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The Shape of Things to Come

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4.0/10 • 31

1979-05-041h 38m

Science FictionAdventure

Beyond the earth... Beyond the moon... Beyond your wildest imagination!

Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what's left of humanity has colonized the Moon in domed cities. Humanity's continued survival depends on an anti-radiation drug only available on planet Delta Three, which has been taken over by Omus, a brilliant but mad mechanic who places no value on human life. Omus wants to come to the Moon to rule and intends to attack it by ramming robot-controlled spaceships into the domes. Dr. John Caball, his son Jason, Jason's friend, Kim, and a robot named Sparks embark on Caball's space battlecruiser on an unauthorized mission to Delta Three to stop Omus.

Directors
George McCowan
Editors
Stan Cole

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  1. Jack Palance

    Jack Palance

    Omus

  2. Carol Lynley

    Carol Lynley

    Nikki

  3. Barry Morse

    Barry Morse

    Dr. John Caball

  4. John Ireland

    John Ireland

    Senator Smedley

  5. Nicholas Campbell

    Nicholas Campbell

    Jason Caball

  6. Anne-Marie Martin

    Anne-Marie Martin

    Kim Smedley

  7. Greg Swanson

    Greg Swanson

    Sparks (voice)

  8. Mark Parr

    Mark Parr

    Sparks

  9. William Hutt

    William Hutt

    Lomax (voice)

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Tourma

Oct 2, 2023

1/10

A slow, dull movie. A movie that feels like a Star Trek script that was thrown out for being too dull. There is just too little going on for too long. The movie touts that it is based off of the H.G. Wells' story of the same name, though aside from some character names and the title, there is no other correlation. The sets are cheap. The costumes are unremarkable. The robots are blatant knock off of the Lost in Space Robot and R2-D2, but without the pizzazz. The plot is plodding. Jack Palanace acts like he lost a bet and had to be there. I'll give the movie that the two female leads, Carol Lynley and Anne-Marie Martin are attractive and the best actors that I've never heard of. Looking them up, they've been in far better movies. Watch those instead. Also, the explosion is cool. If you still want to watch it, Rifftrax improves it greatly. Though as they frequently put it, "so bad it's still bad." It apparently has also been done by by the MST3K crew for season 13. I'd suggest picking which group of comedians you prefer and watch that, because watching a second time likely won't be worth it.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Keywords
futurespacecraftbased on novel or bookrobotscientistcanuxploitation