The Ice Pirates (1984)
Directed by Stewart Raffill
In the not too distant future, where by far the most precious commodity in the galaxy is water. The last surviving water planet was somehow removed to the unreachable centre of the galaxy at the end of the galactic trade wars. The galaxy is ruled by an evil emperor presiding over a trade oligarchy that controls all mining and sale of ice from asteroids and comets.
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What critics compared The Ice Pirates to
When the first Guardians debuted, its irreverent, hilarious, bizarro tone came out of nowhere, making audiences fall in love with Marvel's D-list heroes at the confluence of Star Wars, The Ice Pirates and Buckaroo Banzai.
Troma veteran Gunn’s cheeky sensibility owed more to Buckaroo Banzai and The Ice Pirates than The Empire Strikes Back , his eye for colorfully kitschy alien worlds an invigorating change from Marvel’s usual office furniture aesthetic.
Instead, we get a schlocky movie that has more in common with “The Ice Pirates” than “2001: A Space Odyssey.”