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From: karn@petrus.UUCP (Phil R. Karn)
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Subject: Re: Plan 9 on TV next week
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Date: Sun, 29-Sep-85 01:41:42 EDT
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> >"Plan 9 from Outer Space" will be shown next Friday, Sept 27, at 2am EDT

> Sounds like a definite candidate for the "totally bad movie" list.
> Is there anything good to be said about this film?

Having recently been "initiated" into the Plan Nine camp due to the
aforementioned showing, I've concluded that there definitely needs to be a
special "it's-so-bad-it's-good" category in the film ratings. The dialogue
delivery (especially that of the narrator and of the incredibly pompous
alien commander) is so hilariously campy and inept that it's hard to believe
it wasn't done intentionally.  This movie does to science fiction what
"Springtime For Hitler" (from the movie "The Producers") did for Broadway
musicals. A must-have in any Sci-Fi buff's tape library, since as Leonard
Maltin says: "So mesmerizingly awful it actually improves (so to speak) with
each viewing. And remember: it's all based on sworn testimony!"

I've suggested to Lauren Weinstein that he sponsor an "Eddie Wood Film
Festival" at the next USENIX meeting.

"You are all so...STUPID!!"

Phil