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The Ice Pirates (1984) 5.3
In the far future water is the most valuable substance. Two space pirates are captured, sold to a princess, and recruited to help her find her father who disappeared when he found ... See full summary » Director:Stewart Raffill |
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In the far future water is the most valuable substance. Two space pirates are captured, sold to a princess, and recruited to help her find her father who disappeared when he found information dangerous to the rulers. A real Space Opera with sword fights, explosions, fighting robots, monsters, bar fights and time warps. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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SEE A Universe on the rocks TREMBLE at the ferocious space possums! CATCH Space Herpie the Love Bug [Video Australia] See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
16 March 1984 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Die Eispiraten See more »Filming Locations:
Los Angeles Theatre - 615 S. Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
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$9,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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I saw this in college with the rest of the UMass-Boston SF Society gang, and no, this is no classic, nor was meant to be.
Like "Hudson Hawk," a light-hearted comedy unjustly slagged because people couldn't hack Bruce Willis not wading through bullet storms (and because judging from the MSTK-driven bottom 50 on IMDb, pack mentality rules), "Ice Pirates" bombed because most SF fans of the generation couldn't stand their genre mixed with humor; witness the prompt implosion just a couple years before of the very witty TV show "Quark" after only a handful of eps. Maybe "Galaxy Quest" and "3rd Rock" changed the paradigm, but twenty years ago, SF fandom still expected to see Shatneresque painfully earnest pomposity in their futuristic dramas. Urich didn't deliver; his bad. Ice Pirates would no doubt do better now.
7/10.