:54 PST

This reminds me of another 80's Star Wars rip off "Battle Beyond the Stars". I think it was made for TV.

[www.youtube.com]

Can io9 start a post on the "so bad it's good" classic from the 80's.

madflava

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gargoyle93 — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:19:52 PST

@mydogisdexter: The not-quite-Hoff is child evangelist turned actor, Marjoe Gortner, I believe (link).

gargoyle93

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mydogisdexter — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:59:40 PST

The Hoff is wearing more eyeliner than the female character. Who is that other Hoff-look-alike? He is brilliant.

mydogisdexter

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Lord Necros — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:46:44 PST

which one is the Hoff. the one with the metal body or the metal face?
anyway, i'm off to search for this classic at the local dvd shop. no sane person can resist this level of awesomeness.

Lord Necros