Suggestions for Worst Science Fiction film ever!

[StefanS]

You guys have no idea what a bad science fiction flick is. Behold the evil

Starcrash

aka Female Space Invaders...


Trying to ride the wave after the first Star Wars mania this movie is one of the worst ever. Even its story is a blatant rip-off SW. There's an evil Count, an ultimate weapon and pirates go figure.

A pair of smugglers manage to pick up a castaway while running from the authorities, who turns out to be the only survivor from a secret mission to destroy a mysterious superweapon designed by the evil Count Zartham. The smugglers are soon recruited by the Emperor to complete the mission, as well as to rescue the Emperor's son, who has gone missing.

But the best thing is David Hasselhoff is playing one of the lead roles. I almost forgot everyone's voice is dubbed in English except D.H's and Christopher Plummer's.

EDIT: quotes

Memorable Quotes from
Starcrash (1979)
Emperor of the Galaxy: You know, my son, I wouldn't be Emperor of the Galaxy if I didn't have a few powers at my disposal. Imperial Battleship, halt the flow of time!
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Elric: My lord!
Zarth Arn: What is it, Elric?
Elric: [incredulously] A floating spaceship is about to crash into us.
Zarth Arn: Sultaan! Destroy the floating spaceship approaching us.
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Stella star: These are pre-programmed computers! They will run forever!
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Stella Star: I don't understand, you never die.
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L: I only have logic and emotion circuits. No room for craziness.
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L: Time for a little robot chauvinism.

 

[Zapata]

All of your suggestions are not even close. The Visitor is the worst movie ever. I walked out of the theater on this movie. That was almost 30 years ago and still have not seen a worst movie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080100/

Quotes:
Detective Jake Durham: Katy, I know you know something that was in that package, now tell me what it is and I woun't bother you anymore.
Katy Collins: Okay I will tell you but you might have to write it down. Are you ready?
Detective Jake Durham: Yes.
Katy Collins: Shove it up your ass!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080100/

Haven't seen the film myself but I think Independence Day may have some serious competion here!

Saludos Amigos
Zapata

 

[EasyRaider]

I, for one, quite enjoyed Independence Day. Yes, there's some very ridiculous stuff, but I feel it adds as much in comedy value as it takes away in believability. The bottom line is, it entertained me. I can't say that about all sci-fi I've seen.

Unfortunately, I can't think about any really bad ones, the kind with no redeeming value. I must have supressed them from my mind...

 

[Mize]

Battlefield Earth

Easily

 

[Zapata]

I agree, Independence day is really really bad. It was the first thing that comes to my mind as well.

Apart for the utterly rediculous computer virus stuff, I also like how they are trying to shoot down a UFO the size of L.A., with a couple of puny air-to-air missiles. Come one, you don't even have to aim! How about throwing a few 2000-pound bombs on top of it? With a B-52 or so...


However.... I can think of another truely bad movie. Ever seen the movie "Wing Commander"?

It has this cute scene where an earth destroyer is hiding on an asteroid, with enemy cruisers above looking for them. So they go on silent running... And thus everyone on board the ship isn't allowed to make any sound... They're all whispering, in fear that the Kilrathi might hear them... In SPACE !

It is kind of conventional to assume people in the military are not very clever, but quite nobody could be as stupid as the guys fighting the War against the Aliens in Independence Day like e.g. instead of sending every aircraft you've got in a futile attack would it not be an idea to send some aircraft to try and probe their defences and attack with different weapons but no not these guys! Like USAF/US NAVY/Marine Corps in Independence Day makes the guys responsible for Air Defence at Pearl Harbour in December 1941 look like Napoleon, Eisenhower, Washington, Patton and Churchill all rolled in to one, ie outstanding military geniuses by comparison to those running the War in Independence Day!

Saludos Amigos
Zapata

 

[Npl]

Yep Diplo, the computer virus thing takes the biscuit, I was keeping quiet about that because I was holding it in reserve in case somebody came up with a really spectular competitor to Independence Day for Worst Science Fiction film ever and I could blast it with with the computer virus on the floppy and laptop thing, but it is no harm you brought it out in to the open as it might destroy the morale of anybody challenging Indepedende Day, like the idea that you could disable a space craft the size of a small city capable of Instellar travel with a computer virus, goodnight turn out the lights!

Saludos Amigos
Zapata

What exactly do you consider Sci-Fi then? I mean if they fit the category any Super-hero movie would be automatically crap because the "fictional" abilities can be classified as pure nonsense in that regard. On top of that, many Superheroes actually wear suits that are as invincible as they are (ie. Superman) or even trousers that grow to immense size (Hulk).
I guess the next step would be to ask what to consider bad exactly - logical inconsitencies, boring movie, bad acting? Bear in mind that Sci-Fi actually requires you to accept some parts of fiction as facts, otherwise you will have trouble enjoying any Sci-Fi movie.

I`d classify "ID" as "fun" movie (categorical and not based on quality), it doesnt try too hard to establish itself as overly serious/realistic and focusses on action. If you dont understand what Im trying to say, just take "Mars Attacks" - its just a movie you can sitback and enjoy, without having to dig deeper into it - its not the point of the movie to be believeable. "Twelve Monkeys" on the other hand is deep and "realistic" in its own fictional context, logical inconsitencies would hurt a movie like this way more that less involving movies.

Im not gonna say that I like "ID", because I dont, but a unbelieveable ending alone doesnt take the title, an invasion from aliens is unbelieveable itself, so why did you even bothered watching it ?
Still the overly partiotic crap alone should secure it a place high up in the Hall of Shame

But then there is my canditate who goes to great lenght trying to be smart and philosophical, but falls flat of delivering anything of subsistence right from the beginning. Just every minute is almost painfull, not just the ending - aint that everything a bad movie should be about?

 

[Zapata]

I, for one, quite enjoyed Independence Day. Yes, there's some very ridiculous stuff, but I feel it adds as much in comedy value as it takes away in believability. The bottom line is, it entertained me. I can't say that about all sci-fi I've seen.

Unfortunately, I can't think about any really bad ones, the kind with no redeeming value. I must have supressed them from my mind...

What you mean like Jeff Goldblum in the film being an actor bored out of his mind and showing utter contempt for the mugs that would pay to put their bums on the cinema seats to watch such rubbish.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Goldblum

Saludos Amigos
Zapata

 

[Zapata]

What exactly do you consider Sci-Fi then? I mean if they fit the category any Super-hero move would be automatically crap because the "fictional" abilities can be classified as pure nonsense in that regard. On top of that, most Superheroes actually wear suits that are as invincible as they are (ie. Superman) or even trousers that grow to immense size (Hulk).
I guess the next step would be to ask what to consider bad exactly - logical inconsitencies, boring movie, bad acting? Bear in mind that Sfi-Fi actually requires you to accept some parts of fiction as facts, otherwise you will have trouble enjoying any movie.
I`d classify "ID" as "fun" movie (categorical and not based on quality), it doesnt try too hard to establish itself as overly serious/realistic and focusses on action. If you dont understand what Im trying to say, just take "Mars Attacks" - its just a movie you can sitback and enjoy, without having to dig deeper into it - its not the point of the movie to be believeable. "Twelve Monkeys" on the other hand is deep and "realistic" in its own fictional context, logical inconsitencies would hurt a movie like this way more that less involving movies.

Im not gonna say that I like "ID", because I dont, but a unbelieveable ending alone doesnt take the title, an invasion from aliens is unbelieveable itself, so why did you even bothered watching it ?

But then there is my canditate who goes to great lenght to tries to be smart and philosophical, but falls flat of delivering anything of subsistence right from the beginning. Just every minute is almost painfull, not just the ending - aint that everything a bad movie should be about?

Well there are quite a lot of points there but I tend to classify Superhero stuff as "Fantasy", so like the way that people get to have special abilities do not have to be particularly scientific or practical for me. I do not regard Interstellar travel as anyway impossible in the sense that whilst it certainly looks impossible with our 21st Century technology and science, that is not to say that another civilization which was say 1000 years more technologically advanced than ours might find building an interstellar spacecraft more difficult than say the Apollo rocket was for us to build in the 1970s. Now, I am well aware that modern physics proposes that near light-speed travel is near impossible but a lot of things which were thought impossible only a relatively short time ago, have proved possible so I would never say never, so with that in mind I can accept the idea of the Interstellar spacecraft but the idea of disabling it with a computer virus from a floppy makes no sense at all.

Saludos Amigo
Zapata

 

[ZoinKs!]

There's nothing better then good science fiction... but almost all sci fi is bad.

There's so many movies to choose from... I'll just pick the first I thought of.

Strange Days

It was made in 1995 and takes place in 1999. In this movies bizzaro '99, technology had been invented which allowed perfect recordings of memories. The memories could be transported around on a disk and downloaded into someone else's mind. The viewer then experienced whatever memories were contained on the disk.

This awesome tech was used for entertainment (mainly porn) rather then for education or the betterment of the human race. At least they accurately predicted how the internet would turn out.

It took a heck of a lot of suspended disbelief for anyone to see that movie in '95 and believe that such a radical new tech would be developed, perfected, and widely adopted in less then 4 years.


My other nominee is that '80s flick where Rowdy Roddy Piper beats the living daylights out of his best buddy because he refuses to try on the sunglasses that allows one to see through alien disguises.

But maybe that movie doesn't belong in this thread because it's one of the most awesome* scenes ever made.



*by awesome, I mean bad.

 

[Zapata]

There's so many movies to choose from... I'll just pick the first I thought of.

Strange Days

It was made in 1995 and takes place in 1999. In this movies bizzaro '99, technology had been invented which allowed perfect recordings of memories. The memories could be transported around on a disk and downloaded into someone else's mind. The viewer then experienced whatever memories were contained on the disk.

This awesome tech was used for entertainment (mainly porn) rather then for education or the betterment of the human race. At least they accurately predicted how the internet would turn out.

It took a heck of a lot of suspended disbelief for anyone to see that movie in '95 and believe that such a radical new tech would be developed, perfected, and widely adopted in less then 4 years.


My other nominee is that '80s flick where Rowdy Roddy Piper beats the living daylights out of his best buddy because he refuses to try on the sunglasses that allows one to see through alien disguises.

But maybe that movie doesn't belong in this thread because it's one of the most awesome* scenes ever made.



*by awesome, I mean bad.

Actually strange days is one of my favourite films, yes the chronology is a bit weird but I wanted to enjoy the film so I just invented the idea for myself that it was much further ahead in the future say 2010/20 but things had not advanced much at all in other areas except the memory recordings thing.

Saludos Amigos
Zapata

 

[ZoinKs!]

I'm not saying it can't be enjoyed, if you like bad movies. I'm just claiming it's very, very goofy. Just take a look at the list of mistakes.

 

[Npl]

My other nominee is that '80s flick where Rowdy Roddy Piper beats the living daylights out of his best buddy because he refuses to try on the sunglasses that allows one to see through alien disguises.

But maybe that movie doesn't belong in this thread because it's one of the most awesome* scenes ever made.

They Live, one of the best trash-movies ever made

 

[Zapata]

I'm not saying it can't be enjoyed, if you like bad movies. I'm just claiming it's very, very goofy. Just take a look at the list of mistakes.

Continuity: When Faith is in the dressing room after the nightclub concert, she is facing a mirror talking to Lenny. Faith removes her metal ringlet bra. Topless, she rubs lotion on her breasts and turns and walks across the room to a second mirror. The metal ringlet bra is magically back on her.

Yes I am sure the Guy? [ I suppose it was a guy ] that spotted that, needed to watch that scene just about one zillion times to spot that continuity error, the sacrifices that some people make in the cause of art, well it is nothing short of saintly!

Saludos Amigos
Zapata

 

[Skrying]

Actually strange days is one of my favourite films, yes the chronology is a bit weird but I wanted to enjoy the film so I just invented the idea for myself that it was much further ahead in the future say 2010/20 but things had not advanced much at all in other areas except the memory recordings thing.

Saludos Amigos
Zapata

With such an ability you'd think you would have been able to imagine Independence Day as an action movie and just enjoyed it for what it was.

 

[Zapata]

With such an ability you'd think you would have been able to imagine Independence Day as an action movie and just enjoyed it for what it was.

Unfortunately my superhero powers are not completely unlimited, like relatively simple things like reversing time or altering the earth's magnetic field or really difficult things like converting Tom Cruise's DNA from Alien to Human form I can do but enjoying Independence Day sorry that's way out of my league, try God perhaps he could do it.

Saludos Amigos
Zapata

 

[Thelacky]

They Live, one of the best trash-movies ever made

The acting was great. :smile: He had a headache ever 2 minutes and did the the same headache move every time.

I'm here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and i'm all out of bubble gum! It gets my vote.

 

[OpenGL guy]

I'm not saying it can't be enjoyed, if you like bad movies. I'm just claiming it's very, very goofy. Just take a look at the list of mistakes.

I don't recall that many goofs, but I do remember some great lines:

Caller: The world is going to end at midnight January 1, 2000!
Radio host: What time zone?
Caller: What?
Radio host: What time zone does God live in anyway?
Caller: (pauses) I will pray for you.

Plus I thought Juliette Lewis looked great, but that was 10 years ago...

 

[OpenGL guy]

They Live, one of the best trash-movies ever made

Hear! Hear!

 

[John Reynolds]

I have a proposal for what would possibly be the worst sci fi film of all time: letting hollywood adapt Stranger in a Strange Land to the big screen. And starring Tom Cruise so the less adroit will get the obvious Scientology overtones whatever hack screen write hired for the script would feel compelled to add to give the movie a current and oh-so-edgy feel.

 

[Snyder]

There's so many movies to choose from... I'll just pick the first I thought of.

Strange Days

My other nominee is that '80s flick where Rowdy Roddy Piper beats the living daylights out of his best buddy because he refuses to try on the sunglasses that allows one to see through alien disguises.

You, sir, have no taste.
Both movies (Strange Days and They Live) are Sci-Fi classics.