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Space Mutiny [VHS]

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"Space Mutiny" is a classic of bad cinema. This movie gained fame as the basis of one of the best episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000, and you would think someone would have released the movie on its own long before now. Well, Echo Bridge Home Entertainment has rushed out this DVD and it is nothing more than the VHS version burned onto a DVD. The audio quality is poor: there are no audio options and I actually had a hard time getting the sound chanelled through my set! The video quality is awful: grainy and washed out...it looks like what it is: a cheap bootleg. In short, don't be seduced by the small pricetag and buy this garbage. I have many bootleg DVDs that are of much better quality than this. "Space Mutiny" deserves to finally be released in a Widescreen format, hopefully with the deleted scenes that are present on the cover of the VHS version. Until then, there is the VHS version and, of course, the MST3K version for you to purchase. Stay away from this poor quality DVD. It is just junk and Amazon should be ashamed of itself for continuing to stock it.

I have to disagree with most of the other reviewers (especially those that can't spell) and unreservedly recommend Space Mutiny for everyone that loves Sci-Fi, or unintentional comedy.

The movie is supposed to take place in the bowels of a "Mother Ship" (footage stolen from "Battlestar..") filled with the third generation of refugees from a dead planet. One of the refugees, ELIJAH (snicker) KALGAN (John Philip Law) by name, decides he's sick of living on the spaceship and wants to live on a "real planet." He hatches a plot to take over the ship, sell the other occupants of the ship into slavery to "Space Pirates" and then live in luxury on a "real planet." Hence the name, "Space Mutiny." Doesn't sound too bad so far, right? Well, that's when Space Pilot DAVE RYDER (Reb Brown) enters the picture, silver lame' pants and all, and the movie starts to turn on the stink.

Space Mutiny is a rock 'em, sock 'em, sci-fi shoot 'em up filmed in an abandoned warehouse that is supposed to be the environs of the previously mentioned spaceship. Did I mention you can clearly see the windows at the top of the warehouse? Other highlights include: characters that die only to reappear later in the movie with no explanation, characters chasing each other in pimped-out floor waxers called "eliminators," Kalgan looks evil with increasingly less enthusiasm, our hero Dave Ryder routinely emits high-pitched "battle screams," unintentional nudity (don't ask), and a guest appearance by the Band's Robbie Robertson as the evil and crippled turncoat officer.

You don't have to be a "Best Brains" member to be able to make fun of this movie, and that's why it stands on its own. It's so bad it's good...DARN good! I'm looking forward to the DVD that has all the deleted scenes; the box cover has clips from several scenes that aren't included in the movie! "Space Mutiny" is well worth the $5 it may cost you, just so you too can thrill to the exploits of the greatest Sci-Fi villain since Darth Vader: KALGAN!

While the quote of my title comes from the MST3K guys describing the hula-disco scene (which really is startling), this is actually the original, non-MST3K version of this hilarious monstrosity. Like most viewers, I had first seen this film on "Mystery Science Theater 3000," but I wanted to see the pre-riffed version. This is it, and it is much more painful than the version with MST3K treatment.

By now just about everyone knows the general plot: evil over-actor Kalgan (John Phillip Law) starts a mutiny on a spaceship ran by Santa Claus, an Australian guy, and a bodybuilding nitwit who yells "Move!" a lot (Reb Brown.) There is a fabulously grotesque subplot about the Captain's daughter who appears in spandex despite seeming to be old enough to be Slab Bulkhead's (or whatever his name is) mother. The best scene in the movie has got to be her dancing in the nightclub with a hula hoop, an act so disgraceful that not only did it lead the MST3K guys to quip "So, in the future there's absolutely no shame," but also "She's presenting like a mandrill," both of which were spot on the money; unfortunately with this version you just have to think the commentary silently. Truly this scene will be etched into your brain for life, so be prepared.

It became evident very quickly that MST3K had edited the film down for time quite a bit, but they did so quite well, as all the extra film here is as boring as can be: it is mostly more of chasing around in the golf carts, more railing kills (where stuntmen fall off railings to their death), and a bit more exposition in which we learn that Kalgan's first name is Elijah. In other words: it is better to watch the MST3K version for yet another reason, namely brevity.

This movie became one of my favorite MST3K episodes, and it is fun to see this, the original, with it's silly sets (the inside of the spaceship looks like an old smelting facility, while the exteriors are all clearly old "Battlestar Galactica" retreads) and ridiculous bogus technical talk. My favorite piece of techno-babble is when they talk about the "gas expulsion sump," which makes Leah (the hula hoop queen) ask "What's that smell?" Despite having just opened the valve on a tank of (clearly labeled) methane, I still think that the answer would have to be "This movie."

I give this movie five stars for being like a really old cheese: stinky, yet good at the same time. "Space Mutiny" is a deliciously bad piece of gouda.

"Space Mutiny" is a train-wreck, but the kind of train-wreck that does'nt make you wrench in agony (Catwoman), but the one you can watch time and time again and applaud it's efforts in looking as over the top and cheap as possible, from casting to sets, and even continunity (can the person behind that be legally arrested now)

THIRLL as a Woman dies, and then is miraculiously ressurected only minutes later as a scene shot before her death comes AFTER it, MARVEL at "Slab Bulkhead" Dave Ryder defends the Battlestar Gaalctica...I mean, the Southern Sun from the evil forces of the evil Kalgon and Robbie Robertson, annd SCREAM as you watch the forces of good and evil fall from UNBELVIABLE HEIGHTS from railings that infest the ship.

Bear witness to the greatest GOLF CART CHASE OF ALL TIME, (I mean "Space Buggy" chase), "Space Mutiny" is a classic that can appreciated either through MST3K or without.

I can see why Mystery Science Theater 3000 used this as one of its featured films; the acting is just over the top. I couldn't tell if they were all trying to be that bad or if they thought they were really doing a good job, I guess we will never know. All the space footage was stolen straight from battle star galactica, the bridge personnel were dressed in swim suits, jump suits and sleeveless costumes, nothing matched. Now for the interior of the ship it was nothing more than the inside of a factory which they didn't even try to make to look like a ship, I'm surprised they took the time to cover the windows.
If you just want to laugh at a bunch of morons, buy this film and get good and toasted.

This has got to be one of the worst sci-fi movies I've ever tried to watch and that's why I loved it. It's only fair in acting and special effects are non existent but it's so lousy that you have to watch. It's gained the title honestly and isn't the worst I've seen but is in contention. I don't want to ruin the surprise ending but I was wondering if they were fool enough to think a sequel was in the offing. For the true collector of b movies this is one you will need, for the critic...choose something else. It's one I am glad to own but I'm kinda sick that way.

WOW, If AMAZON only has THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES WHO STOPPED LIVING AND BECAME MIXED UP ZOMBIES, I'd be forever in their debt. One of THE best Mystery Science Theater Episodes ever. Kinda sad when a movie becomes popular after it has been on MST3K. A lot of great action scenes, rail-killings, and a lotta gruesome actors. A woman is killed, but the director is nice enough to let her return later in the film. My favorite lines have to be: "Ha ha ha ha ha ha" Kalgon's laugh, "Move move move move!" Dave Rider as he hurries along, and also "Too bad you don't know much about ancient dentistry!" Kalgon's torture of Leia! A lot of classic, classy, cheesie characters that made this film so special: The Oak Ridge Boys, Ed Grimmley, Lobster Boy, and Santa Claus. Classic, but missing something...............

This movie has the special effects from the team that brought you Star Wars. And it is the Funniest movie ever like in the end when two golf carts crash and create a nuclear explosion

This is the best cheesy movie I have ever seen. It's corny, strange, and downright stupid, but even with all the lame stuff, it's still a movie that holds your interest. With strange characters, odd gadgets, and a very 80s dance sequence, this movie is definitely in a class by itself. Check it out!!

Okay, okay....the movie sucks. No doubt about it. If you watch it in this format, then God help you. The captain of the ship has a daughter that's older than he is. There is recycled Battlestar Galatica footage used WITHOUT SHAME. The plot? There is no plot. This movie should be slashed, hacked, burned and buried...except for one redeeming point...

MST3K!! Whether you're a fan of the show or if you have never watched Mystery Science Theatre, THIS is the one episode to find. I was lucky enough to find it on one of the original DVD releases. It is the TREASURE of my MST3K library! Hilarious is not even close to being an appropriate adjective to describe Mike Nelson and the bots' treatment of this Sci-Fi disaster. As fans of MST3K know, most episodes are not laughs all the way through. There can be many moments of hilarity, true, but to have a steady stream of hysterical one-liners and smart-ass remarks such as in this episode is a rarity! I recommend wearing an adult diaper and not drinking anything as it's sure to come out of your nose. My stomach muscles hurt for two days after my first viewing!

"Beef Chestrock" and the Captain's "grandma-daughter" trying to have any sort of on-screen chemistry is a riot with or without the MST3K treatment, but with it? It's priceless. When the daughter shimmies down a rope, she is greeted by the heckling of "Spider Skank!" to the tune of Spiderman. And for no..other...reason...you MUST MUST MUST buy the MST3K version for the floor cleaner chase at the end. I truly thought I was going to die from laughter.

I was shocked to find this came in any other available version OTHER than MST3K. If you need to stink up a room, buy this one. If you want 2 hours of pants-wetting hilarity, FIND the MST3K episode!!