Destroy All Planets (1968)
Stand by for rubber carnage Any movie that starts with a spaceship that looks like its escaped from Willy Wonkas private bee farm is ok by us. Especially when the interior seems to be made of various plastic shapes, hula hoops, lights and kaleidoscopes, like an evil alien oldschool childrens TV set. There always was something a bit off about those presenters Usefully, these lit up shapes set the scene for us, telling us why theyre heading to Earth, basically its a mission of conquest because they want our nitrogen, while we look at said planet through a space window. These kind of voiceovers really are useful for bypassing such bothersome things as acting or storytelling. Next thing you know, the ships being munched by Gammera. Gammera, for those of you who dont know is a badass rubberised space turtle. Hes like all four ninja turtles rolled into one, bitten by a werewolf and then spun until hes really really dizzy for good measure by the rockets coming out of h
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