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The Shape of Things to Come( 1979)

TV-MAScience FictionAdventure
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Beyond the earth... Beyond the moon... Beyond your wildest imagination!

Overview

Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what's left of humanity has colonized the Moon in domed cities. Humanity's continued survival depends on an anti-radiation drug only available on planet Delta Three, which has been taken over by Omus, a brilliant but mad mechanic who places no value on human life. Omus wants to come to the Moon to rule and intends to attack it by ramming robot-controlled spaceships into the domes. Dr. John Caball, his son Jason, Jason's friend, Kim, and a robot named Sparks embark on Caball's space battlecruiser on an unauthorized mission to Delta Three to stop Omus.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Jack Palance

      Omus

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      Carol Lynley

      Nikki

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      Barry Morse

      Dr. John Caball

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      John Ireland

      Senator Smedley

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      Nicholas Campbell

      Jason Caball

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      Anne-Marie Martin

      Kim Smedley

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      Greg Swanson

      Sparks (voice)

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      Mark Parr

      Sparks

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      William Hutt

      Lomax (voice)

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      Ardon Bess

      Merrick

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      Lynda Mason Green

      Lunar technician

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      Albert Humphries

      Robot technician

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      Bill Lake

      Spacesuited man

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    A review by Tourma

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    Written by Tourma on Mon Oct 02 2023
    **A slow, dull movie.** A movie that feels like a Star Trek script that was thrown out for being too dull. There is just too little going on for too long. The movie touts that it is based off of the H.G. Wells' story of the same name, though aside from some character names and the title, there is no other correlation. The sets are cheap. The costumes are unremarkable. The robots are blatant knock off of the Lost in Space Robot and R2-D2, but without the pizzazz. The plot is plodding. Jack Palanace acts like he lost a bet and had to be there. I'll give the movie that the two f...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • future
    • spacecraft
    • based on novel or book
    • robot
    • scientist
    • canuxploitation