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Monday, April 28, 2014

Attack From Space (1964)

A Japanese American science fiction directed by Teruo Ishii.
A superhero is sent from an alien planet to prevent another group of aliens from destroying the Earth. An Earth scientist who built a rocket is captured by the aliens, who want to force him to build a rocket for them.
This was a joke. The quality was sub-par in a good way. This includes simple plot, simple characters, lo-fi '60s style and all that jazz. The science of the film is what really made me laugh. When the superhero flies through space, there is wind and when he enters a spaceship, he just opens the door and walks in. No goddamn airlocks (Aliens) or anything. He just opens the door like it's a screen door on a sunny afternoon. Aircraft speed is another thing that had me in tears. Mach 120? 91267mph? Our fastest spacecraft today go mach 25 (19013mph) to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere. This is the spacecraft with no airlock doing this AND THEN running into a space station! I have a feeling that there would be some serious problems if this was attempted with real-world laws of physics. Last bit of science fact, bending the satellite antennas on a spaceship will not cause it to explode. That would be like crossing the bunny ears on an old TV to blow it up. Ridiculous. I rate this adequate because it made me laugh. Only good for one viewing though. This picture looks too good to be true, so if it belongs to someone, let me know and I will take it down.