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Pod People

posted 19 years ago by ttcmehrlein
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This has probably been addressed in another thread but I'll post it anyway.
In the MST3K version of this movie, "Pod People" the credits open over scenes from a completely differnt movie. "Cave Dwellers" (alias "Ator, the Something Whatever") did the same thing; the opening and closing credits played over grainy scenes from an Italian Tarzan rip-off, overdubbed with some cheap, cheesy synth music (probably a less than honest way for a distribution company to release the movie under a new copyright). Now, the "Cave Dwellers" movie is easy enough to find but what movie was playing over the "Pod People"? The IMDB Trivia section doesn't seem to list it as it does with "Cave Dwellers." Ordinarily, I wouldn't care one way or the other but from the few scenes that I saw, it looked marginally *worse* than "Pod People." I repeat, marginally worse.

[–] filmbuff-36 19 years ago

n the MST3K version of this movie, "Pod People" the credits open over scenes from a completely differnt movie. "Cave Dwellers" (alias "Ator, the Something Whatever") did the same thing; the opening and closing credits played over grainy scenes from an Italian Tarzan rip-off, overdubbed with some cheap, cheesy synth music (probably a less than honest way for a distribution company to release the movie under a new copyright). Now, the "Cave Dwellers" movie is easy enough to find but what movie was playing over the "Pod People"? The IMDB Trivia section doesn't seem to list it as it does with "Cave Dwellers." Ordinarily, I wouldn't care one way or the other but from the few scenes that I saw, it looked marginally *worse* than "Pod People." I repeat, marginally worse.

The footage that plays in the opening and closing credits belongs to "Galaxy Invader" (1985). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089185/

[–] nbates-2 19 years ago

Aha! I was wondering about the serious discrepancy between the alien from the opening sequence and the alien from the film.

[–] sadrec1 19 years ago

Me too. I even addressed it in my review.

The flickering needle jumps into red. New York Crawls out of it's bed.

[–] huzdaman 16 years ago

I guess who ever distributed Pop People last wanted some footage over which to show the english credits. The Galaxy Invader went public domain, so anyone is free to use the footage without fear of reprimand in the U.S. So, although that footage had nothing to do with the Pod People, that could be why it's there.

For the record, Galaxy Invader is part of a 50-movie pack sold in Wal-mart for like, $10 or something like that. It also has Robot Monster, a movie I'd pay good money to see the MST3K gang destroy.

[–] hawkwind-6 16 years ago

For the record, Galaxy Invader is part of a 50-movie pack sold in Wal-mart for like, $10 or something like that. It also has Robot Monster, a movie I'd pay good money to see the MST3K gang destroy.

They already have. Episode 107 (Season 01 Episode 07) ;)

[–] huzdaman 16 years ago

They already have. Episode 107 (Season 01 Episode 07) ;)

Sweet, I'll have to look for that!

[–] Dextrousleftie 16 years ago

Lord, Robot Monster was bad. And the fact that it ruthlessly killed off the kids...wow. I know it ws a sort of very boring dream sequence, but it still turned my stomach.