Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site petrus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!ucbvax!decvax!bellcore!petrus!karn From: karn@petrus.UUCP (Phil R. Karn) Newsgroups: net.tv,net.movies Subject: Re: Plan 9 on TV next week Message-ID: <609@petrus.UUCP> Date: Sun, 29-Sep-85 01:41:42 EDT Article-I.D.: petrus.609 Posted: Sun Sep 29 01:41:42 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 30-Sep-85 02:18:20 EDT References: <5346@mit-eddie.UUCP> <317@cylixd.UUCP> Organization: Bell Communications Research, Inc Lines: 22 Xref: watmath net.tv:3276 net.movies:7791 > >"Plan 9 from Outer Space" will be shown next Friday, Sept 27, at 2am EDT > Sounds like a definite candidate for the "totally bad movie" list. > Is there anything good to be said about this film? Having recently been "initiated" into the Plan Nine camp due to the aforementioned showing, I've concluded that there definitely needs to be a special "it's-so-bad-it's-good" category in the film ratings. The dialogue delivery (especially that of the narrator and of the incredibly pompous alien commander) is so hilariously campy and inept that it's hard to believe it wasn't done intentionally. This movie does to science fiction what "Springtime For Hitler" (from the movie "The Producers") did for Broadway musicals. A must-have in any Sci-Fi buff's tape library, since as Leonard Maltin says: "So mesmerizingly awful it actually improves (so to speak) with each viewing. And remember: it's all based on sworn testimony!" I've suggested to Lauren Weinstein that he sponsor an "Eddie Wood Film Festival" at the next USENIX meeting. "You are all so...STUPID!!" Phil Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com