Perfect 60's style color. Really good miniatures utilized for some of the set. A truly frightening premise of a giant meteor heading earth's way causing all sorts of natural disasters. Even really good dubbing for the extremely attractive Italian cast and some good interpersonal conflicts on earth and in space. Can you really manage to deal with the issue that this is one of the most sleep enducing science fiction films I've ever seen? And manage to sit through 80 minutes of boring explanatory conversation that just repeats, repeats, repeats.
The jet like spaceships are really cool to look at, and that color is so vividly presented it's a work of art all its own. The leading lady is a 60's version of Kate Mulgrew's Captain Janeway and quite commanding. The asteroids manage to barely look a bit more realistic than pieces of giant granola painted and have strings stuck through as they role around what looks like a giant berry representing the huge meteor. That leads to the one barely funny moment when one of the jets begins to sink into the big tub of Smuckers jelly. Obviously this will be more appealing to the very serious science fiction fans, but don't expect monsters or funny fey aliens. Even the uniforms are boring. Santa Claus may have conquered the Martians, but he got his long winters nap sitting through this after returning to earth.
The jet like spaceships are really cool to look at, and that color is so vividly presented it's a work of art all its own. The leading lady is a 60's version of Kate Mulgrew's Captain Janeway and quite commanding. The asteroids manage to barely look a bit more realistic than pieces of giant granola painted and have strings stuck through as they role around what looks like a giant berry representing the huge meteor. That leads to the one barely funny moment when one of the jets begins to sink into the big tub of Smuckers jelly. Obviously this will be more appealing to the very serious science fiction fans, but don't expect monsters or funny fey aliens. Even the uniforms are boring. Santa Claus may have conquered the Martians, but he got his long winters nap sitting through this after returning to earth.