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Imperial battleship, stop the flow of time!

posted 19 years ago by suckmedry
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That line, delivered by Plummer, stuck in my head forever after I heard it when I was like eight.
I still think it's one of the coolest de ex machinas of all time.

I watched this film on tv as a kid because I was a Knightrider fan as a kid, who wasn't right?
As a kid I never really apreciated how gorgeous Caroline Munro was and probably still is.

I haven't seen this film since that one time, I know it will be crap, it was when I first saw it, but I really want to see it again.

And I can't wait to read the book about the making of the film!

They should make more films like this, spacebabes in space bikinis.

Oh yeah.

[–] crselvz 18 years ago

The line, sir, was, "Imperial battleship, HALT the flow of time!"

But all the same, I agree that it's a no-topper show-stopper.

[–] rsbrandt 12 years ago

What I love is that they can stop the flow of time, but only for three minutes.

[–] logan-duk-dong 11 years ago

And it affects everything on the planet except for them.

[–] huzdaman 9 years ago

That was a great device. Maybe they should lead with that next time...

[–] agentalbert (3394) 6 months ago

That line, particularly Plummer's Shakespearean delivery, really made me laugh. I kept saying it to myself the rest of the movie.

The scene!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f77k9XeM7V8

[–] DoctorThirteen (15308) 4 months ago

'They should make more films like this, spacebabes in space bikinis.'

There are a few like that from Italy around this time.

[–] agentalbert (3394) 4 months ago

Have you seen The Beast In Space (La bestia nello spazio.) You won't be able to pull it up here on moviechat.

[–] Aylmer (628) 4 months ago

There's also an even worse film called ESCAPE FROM GALAXY 3 which is essentially a PG-rated softcore Star Wars ripoff in which everyone is hypersexual but never gets past second base. All the special effects in the film are lifted directly from Starcrash if I remember correctly, and it has even worse, more awkward dialog than this film does.

[–] agentalbert (3394) 4 months ago

Oh, that sounds awful! Ha!

[–] DoctorThirteen (15308) 4 months ago

I haven't, although 'You won't be able to pull it up here on moviechat' gives me an idea of the kind of thing to expect! 😂 It is now on my list.