Space Raiders - Good Bad Flicks

[@Nrdyco]

I think the best part is the kid swearing and drinking beer... that made me chuckle lol

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

HAWK: We never do laundry ME: I think it's time to establish a laundry business in this space movie

[@AkuTenshiiZero]

If there's one thing I've learned about Roger Corman, it's that "low-budget" doesn't have to mean "bad." The makeup on the two lead aliens is actually pretty damn good.

[@Madbandit77]

Corman, in my opinion, doesn't get enough credit for being an economically-minded filmmaker because he knows how to work around financial limitations.

[@francescagonzalezramos9442]

Small Soldiers and Little Nicky were great.

[@jamstonjulian6947]

@@francescagonzalezramos9442 What do they have to do with Roger Corman? Or low budgets?

[@craigh5236]

Roger Corman had plenty of issues with his movies though. He absolutely HATED any form of comedy in his movies. If a director tried to put it in a movie he would insist it be taken out.

[@7BearBrown]

I've always remembered this film from my childhood years but could never remember the name. Thank you GoodBadFlicks, my nostalgia gland has been thoroughly caressed.

[@drop_messages6226]

4:03...... are those the wet bandits from Home Alone, looks like an older version? I know those are not the same actors, but I took one look and got the same vibe. Thinking about it now, it would have been cool if the same wet bandits appeared in other movies, like they broke out of jail and now they are breaking into houses in another city.

[@GoatPopsicle]

Bob Bob that’s exactly what I thought of too.

[@francescagonzalezramos9442]

Replicas is good Keanu Reeves movie of 2019 like a cult classic John Wick 3.

[@BrandontheBeldam2993]

Yeah I called them Discount Harry & Marv when I saw them.

[@radionowhere2870]

Those guys are the great, great, great, great (you get the idea) grandchildren of the wet bandits!

[@wimvanderstraeten6521]

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone is one of my favorite 80's sci fi movies. Michael Ironside was a great villain in that movie. I also love the set design.

[@francescagonzalezramos9442]

The Return of the Living Dead is awesome horror comedy of 1985 like Fright Night.

[@ghostofkrows]

I found and watched Spacehunter years ago and was not disappointed.

[@thebluecollarhero]

the sets and vehicles were awesome

[@jdblick1002]

When I was a kid I used to recreate Overdogs game with my lego, and make my star wars figures play it. Awesome film!

[@Morbos1000]

So a kid named Peter in the 1980s was taken by space mercenaries and came to see the captain as a father figure. Was this a Guardians of the Galaxy prequel?

[@superlive98]

Peter Quill/Starlord débuted in late 1975. His initial origin story had him being raised on earth, then becoming an astronaut as an adult. He encounters Yondu and the Ravagers while on a mission for NASA and decides to join them.

[@h.plovecat4307]

@@superlive98 I hope you can hear how loudly we are all pinching our brows.

[@plastique45]

@@superlive98 Starlord and Guardians of the Galaxy had nothing to do with each other back then. I used to love all marvel comics from 75 to 89!

[@johnknop6825]

The protagonist of the movie Troll was named Harry Potter Jr.

[@findkip]

james gunn clearly watched this.

[@adamRKC]

I have a dream that Tarantino's last film is an R rated remake of Battle Beyond the Stars.

[@jackalope2302]

That's an excellent dream.

[@Buck3366]

Hell yeah with Kurt Russell as the Space Cowboy 🤠

[@Trollificusv2]

GodDAMN, son, what a great dream! I actually imagine he's thought of this, and if he doesn't do it, it'll be because he's thought of something else that will also be great, something involving a million middle fingers to close out his career.

[@garydarnell3117]

In space...no one can sue you for copyright infringement.

[@francescagonzalezramos9442]

The Green Hornet looks good movie of 2011 like Captain America the First Avenger.

[@frankhumbug]

Gary Darnell, your avatar (little photo thingamajig,) is that a film or did you do it? It's really funny in a dark funny way.

[@zacharyjochumsen9677]

@@francescagonzalezramos9442 yeh in space no one can call thierclawyers for whennthey get sued

[@cfu4863]

Man this brings me back to the HBO days where the same movie was on repeat day in and day out. Thank you!

[@owenfitzgerald8944]

What I remember about the name Space Raiders is they were once a packet of crisps (chips). I haven't seen this movie.

[@Armored-Cat]

Holy crap! This is one of those times where you and RLM, manage to bring up movies I saw as a kid, movies I only remember parts of from my youth. I've had a memory of the kid trying to catch the bug. Think the kid used a plastic cup, initially, and the bug cut through that and he had to use the metal can. This brings back good memories of my youth, unlike the movie that scarred me as a kid, XTOR, that RLM helped me to remember.

[@kingleoification]

I love this channel and all the humor, especially the behind the scenes stuff, but to hear a reference to my home town of Mobile, Alabama @ 7:48 literally had me in tears 😂😂

[@judsongaiden9878]

'The Ice Pirates' is better, especially when it comes to costume design. This movie's got characters wearing WW2-style bomber jackets with the sleeves pushed up '80s-style. 5:38 Plaid flannel shirt? 7:43 High-heeled Western-style boots?

[@pixystixnfairycrack]

I've been waiting for an "Ice Pirates" video. One day there might be one.. one day.

[@judsongaiden9878]

@@pixystixnfairycrack One of my childhood faves. Remember the Space Herpe?! XD

[@pixystixnfairycrack]

@@judsongaiden9878 I still make jokes about the space herpe lol I

[@ve2vfd]

Is it just me or does the alien Flightplan look a lot like Sir Alexander Dane in Galaxy Quest? :)

[@JnEricsonx]

Maybe they were inspired.

[@GoatPopsicle]

Galaxy Quest is a riff on the entire genre of space operas like these; and with everyone stealing ideas from each other, common looks are to be expected. Flight-plan also has a near doppelgänger on Star Trek:TNG. They are just blue and have a humidifier installed close to their faces.

[@garytucker3563]

@Pat You are NOT crazy bro! IN FACT, when I got my B.A.T.S. DVD, he is on the artwork and on the back with a clear photo! But in the movie, he has no appearance! Now I was enormously confused because his death really bothered me as a child viewing it! But then as I learned of the Cormanverse, I became even more confused because I'm not sure if what I remembered was B.A.T.S. or Space Raiders!!!

[@jav3134]

The first appearance of the Guardians of the Galaxy and the origins of Star-Lord...brilliant

[@francescagonzalezramos9442]

Did you saw the film called Brightburn?

[@shainewhite2781]

Cool!! I heard about this movie! The music in the beginning of the background is composed by James Horner and it was used in the Star Wars ripoff Battle Beyond the Stars.

[@superlive98]

MAGNIFICENT SEVEN rip off. Robert Vaughn was playing almost the same character in both.

[@cubdukat]

And amazingly enough, they acknowledge it.

[@GoatPopsicle]

I saw this about 10yrs ago, you could definitely see the Star Wars /Star Trek “inspiration”, But it was still really enjoyable, and I highly recommend it.

[@francescagonzalezramos9442]

Nyaruko look perfect anime, eh?

[@johnpace1722]

Definitely the Millenium Falcon at the beginning of the video.

[@francescagonzalezramos9442]

Star Trek First Contact is better than Star Wars.

[@johnpace1722]

@@francescagonzalezramos9442 I can now die happy knowing that. Thank you.

[@hoagsmash4188]

I loved the dude running up like there was some urgent shit, then just tosses the cap'n a brew 🤣

[@peggysue4253]

"Where did YOU learn to fly?"

[@tskmaster3837]

Starting a GoodBadFlicks video with a recognition of "Oh, that one" is always a promising start. Cheap space pirates but with that boy could only ever be this one thing. Oh, sorry, I mean "space raiders".

[@augustca1984]

This is another film that I found and watched late Saturday night and tried describing to my friends of what transpired and they didnt believe me. Another reason I love your channel. It validates my drunken movie endevours to my friends. Lol

[@nathanridgway7009]

Glad to see Space Raiders represented, really enjoyed this movie when I was younger (remember the days of the movie rental store from mid-80s to mid-2000s? I saw it somewhere in there). Fun movie, and yet another entry into the category of PG and PG-13 films that were much edgier than 97% of movies under R are today.

[@MrSpike320]

I remember renting this back in the day and I recall the then 12 year old me thinking "aren't those the ships and effects from 'Battle Beyond The Stars'???" But the year before, I remember that Star Trek II had reused A LOT of effect shots from TMP and just shrugged it off. Haven't thought about this movie in years and totally see where Whedon and Gunn got their 'inspiration' from!!! Thanks for the memories!!!! :-)

[@cruZak89]

4:41 Riker chair mounting

[@Deidre0000]

I love your channel because you talk about these movie with such affection and positive criticism. No trolling here.

[@OperativeD]

I have this flick on VHS from a video store that we kept when we rented it when I was a kid!

[@chriscripplercruz1833]

It feels like a mix of Ice Pirates and Flight of the Navigator lol

[@RevelationSpace]

Oh my god I watched this on TV about 25 years ago as a kid and have been searching for whatever it was ever since!! So happy to have found it.

[@fearanarchy]

F-Yes!! I am not sure if I asked about this in a comment or Patreon. But I have wanted to see you do this for a while. Awesome!

[@mr.sinjin-smyth]

Wow looks interesting, might check this out myself. Also, kinda reminds me of Ice Pirates (1984).

[@GoatPopsicle]

Mr. Sinjin-Smyth It’s pretty good. I got to watch it a few years back, and it’s pure Star Wars rip-off, But in a good way.

[@francescagonzalezramos9442]

Flash Gordon is good movie of 1980 like The Blues Bros.

[@dougmiller3398]

i went to see ICE PIRATES with my dad when it came out. I love that flick! what sticks out in my memory the most is the jive talkin black robots " what up blood "! and the man being decapitated via a sword.

[@shainewhite2781]

6:15, hilarious impression!!😂😂

[@BurningNero]

8:03 "By Grabthar's hammer, by the Sons of Warvan, you shall be avenged"

[@JonTheGiantChicken]

As a native of Mobile,Al let me say thank you for pronouncing the name right!

[@Trollificusv2]

"And the boy walked off into the desert planet, realizing that the real treasure was the friends he made, and got killed, along the way."

[@chancepaladin]

i only saw this like once and I must have been like 0 years old, but I have so many fond memories and know half the lines. The entire plot, the whole 9 yards. One of a few movies that just stuck to me. Moreso than all these movies. flight of the navigator spaced invaders black hole star trek space truckers

[@leewilliams6208]

I think your clips are getting better. Great work fella.

[@christianninsananda9626]

I recognize the alien... that's Hawk from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

[@GoatPopsicle]

Surely you mean Bird-Person from Rick and Morty? Lol

[@Buck3366]

That mushroom hair cut kid was also in Over the Top starring Stallone as Lincoln Hawk. The guy in this was movie was called Hawk. Spookyyyyy!

[@frankhumbug]

buck3366, Sylvester Stallone or you guessed it Frank Stallone?

[@jeffersonderrickson5371]

Insert Cybermorph floating head "where did you learn to fly" reference.

[@dwalk9674]

Love your reviews, man! Been watching for a long time and have been a fan for a long time! One thing I have noticed a lot is that people seem to think this movie or that movie were borrowed, stolen, or this and that. I have to say one thing. Just because someone came up with something and so did someone else doesn't mean it was "borrowed" or stolen.

[@jedigecko06]

That's our Nell: _the hardest working ship in Sci Fi..._

[@Danazawa]

Yay! old-school Good Bad Flicks is back, riffin' up a storm. The anti-depressant line was a doozy!

[@Bl4ckD0g]

All this time and I had no clue that James Cameron basically got his start on Corman films. That's crazy.

[@toomanyaccounts]

he started off learning how to do practical special effects. its why the effects of his movies from the 80s, 90s have for the most aged pretty well.

[@Bl4ckD0g]

@@toomanyaccounts I knew he had an effects background. Just didn't know it was with Corman. He also helped design the Predator with Stan Winston.

[@rockflageagle3870]

Ive never seen this but now I want to watch it, great video! any chance of doing a video on the movie 'Cabin Boy'?

[@cdybft9050]

Proud to say I saw this crap in the theatre. I actually remember everything about that day. It actually was one of the best days I remember.

[@teganscott12]

I LOVED Space Raiders and LOVED Battle Beyond the Stars and LOVED Ice Pirates and LOVED Spacehunter and LOVED Black Hole but my fav "Good Bad" flicks of all time is a cheesy one called: Millennium...released in 1989. When my girlfriend watched it with me she reminded me that sitting thru this was showing me how much she loved me. lol

[@Zenlore6499]

The Great Robot Ship is just a Star Destroyer/Tantive IV “special bond.”

[@dreamersdisease2481]

I love every couple months binging through all these videos

[@GoodBadFlicks]

:)

[@JoeDredd2012]

4:08 Nope LOL! Cecil I haven't seen this film since I was a kid the only thing I remember is the awesome music by James Horner which I later found out was taken from ''Battle Beyond The Stars'' I wouldn't re-visiting this one again down the road great job on the video!

[@chancepaladin]

on his list of accomplishments, introducing an invasive species with no predator that's probably turning into a starship troopers prequel.

[@drwinlied]

I literally thought that a Starship Troopers insert would've been perfect there.

[@MrNelg19]

For me, the darkest family friendly film was Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, in which we get to know a little girl and her entire family in the previous film, only to see them all slaughtered in this one.

[@Ciborium]

Gets Patreon notification. Drops everything to watch video. It helps as it is a film approved by RLM.

[@speedygonzales378]

Here in the UK, we have a range of crisps called space raiders 😁,I wonder if they got the name from this movie

[@SinOfAugust]

By whom? I must try!

[@RomeJordon919entertainment]

Hawk was one of the main bad guys on Knight of the Phoenix pilot from Knight Rider.

[@darkcoeficient]

The great robot ship: the marriage of the tantive iv and a star destroyer.

[@dudester6442004]

It's funny red letter media just did this on best of the worst, funny how sometimes these things happen at the same time. Glad to get more info on the movie!

[@Deckaio]

After watching this. Are "Solarbabies" and "Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone" on your radar/list of movies to cover? The first one had Mel Brooks as executive producer and the later had Molly Ringwald in one of hear earlier roles.

[@Arkeli5]

09:07 you forgot to add, introduced a potentially deadly species to a new environment (his pet beetle) :D Could you imagine them having a family movie now where the kid gets to drink beer! The outrage would be real :D

[@plastique45]

All the effects shot and the music were taken from earlier Corman space films. I rented all of them when I was a kid, great fun!

[@bilbo1778]

As a kid I was introduced for this in an even *lower* budget knockoff film called Andy & The Airwave Rangers aka Andy Colby's Incredible Adventure. The premise is a kid rents a magic VHS that transports him and his sister into their TV and and they travel through various TV channels & get into adventures. Of course everything on TV is a C-tier Corman production & it's just an excuse to splice existing footage of B movies with really *bad* blue screen to give the illusion the kids are interacting with it. Probably a good 10-15 minutes of the flick was from Space Raiders although I had always thought the footage was from Battle Beyond the Stars on account of the distinctive space ship on the VHS cover. Kind of a crazy Corman-ception - Andy & the Airwave Rangers recycled footage of Space Raiders which recycled footage from Battle Beyond the Stars...queue the Keanu Reeves...WHOA O__O

[@davidjames579]

For anyone from the UK, Space Raiders means a brand of crisps/chips, popular in the 80's. They were really tasty, with a pickled onion flavour. The back of the packet had a story about how the evil villainess Astra was trying to take over the galaxy. Made even funnier, by Astra being a model of car, that was really un-cool.

[@TheRealNormanBates]

0:22 I wonder if that base is on a Forbidden World. 2:46 that is Sador’s command ship bridge set... and look at the expression on the guy on the right! 3:24 ... speaking of Sador.

[@fredlandry6170]

The great robot ship! 😂😂😂

[@franciscoortega7938]

i like how optimistic you can be while talking about these pretty bad movies... so much so that i want to see them : you are a wizard!

[@aylmer666]

they jacked most of the sound effects from Battlestar Galactica too. I'd say Firefly was mostly inspired by the British TV show Blake's 7 (available in its entirety on youtube)

[@blackraptor311]

Watched this all the time on T.V. when I was a kid. Great to see your take on it.

[@Navrable]

``We NEVER do any laundry ' '.................I love that line.

[@poeticalgore6500]

My grandma taught me how to swear and bought me beer. She also bought me Frankeberry, Booberry, and Count Chocula!

[@stillhuntre55]

I saw this back in the day *specifically* because I had a huge crush on Thom Christopher from Buck Rogers! I was so upset that he died! LOL!

[@Madbandit77]

The actor or character? Thom is still around, BTW. :)

[@jonknight4616]

The Giant Robot Ship may be two parts Star Destroyer, but it is also two parts Corellian Corvette.

[@TheRealNormanBates]

2:46 funny that they’re using John Boy’s “uterus ship” but the bridge set seen here is the one for Sador’s Blockade Destroyer. 3:12 also: that’s the model for the base in FORBIDDEN WORLD 4:04 holy shit, it’s the wet bandits! 7:13 YES! MURDER! I think he likes it!

[@Madbandit77]

Hawk is played by Vince Edwards, who's best known for playing the title character on the medical drama, "Ben Casey" on ABC in the 1960s. Thom Christopher was also on the soap opera, "One Life To Live".

[@sailorarwen6101]

4:07 BUTTERFACE

[@TheAutistWhisperer]

I remember liking this film when I was kid, but not so much now, I think I prefer Battle Beyond From the Stars.

[@francescagonzalezramos9442]

Forbidden World rules!

[@gojira387]

I don't know... looks pretty good to me.

[@kaydenswonderfulchannel9632]

I love these videos too much

[@wugglesx]

When you got to 'they also teach him to drink beer and swear' i thought it was gonna be a huge . I was not disappointed to be wrong lmao

[@jazpertube]

@6:03 : "in space no one can hear you scream" :-P Hel-ioCentric SciFi

[@derekedwards5390]

Awesome as always! Love getting that new episode notification!

[@thejaff6938]

Even as a kid I noticed that this movie used footage from Battle Beyond the Stars.

[@MrFurious176]

Have you ever thought about doing a video on Ice Pirates from 1984? I loved it as a kid. It would be perfect for your style of review.

[@bambufan3636]

0:29 If you're having bot problems I feel bad for ya, son I got 99 problems but the droid ain't one.

[@johnclark926]

11:04 wait, if there was a Dead Space movie in the 90s, how was the Dead Space game released in 2008 able to avoid copyright infringement?

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

@3:56 Cecil, I love you brother for that joke ROTFL.

[@protiliusproductions]

I was obsessed with this and Battle beyond the Stars for most of the 80s... When I got older? I was unable to find copies of them both until pirating became a thing. Perfect films for teenage boys and pre teens alike you know? James Horner on the score too... Likely the best part of either film...But still... Gems, total gems.

[@jak-crow]

The "great robot ship" looks like a ship from the original Battlestar Galactica

[@michaelk8860]

Great review. 1) Is it me or is that the bottom half of a Millennium Falcon model in the opening credits (Patsy Pease still). 2) Loved the Killer Instinct Combo Breaker drop. 3) I knew that the kid looked familiar, so thank you for letting me know it was Over the Top I remembered him from.

[@cringycook9597]

Your reaction to Marvin the manhunter was priceless 👽😂

[@SoundBlackRecordings]

Home Alone is Space. LOL

[@MB-xo2lx]

Will you make a video about Disney's "The Black Hole"? I'm curious what will be your review.

[@fearanarchy]

It's awesome. There ya go.

[@VinylSamuraisMusic]

“I can’t sense robots” 😥😥😥😥 He was my hero as a kid. All I can say is watch it. Such a great and wonderful movie. Very cheesy and very silly over the top but that’s what makes it so great. You can still tell the amount of passion and love that went into the movie. Sure it’s a copyright ripping of Battle Beyond The Stars but to me this is a much better movie. Doomed from the very start it’s just a great story of a kid needing a father figure, people to look up too. Even if they are Space Raiders! Watch it and let me know what you think. Yes I actually cried at a scene in the movie. It’s got a few moments that will leave you with a lump in your throat.

[@Dis-Emboweled]

DANG!!! I totally forgot I saw this movie!! My buddies and I has a friendly competition to see how many movies we could find that used the Tig Bitty double breasted Battle Beyond the Stars ship! Hilarious review! Loved it!

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks!

[@carrieanneatreides6240]

Yes! Hubby and I were JUST talking about this and ICE PIRATES.

[@TurquoiseAndFuchsia]

C-C-CC-C-Combo breaker!!! You always have great references😁

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks! 😁

[@TheIncredibleJerk]

So... When are you going to review or explore the Ice Priates?

[@chadhallmark9194]

Can you do one for Swap Meet (1979) ?

[@Robocopnik]

Nah, Firefly is Outlaw Star. He even directly lifted a few shots from it.

[@jedigecko06]

8:49 "I'll try spinning; That's a good trick!"

[@JJRodriguez]

4:07 You'd need some industrial-grade beer goggles for that, but I'm sure someone would.