Space Opera Film Reviews by R.D Francis
Films that inspired and were inspired by George Lucas and Ridley Scott. Look under "Critic Reviews" for B&S About Movies, for each.
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- DirectorTom CleggStarsMartin LandauBarbara BainCatherine SchellLunar colonists of Moonbase Alpha are marooned in space after a nuclear explosion pushes the Moon out of its orbit and a rescue spaceship from the Earth is not what it seems to be.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsAlex CordMariette HartleyTed CassidyA scientist who has been preserved in suspended animation wakes up to find himself in a primitive society in the future.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsJohn SaxonJanet MargolinTed CassidyA man awakens from suspended animation and finds himself in the 22nd century, where women rule the world and men are slaves called Dinks. He is captured and sold as a slave, but escapes and hooks up with a male rebel movement.
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsJohn SaxonKathleen MillerKeene CurtisIn the near future, a group of scientists living in a space ship wake up from a hibernation state and come back to an apocalyptic Earth.
- DirectorGerry AndersonCyril FrankelJeremy SummersStarsEd BishopMichael BillingtonGabrielle DrakeAn organization called SHADO fights off aliens who are infiltrating Earth by disguising themselves as humans.Film cut from the television series.
- DirectorArnold LavenDon WeisStarsRoddy McDowallRon HarperJames NaughtonThis is not an original made-for-TV movie, but two episodes of the 1974 TV series Planet of the Apes (1974) edited together: Escape from Tomorrow (1974) and The Trap (1974).First telefilm culled the from series; offers the back story on all five films issued in a post-Star Wars world.
- DirectorHarvey HartStarsKeir DulleaRobin WardGay RowanThree farmers in Cypress Corners discover that farm life is not so simple. Discovering a hidden door in the earth, they break through it, discovering they are not on Earth, but in a giant Noah's Ark-like spaceship. The spaceship is made up of giant "domes" holding the various cultures of humanity. Eventually, they find the bridge, its crew dead and its computer complaining that the ship is off-course, heading into the path of a distant sun. The three farmers take it upon themselves to travel the ship, contacting the various cultures of humanity in search of somebody who can correct the course of the ship and save mankind.Film cut from the television series.
- DirectorBurt BrinckerhoffStarsJulie CobbBud CortKeir DulleaA man who grew up in a primitive society educating himself by reading Shakespeare is allowed to join the futuristic society where his parents are from. However, he cannot adapt to their repressive ways.
- DirectorRichard A. CollaAlan J. LeviStarsRichard HatchDirk BenedictLorne GreeneAfter the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet on a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth.The theatrical version that played in theaters.
- DirectorGeorge McCowanStarsJack PalanceCarol LynleyBarry MorseSome time in the future, man has set up colonies on the Moon, when Earth becomes uninhabitable. A madman decides to destroy the Moon colonies with his robots and automated ships, and only three people and their robot can stop him.
- DirectorVince EdwardsChristian I. Nyby IIStarsRichard HatchDirk BenedictLorne GreeneRunning low on fuel, the Battlestar Galactica receives the help of the supposedly lost Battlestar Pegasus which is taking the offensive with the Cylons.
- DirectorKoji HashimotoSakyô KomatsuIshirô HondaStarsTomokazu MiuraDangely DianeMiyuki OnoWhile extracting water from the Martian polar ice caps, ancient carvings are uncovered describing an alien spacecraft crashing into Jupiter, postponing plans to turn Jupiter into a second Sun.
- DirectorBarry CraneSidney HayersSigmund Neufeld Jr.StarsKent McCordBarry Van DykeRobyn DouglassThe Battlestar Galactica and its ragtag fleet of ships finally locate Earth, only to discover that the planet is not prepared for the inevitable Cylon invasion.
- DirectorJun FukudaIshirô HondaToshio MasudaStarsKensaku MoritaYûko AsanoRyô IkebeEarth is attacked by alien spacecraft from Venus. But a Japanese scientist has constructed a space craft, the Gohten, with which he may save humanity.
- DirectorArmen EvrenselStarsKristin KreukAmanda TappingGeorge TakeiOuter-space explorers encounter gigantic aliens on their ship.Canadian space comedy.
- DirectorStanley DonenJohn BarryStarsFarrah FawcettKirk DouglasHarvey KeitelTwo lovers stationed at a remote base in the asteroid belt of Saturn are intruded upon by an anal-retentive technocrat from Earth and his charge: a malevolent eight foot tall robot.
- DirectorNorman J. WarrenStarsBarry StokesTony MaidenGlory AnnenThree specimens from a female race of aliens crash land in England and abduct four earthlings by accident. They decide to use the opportunity to start experimenting. On the males.AKA Outer Touch; U.K. space comedy.
- StarsRock HudsonGayle HunnicuttBernie CaseyIn the 21st century, Earth begins the colonization of Mars. However, things do not go as planned, at first due to the hostile Martian natives and later because of the self-destructive Earthmen.
- DirectorBitto AlbertiniLuigi CozziStarsSherry BuchananFausto Di BellaDon PowellThe crew of a space ship confronts an evil galactic ruler out to rule the universe.
- DirectorWilliam SachsStarsStephen MachtAvery SchreiberJ.D. HintonIn the 31st century, sexy blonde android Galaxina helms the crew of a space cruiser on a mission to find the Blue Star, a mystical gem that holds unlimited power.
- DirectorJames L. ConwayStarsDarren McGavinRobert VaughnGary CollinsAfter a UFO crashes in Arizona, due to a space collision with a NASA satellite launch, the U.S. government tries to cover-up the incident for political reasons.
- DirectorStewart RaffillStarsRobert UrichMary CrosbyMichael D. RobertsIn a distant future scarce of water, space pirates get caught after stealing ice from a spaceship. They are sold to a princess looking for her dad. He might have found a planet abundant with water.
- DirectorBrett PiperStarsPaula TaupierBoydd PiperMichael QuigleyA spaceship crash-lands on a planet, and the crew is astonished to find that it holds a beautiful woman who can heal the sick and injured and a race of super-intelligent beings.
- DirectorAlfonso BresciaStarsYanti SomerGianni GarkoMalisa LongoEarth is attacked by an intergalactic villain and his army of robotic androids.
- DirectorEd HuntStarsRobert VaughnChristopher LeeDaniel PilonAn advance team from a dying, far-off civilization seeks a new world to conquer and inhabit -- Earth.