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 Battlefield Earth - Take Back The Planet (DVD)
 Battlefield Earth - Take Back The Planet (DVD) ... John Travolta, Jim Meskimen ... / DVD released 06 August, 2001 at Warner Home Video / Features of the DVD: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen / In the 30th Century, when Battlefield Earth is uncovered in a mass grave for bad films by revisionist cineastes, it is more than likely that it will still be the worst science fiction film ever made. John Travolta's $73m pet sci-fi project--an adaptation of Scientology guru L Ron Hubbard's rambling pulp novel --is like the long lost sequel to Ed Wood's Plan Nine from Outer Space. Incompetent, incomprehensible and, at nearly two hours running time, way over long, Battlefield Earth is nothing more than a rehash of hackneyed post-Star Wars sci-fi clichés. It has the production values of Buck Rogers in the 21st Century and a sprawling plot that merges Planet of the Apes and the TV mini-series V.It is the year 3000 and the Psychlos, a race of dreadlocked aliens, are busy raping the Earth of its natural resources to revive their own dead planet. Peppy young turk Jonnie Goodboy Tyler decides to fight back: he speed-learns the Psychlo language, masters their alien technology and then rallies the beleaguered human race to victory. The Psychlos are at a distinct disadvantage since they persist in wearing ludicrously-stacked heels that make it hard to do anything but totter like stilt-walkers. Therefore, out of necessity, most of the action sequences in Battlefield Earth are shot in slow motion. John Travolta plays Terl, the blustering Psychlo chief of security on Earth, like a pantomime villain delivering leaden dialogue that elicits unintentional pathos. Forest Whitaker in the role of his oafish, double-crossing sidekick Ker erases all traces of screen credibility gained through his role in Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog. And as Tyler, pretty boy Barry Pepper has the charisma of a plastic action figure. Even the tagline for this film--"A saga for the year 3000"--is startlingly banal.On the DVD: At first glance, this DVD looks to be packed with extras. A director's commentary, two TV spots, trailer and three "making of" feaurettes--but once you've seen one of the featurettes, you've literally seen them all, as the other two simply recut the same footage. After watching this travesty of a film, it is unlikely you'll want to hear British director Roger Christian gushing over his own work on the audio commentary with production designer Patrick Tatopolous. One can only guess that the creative team got stranded on Planet Psychlo and lost all their critical faculties. The main feature is of good enough picture quality to accentuate the ghastly blue and orange hues that colour almost every scene. The film is presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic format with optional 5.1 Dolby Digital sound. --Chris CampionNewest Review: ... now either slaves or savages decide enough is enough and plan to defeat the psychlo's (aliens) and restore Earth to its ... more ... rightful owners.
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John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker, Kim Coates, Richard Tyson, Sabine Karsenti,Michael Byrne, Christian Tessier, Sylvain Landry, Christopher S. Aud, Shaun Austin-Olsen &Earl Pastko
Ok so your immediate question would be why wait 1000 years to retake earth? I've no idea, i've also got no idea how human weapons and planes that have been left dormant for 1000 years still work, the film is full of inaccuracies and as this film was written by the creator of Scientology L Ron Hubbard it has...more |
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Battlefield Earth [DVD] [2000]
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Battlefield Earth - Take Back The Planet (DVD): Battle Weary (831 words)
by - written on 11/04/08 (Very useful, 96 readings)
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77. Battlefield Earth (2000) [film only review] With the upcoming third worldwide protest against the cult of scientology's abuses this weekend, it seems timely to review Battlefield Earth. Adapted from a novel by L Ron Hubbard, and championed by actor John Travolta for over a decade. It rapidly gained the infamous status of one of the most expensive flops in cinema history, and you need only look at my rating to see whether I agree. This film should carry a public service announcement at the start reading, 'Warning - You are now entering a film where all dramatic moments take place at one third normal speed.' If all the unnecessary and ... Read the complete review
Worst film ever? (465 words)
by - written on 07/09/05 (Very useful, 41 readings)
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Battlefield Earth, the $73 million project led by John Travolta, won 7 out of a possible 9 Golden Raspberry awards, including worst film, worst actor, worst director, worst script and worst supporting actor. I'll give you a brief summary of the plot, which is pretty brief anyway. Barry Pepper play some human that gets captured by some evil aliens called Psychlos (lol) and gets taken to a prison camp and made to work for the Psychlos mining the Earth of all its mineral etc. However, when he learns how to speak the Psychlo language and learns about how they work, he hatches a plan to overthrow the Psychlos and, incidentally, blow up their planet, with the help ... Read the complete review
Battlefield Earth - Take Back The Planet (DVD): Negative rating - is it possible? (757 words)
by - written on 28/06/01 (Very useful, 41 readings)
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Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: May 12, 2000 DVD Release Date: January 16, 2001 Production Company: Warner Home Video Watching films is one of my favourite past-times, and I watch a fair few. A high percentage of those I very much enjoy, but there is always the odd bad-apple to spoil things isn't there? Well, here is the biggest, baddest written apple, I think I have ever had to endure! WHOAH, this is BAD! Anyone that questions Battlefield Earth's dubious distinction of being the worst film of 2000 is out of their mind. This film is off-putting, disparaging, hideous, and annoying. It's the type of film no one ... Read the complete review
Battlefield Dearth (426 words)
by - written on 19/07/00 (Very useful, 25 readings)
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It is the year 3000. Earth is run by vicious aliens, the Psychlo empire, who conquered the planet a thousand years previously in only nine minutes. The few surviving humans are either slaves, mining resources for the aliens, or primitives living in remote villages or caves. Terl (John Travolta) is the Psychlo Chief of Security on Earth, an ambitious tyrant driven by greed. Jonnie Goodboy Tyler (Barry Pepper) is a human savage who sets out to improve the lives of his people, but is captured and forced to work as a slave for the Psychlos. Jonnie inspires the other humans to follow him, and together they attempt to overthrow the oppressive alien empire. Will they succeed? ... Read the complete review
Battlefield Earth - Take Back The Planet (DVD): Spectacularly Bad (643 words)
by - written on 03/08/09 (Very useful, 22 readings)
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I'm a huge fan of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 and of terrible films in general, so when I heard that John Travolta's 2000 sci-fi 'epic' 'Battlefield Earth' described as a modern version of Plan 9 From Outer Space I simply had to see it for myself. The film is based on the first half of a thousand-page novel by Church of Scientology founder L Ron Hubbard, in which the Earth has been conquered by a race of 9 foot tall, dredlocked aliens by the (dire) name of Psychlos who have been mining it of its precious resources for the past thousand years, with humans only surviving in slave camps or in primitive tribes in areas that the Psychlos are unable to reach. ... Read the complete review
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