Talk:Battlefield Earth (film)

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1 Unanimous?
2 Anybody out there?
3 Cheap Rip-off?
4 Razzies

[edit] Unanimous?

Are there any redeeming qualities regarding this monumental turkey? While it's quite universally agreed that this fine piece is a atrocity of monumental proportions, could there be anything praiseworthy about this bomb? --Tirolion 13:18, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Umm... the title is spelled correctly? -- ChrisO 17:22, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

The end had a bit of cool action. Toxic Ninja 04:50, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, let's see. Many of the negative reviews were hilarious - it's been a while since a movie provided that much entertainment without you needing to even see it. If you dislike Scientology or John Travolta, you can also feel warm about how the movie embarassed them. Lastly, if you're a professional writer, director, or actor, you can now defend your worst projects by saying "Yeah, well, at least I didn't do Battlefield Earth", and your critic will have to concede that you have a point. There, three whole redeeming qualities. Vivisector9999 07:14, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

They showed Travolta in his true form... 23:17 Fentoro

I laughed hysterically during the cow-shooting scene. However, if the question is, did I enjoy any part of the movie for the reasons the makers thought it would be enjoyed... er... most probably no. -- Antaeus Feldspar 18:39, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Anybody out there?

Ok I have to admit, I really liked the movie. But I have never found anyone else that liked it. Am i the only one? --nocturnal omnivorous canine 23:03, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

You may well be, other than brainwashed Scientologists. I have yet to hear anyone else express a genuinely positive opinion of this movie. Even the review blurbs on the DVD cover had to reach as far as "Some of the nicer screen transitions of the year" from the JoBlo site. Vivisector9999 07:01, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
I've always enjoyed it, but that might just be me. Matthew 22:52, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
I enjoyed it, for the same reason I enjoyed Plan 9 from outer space. :) Garion96 (talk) 18:43, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
- But it's black&white! :-P. Matthew 18:47, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cheap Rip-off?

Do the "Psychlos" resemble ridgeless Klingons. 59.183.138.182 21:11, 14 March 2007 (UTC)Vader1941

[edit] Razzies

Recently, someone changed the year of "2005" to "1995" in the sentence "This was the second highest number of Razzies "won" by a single film at that time, behind Showgirls's eight "wins"; in ????, Battlefield Earth was awarded an eighth Razzie for Worst 'Drama' Of Our First 25 Years." The change was defended by the claim that the "1995" referred to Showgirls and not to Battlefield. If this were indeed the intent of the sentence, then the sentence was grammatically incorrect. A semicolon appears between what would otherwise be two separate sentences. Thus, the 'in 2005' grammatically referred to Battlefield, not to Showgirls. Even if the sentence structure did specifically identify the "1995" as applying to Showgirls, in 1995 Showgirls won only seven Razzies. The eighth was not awarded until 2000.

However, there is reason for investigating a little deeper to make sure our reporting is accurate. This article from the official Razzies site dated 2001 says that Battlefield tied the seven Razzies held by Showgirls. Unusually, even though they mention the eighth Razzie, won by Showgirls in 2000, they seem to not be counting that for purposes of the tie. -- Antaeus Feldspar 14:42, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

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