Cent, discovers the remains of the missing uss cygnus on the edge of a black hole. It was a naked attempt to cash in after star wars and nab some of that sweet, sweet robotsandspacebattles cash. The voices of the main robot characters in the film are provided by roddy mcdowall. They found out accurate details of the physics of quantum gravity. A wolf remains a wolf, even if it has not eaten your sheep. Disneys the black hole 1979 target practice youtube. Vincent robot from the black hole 1979 the black hole.
A small cinema near to where i lived played disney films and i saw this one there. Cygnus until hans reinhardt had their wills taken away and became things he could command. An optimistic robot similar to both r2d2 and c3po from star wars, he is very clever, polite and smart, though he does have a tendency towards displaying an air of superiority towards those he feels beneath him. The study of black holes, gravitational sources so massive that even light cannot escape from them, goes back to the late 18th century. When reinhardt ignored the orders to return home, the crew turned to frank mccrae. The first three issues the twopart movie adaptation and the first beyond story were packaged and sold in a bagged set and are now relatively common on ebay. Vintage robots vintage toys the black hole movie gi joe holes movie sci fi tv shows sci fi models i robot dioramas v. A story of robots and humanoids, human genius and madness, and a spectacular descent into natures ultimate mystery the black hole. In another episode, the same black hole that threatened earth was used to make a star explode, destroying an entire fleet of goauld ships. A mashup parody of the bad robot logo and vincent, the good robot from the classic scifi movie, the black hole. The 23 worst scifi robots of all time popular mechanics. With it, murph could construct a theory unifying general relativity and quantum theory. Having not seen this movie for twenty years and remembering only the cool effects and robots i allowed my 5 year old to watch it.
The black hole is a 1979 science fiction movie directed by gary nelson for walt disney productions. The film stars maximilian schell, robert forster, joseph bottoms, yvette mimieux, anthony. The black hole is a 1979 american science fiction film directed by gary nelson for walt disney productions. As can be seen by the much later and also bad event horizon, movies should not speculate that something religious is on the other side of a black hole. By todays standards, the plot is a bit thin and effects sometimes cheesy, and you can see some copycat elements of other movies like star wars, logans run and battlestar galactica. Redhot meteors, sharpshooting robots, and skintight polyester abound in the black hole, a campy trip down memory lane for science fiction fans. Hans reinhardt, whos the sole human aboard a ship he plans on flying right into a. The music for the movie was composed by john barry. At the dreamlike end of the black hole, reinhardt fuses with the robot maximillian, appearing to be trapped inside him like a gibbet.
Cygnus is perched precariously at the edge of a black hole the vast, empty nothingness where space and time end. The film stars maximilian schell, robert forster, joseph bottoms, yvette mimieux, anthony perkins, and ernest borgnine, while the voices of the main robot characters are provided by roddy mcdowall and slim pickens both unbilled. See more ideas about robot, how to memorize things and the black hole movie. What did cooper and the robot figure tars found out. Apparently disney had decided to cash in on the success of star wars by crafting their own cute talking robot space adventure.
However, he wasnt afraid of the black hole which was deadly. The black hole 1979 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. And the entire time last night when i was watching this with my wife, who hadnt seen it, im thinking in mike nelsons voice, now see, this. The ultimate fandemanded action figure line is here. Black hole was a german competitor robot that mainly fought in german robot wars. Mar 01, 2019 disneys the black hole 1979 merchandise duration. The black hole 1979 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
An earth exploratory ship, the uss palomino, discovers a black hole with a lost ship, the uss cygnus, just outside its event horizon. The third and fourth issue, retitled beyond the black hole, continued the adventures of the characters past the events of the film, but was cancelled before the storyline was resolved. The movie has all of this psuedoscience and then when it climaxes it retreats to judeochristian religious images. If you like the black hole you are looking for exciting, serious and suspenseful movies about with space travel, outer space, killer robot, mad scientist, adventure, astronaut and black hole themes of action and scifi genre shot in usa. If theres any justice at all, the black hole will be your grave. That everswirling black hole, ready to swallow everything, is awesome. Model kit made in 1979 of walt disney studios the black hole v. Everything you need to know about the black hole 1979 youtube. I edited the dinner scenes out to make this more concise, showing only the bit with the robots. The voices of the main robot characters in the film are. Jun 02, 2015 the black hole of bad robots not a lot of people find charm in the black hole. Palomino, is returning from a deep space exploration mission. Cent short for vital information necessary centralized is one of the protagonists and a robot from disneys 1979 liveaction film the black hole. When the crew of the palomino arrive at the command tower, maximilian is the first robot to approach them and almost threatens to eliminate them until dr.
The film stars maximilian schell, robert forster, joseph bottoms, yvette mimieux, anthony perkins and ernest borgnine, while the voices of the main robot characters are provided by roddy mcdowall and slim pickens both uncredited. Anything that crosses its border enters a universe of the complete unknown. The black hole is about the crew of a space exploration vessel coming into contact with crazed scientist dr. This guy up here with an ego bigger than the black hole out there and the force of will and an army of killer robots to back up that red murdermaster 9000 over there. Vincent the robot voiced by roddy mcdowall quotes cicero for the allstar crew robert forster, yvette mimieux, anthony perkins, ernest borgnine as harrison ellenshaws production design carries the story in the black hole, 1979. Cygnus and over the years he had been abused and bullied by the other robots, calling him a freak. The black hole 1979 was one of the first films that i can remember watching in a movie theater. Major advances in understanding were made throughout the first half of the 20th century, with contributions from many prominent mathematical physicists, though the term black hole was only coined in 1967. T the black hole is a 1979 american science fiction film directed by gary nelson for walt disney productions. Featuring characters from classic disney action films, this assortment of 7inchscale action figures includes robot v. Reindhardt, his faceless army, the massive robot maximilian, and the heavily damaged robot b. Maximilian is the secondary antagonist of disneys 1979 liveaction film the black hole. Although black hole toys sell for a premium today, they were bargain bin toss aways shortly after their initial release, despite the fact that they were some of the better manufactured toys to come out of mego at this time.
As they make contact with the lost ship, they meet dr. Moving on, the black hole is a disney scifi family movie set in space. Sentry robots the black hole 1979 the black hole movie. Cygnus, hovering on the edge of an immense black hole.
The black hole remake is is too dark for disney right now. It won the first and only german championship after defeating tsunami in the grand final, and represented germany in the european championship, which was also broadcast as part of the second series of robot wars. There is a feeling of forboding that builds untill the action sequences are finished and our heroes enter the black hole. The black hole is a scifi action film released by disney in 1979. It won the first and only german championship after defeating tsunami in the grand final, and represented germany in the european championship, which was also broadcast as part of the second series of robot wars extreme. Disney select the black hole figures by dst toyark.
The black hole by gary nelson gary nelson, maximilian. The black hole is a 1979 american science fiction film directed by gary nelson and produced by walt disney productions. The black hole all the tropes wiki fandom powered by wikia. Megos black hole toys based on the walt disney movie. Harrison ellenshaws special effects play the lead as the crew robert forster, yvette mimieux, ernest borgnine, anthony perkins et al approaches the long lost u. The mego the black hole action figures were released from 19791980 and where in all fairness some of the best figures mego ever produced with excellent articulation.
Pg movie 1979 at the edge of a black hole, a crew traveling on a research mission encounters a mysterious spaceship that disappeared long ago and was presumed lost. The good news is that, while disney is working on a remake, they have been doing so since 2009. A scene from disneys answer to star wars, in which the robots play target practice. But the initial awe that the palomino crew feel for the ship and its resistance to the power of the black hole turn to horror as they uncover reinhardts plans, which involve turning his former crew into robots and flying through the hole. In the film, the crew of the uss palomino, including the robot v. Mego vintage black hole movie sentry robot 334 action. Black holes play a major role in stargate sg1, and appear in many episodes. When i was a kid back in the early 80s we subscribed to the brandspankingnew disney channel. The voices of the main robot characters in the film are provided by roddy mcdowall and slim pickens both uncredited. In 1979, disney completed the twoyear production of the black hole. The black hole sent a generation of scifi fans to hell. Clip from disneys the black hole 1979 skip navigation sign in. Id already seen the trailer for the black hole a dozen times by the time it opened, thanks to the fact that my grandmother managed a movie theater.
So by merging with it, he was trapped with the object of his fear. Everything you need to know about saturn 3 1980 duration. The black hole as far as remakes go, there are few films that would benefit from it as much as disneys 1979 scifi epic, the black hole. Maximilian the black hole movie, holes movie, sci fi movies. The black hole is a 1979 science fiction movie directed by gary nelson. The black hole was a life action disney movie released in 1979 about the the uss palomino, discovers a black hole with a lost ship, the uss cygnus, just outside its event horizon. Hans reinhardt and his monstrous robot companion, maximillian. Graced by handsome production designmost notably a glass and latticework interstellar craft that looks like a battleship crossed with a modern skyscraperthe black hole is in many ways the most beautiful science fiction film of its era. The black hole ironically, disneys version of event horizon. Judging from that trailer, i expected the black hole to be more or less like star wars. The crew of the spaceship palamino stumbles across the lost ship u. With all the wisdom of teeagers in a slasher movie, these stalwart adventurers decide to nudge around the edge of a black hole s event horizon in a ship no bigger than my apartment building. And so begins a story that only disneys film magicians could tell. Once aboard, they find the ship is manned by robots its only human inhabitant, one dr.
Disneys the black hole was a commercial failure as a film, and as a toy line for mego. Clip from disneys the black hole 1979 the introduction scene of one of the coolest scifi robots ever. Made in 1979 with a retro scifi look, the film follows anthony perkins, robert forster, and joseph bottoms as space travelers in. The black hole is a 1979 american space opera film directed by gary nelson and produced by walt disney productions. A fun film about a group of astronauts and a robot who are welcomed aboard a. Multiple episodes utilize black holes as power sources for intergalacticrange wormholes. Palomino is returning to earth after a fruitless 18month search for extraterrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposedly lost ship, the magnificent u. Black holes the black hole ironically, disneys version of event horizon a research vessel finds a missing ship, commanded by a mysterious scientist, on the edge of a black hole. Cent robot floating trashcan, cousin of r2d2 helps his human explorers escape a brilliant mad man, who has been studying a huge black hole and wishes to venture inside of it. Vintage original 1979 the black hole walt disney movie sentry robot droid action figure that is 334 inches tall.
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