GamerTab
That was an excellent one.
ReaderKenka
Let's be realistic.
ShangLuda
Admirable film.
SnoopyStyle
Astronauts head off to blast asteroid Flora on course to destroy the Earth. After the successful mission, they return to space station UNSC Gamma 3 with a stowaway. It starts as a small green blob but it quickly grows into a tentacled creature with a hunger for and the ability to discharge power. The creature's blood grow into new creatures as the station gets over-run with them.This is a Japanese production with western actors. There are no big names among the actors and the production is strictly Japanese monster movie. The miniature models are toy-like. There is a fun campy joy about the Japanese sets, slightly threatening monsters, and its 50s sci-fi motif. Don't take it too seriously.
classicsoncall
For only the second time since I've been writing these reviews, I got up in the middle of the night to catch a screening for a title that simply screamed out to me while cruising the cable line-up. The other one was "Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told", and that was four years ago. There's no way this could have been a disappointment with a title like "The Green Slime", and suffice it to say you'll just have to see it to believe it. Now it would be real easy to pan this thing for it's cheesy rubber monsters and it's garish colors, but let's not forget, the classic TV series 'Star Trek' was being made at the same time with it's own cardboard sets and goofy aliens. My favorite was The Horta, a crawling rock from the episode 'The Devil in the Dark'.Probably the most surprising thing for me was seeing who they got to play the leads in this Japanese production, Robert Horton as Commander Jack Rankin and Richard Jaeckel as Commander Vince Elliott. The love interest for both men is provided by a curvaceous redhead who's name sounds a lot like Lollapalooza, which is just another way to describe this picture. But they're simply outclassed by the green slime aliens, which oddly enough aren't really slimy at all once their frightening cell duplication turns them into Sesame Street monsters.Say did you catch that go-go dance celebration following the successful space mission to the asteroid Flora? You really have to check out some of the couples making up their dance steps on the fly, it's simply hilarious. But not as hilarious as the methods used to fight off the creatures once they begin multiplying. If laser guns don't do the trick, then you might as well fight them with hospital beds and space helmets! Why Rankin even threw his flashlight at one, yeah that'll show 'em.And gee, don't let me forget that opening theme song. It ranks right up there with all the greats, like the one from the 1958 flick "The Blob". Which come to think of it was another kind of slime monster. Was it green too? I don't remember, not that it makes any difference.
Menno
Sci-fi movies don't age well. What was plausible only a few decades ago seems funny now (can you imagine the mass hysteria that was caused by a radio broadcast of "war of the worlds" today?). So if you want to watch this movie be sure to let go of your 21st century knowledge and view it like it's 1968. If you want to know about it's looks and feel just imagine the thunder birds with real people and... GREEN SLIME!It's a fun movie that shows what the 60's where about. The women are sexy and can do little more then scream and look helpless. The men are all robust and react without fear. People are confident in the future of space travel and believe it is only a matter of time before many manned space stations will be in earth's orbit. And unfortunately it also shows that the apartheid was not over yet as shown by the all-white crew.
oscar-35
*Spoiler/plot- 1968. Green Slime- The Day of the Triffids in outer space. The Earth is first saved from a green slime covered meteor strike. But then is threatened by green slime creatures transfered onto the orbiting space station through astronaut carelessness. Green slime creature are strictly crappy rubber monster suit cheesiness. These rubber suited monsters absorb electrical power and kill like electric eels. Al this is very very Japanesemind set. *Special stars-Robert Horton is easily recognized for his Soup Star rugged leading man good looks that his one dimensional commander character is a strutting Dudley Do-Right. Richard Jaeckel, a movie favorite character actor is the rival. *Theme- The simplistic theme of rivalry between male military buddies interested in the same women is shown. *Based on- Nothing major. Main music theme is bouncy and pure 60's. *Trivia/location/goofs- Produced at the same MGM studio that borough us the same HUGE film, 2001. Hard to believe. *Emotion- Strangely enjoyable, for a minor forgettable film.
