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Star Wars or Teenagers from Outer Space, which is the better film?

posted 12 years ago by mickeyone
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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
Star Wars: A New Hope opens with a Rebel ship being boarded by the tyrannical Darth Vader. The plot then follows the life of a simple farm boy, Luke Skywalker, as he and his newly met allies (Han Solo, Chewbacca, Obi-Wan Kenobi) attempt to rescue a Rebel leader, Princess Leia, from the clutches of the Empire. The conclusion is culminated as the Rebels, including Skywalker and flying ace Wedge Antilles make an attack on the Empire's most powerful and ominous weapon, the Death Star. 2 robots, C-3PO and R2-D2 tag along for the ride as an Abbott & Costello type comedy duo to keep things from getting too boring...
Budget: $11,000,000 (estimated)
Gross: $775,398,007 (Worldwide) (25 November 2011)
Gross/Budget = 70.49

Teenagers from Outer Space
A young rebellious humanoid from a cold and dehumanized totalitarian planetary system decides, based on a banned book he has managed to acquire and read, to break away from his masters when he visits Earth, which his comrades have decided is a perfect place to use as breeding grounds for their Gargon cattle (food supply) even though any other higher life forms already on the planet will surely be annihilated because of it. He manages to escape and befriends a young woman in a small quaint town nearby, where everyone is too helpful to him for their own good. But the others from his planet decide they must capture him with extreme prejudice, and they send out their most ruthless crew member, Thor, who must track him down and find not only the escapee but kill anyone he has communicated with using his death ray pistol, which rips the flesh (and all other soft tissue) off of the skeletons of its victims. Thus begins the adventure of Derek (David Love) in Teenagers from Outer Space. By the end, we discover not only an amazing secret about Derek, but how he sacrifices himself to save the planet Earth.
Budget: $14,000 (official)
Total box-office take: $1,800,000
TBOT/Budget = 128.57

[–] Deluge69-663-991830 12 years ago

TEENAGERS wins, Hands Down!

Considering it was made for practically zilch. Makes me wonder how it would have been if it would of had a bigger budget.

Lucas, Spielberg and Cameron grew up on these films, and have mentioned how they were big influences to them.

What really gets me is how the first half of TFOS is THE TERMINATOR. Even down to Thor, who resembles Arnie's younger brother, and with a similar intimidating "acting style". In both films, the renegade hero also sacrifices himself, turning the rebellious romance into tearjerk land.

I still like STAR WARS though, but I felt EMPIRE was the best.

[–] WarpedRecord 12 years ago

Considering this one actually entertained me, my easy answer is "Teenagers From Outer Space."

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[–] liscarkat (19416) 6 years ago

Well, I'd watch "Teenagers from Outer Space" again just for fun, but somebody would have to give me at least $200.00 cash to sit though a Star Wars movie again.