Title: Space Madness
Product review: Dark Star is as if the Ren and Stimpy episode, "Space Madness" were made into a live action film and extended into feature film length. Like George Lucas' debut THX-1138, it is a film that would be forgotten if the director had not gone onto bigger and better things. It might pass if you have a fetish for cheesy 70's sci-fi such as Soylent Green and Logan's Run. For the rest of us all I can say is give me a break. The talking voice is lifted straight from HAL in 2001. The effects are so terrible that its hard not to burst out laughing when one of the main characters have a dialogue and a fight with a beachball (!). Otherwise, it just seems as if everyone is stoned. I can forgive John Carpenter, because after all its just a student film and he went on to make Halloween, which is probably one of the best horror films of all times. I just wouldn't rush to watch this. You'll feel as if you're trapped in space with the characters the whole time. As one of them says, "I like it up here".
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