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(1985) |
magine if George Lucas made a cartoon about the original Star Wars film...
Starchaser is how it may have ended up, as the plot is based heavily on Star Wars, right down to the evil ruler, stormtroopers, droids, lightsaber fights and the one blonde hero who saves the day.
From the back of the video cover:
"In a distant galaxy the darkened caverns of a cruel world hold the secret to a fantastic adventure. A quest to free the world from slavery and the universe from tyranny. A quest for truth, dignity and freedom. A Quest for Starchaser, the Legend of Orin.
The greatest adventure of all time is here. The search for truth, the battle for freedom, the immense and exciting struggle against the forces of evil. On an incredible journey to the edge of your imagination and beyond, the legend lives on in a thrilling fight for survival."
The story is about Orin (think Luke Skywalker), a slave crystal mine worker who discovers a mysterious sword which flies out of his hands and a hologram type message appears in the shape of an old man telling them that the mine is not their home and there is a world above, the blade disappears leaving the hilt, which Orin carries with him.
Orin decides to dig up to see if there really is a 'hell' up there, after escaping from the mine and meeting Zygon (think Ming the Merciless version of Darth Vader) who tries to kill him but doesn't succeed, he gets out to the surface and finds an amazing world where he meets a crystal smuggler called Dagg Debrini (think Han Solo with a cigar) and winds up on the adventure with. Along the way they pick up a fembot called Silica (think female C-3PO) who Dagg reprograms to be a bimbo by opening up it's posterior, Aviana (think Princess Leia) and eventually free all the slaves after coming up against Zygon at the end in a big heroic battle with red and blue glowing swords (think Light Sabers).
The film is PG rated but it's not really a film for young children because of some of the aspects of it, a few mine workers at the beginning are killed, there's a fair amount of mild swearing (the fembot calls the ship's computer a SOB at one point) and numerous sexual references, although it's probably only adults who pick up on those points.
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Predictable plot? yes, fun to watch? definitely as it's probably the only Star Wars themed cartoon in existance (ignoring the Star Wars spin off Ewoks and Droids cartoon series).
As the film is well over an hour and a half long there are a few spots where the action slows down but it's ok because it seems to pick up well after those points, also it's nice to have a cartoon run this long as most cartoon films don't seem to go even near an hour and a half in length.
A real traditional popcorn movie, one to watch.
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The movie was originally shown in the cinema in full-blown 3D (the reason they used computers for animating the ship's movements). I would loved to have seen it in the cinema in 3D in it's original 2.35:1 aspect ratio because the fullscreen video cuts off about 20 ach side of the picture and you miss some bits of the animation. It was the first ever animated feature made in 3-D. 
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The animation isn't to the level of Disney's slick quality which adds to the charm of this movie. It was made in South Korea and then dubbed in English. -Thanks to Kirsti
Actor Carmen Argenziano who provided the voice of Dagg Debrini also stars as Jacob Carter in the smash hit sci-fi series Stargate SG-1. -Thanks to Phantom Planet
As well as having a plot parallel with the Star Wars trilogy, this film also shares an uncanny plot parallel with The Matrix trilogy: In Starchaser a young man discovers he is 'the one' and his destiny is to free his people from being slaves to robots. In a past lifetime he went up against the robots and won but the robots are determined to stop him this time. In The Matrix a young man discovers he is 'the one' and his destiny is to free his people from being slaves to artificial intelligence. In many past lifetimes he went up against the artificial intelligence and won but the artificial intelligence is determined to stop him this time. -Thanks to Ridwan Hughes
In the same decade the team behind "Starchaser: Legend of Orin" also produced "Heavy Metal," an animated Sci-Fi movie backed by a soundtrack featuring various popular rock artists of the era. -Thanks to Los
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It's very individual and even uses some 3D computer graphics for the main spacecraft but you can't tell that easily because they drew over the computer graphics with the traditional ink and paint used in the whole movie, the end result is some great fight and chase scenes.
In an e-mail correspondence with the writer of starchaser (Jeffrey Scott) he disclosed to me that the idea for mine-world and the humna slaves etc, came from a past life memory. He is a scientologist. -Thanks to Angus Dunican
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Andrew Belling's score throughout the film is orchestral and very theatrical (think Star Wars yet again), but not overly so because it works well, enhancing and adding to the mood of the scenes.
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