Because You Watched Starcrash (1978)

<p><strong>“Imperial battleship, HALT THE FLOW OF TIME!”</strong></p> <p>The distinguished professors discuss the origins and scope of season 1 of the podcast. We start with our beloved Star Wars-derivative Starcrash and discuss where we think the filmmakers decided to steal their ideas, their intended level of seriousness, multicolored stars in comic books, the problems posed by time stopping and time reversal, Stella Starr’s fetish wardrobe, the enigma of Acton, the Amazon queen’s murky motivations, Christopher Plummer’s literal dramatic turn, difficulty in keeping track of this film’s MacGuffins, and why Star Wars works and Starcrash doesn’t.</p> <p>Things we mention</p> <ul> <li>Star Wars</li> <li>Roger Corman</li> <li>Warriors of the Wasteland</li> <li>Flash Gordon</li> <li>The Room</li> <li>The Last Shark</li> <li>Troll 2</li> <li>Superman: The Movie</li> <li>Total Recall</li> <li>Time Cop</li> <li>Hobo with a Shotgun</li> </ul> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/because-you-watched/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/because-you-watched/support</a>