May 13
Alice Comments: Upon graduation from the Unknown Artist Institute you have unlimited opportunities as an unpaid intern in the movie poster field.
Published 1978
Alice Comments: Upon graduation from the Unknown Artist Institute you have unlimited opportunities as an unpaid intern in the movie poster field.
Published 1978
May 13th, 2020 at 8:57 am
The “publishers” of Star Wars. Nuff said.
Edit: Dammit beaten by the mouseover! Walks of muttering “always remember to check the mouseover”.
Edit2: Not the artist’s fault I know, but I’d really like my massively awesome all-terrain vehicle to have some suspension options. (Can’t believe I’ve waited 40 years to complain about that.)
May 13th, 2020 at 9:20 am
From The Concession Stand That Sold Popcorn During STAR WARS Screenings
May 13th, 2020 at 9:20 am
Now A Less-Than-Sensational Paraplegic Pictures Film
May 13th, 2020 at 12:08 pm
Paul Winfield pretty much sums up my reaction to this cover.
May 13th, 2020 at 12:18 pm
Is that the Mind = Blown guy in the middle?
May 13th, 2020 at 12:28 pm
From the review: “…accurately describes any cross country road trip where the final destination is Albany.”
May 13th, 2020 at 12:49 pm
More like Dumb Nation Rally, amirite?!
*Raises hand enthusiastically for high five*
*Puts hand back down when nobody responds*
May 13th, 2020 at 3:46 pm
This is a disaster movie. In more ways than one.
May 13th, 2020 at 4:39 pm
@Biblio: Wasn’t it a disaster at the box office thanks to a little movie called… what was that name? Oh yes, Star Wars.
May 13th, 2020 at 4:51 pm
I successfully identified three of the actors on that cover before checking IMDB. It’s actually a pretty solid B-movie cast.
May 13th, 2020 at 6:42 pm
I can’t speak for the book, but the movie very clearly came off like a cheap TV series edited into a feature-length meh.
May 13th, 2020 at 6:43 pm
Where bowlers in Hell spend their time.
May 13th, 2020 at 6:56 pm
@JuanPaul – It’s not George Peppard’s A-Team. Must be his B-Team.
May 13th, 2020 at 8:19 pm
Damnation Alley – the true story of how Scientology wrecked the career of a former ‘Cheers’ star.
May 13th, 2020 at 9:53 pm
Bad cover is suitably correspondent to the bad movie. The movie would have been better if all the scenes containing dialogue or George Peppard’s mustache had been edited out.
May 13th, 2020 at 11:04 pm
It’s the story of garbage collection in a violent post apocalypse future.
May 14th, 2020 at 12:03 am
Dominique Sanda looks worryingly similar to Jan-Michael Vincent here.
May 14th, 2020 at 2:05 am
Fairly good likenesses of the actors. Not the actress.
The post-apocalyptic vehicle moldered away quietly in the Valley for decades. (Make your own joke)
The book isn’t bad, but as everyone knows the movie is.
@Adzel: LOL.
@Tat(14): GSS.
May 16th, 2020 at 3:13 am
@GSS ex-noob: I haven’t read it myself, but I really can’t imagine any post-apocalyptic road trip written by Zelazny being anywhere near as tedious as that movie.
May 17th, 2020 at 12:52 am
@Bruce: I read it about 15 years ago and it was pretty interesting. Moved along at a good clip and had Zelazny’s usual prose style. I didn’t feel I’d wasted my time.
May 20th, 2020 at 5:47 pm
This brings back so many memories. When I was a kid I absolutely loved anything remotely sci-fi on tv. When this movie was shown, I was like this is the coolest tank ever! So, poo to all you poo-poo-ers!