No really. The Zucker brothers of "Airplane!" fame had nothing to do with this science fiction spoof that takes every science fiction/space themed movie of the previous decade and deliciously camps them up. There's more than just a passing resemblance in character and theme to "Star Wars" but there's so much more. Disco dancing teen aliens, space fireflies. space witches who look like members of the underground culture from "Planet to the Apes" and a very hip space princess who has the two young heroes (who look like Japanese rock stars) wrapped around her finger. Then there are the robots, the over the top villains (who have subgegated peaceful residents of a large planet) and Vic Morrow who seems to be wondering if he's still really on earth. He ironically looks like Indiana Jones after a long bender.
My issue with this film is the poor sound quality of the dubbed version, much of the dialog very difficult to understand. It is if the actors doing the dubbing had Mr. Microphone right up to their mouth, seemingly filled with walnuts when they spoke. A lot of creativity went into making this, and it definitely was not cheap. The costume and set budget alone must have been enormous, let alone the special effects. There's a lot of fun to be found here, that is if you can understand enough of the dialog to figure out what's going on.
My issue with this film is the poor sound quality of the dubbed version, much of the dialog very difficult to understand. It is if the actors doing the dubbing had Mr. Microphone right up to their mouth, seemingly filled with walnuts when they spoke. A lot of creativity went into making this, and it definitely was not cheap. The costume and set budget alone must have been enormous, let alone the special effects. There's a lot of fun to be found here, that is if you can understand enough of the dialog to figure out what's going on.