Apparently, space-faring mankind in The Future of 1968 haven't especially powerful telescopes, as they only discover an enormous asteroid on a collision course with Earth thirty-odd hours prior to its crash. A team led by a heroic, arrogant prick (Robert Horton) lands upon the asteroid, buries charges in it and successfully detonates it, but the curious shenanigans of this group's token moron ensures that a mysterious pulsating ooze of abundant growth on the asteroid's surface is safely … more
Pros: Don't rush me, I'm thinking ..... there has to be something Cons: Monsters are lame, scenery is lame - the whole movie is lame Hard to believe that this story originated in Japan because they usually put a fairly decent monster movie out. This one stars Robert Horton as Jack Rankin and Richard Jaeckel as Vince Elliott, former best buds and fellow space compatriots. They also have a little something else in common, Luciana Paluzzi as Lisa Benson. … more