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Nov 8 10 1:24 PM
Chiba's character (Prince Hans) reminded me of Prince Barin from the Flash Gordon serials. Both are the rightful heirs to the throne of an evil emperor. Chiba even looks a little like Richard Alexander's Barin in his helmet, armor, and moustache.But it does appear that MESSAGE FROM SPACE got most of its inspiration from STAR WARS and STAR BLAZERS. Toho's answer to the success of Lucas' blockbuster was WAR IN SPACE, which was almost a live-action STAR BLAZERS with a little ATRAGON and BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE thrown in. STARCRASH is also one of my favorite STAR WARS cash-ins, and is the best Italian space opera of the 70's. That was Flash (complete with "one-shot" FX), Barbarella, and Sinbad all thrown together in a blender with some magic mushrooms. Not only did it have Caroline Munro wearing very little, but it had what was probably the greatest line ever uttered by Christopher Plummer in any movie he ever did: "Imperial Flagship- HALT THE FLOW OF TIME!!!"
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