Rebuttal
It's basically an attempt to cash-in on Disney's Hercules and
"Hercules: The
Legendary Journeys" and "Xena: Warrior Princess"...I am a fan of the later two
(though I admit they themsleves will probably be pretty MSTable in about 10 or
20 years
The plot itself is meaningless...Examples of Extreme Stupidity in Plot:
Gabrielle (Xena's sidekick) is for reasons unknown turned into a giant eagle
or hawk or some other bird -o- prey, which motivates Xena to help the gods
stop the titans (don't ask me why)...The Gods are turned into various animals
by the Titans (don't ask me why)...Hercules's mom is shrunk down so that she
can fit into a small castle made by Zeus (don't ask me why). The songs are
sooo bad they are hilarious... the Titan song actually includes the lines
"Boom chacca lacca lacca boom, boom boom" as well as such poetic verses as
"We're the Titan's and we're the worst. We're so much more meaner and
perverse." There are a thousand other little things that, in addition to the
horrible animation and mindless plot as well as the simple fact that it is an
obvious Disney rip-off and cash-in, make this "animated movie" a great MSTie.
This stinker stars Ray Milland, John Hoyt, and Don Rickles. A Scientist
develops serum that allows him to see through objects. Much debating
ensues. Finally he takes the serum and then goes to a cocktail party
populated by hip (by 60's standards I suppose) young people dancing and
having a good time. Uh oh, now the X-ray vision kicks in. Ha ha,
didn't see that one coming 2 light years away. Too bad X's X-ray vision
could not penatrate the underware of the hot 60's dancing chicks... oh
well. This thing just goes on and on. X The Man With X-Ray Eyes
continues to take more serum until the shocking ending which I'll keep
to myself in case anyone actually tries to watch this turkey-burger.
Two words here, Deep Hurting!
The whole general premise can be made in these few sentences:
This film involves some interesting special effects for what the guy is seeing,
but it also shows us a rat with X-ray vision as well...
You just haven't lived until you've seen Ray Milland do the twist in a room
full of naked people.
Don Rickles plays a seriously evil bad guy.
There you go. That says it all. And now, an actual plot line:
Ray Milland plays a scientist that is trying to develope a formula that allows
people to use their eyes to their fullest extant. When his assistant (I can't
remember who plays him) shows him a rat (yes, a rat) that can see through a
steel plate and pick out colors hidden behind it, Ray decides to try the stuff
on himself.
After applying the stuff to his own eyes (in convenient eyedropper form), he
goes a little crazy and "accidentally" pushes the assistant out a window to
his death. Thus begins his wonderful and exciting trip through the world of
the carnival freak. He applies for and gets a job with a show run by Don
Rickles, who realizes that his new attraction is the guy that he has been
reading about in the papers. After informing him of this, he decides that the
two of them will get rich by having Ray tell people what's physically wrong
with then without performing surgery. I don't want to give away the ending,
but I suggest you watch it all the way through just for it.
Also, this film SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN INTERNALLY!!!
When people have "Hideous radiation burns" on their faces, I think:
"They have clearer skin than my 14 year old brother..."
Dumb, dumb, and more dumb. Also on AMC. Bleah...