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Summary: Quantum Laughology.
Review: What's the term? Laugh-a-minute? Well, let's see, Hardware Wars is 14 minutes long, and I laughed an average of three times per minute, so I guess that would make it ... pretty darn funny. This original SW parody is a trailer for a movie that never existed, which follows the adventures of Fluke Starbucker and Auggie "Ben" Doggie as they fly through space in a toaster with Ham Salad and Chewchilla the Wookie Monster to save Princess Anne-Droid from the evil Darph Nader-Ralph's cousin? Every fan of Star Wars should see this at least once, as should Mel Brooks fans and anyone else who really enjoys silliness. Although many great SW parodies have followed in its footsteps-Troops, George Lucas in Love, Spaceballs-this is the granddaddy of 'em all. And, if you do the math, statistically more funny than most movies.
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Summary: For fans and non-fans alike.- May The Farce Be With You!
Review: When a little film called Star Wars came upon an unsuspecting public in 1977, few people took notice. When Hardware Wars was released on the same unsuspecting public a year later, all hell broke loose.I'm kidding, of course. Star Wars became a phoenomenon all its own, Hardware Wars became a legendary parody in no time flat. Our local public library must have gone through half a dozen 16mm prints of this film under the distribution of Prism Films. Warner Home Video was able secure the film for a home video release in the late '70's but the video went out of print, while the short gathered mythical status, not unlike Star Wars itself. When Micheal Wiese made the effort to issue an expanded special edition to again lampoon the Star Wars Special Edition, reaction was mixed. Wiese and director Ernie Fosselius pulled out all the stops to make the DVD experience one worthy of the original. You'll kiss more than three bucks goodbye for this DVD, but it will be worth every penny. Just like Fluke Starbucker, intergalactic boy-wonder, you'll find yourself exclaiming "Wow...Wowee...Jeepers...Golly Willickers!"
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Summary: For fans and non-fans alike.- May The Farce Be With You!
Review: When a little film called Star Wars came upon an unsuspecting public in 1977, few people took notice. When Hardware Wars was released on the same unsuspecting public a year later, all hell broke loose. I'm kidding, of course. Star Wars became a phoenomenon all its own, Hardware Wars became a legendary parody in no time flat. Our local public library must have gone through half a dozen 16mm prints of this film under the distribution of Prism Films. Warner Home Video was able secure the film for a home video release in the late '70's but the video went out of print, while the short gathered mythical status, not unlike Star Wars itself. When Micheal Wiese made the effort to issue an expanded special edition to again lampoon the Star Wars Special Edition, reaction was mixed. Wiese and director Ernie Fosselius pulled out all the stops to make the DVD experience one worthy of the original. You'll kiss more than three bucks goodbye for this DVD, but it will be worth every penny. Just like Fluke Starbucker, intergalactic boy-wonder, you'll find yourself exclaiming "Wow...Wowee...Jeepers...Golly Willickers!"
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Summary: May the Farce Be With You!
Review: Years after I first laughed at this delightful spoof it returns, spiffed up, and as irreverent and as funny as ever. "Hardware wars! A sprawling saga of intergalactic warfare and household appliances! You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll kiss three bucks goodbye!" (Now doesn't THAT make you fee nostalgic?) The parody is deliciously funny to any fan of Star Wars itself: [the venerable AUGIE-BEN-DAUGIE suddenly clasps his head and swoons...] FLUKE STARBUCKER: "What's the matter, Augie-ben-Daugie? Did you suddenly feel a great disturbance in the force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced?" AUGIE-BEN-DAUGIE: "Naw, just a little headache." The names of the characters (Chewchilla the Wookie Monster! Princess Anne-Droid!)are hilarious; and their transformations, too: R2D2, now a castor-footed vaccum cleaner, delivers the message from the princess by ejecting a cloud of dust through his hose. ("Help me, Augie-ben-Daugie! You're my only hope!") Part of the humor comes from very closely copying the tone and look of the original and then giving it a neat twist. Fans of Fosselius ought also catch his other gems, such as "Closet Encounters of the Nerd Kind" and "Porklips Now".
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Summary: May the Farce Be With You!
Review: Years after I first laughed at this delightful spoof it returns, spiffed up, and as irreverent and as funny as ever. "Hardware wars! A sprawling saga of intergalactic warfare and household appliances! You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll kiss three bucks goodbye!" (Now doesn't THAT make you fee nostalgic?) The parody is deliciously funny to any fan of Star Wars itself: [the venerable AUGIE-BEN-DAUGIE suddenly clasps his head and swoons...] FLUKE STARBUCKER: "What's the matter, Augie-ben-Daugie? Did you suddenly feel a great disturbance in the force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced?" AUGIE-BEN-DAUGIE: "Naw, just a little headache." The names of the characters (Chewchilla the Wookie Monster! Princess Anne-Droid!)are hilarious; and their transformations, too: R2D2, now a castor-footed vaccum cleaner, delivers the message from the princess by ejecting a cloud of dust through his hose. ("Help me, Augie-ben-Daugie! You're my only hope!") Part of the humor comes from very closely copying the tone and look of the original and then giving it a neat twist. Fans of Fosselius ought also catch his other gems, such as "Closet Encounters of the Nerd Kind" and "Porklips Now".
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Summary: Short---but funny
Review: Yet another parody of "Star Wars" which will tickle your funny bone. All the ships are made of household hardware items. The "C3P0" droid bears a striking resemblence to the TIN MAN in "The Wizard of Oz". Not too bad. Could have been longer.
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