Dumb, dumb, DUMB space opera about an astronaut stranded on an asteroid called Raeton who shrinks down to become one of the asteroid's tiny inhabitants. The inhabitants, led by Francis X. Bushman as Sesom (gee, cud that be Moses??) live inside rocks and fight strange-looking creatures called the Solarites, who are trying to capture Raeton's "Gravity Wave Projector", or something stupid like that. The best scene shows flaming marshmallows (the Solarites) attacking a piece of fried chicken floating in space (Raeton), as you hear sound fx from the Lone Ranger in the background. Woodenly acted, poorly produced, and not a brain in sight, this dreary little slug of a moovie can only be redeemed by the presence of the MTS3K 'bots, who inject at least some humor. Dean Fredericks plays our square-jawed hero, Capt. Frank Chapman; Richard Weber plays his mincing, little sidekick named Ray, whose cowments on "The good and the beautiful" are obnoxiously putrid. Anthony Dexter, from Fire Maidens from Outer Space, plays Herron, whom Chapman beats up on. Richard "Eegah" Kiel plays the Solarite, a sort of genetic cross between a bloodhound and a piece of cauliflower. This is pretty heavy-handed stuff; the MooCow says check it out only to avoid extreme boredom, but don't say you weren't warned! :=8P
Review of The Phantom Planet
