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[Bud Brewster]

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Two lighthearted sci-fi movies and one which is definitely the opposite.

Name your poison, gentlemen! Sci-Fi Light . . . or the hard stuff?



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SpaceCamp (1986)

Opening Statement: IMDB has several interesting trivia items for this production.

~ What was supposed to be a somewhat light hearted action/adventure movie turned into a marketing nightmare. SpaceCamp was scheduled to be released in early 1986 but on 28 January the real-life shuttle Challenger exploded 74 seconds after liftoff, claiming the lives of seven American astronauts.

After the Challenger disaster, the release was pushed back months. When it was finally sent to theaters, it grossed less than $10 million in the U.S. Like the Challenger accident, the malfunction in the film involved a solid rocket booster.

Note from me: A very old friend of mine absolutely hated this movie because he felt it was in extremely bad taste coming out after the Challenger disaster.

Humanoids From the Deep (1980)

Opening Statement: MDB has several interesting trivia items for this production. Very Happy

~ As the film was being finished up, producer Roger Corman felt that the picture needed more sex, and ordered scenes shot that showed the "humanoids" attacking — and of course, ripping the clothes off other nubile young women.

Director Barbara Peeters refused to shoot the scenes, protesting that they were inserted purely to show gratuitous nudity. Corman fired her and hired another director to shoot the additional footage. However, most of the re-shot Humanoid attack scenes were deleted from the final print of the movie.

Note from me: I wonder why the scenes were deleted after Corman went to all that trouble to shoot them.

Sneakers (1992)

Opening Statement: IMDB has several interesting trivia items for this production.

~ When Martin (Robert Redford) and Cosmo (Sir Ben Kingsley) attempt their initial prank at the beginning of the movie, the façade building seen is the famous Hill Valley clock tower from the Back to the Future (1985) trilogy.

Note from me: I'm surprised it's still standing, but I'm glad.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)