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"In The Future There's Absolutely No Shame..."
While the quote of my title comes from the MST3K guys describing the hula-disco scene (which really is startling), this is actually the original, non-MST3K version of this hilarious monstrosity. Like most viewers, I had first seen this film on "Mystery Science Theater 3000," but I wanted to see the pre-riffed version. This is it, and it is much more painful than the version with MST3K treatment. <
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>By now just about everyone knows the general plot: evil over-actor Kalgan (John Phillip Law) starts a mutiny on a spaceship ran by Santa Claus, an Australian guy, and a bodybuilding nitwit who yells "Move!" a lot (Reb Brown.) There is a fabulously grotesque subplot about the Captain's daughter who appears in spandex despite seeming to be old enough to be Slab Bulkhead's (or whatever his name is) mother. The best scene in the movie has got to be her dancing in the nightclub with a hula hoop, an act so disgraceful that not only did it lead the MST3K guys to quip "So, in the future there's absolutely no shame," but also "She's presenting like a mandrill," both of which were spot on the money; unfortunately with this version you just have to think the commentary silently. Truly this scene will be etched into your brain for life, so be prepared. <
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>It became evident very quickly that MST3K had edited the film down for time quite a bit, but they did so quite well, as all the extra film here is as boring as can be: it is mostly more of chasing around in the golf carts, more railing kills (where stuntmen fall off railings to their death), and a bit more exposition in which we learn that Kalgan's first name is Elijah. In other words: it is better to watch the MST3K version for yet another reason, namely brevity. <
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>This movie became one of my favorite MST3K episodes, and it is fun to see this, the original, with it's silly sets (the inside of the spaceship looks like an old smelting facility, while the exteriors are all clearly old "Battlestar Galactica" retreads) and ridiculous bogus technical talk. My favorite piece of techno-babble is when they talk about the "gas expulsion sump," which makes Leah (the hula hoop queen) ask "What's that smell?" Despite having just opened the valve on a tank of (clearly labeled) methane, I still think that the answer would have to be "This movie." <
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>I give this movie five stars for being like a really old cheese: stinky, yet good at the same time. "Space Mutiny" is a deliciously bad piece of gouda. <
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Slab Bulkhead!
"Space Mutiny" is a train-wreck, but the kind of train-wreck that does'nt make you wrench in agony (Catwoman), but the one you can watch time and time again and applaud it's efforts in looking as over the top and cheap as possible, from casting to sets, and even continunity (can the person behind that be legally arrested now) <
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>THIRLL as a Woman dies, and then is miraculiously ressurected only minutes later as a scene shot before her death comes AFTER it, MARVEL at "Slab Bulkhead" Dave Ryder defends the Battlestar Gaalctica...I mean, the Southern Sun from the evil forces of the evil Kalgon and Robbie Robertson, annd SCREAM as you watch the forces of good and evil fall from UNBELVIABLE HEIGHTS from railings that infest the ship. <
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>Bear witness to the greatest GOLF CART CHASE OF ALL TIME, (I mean "Space Buggy" chase), "Space Mutiny" is a classic that can appreciated either through MST3K or without.

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Cult Classic From The 80's
Released in 1988, Space Mutiny, much like the 80's, is cheesy and cheap yet unbelievably entertaining and funny. This film was featured in Mystery Science Theatre 3000, which still airs in the Sci Fi channel. On video alone, the movie tries to take itself seriously. This may not be to everyone's liking since the film is so campy it's more suited for comedy as presented in Mystery Science Theatre 3000, with all the hilarious ad libs. Stars Reb Brown (Captain America, Yor Hunter From The Future) a buffed up hunk action star from the 80's) formerly respected serious actor Cameron Mitchell and John Phillip Law from Barbarella 1968. The lead actress, Cissi something or other, is married to Reb Brown. They met and fell in love with each other during the production of this Battle Star Galactica rip off.

The scenes of outer space and starships are taken directly from Battle Star Galactica, a series which was itself a rip off of Star Wars. The starship run by Captain Kalgan and his daugther, who looks 40-ish and does not convince as a girl in her 20's which she is trying to play, soon falls under mutiny. It's up to the heroic Dave Ryder (Reb Brown) to save the day. There are many camp classic elements. The ship is swarming with scantily clad women, the lead actress looks old though she is the love interest of the much younger Ryder. The scene of their first meeting in the dance club is hilarious and the love scene in the greenhouse is so hard to look at because of the age difference. Did anyone notice how one of the ladies on board who was part of the commanding unit died and then re-appeared as if nothing had happened ? John Phillip Law is older in this film and is not the sexy angel he was in Barbarella. Cameron Mitchell, the captain, looks like Santa Claus or God. The music is 80's and the closing theme song souds like "She's A Maniac" at one point.

The Berellian ladies with their strange religious ritual dancing can get annoying. The chase in the golf cart type vehicles is also pretty funny. The movie is a cult classic and if you like the 80's and low budget films then this is one for you. I give it 4 stars. I think you ought to stick with the Mystery Science Theatre 3000 version as everyone suggests. Hilarious adventure in outer space. There are a few things that make this movie adult though, such as nudity, a sex scene, violence and the use of the b- word. Not for the whole family but entertaining to some, especially if you remember the 80's.