Because You Watched Starcrash

One night I started watching a movie called Starcrash... then this happened. We watch all kinds of movies and have a good time talking about them. We discuss the most important parts of the films including quotes and WTF moments!

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Galaxina (1980) and The Cold Equation (1996) - Because You Watched Starcrash

“We call it a fundamental design constraint.” The distinguished professors discuss the Dorothy Stratton vehicle Galaxina and Sci Fi Channel airtime-filler The Cold Equations. Topics include the Star Wars title crawl done wrong, what makes parody fail, an attempt at explaining Galaxina’s overly complicated plot, why Galaxina is called Galaxina, the proper mood for bad movies, the hidden dumbness of the ethical conundrum at the core of The Cold Equations, the centrality of snow to Hallmark Channel...

Jun 26, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Because You Watched Starcrash - Starcrash (1978)

“Imperial battleship, HALT THE FLOW OF TIME!” 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’...

Jun 26, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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