This movie is based on a cartoon that was designed to sell toys from the Max Steel action figure line and though this kind of marketing tool is nothing new the last time Mattel got involved in a live-action version of one of their cartoons it was when they sold Canon Films the rights to…
Tag: science fiction
It Came From Outer Space (1953) – Review
The motive behind aliens visiting the Earth in movies varies from the benevolent and often misunderstood aliens, to the outright malevolent creatures with the destruction of mankind on their evil little minds, and in 1953 Universal released their first 3D picture with extra-terrestrial beings that kind of fell in the middle of that spectrum as…
The Six Million Dollar Man (1973) – From Book to Screen
In 1972 writer Martin Caidin wrote a speculative science fiction story called Cyborg, where astronaut and test pilot Steve Austin loses an eye, one arm, and both legs after a disastrous crash during a test flight but with advanced cybernetics, they are then able to replace them with bionic ones.
Rats: Night of Terror (1984) – Review
When it comes to post-apocalyptic movies they mostly fall into two categories; there is your Road Warrior type of film with its bands of leather-clad survivors battling to stay alive in a world ravaged by nuclear war or some such disaster, and then there is your modest science fiction outings like Damnation Alley where we…
Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe (1953) – Review
With Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe Republic Pictures decided to go with a television program instead of their standard theatrical serial episodes, but due to contractual obligations with union employees who worked on the show it had to be released theatrically before it could be broadcast on television.