Episode 820: Space Mutiny
First aired: Sci-Fi Channel on 7 November 1997
Availability: Amazon DVD (Volume 4)
Not your regular mutiny. |
There's the character that's killed off, then shows up back at work in the very next scene.
There's the slow-moving chase scenes involving floor buffers.
There's Cameron Mitchell looking like Santa Claus.
But, it seemed to be the leading lady in this film. They seemed to think she was much older than the leading man. Turns out the actors are married. They met on the set of this film and hit it off.
Reb and Cisse go at it. |
The male lead, Reb Brown, was born in 1948. His first movie role wasn't until 1973. He played college football at Southern California, worked as a sheriff's deputy, and boxed professionally. So, his not having a role until two years after Cisse Cameron doesn't mean he was two years younger. I figure they were the same age, or he was slightly older.
Now, he didn't look it. She actually looked older, although I thought she looked pretty good in the film. It wasn't that she looked older than she was, it's that he looked younger than he was.
Santa, the captain, the dead girl, and Big McLargehuge. |
Then, again, whoever said the MST3K crew was ever fair?
Now, don't get the idea that I'm trying to defend this movie. I'm not. It's a bad, bad film. A wicked, bad, naughty film. And, it deserves to be punished.
Why? I'll tell you why.
A bunch of folks are wandering around the universe in a bunch of warehouses that look like Battlestar Galactica
Bobo knocks over a lamp. |
The season-long arc of the endless chase all across the universe finally leaves ancient Rome. Though I just didn't really get into them, the way they worked out the destruction of those places was kinda clever. Bobo heading back to grab the cheese and accidentally knocking over a lamp, starting the fire that burned ancient Rome was kinda funny. At least they won't be able to blame that one on Mike.
Kind of a lame movie, but an okay episode.
And, yes, I got the t-shirt.
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