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BOTTOM LINE: Silly dumb space caveman fun. It's awful. It's terrible. It's rotten beyond belief. In short, this movie is all kinds of awesome!!! I'm gonna really go out on a limb here and say that YOR is quite possibly the greatest intergalactic neanderthal movie ever made. (Although Al Adamson's HORROR OF THE BLOOD MONSTERS deserves an honorable mention.) And for my money, YOR is a lot more fun than the stodgy Dolph Lundgren "He-Man" movie that stumbled onto movie screens a few years later. YOR belongs right next to your treasured copies of ATOR: THE FIGHTING EAGLE, MEGAFORCE, METALSTORM: THE DESTRUCTION OF JARED SYN, SPACEHUNTER: ADVENTURES IN THE FORBIDDEN ZONE and THE SWORD & THE SORCERER. A terrific 'guy' film, YOR is the perfect “buddies & beers” party flick. Do yourself a favor and buy a copy today! YOR crazy if you don't! 5 STARS
THE STORY: Prehistoric caveman from the distant future(?) battles paper-mâché dinosaurs, blue-skinned troglodytes, space robots, an Emperor Palpatine wannabe and other assorted bad vibes, in order to impress his hot new girlfriend... and because he's just an upstanding kinda Cro-Magnon guy. Along the way, he attempts to decipher the secret meaning behind the mysterious golden medallion he wears.
THOUGHTS: Based on a novel (and comic adaption) of the same name, YOR comes across like a scrambled mishmash of He-Man, Thundarr the Barbarian and the theatrical Conan movies, with a touch of Sinbad and Turok: Son of Stone tossed in for good measure. Starring none other than TV's two-time Captain America, that star-spangled stallion... Reb Brown! This whacked out movie totally rocks on a “so-bad-it's-great!” level. Sporting a really bad Dollar Tree wig, Reb Brown does the best he can, but appears mostly clueless amidst his wildly over-acting co-stars; most of whom probably couldn’t understand what Reb was saying anymore than he could understand them. Shot on picturesque desert locations in Italy and Turkey, YOR conjures up fond memories of those sweaty sword & sandal spectacles from the 1960’s. Unfortunately, Reb's performance hews much closer to the monosyllabic bargain basement stylings of Mickey Hargitay than the Mount Olympus-level heights of studly-dubbed Steve Reeves. His new gal pal Kalaa resembles a cross between Erin Gray & Adrianne Barbeau, while her pudgy guardian geezer Pag looks like the greasy love child of Jack Elam & former oatmeal spokesman Wilfred Brimley.
If you've never seen this amazing disasterpiece, don't expect to be blown away by A+ acting, stunning cinematography, dynamic direction or first class F/X. Reb Brown has all the warmth of an unlit fireplace log - and his acting skills are equally wooden. Still, for bone-brained fun, YOR rocks. I mean how can you NOT adore a film in which Our Hero, trapped on a high cliff, shoots a man-sized bat out of the sky in mid-flight with a bow & arrow, then bashes its head in with a bowling ball-sized rock and uses the dead body as a makeshift hang glider, in order to sail down to the desert floor below and rescue his beloved!?!? And how about that waaay-killer main theme song?!?! You just know Yor's the baddest caveman in the land when his heroics are sporadically backed by his very own super-cool English-mangling 80's Eurotrash rock band! ("Yor's world! He's the Ma-aan!") Hells yes!! Viva Yor!!! Sadly, there was never a sequel, although they were certainly building up to it during the final act. A real shame... but that just makes YOR all the more precious! Seriously though, YOR truly is goofy old school fun at its brainless best. Family-friendly BONUS: it's nudity free (not counting a couple of unintentional, brief buttcheek peeks glimpsed under flapping loinclothes, (Yor & Kalaa, but thankfully NOT hairy old Pag, LOL)... and only slightly bloody (dinosaur slayings); kinda surprising for an Italian-made film of this type.
THE BLU-RAY: A nice if somewhat minimalist hi-def release from Mill Creek. There doesn't appear to have been any restoration work done to the print but the transfer looks good nonetheless. The focus is sharp and the colors are crisp with no bleeding, as was the case with the older DVD version. Fairly solid blacks & mid-tones. There is some dirt/grit present, especially in the opening & end credits, along with the occasional spot or scratch. Thankfully, film grain is evident throughout as well, indicating mercifully restrained (if at all) application of DNR/Digital Noise Reduction; the overuse of which has ruined many otherwise decent hi-def transfers of older films. The video portion of YOR's transfer contains no artifacting, pixelation or edge enhancement that I could detect, and only minimal crush (video noise) in a few low light scenes. The audio portion is strong & clear and the soundmix is level. Please note: this "35th Anniversary Edition" features the same edited American cut of the film as the previous barebones DVD-r from Warner Archives, rather than the complete mini-series, unfortunately. (Picture is 16x9 formatted, the exact same as the Warner DVD-r.) English subtitles for the deaf & hard of hearing are an option on the 'set-up' screen. Bonus content is limited to just two goodies: a copy of the theatrical trailer and, best of all for YOR fans, a full-length audio commentary from star, Reb Brown! His commentary is somewhat sparse and sorta rambling in spots but then again he IS attempting to recall details of a film made nearly 40 years ago. Thankfully, Reb has no pretenses about what kind of film YOR is. He chuckles continuously throughout his commentary and pokes good-natured MST3K-style fun at the film, and his work in it. He says he had fun shooting the movie, made some good friends in the process and was well-paid for his work. Besides, YOR has gone on to become something of a Z-movie cult film, allowing Reb to generate a little side money by occasionally appearing at sci-fi conventions... so why wouldn't he embrace the wacky madness that is YOR? A nice Blu-ray overall. The quality jump over the older standard-def DVD release alone is reason enough to upgrade/double-dip. Reb's commentary track is just icing on an already silly-sweet cake. Aficionados of low budget action flicks, Italo/post-apoc schlock and cheesy fantasy films should be extremely pleased with this Blu-ray. Recommended.
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The single greatest interstellar caveman movie of all-time! "He's The Ma-aan!" And he's swinging onto hi-def Blu-ray!!!
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The single greatest interstellar caveman movie of all-time! "He's The Ma-aan!" And he's swinging onto hi-def Blu-ray!!!
By SciFi-Kaiju-Guy @ TeePublic on November 11, 2017
BOTTOM LINE: Silly dumb space caveman fun. It's awful. It's terrible. It's rotten beyond belief. In short, this movie is all kinds of awesome!!! I'm gonna really go out on a limb here and say that YOR is quite possibly the greatest intergalactic neanderthal movie ever made. (Although Al Adamson's HORROR OF THE BLOOD MONSTERS deserves an honorable mention.) And for my money, YOR is a lot more fun than the stodgy Dolph Lundgren "He-Man" movie that stumbled onto movie screens a few years later. YOR belongs right next to your treasured copies of ATOR: THE FIGHTING EAGLE, MEGAFORCE, METALSTORM: THE DESTRUCTION OF JARED SYN, SPACEHUNTER: ADVENTURES IN THE FORBIDDEN ZONE and THE SWORD & THE SORCERER. A terrific 'guy' film, YOR is the perfect “buddies & beers” party flick. Do yourself a favor and buy a copy today! YOR crazy if you don't! 5 STARSBy SciFi-Kaiju-Guy @ TeePublic on November 11, 2017
THE STORY: Prehistoric caveman from the distant future(?) battles paper-mâché dinosaurs, blue-skinned troglodytes, space robots, an Emperor Palpatine wannabe and other assorted bad vibes, in order to impress his hot new girlfriend... and because he's just an upstanding kinda Cro-Magnon guy. Along the way, he attempts to decipher the secret meaning behind the mysterious golden medallion he wears.
THOUGHTS: Based on a novel (and comic adaption) of the same name, YOR comes across like a scrambled mishmash of He-Man, Thundarr the Barbarian and the theatrical Conan movies, with a touch of Sinbad and Turok: Son of Stone tossed in for good measure. Starring none other than TV's two-time Captain America, that star-spangled stallion... Reb Brown! This whacked out movie totally rocks on a “so-bad-it's-great!” level. Sporting a really bad Dollar Tree wig, Reb Brown does the best he can, but appears mostly clueless amidst his wildly over-acting co-stars; most of whom probably couldn’t understand what Reb was saying anymore than he could understand them. Shot on picturesque desert locations in Italy and Turkey, YOR conjures up fond memories of those sweaty sword & sandal spectacles from the 1960’s. Unfortunately, Reb's performance hews much closer to the monosyllabic bargain basement stylings of Mickey Hargitay than the Mount Olympus-level heights of studly-dubbed Steve Reeves. His new gal pal Kalaa resembles a cross between Erin Gray & Adrianne Barbeau, while her pudgy guardian geezer Pag looks like the greasy love child of Jack Elam & former oatmeal spokesman Wilfred Brimley.
If you've never seen this amazing disasterpiece, don't expect to be blown away by A+ acting, stunning cinematography, dynamic direction or first class F/X. Reb Brown has all the warmth of an unlit fireplace log - and his acting skills are equally wooden. Still, for bone-brained fun, YOR rocks. I mean how can you NOT adore a film in which Our Hero, trapped on a high cliff, shoots a man-sized bat out of the sky in mid-flight with a bow & arrow, then bashes its head in with a bowling ball-sized rock and uses the dead body as a makeshift hang glider, in order to sail down to the desert floor below and rescue his beloved!?!? And how about that waaay-killer main theme song?!?! You just know Yor's the baddest caveman in the land when his heroics are sporadically backed by his very own super-cool English-mangling 80's Eurotrash rock band! ("Yor's world! He's the Ma-aan!") Hells yes!! Viva Yor!!! Sadly, there was never a sequel, although they were certainly building up to it during the final act. A real shame... but that just makes YOR all the more precious! Seriously though, YOR truly is goofy old school fun at its brainless best. Family-friendly BONUS: it's nudity free (not counting a couple of unintentional, brief buttcheek peeks glimpsed under flapping loinclothes, (Yor & Kalaa, but thankfully NOT hairy old Pag, LOL)... and only slightly bloody (dinosaur slayings); kinda surprising for an Italian-made film of this type.
THE BLU-RAY: A nice if somewhat minimalist hi-def release from Mill Creek. There doesn't appear to have been any restoration work done to the print but the transfer looks good nonetheless. The focus is sharp and the colors are crisp with no bleeding, as was the case with the older DVD version. Fairly solid blacks & mid-tones. There is some dirt/grit present, especially in the opening & end credits, along with the occasional spot or scratch. Thankfully, film grain is evident throughout as well, indicating mercifully restrained (if at all) application of DNR/Digital Noise Reduction; the overuse of which has ruined many otherwise decent hi-def transfers of older films. The video portion of YOR's transfer contains no artifacting, pixelation or edge enhancement that I could detect, and only minimal crush (video noise) in a few low light scenes. The audio portion is strong & clear and the soundmix is level. Please note: this "35th Anniversary Edition" features the same edited American cut of the film as the previous barebones DVD-r from Warner Archives, rather than the complete mini-series, unfortunately. (Picture is 16x9 formatted, the exact same as the Warner DVD-r.) English subtitles for the deaf & hard of hearing are an option on the 'set-up' screen. Bonus content is limited to just two goodies: a copy of the theatrical trailer and, best of all for YOR fans, a full-length audio commentary from star, Reb Brown! His commentary is somewhat sparse and sorta rambling in spots but then again he IS attempting to recall details of a film made nearly 40 years ago. Thankfully, Reb has no pretenses about what kind of film YOR is. He chuckles continuously throughout his commentary and pokes good-natured MST3K-style fun at the film, and his work in it. He says he had fun shooting the movie, made some good friends in the process and was well-paid for his work. Besides, YOR has gone on to become something of a Z-movie cult film, allowing Reb to generate a little side money by occasionally appearing at sci-fi conventions... so why wouldn't he embrace the wacky madness that is YOR? A nice Blu-ray overall. The quality jump over the older standard-def DVD release alone is reason enough to upgrade/double-dip. Reb's commentary track is just icing on an already silly-sweet cake. Aficionados of low budget action flicks, Italo/post-apoc schlock and cheesy fantasy films should be extremely pleased with this Blu-ray. Recommended.
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