The Black Hole (1979)

[Fairweather Pure]

I just picked this up for $5.99. What a steal! IMO, this movie is totally underrated (much like Tron).

I was 4 when this movie was released in theaters, but I absolutely remember my dad taking me to see it. Even at such a young age, it left a great impression on me. I have so many vivid memories of the movie. Parts of it totally tripped me out. I remember the red robot, Maximillian, the part in the movie with the giant red astroids slamming into the ship, and the part when the old robot sacrifices itself to save the others. I also remember having no fucking clue what was going on when they actually went into the Black Hole. To this day, that's up for interpretation, so I don't feel bad being totally confused as a child. I went on to get some Black Hole coloring books, and I think I had a couple of sticker sets from the movie as well.

This is a Disney movie that came about a time when they were looking into doing more "serious" movies. In hindsight, I think it was a little too serious for a 4yr old to see, but it's a great memory for me so I guess I would be wrong there!

Even though this was released all the way back in '79, I think it holds up very well. Not only are the special effects well done, but the music is top notch. The $5.99 price tag was more than worth it to revisit this time in my memory.

[Dregor Thule]

Maximillian scared me as a little kid, but that didn't stop me from doing the jigsaw puzzle of him I had! I can still remember the image of it vividly. Was a shot of him from about the bottom of his chest up.

[Sartori]

He scared me too, his spinning blade hands were wicked.

[Kwonryu DragonFist]

Maximillian scared me as a little kid, but that didn't stop me from doing the jigsaw puzzle of him I had! I can still remember the image of it vividly. Was a shot of him from about the bottom of his chest up.

Yeah, he still scares me, but he was decent in John Carpenter's "Vampires".

[Trek]

I loved this movie as a kid, I happened to see it the other day and.......gah I think it is aweful now.




I think it was good in its day, but does nothing at all for me now

[Winnow]

This was one of the first big budget sci fi bombs. I think it was 25 million (which was a bunch back then) and flopped. I didn't like the movie personally.

[Chidoro]

When we got cable in my area back in '82, when HBO didn't come on until 6 PM each weekday evening and you could toothpick the buttons on the box to get channels you didn't pay for, this was the first movie I ever saw from cable. Honestly, all I remember is that it was a movie on TV and the robot thingy. Otherwise, I have no idea how bad/good it was.

[Fairweather Pure]

It's getting rebooted! I hope they do it justice as well as fix some of the more glaring flaws. I just watched this again today and still think the core of the movie is very strong. It seems to have been a source of inspiration for several, more modern space films like Event Horizon.

I hope they keep the soundtrack, but update it. It's one of my favorite movie soundtracks of all time, up there with Donnie Darko and Sunshine as far as inspiring a certian feeling while watching the film. Very eerie and moody!

[Jice Virago]

It bombed largely because it was too cerebral at the dawn of the sci-fi action genre that Star Wars basicly kicked off. I have fond memories of the movie as well, but some of the dialog was disney (ie weak) and I think certain aspects of the story suffered from disney influence, too, where it could have maintained its dark edge. The book kind of explained the ending, but I know a lot of people dislike ambiguous endings like the one the movie had, so meh on that. Lot of good ideas in this one that got followed up on in the comic book series, too. Hopefully the remake sticks to the darker aspects of the story.