Welcome back to my Dark Corner of this Sick World
‘Why are you being such a jerk?’
It’s always good to see big stars in early roles.
‘Emily I’m not weak – I’m dead’
but I might be able to support my family after I’m gone by cooking crystal meth.
‘This whole Goddamn thing is going down the tubes’
This is Dead Space, set in the future where man has technology enough to explore the universe,
but somehow has lost the secret of the lightbulb.
‘Well that answers that’
The story is basically; what if Han Solo came to the rescue of the Nostromo in Alien.
‘Let’s see if we can’t get this bucket up and running again, I’m getting a bad feeling about this place’
The film was made in 1991, which seems a bit late for an Alien rip-off.
and that’s because this is Roger Corman’s remake of his own Forbidden World,
a more timely Alien rip-off and a film that was no great shakes to start with,
but the remake really shows how bad dialogue, acting and camerawork can come together to create something even worse.
‘Have you asked yourself why Dr Dardon doesn’t terminate this experiment’
We may as well get the monster out of the way now.
‘It’s not a monster’
which changes from angry muppet…
To the polymorph from Red Dwarf.
Anyway, rogueish adventurer and space sauna enthusiast,
'throw up the deflectors, I'll be up right away.'
Commander Krieger and his snarky robot sidekick Tinpan...
‘That wouldn’t be my first choice commander’
answer a distress call from a planetary base.
'I'm Commander Krieger responding to your distress call.'
Hello, I’m the hero, which of you lucky ladies is my love interest.
'I'm Dr Emily Stout, head of research.'
'This is Dr Sallenger'
#Music#
It’s probably the one with the music.
‘How much trouble could a couple of scientists get into anyway?’
A quick look at our back catalogue will tell you just how much trouble a couple of scientists can get into,
and these are no exception.
‘It appears to be a metamorphic mutant’
The details probably don’t matter – there’s a monster on the loose killing people
and, wouldn’t you know it...
‘My ship’s been damaged and I used up all my power getting here’
Frankly, if he hadn’t answered the distress call, he’d be sending one.
But since he’s here he tries to help.
‘How’s she doing?’
She was fine till you wandered into a sterile room without a mask, now she’s gonna die.
‘Cut the shit’
and if you thought that was selfish, you should see him in a fight.
I’m just going to use your body as a shield.
Take her! Don’t hurt me!
‘It’s obvious -this guy’s an idiot’
Hey, I’m with you.
‘Is that all you can do? Stand and criticise the guy who is trying to save our lives?’
He doesn’t save yours.
This takes place after, more by luck than judgement the monster ends up outside.
‘You know, it’s out of the lab now, maybe we’re okay. What are the chances It’ll survive’
Which, some might say, was a perfect opportunity to fix the spaceship,
or to ponder how the scientists got here if they don’t have one of their own.
‘Why didn’t you tell us this before?’
instead, Krieger goes out after it.
‘He’s gotta be out here someplace’
and, having caused the death of the girl and Tinpan,
leads it back to the base again.
‘It’s back, it’s in the control room’
I’m not even sure what he expected to achieve.
‘We know guns don’t work on it’
But hitting it with a stick…
is bound to wear it down eventually.
‘I’ve got an idea’
Heisenberg here has a science solution.
‘I am afflicted with Delta 5 – if we can get this creature to ingest some of my tissue’
He plans to shoot darts filled with his blood into the creature, but Krieger has a better idea,
But it’s not over yet.
Critter babies! Now what?
Hmm. Fire kills them. That would have been worth knowing earlier.
'Incredibly simple.'
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In both this and his more famous role as Walter White Bryan Cranston plays someone terminally ill
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