A couple notes real quick: I'm skipping Trancers 6 for now and I'm retitling this segment. One will be addressed in the future and the other will not.
Wizards of the Demon Sword is basically a knock-off of the Deathstalker series made by Fred Olen Ray. For those who don't know, Deathstalker is a knock-off of Ator, which itself is a knock-off of Conan, Beastmaster and Krull. Good company, huh?
The reason why it's being mentioned here. It makes a very dubious use of stock footage from a pretty infamous, public domain film: Planet of the Dinosaurs. Oh and it does so three different times!
1. Our hero and heroine are wandering around until they see some 'dragons.' Those consist of a shot from Planet involving some non-threatening Stegosauruses eating grass. Really?!?
2. Our hero is giving a big, pompous speech about how he slays dragons and such. Naturally, they cut to stock footage of the T-Rex exiting its cave from Planet. Why not?
3. For pretty much no reason, they cut to a shot of one of the Camposauruses standing around. Our hero throws a knife and kills it off-camera. Do they bother to show you the knife hitting the thing or any other shot? Nope.
This does beg the question though: did the movie shoot take place in what is clearly Arizona/New Mexico because it was cheaper or to match their stock footage (which, in fairness, it does)? Either answer is bad, but one is definitely worse!
Up next, the Trancers 6 semi-review promised. It is going to be worth the wait? Stay tuned...
Wizards of the Demon Sword is basically a knock-off of the Deathstalker series made by Fred Olen Ray. For those who don't know, Deathstalker is a knock-off of Ator, which itself is a knock-off of Conan, Beastmaster and Krull. Good company, huh?
The reason why it's being mentioned here. It makes a very dubious use of stock footage from a pretty infamous, public domain film: Planet of the Dinosaurs. Oh and it does so three different times!
1. Our hero and heroine are wandering around until they see some 'dragons.' Those consist of a shot from Planet involving some non-threatening Stegosauruses eating grass. Really?!?
2. Our hero is giving a big, pompous speech about how he slays dragons and such. Naturally, they cut to stock footage of the T-Rex exiting its cave from Planet. Why not?
3. For pretty much no reason, they cut to a shot of one of the Camposauruses standing around. Our hero throws a knife and kills it off-camera. Do they bother to show you the knife hitting the thing or any other shot? Nope.
Up next, the Trancers 6 semi-review promised. It is going to be worth the wait? Stay tuned...
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