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Cable TV came to our house on Martha's Vineyard in fall 1988 (I remember because that's where Star Trek: TNG was in its initial run and we could finally watch it clearly) and the first weekend we had it, my brother and I taped a doubleheader on HBO (or maybe Showtime) of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and Starchaser: The Legend of Orin, which we found to be a hilariously bad but somehow irresistible Star Wars knockoff. Between the rotoscoping and the sneaky inserts of Scientology mythology (the screenwriter was a Scientologist at least at the time) it is a rather bizarre and creepy experience to watch. I tried to watch it again as an adult and zzzzzzzzzz but it does remind me nostalgically of the time when anything with space and "Star" in the title was utter catnip. I do like the score and am looking forward to hearing it on BSX! Lukas
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Just listened to this yesterday... very glad I got it. Very good release by BSX. Thanks guys... You are most welcome. It's a fun release and hats of to Mike Joffe for putting it altogether for us. Ford A. Thaxton
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The movie is free to watch on Amazon Prime at the moment, for those curious. It's not...bad, exactly, but hues to closely to the Star Wars template in terms of plotting and characterization that it's kind of astonishing. The animation isn't half-bad (the backgrounds are especially nice), but the voice acting and dialogue are pretty mediocre. Andrew Bellings' score is the best thing about it. That said, had I seen this on HBO when I was twelve, I probably would have dug it, if only for "80's PG" lines like, "You're a real son of a bitch!" I did in fact see this on HBO when I was 12 (well, 14) and was fascinated! I caught the second half of it and had no idea what was happening...except for the fact that I had seen Star Wars. The score stuck with me. Lukas
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