# Name The Crappy Sci Fi Film **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 22, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-crappy-sci-fi-film/525998 "2010-01-22T16:13:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-crappy-sci-fi-film/525998/1 "2010-01-22T16:13:16Z")
One of those things that has popped into my head for no apparent reason and stuck there, so I’m turning to the internet to give my head a good shake… I’m having vague memories of some crappy sci fi film I saw when I was young, but I can’t remember what it was. It was pretty obviously inspired (if that is the right word) by Star Wars. Details I can remember: - Something about a prison planet? - A battle near the end. Troops were sent to board the enemy spaceship in individual flying coffin/torpedo thingies. The doors at the top flipped open and they would sit up and start firing their lasers. - A city/spaceship that had to be sacrificed at the end, as that was the only way to defeat the evil blah-de-blah overload sort of thing. Even at age 8 I could tell it was pretty bad. Please put me out of my trivia related misery. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-crappy-sci-fi-film/525998/2 "2010-01-22T16:22:14Z")
Starcrash? ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-crappy-sci-fi-film/525998/3 "2010-01-22T16:58:30Z")
We have a winner, and in only 9 minutes. Thanks. [Starcrash](http://www.badmovies.org/movies/starcrash/) Yep, that’s it, although I have no memory of David Hasslehoff shooting lasers from his eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-crappy-sci-fi-film/525998/4 "2010-01-22T18:08:27Z")
Here is a link for more StarCrash fun… [Starcrash B-Movie Review](http://www.badmovies.org/movies/starcrash/) ETA: DAMMIT! I didn’t look at your link. heh. Never mind me… ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-crappy-sci-fi-film/525998/5 "2010-01-22T18:12:33Z")
I just looked at that link and can’t believe what I saw. The clip at the bottom showing the torpedoes crashing through the windows broke me up. It’s SOOO obvious that a couple of guys offstage just (barely) chucked it through the glass. ---
**Author:** ![Umbriel2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/4af34b/32.png) [@Umbriel2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Umbriel2)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-crappy-sci-fi-film/525998/6 "2010-01-23T07:20:32Z")
“Imperial Battle Cruiser… Stop the flow of time!” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-crappy-sci-fi-film/525998/7 "2010-01-23T16:54:51Z")
This thread almost makes me want to dig out the VHS. Almost. I bought it for the camp value. But really, alcohol needs to be involved. (Or herb, only I don’t use it. It would help for this film, though.) ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-crappy-sci-fi-film/525998/8 "2010-01-23T18:26:21Z")
[The only good thing about that movie](http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i47/brucefletcher23/caroline_munro_Stella_Star.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-crappy-sci-fi-film/525998/9 "2010-01-24T01:28:33Z")
> [@detop](#): > > [The only good thing about that movie](http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i47/brucefletcher23/caroline_munro_Stella_Star.jpg) Now, be fair. I see two. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-crappy-sci-fi-film/525998/10 "2010-01-24T01:42:33Z")
Was it worse than _Lifeforce_? ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-crappy-sci-fi-film/525998/11 "2010-01-24T02:25:37Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Was it worse than _Lifeforce_? Oh yes. At least in _Lifeforce_, Mathilda May was showcasing her “talents” for most of the movie. In all her works the lovely Caroline Munro never did ☹