With a creative team like that assembled for “Saturn 3” (1980) – Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas, ‘70s icon Farrah Fawcett, and Scorsese veteran Harvey Keitel, in a story by “Star Wars” production designer John Barry, developed into a screenplay by acclaimed novelist Martin Amis, directed by “Singin’ in the Rain” maestro Stanley Donen, with a score by “Magnificent Seven” composer Elmer Bernstein – how could it possibly fail? And yet when I saw it in the theater, even as a 13 year-old, I couldn’t believe how bad it was.
But you know, sometimes the worst movies make for the best discussions. I can only guess that that’s our motivation, in selecting it as our topic for the next Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner. Roy and I will offer our saturnine assessments of this claustrophobic would-be thriller, about a love triangle between a feather-haired Angel, a dimple-chinned methuselah, and a pin-headed robot.
To help dull the pain, there will also be some fun recollections from special guest Suzanne Peterson, who was Farrah’s stand-in on the film.
Join us in hectoring Hector in the comments section. We’ll do our best to eclipse “Saturn 3,” when we livestream on Facebook, YouTube, etc., this Friday evening at 7:00 EDT!
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