WAR OF THE ROBOTS
When one possesses tastes such as I do, one often assumes that he will find himself standing alone in a vast sea of people who think you are mad, completely mad. If the Internet has taught me one thing other than there are a lot of blogs maintained by people’s house cats, it’s that you’re never so alone as you think you are. No matter how obscure or out of the mainstream your affection for a particular something may be, chances are very good that there are multiple discussion boards, chat rooms, and websites dedicated to defending and celebrating whatever that thing may be. Heck, by Internet standards furries, scat freaks, and people who like to watch monkeys stick their fingers up their butt then sniff them and fall over are mainstream.
And yet even in this glorious netherworld where everything is acceptable and nothing is beyond the realm of defense, there are rare occasions when I still feel cold and alone in a world that regards me with a suspicious and disgusted eye. Such is the case when I offer up the opinion that Italian science fiction films are “pretty good.”
#1 by El Santo on October 14, 2008 - 2:32 pm
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Me. I’m the other guy who likes The Wild, Wild Planet. And I like the last of its three sequels, The Snow Devils, even more. (The intervening films, War of the Planets and Planet on the Prowl are kind of weak, though.)
As regards War of the Robots, it has, to judge from the screencaps in your review, a pretty girl with a buzzcut. So you can count me in for that one, too– one does not become world’s sole documented Annie Belle fan by setting high standards for conventional metrics of cinematic quality when pretty girls with buzzcuts are about.
#2 by KeithA on October 14, 2008 - 4:21 pm
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This is one of those scenes where, after trudging alone across some arctic wasteland with naught but a torch to guide me, I look out from deep within my ice-encrusted fur hood and see El Santo standing there, holding his own torch. He simply nods at me, and we continue on together.
I love Annie Belle.
#3 by Blake Matthews on October 14, 2008 - 6:58 pm
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I could go to the IMDB, but I’d rather ask you two: Who is Annie Belle?
#4 by lyzard on October 14, 2008 - 7:15 pm
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I’ve never had a chance to see these films other than in dubbed prints with horrible pan-and-scanning, the kind that whips from one side of the frame to the other and back again all the time. It never seemed worthwhile trying to form an opinion of them.
(Oh, and Blake? Tsk!)
#5 by El Santo on October 14, 2008 - 7:58 pm
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Annie Belle is Lina Romay’s only real rival as my favorite 70’s European sexploitation starlet. Check out my reviews of Forever Emmanuelle, Black Velvet, Monster Hunter, and The House on the Edge of the Park for details.
#6 by Blake Matthews on October 15, 2008 - 3:10 am
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Sorry Lyz, but I’ve never been one for sleaze and sexploitation. It’s mainly monster suits and kung fu for me.
#7 by lyzard on October 15, 2008 - 6:04 pm
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Oh, likewise; but still, I “know” Annie Belle the way I “know” Laura Gemser.
(Wow….that sounds incredibly dirty, doesn’t it??)
#8 by Blake Matthews on October 15, 2008 - 7:28 pm
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If “know” is being used in the Biblical context, yes it does.
#9 by KeithA on October 15, 2008 - 9:26 pm
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Oh please. Can we grow up, drop the juvenile sexual innuendo, and get back to talking about Antonio Sabato’s giant glowing sword?