Saturn 3 (1980) - Lobby Cards

Steve

Saturn 3 Gallery (1980) part 2

With 3517 page views so far, my first Saturn 3 gallery has at least a third more hits than any other single post for any other film featuring spacesuits.

That's kind of weird because I could probably prove for a fact that Saturn 3 is not a clear third more interesting than any other sci-fi film ever made.

Nor for that matter are the spacesuits in it a 3rd more interesting than any other spacesuits seen on the backs of other actors in other films.

As such I invite comments from anyone who might have an inkling as to why this post should prove to be so popular.

It's a bit of a mystery

One that me and Alex here intend to get to the bottom of.

 

... but not right now.

 

It's almost midnight here in Blighty, so its time for all good boys to go to bed.

You lot however should be ashamed of yourselves.

Dirty boys, you're giving the Internet a bad name.

 

 

Steve

Saturn 3 (1980) - Gallery

My original post for Saturn 3 gets quite a lot of hits so here's a bit of a gallery of further images to delight and amuse.

  

If you've come over here looking for pictures of Sexy Space Ladies...

Killer Robots...

or Sexy Space Ladies..

then this isn't the blog for you because we never show pictures like that, we only ever talk about spacesuits over here.. like this one.

Sorry for the confusion

Steve

Saturn 3 (1980)

There’s little love out there for Saturn 3.  In fact the whole thing is one big lacklustre misfire after another.

With a script by Martin Amis, a seasoned director in the shape of Stanley Donan and a strong cast of talent in Kirk Douglas, Harvey Keital and Farrah Fawcett it really should have been a lot better than it was.  The trouble is that not one of those names seems appropriately placed in connection with this sci-fi mish-mash of Frankenstein meets Beauty and the Beast on the moon of Titan. And then every production decision made thereafter seems to have been head-shakingly bad.

The space suits are equally curious affairs too.  While the suits seem to be standard and obvious run-ups by a perfectly proficient but unimaginative costume department, the helmets are almost Heavy Metal inspired creations.  But while you have to acknowledge the fact that they have a look all of their own they seem fantastically inappropriate and impractical both in the context of the story and for the actor to perform in.

So there you go, that’s Saturn 3; a B-Movie with pretensions to something greater but not even managing to be half the sum of its parts.  It’s a bit sad really but the saddest tale of all is that Hector the mad killer robot and quite possible best thing in the film spent his retirement stuck at the end of a roller coaster ride on a seaside pleasure beach.  From Titan all the way down to Blackpool; Now that is a long way to fall.

Steve