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- From: donnell@tuna.micro.umn.edu (BogusMan)
- Subject: Re: Plan 9!
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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 16:47:59 GMT
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- In article <16300009@hpwrce.mayfield.hp.com> tonyz@hpwrce.mayfield.hp.com (Tony Zugates) writes:
- >Anyone who knows Plan 9 will tell you that as a movie it sucks!!
- >However it rates as a must see because of its cult following as
- >the worst SF movie possibly ever made. The best time to see this
- >would be on MST3k.
- >
- >I will never forget the scene where the character Bela Lugosi plays
- >changes from being an old man of short stature to a young tall man..
- >the stand-in also tried to hide his face with a cape (like Drac)
- >hoping the audience wouldn't notice...Bela had died during filming.
- >
- >see ya!
- >
- >
- >all disclaimers apply
- >"We're not like the others.." my attorney said. "We're your friends."
- > -Hunter S. Thompson
- > "Fear and Loathing..."
- >
- >
- >
-
- Having watched this film many times since I was 6, I have to speak up.
- First off, it's title as "Worst Ever" is an exaggeration.
- As for Worst SF movie ever made, try watching "Mesa Of Lost Women",
- "The Giant Claw", and a host of others. Ever see "The Creeping Terror"
- where the world is menaced by a carpet sample from space?
-
- In comparison, "Plan 9" is simply average. But, despite the usual
- day-for-night scenes that didn't get correctly processed, it features
- occassionally impressive Cinematography.
- As for Bela and his double, this is hardly the only example. Try
- "Creature" from a few years back where Klaus Kinski keeps being
- played by not one, but TWO doubles, neither of whom looks anything like
- him!
-
- Seriously, "Plan 9" may be the most loveable bad movie ever made, but it
- is hardly the worst. Far from it!
- Pax
- --Judex--
-
-