In the far future water is the most valuable substance. Two space pirates are captured, sold to a princess, and recruited to help her find her father who disappeared when he found ... See full summary »
Three women make an emergency landing on a planet plagued with a fatal disease, but are captured by dictator Overdog. Adventurer Wolff goes there to rescue them and meets Niki, the only ... See full summary »
Director:
Lamont Johnson
Stars:
Peter Strauss,
Molly Ringwald,
Ernie Hudson
Michael and Ellie break into a military junkyard to find a science project for Michael's class, and discover a strange glowing orb which absorbs electricity. When the orb begins to blend ... See full summary »
Director:
Jonathan R. Betuel
Stars:
John Stockwell,
Danielle von Zerneck,
Fisher Stevens
A young farmer sets out to recruit mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet, which is under threat of invasion by the evil tyrant Sador and his armada of aggressors.
Directors:
Jimmy T. Murakami,
Roger Corman
Stars:
George Peppard,
Robert Vaughn,
Richard Thomas
A futuristic, sensitive tale of adventure and confrontation when a 10 year old boy is accidentally kidnapped by a spaceship filled with a motley crew of space pirates.
Director:
Howard R. Cohen
Stars:
Vince Edwards,
David Mendenhall,
Patsy Pease
In the year 2017, a rich man travels to the ends of the earth to find that the perfect woman is always under his nose. When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his android wife,... See full summary »
Director:
Steve De Jarnatt
Stars:
Melanie Griffith,
David Andrews,
Pamela Gidley
Two lovers stationed at a remote base in the asteroid fields of Saturn are intruded upon by a retentive technocrat from Earth and his charge: a malevolent 8-ft robot. Remember, in space no one can hear you scream.
In the far future water is the most valuable substance. Two space pirates are captured, sold to a princess, and recruited to help her find her father who disappeared when he found information dangerous to the rulers. A real Space Opera with sword fights, explosions, fighting robots, monsters, bar fights and time warps. Written by
John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
According to a crew member, the entire sound team was fired mid-production and replaced without explanation. See more »
Quotes
Jason:
The manifest
Roscoe:
Box B-28
Jason:
28?... 25, 26, 27... B28... oh no
[hands egg to Roscoe]
Roscoe:
What is it?
Jason:
Space Herpe.
Roscoe:
herpe?
Jason:
Dormant form. uh - Keep away from heat and - uh - moisture. Extremely dangerous when activated. Antibody - oh boy - unknown.
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Ice Pirates is a B-movie, it's campy, trashy and it is most of the time hilariously funny.
To me it probably is the funniest sf movie I ever watched. Sure, Galaxy Quest is funny, but it is also totally selfconcious, the whole humour comes from making fun of Star Trek.
Ice Pirates also makes fun of sf tropes, but it never takes itself seriously. While the story might be less strange than Buckaroo Banzai, the former is as quirky as the latter.
On the other hand, some of the visuals still look great to me.
This is one of the few films, I loved as a child, that stood up to the test of time and entertained the adult me as well as the young peg.
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Ice Pirates is a B-movie, it's campy, trashy and it is most of the time hilariously funny.
To me it probably is the funniest sf movie I ever watched. Sure, Galaxy Quest is funny, but it is also totally selfconcious, the whole humour comes from making fun of Star Trek.
Ice Pirates also makes fun of sf tropes, but it never takes itself seriously. While the story might be less strange than Buckaroo Banzai, the former is as quirky as the latter.
On the other hand, some of the visuals still look great to me.
This is one of the few films, I loved as a child, that stood up to the test of time and entertained the adult me as well as the young peg.