Supernova

MOVIE #1,759 • 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿 • 06.25.24 This is the type of movie that makes the viewer ask, “Why did his eyebrows fall off when he was hit with a harpoon gun in the stomach?” But by the end, when James Spader impregnates Angela Bassett in a dimension portal, you realize that it’s less about the WHY and more about the movies we make along the WAY. Man, it’s tough to make a movie, let alone a good one. In a really crazy twist, this randomly chosen TWO 4 TUESDAY entry actually doubles as an unattended addition to my series on the work of Jack Sholder. Because I just realized that he actually stepped in to do ample reshoots on what seems like a completely messed up production. Check out the Wikipedia page if you want a more thorough primer on this nonsense — I don’t have the strength to get into it.

That being said, without knowing any of the backstory, you can simply feel the disjointed nature of this film in the final product. I find myself mysteriously drawn to box office bombs, especially ones that have been tested and re-edited, reshot and remixed until they are a total mess that’s worlds away from the original idea. I knew I was in for this ride as soon as Robert Forster started talking about Tom & Jerry as an academic study LOL…


Is 7/10 too high for this? Of course. But I appreciate garbage like this and I’m past the point of feeling like I need to apologize! Also, Slingshot Cops stole the FX for their Sensefoot character from this...

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Supernova is a 2000 science fiction horror film written by David C. Wilson, William Malone and Daniel Chuba and directed by Walter Hill, credited as "Thomas Lee." "Thomas Lee" was chosen as a directorial pseudonym for release in lieu of Alan Smithee, as the latter had become too well known as a badge of a film being disowned by its makers. It was originally developed in 1988 by Malone as "Dead Star," with paintings by H. R. Giger and a plot that had been called "Hellraiser in outer space." Jack Sholder was hired for substantial uncredited reshoots, and Francis Ford Coppola was brought in for editing purposes. Various sources suggest that little of Hill's work remains in the theatrical cut of the film. The film shares several plot similarities with the film Event Horizon, released in 1997, and Alien Cargo, released in 1999. The cast features James Spader, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Lou Diamond Phillips, Peter Facinelli, Robin Tunney, and Wilson Cruz. The film was shot by cinematographer Lloyd Ahern II and scored by composers David C. Williams and Burkhard Dallwitz. It was released on January 14, 2000.