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Summary: You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll kiss three bucks goodbye
Review: "Hardware Wars" is the all-time most successful spoof of a movie. Released in 1978 to capitalize on the enormous popularity of the original Star Wars movie, the demented minds behind this 10 minute short decided to follow up the movie's Special Edition re-release with a Special Edition of their own. Complete with 20 new special 'defects', "Hardware Wars" takes us to 'another part of the galaxy, later that same day' and regales us with the tale of Fluke Starbucker, Princess Anne-Droid, Ham Salad, and Chewchilla (the Wookie Monster). Not only is "Hardware Wars" the most successful spoof of all time, it's also, hands down, the funniest. There's a scene where venerable Red-Eye Knight, Augie Ben Daugie falls back in his clutching his forehead and Fluke says "What's wrong Augie Ben Daugie? Did millions of voices cry out in pain and suddenly were silenced?.. to which Augie replies "nah, it's just a little headache". To get a broader idea of the off-beat sense of humor, the R2-D2 equivalent is a vacuum cleaner called Artie-Deco. C-3PO's alter-ego is a carbon copy of the Tin Man from "Wizard of Oz" and his name is 4-Q-2 (think about it). This type of on-the-mark parody is often strived for, but seldom realized. "Hardware Wars" hits the bullseye. You'll laugh, You'll Cry, You'll kiss three bucks goodbye. But, at least it will be well spent. --This text refers to the VHS Tape edition
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Summary: ...
Review: ...After five minutes of it, the only thing that kept me from turning it off was sheer morbid curiosity. Nowhere in the entire video was there anything that was more funny than it was stupid. I literally don't remember laughing even once. I realize this sounds rather venemous but frankly, I'm ticked that I'm out the eight dollars I paid for this piece of wasted celluloid. When we finally got to the end of the tape, I reached over and hit the eject button on my VCR. My roommate said "Aren't you going to rewind it?", to which I replied "Why bother?", before picking the tape up, putting it back in its little sleeve and burying it in a drawer. If you want to see a good Star Wars gag, buy George Lucas in Love. That one's actually funny.
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Summary: best parody ever!
Review: As a fan of sound effects and funny voices, I was 7 when I saw Hardware Wars for the first time. I don't even remember if it was on HBO or what. But it's brilliant. It just proves for not a lot of money you can make something lasting and funny and just as good as the multi-million dollar comedies. Beats the hell out of the Simpsons!
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Summary: A true San Francisco legacy
Review: Ernie Fosselius is an extremely funny SF-based director, and this is his Star Wars spoof - the absolute first and, if I say so myself, BEST Star Wars fan film out there. I remember when it came out. I saw it in the theater. Then it came out on video. I bought it. Now it is out on dvd, and I have bought it again. And it was so worth it. There is so much more Fosselius on this version (I guess he wasn't happy with the VHS or something), including outtakes and interviews and a commentery. Also an antiques sideshow intro skit, which was funny enough. But the true meat of the dvd is the movie itself. 15 minutes of sheer unadulterated comedy (with household appliances of course!) ENJOY!
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Summary: One of the finest SciFi movie spoofs every done!
Review: Hardware Wars is a very clever parody of the Star Wars film that was made by a young and experimental crew on very little money and a whole lot of imagination and creativity. Now available in a redigitalized, remastered video with more than twenty new "special defects" and sciences by leading computer graphic artists, this "saga of romance, rebellion and household appliances" continues to be one of the finest science fiction spoofs ever done.
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Summary: Hardware Wars
Review: Hardware Wars was short (20 min.), but it certainly cracked me up. I love the parodies of the SW characters, like Auggie "Ben" Doggie of the red-eye knights and Ham Salad. It esp. cracks me up that the death star is a waffle maker and the x-wings are wine bottle openers. Basically, it's a short parody of SW involves hardware, hence the name.
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Summary: Are you talking to me?
Review: Have to give a total thumbs up on the new release, but find it disappointing that Fosselius released the tape without the other origianl trailers. I think most viewers would have liked to have seen Pork Lips Now, Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind and Bambi Meets Godzilla on this re-release. The new release is still a great intro to his work for those finding it for the first time. Makes me miss the old days of Cinemax's video shorts. Long live the Farce!
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Summary: Are you talking to me?
Review: Have to give a total thumbs up on the new release, but find it disappointing the Fosselius released the tape without the other 3 trailers. I was lucky to have run across this relic in a dying video store. Makes me miss the old days of Cinemax's video shorts. Long live the Farce!
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Summary: Pure Genius!
Review: I first saw Hardware Wars at a friend's house. I bought it a week later, and I've watched it many times. It proves that you don't need a big budget to make a good film. Hardware Wars was made on an extremely low budget, and it will be remembered for a long time.
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Summary: Pork Lips, EVER???
Review: I have not seen this DVD version, but saw the original on TV years ago and it was funny. This review is for the company releasing the DVD. From what I have read about this release, it only has Hardware Wars on it. Why not release a DVD with all the Ernie Fossilius parodies, such as "Pork Lips, Now", which is IMHO a better spoof of Apocalypse now, than Hardware Wars is of Star Wars. I would have definitely bought this DVD if it had at least the 2 spoofs, but will not for just one.
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