IsawManosTheHandsof (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

***** Five stars *****

dariusblock (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

I love the opening Seli song. I saw this movie in the theater when I was a kid. I have always liked this movie. When that lady was screaming as she was being disintegrated by the robot - it scared the crap out of me as a kid.

takomaguy (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

I wish Sci-Fi Channel would show more vintage films of the genre like this.

ThomasHardmanJr (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

Genuinely epic in all of its cheesey badness! This is so very bad that it's actually good.

Selica76 (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

MISSION STARDUST is a fun and entertaining movie with plenty of beauty and adventure on Earth and in outer space. My favorite part of MISSION STARDUST, though, is that wonderful theme music! I just LOVE Marcello Giombini's "Seli" presented courtesy of Anton G. Abril. The opening credit sequence which features "Seli" being performed among a moving montage of colorful abstract shapes would make for one of the coolest music videos ever if it was shown by itself.

belkida (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

uhm.. is it me, or can't you see this one beyond 38 minutes?

jamesraykenney (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

For once though, you have a show that shows just how powerful a race that could build ships like that really would be... None of that 'energy weapon causes a little explosion that is smaller than a modern grenade' syndrome(Are you listening Stargate, etc.) No. This is 'energy weapon melts a mountain range'. :-)P.S.How did they manage to upload a 90 minute movie on here???!!!

jamesraykenney (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

Years later I read the first 120 or so Perry Rhodan books, and, SOME HOW, never got the connection until a few years ago!They never really showed the shear scale of the ship that got left on the moon though. The ship they landed in the desert was just a shuttle, and it was huge.

jamesraykenney (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

The books are MUCH better of course, but this was fun...I saw it when I was a kid within a few days of 2001 and it made more sense than 2001! :-)

mailcraphere (December 31, 1969 at 3:59 pm)

Amazing! I had seen a trailer for this in the theater 40 years ago. I always remembered the scene in what was supposed to be Africa - thinking they were meant to represent the lunar surface. It's nice to see that with filters, low angles and some neat miniatures, they made a rather decent lunar sequence.It's bad, of course, but a lot more fun than I expected. Very Italian. Very '60s.Thanks for posting this!