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Saturday’s Late Night Sci-Fi Cinema (Special Double Feature)

Cosmos: War of the Planets (1977 film)

Italian theatrical (left) and one of the many international release (right) posters

Main cast:

John Richardson as Captain Fred Hamilton Yanti Somer as Meela Massimo Bonetti as Vassilov Aldo Canti as Etor Craig Kelly (as Romeo Constantini) as Commander Armstrong

Production staff:

Directed by: Alfonso Brescia (as Al Bradley) Story by and screenplay by: Alfonso Brescia (as Al Bradley), Aldo Crudo (as Al Crydo), Maxim Lo Jacono (uncredited) and Jacob Macci (uncredited) Cinematography by: Silvio Fraschetti (as S. Fraschetti) Special effects by: Aldo Frollini (as Aldi Frollini) Edited by: Larry Marinelli (as Lawrence Marinelli) and Carlo Reali (as Charles Really) Music by: Marcello Giombini (as Marcel Giombrini) Produced by: Luigi Alessi (as Louis Aless) (executive producer) and Doro Vlado Hreljanovic (executive producer) Production company: Nais Film Distributed by: Picturemedia Limited Original release date: September 23, 1977 (Italy) YouTube channel: Filmix

In a distant time, where most of mankind is putting their unconditional trust in technology, Captain Fred Hamilton has a different attitude.

He is now at Orion Space Complex before its commander facing a charge of insubordination for slapping one of his superiors.

The reason: he refuses to take orders from the WIZ Computer System.

The Commander Armstrong decided not to punish him by now because he thinks Hamilton's mindset will be useful at missions in outer space. And orders the Captain and his crew from the Starship MK-31 to repair a 100 year-old satellite.

After the success of the repair mission, Captain Hamilton receives another order: To track the origin of a signal that interferes with all radio and video communications of planet Earth.

The MK-31 arrives to an alien planet to be received by two flying saucers ready to the attack.

The crew took down one of them and received a direct hit from the other. They had to make a landing on the planet.

In there, they found a race of humanoids who are under the slavery of a giant robot.

It seems the Captain and his crew are the last resort for both Earth and that alien world.

Cosmos: War of the Planets is an Italian space opera film from 1977. Its original title is Anno Zero: Guerra Nello Spazio (Year Zero: War In Space in English). Directed by Alfonso Brescia under the pseudonym of Al Bradley.

Fascinating fact:

A Star Wars rip off that gets its release a few months after the release of Episode IV: A New Hope.

War of the Robots (1978 film)

Italian theatrical release poster (left) and a cover art for one of the many international VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray releases (right)

Main cast:

Antonio Sabato, Sr. as Captain John Boyd Yanti Somer as Julie Malisa Longo (as Melisa Long) as Louis Aldo Canti (as Nick Jordan) as Kuba The Alien Jacques Herlin (as Jacques Herlein) as Professor Carr Ines Pellegrini (as Mickey Pilgrim) Ian Pulley as The Autoritarian Leader Roger Brown (uncredited) as Commander King Licinia Lentini (as Lilian Lacey) as Commander King's Assistant

Production staff:

Directed by: Alfonso Brescia (as Al Bradly) Story by and screenplay by: Alfonso Brescia (as Al Bradly) and Aldo Crudo (as Alan Rawton) Cinematography by: Silvio Fraschetti (as Cyril Franks) Special effects by: Aldo Frollini (as Allan Forsyth) Edited by: Mariano Arditi (as Mark Arnold) Music by: Marcello Giombini (as Marcus Griffin) Produced by: Luigi Alessi Production companies: Nais Film and Koala Cinematografica Distributed by: Picturemedia Limited Original release date: April 21, 1978 (Italy) YouTube channel: Timeless Classic Films

The Professor Carr developed a machine that could give to the ones who own it such a great power to create life but it could also can lead to disastrous results.

At that time, an UFO has infiltrated the planet Earth's security system bringing in a gang of alien robots that kidnapped the Professor and his assitant, Louis.

In the Space Station Sirius, Commander King gave orders to Captain John Boyd and his crew of the Spaceship Trissi to pursue the UFO and rescue the couple of scientists.

There is also an urgent need to rescue the Professor. He is the only one capable of turning off a nuclear reactor. If it is not done, the Station and a nearby city would be destroyed in an explotion.

In the pursuit, they have to face more UFOs. After a intense battle with the saucers, they land on the planet Antor.

There, the crew of the Triss meet a dying world and their inhabitants. They established a friendship with Kuba, the leader of a tribe of slaves who agree to go with them to fight against their tyrannical masters.

Captain Boyd and his crew are about to be witnesses of the true nature of the Professor and his assitant in order to save the future.

War of the Robots, is an Italian space opera film from 1978. Its title is a translation of the original title La Guerra Dei Robot. Directed by Alfonso Brescia under the pseudonym of Al Bradly.

Fascinating facts:

It is not a sequel of Cosmos: War of the Planets. It was produced with much of the production crew, actors and props from the aforementioned movie, but its storyline is different.

The name of Trissi it's also the name of Trissi Sports. The same company in charge of the design and making of the spacesuits.

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NGC 2359 - Thor’s Helmet

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Taurus Molecular Cloud

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Bill Mumy and Angela Cartwright from Lost in Space with Burt Ward from Batman on the 20th Century Fox Television lot (1966)

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Leonard Nimoy as Spock - Star Trek (1967)

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Art by Syd Mead. If I understand the source correctly, this one’s called “Innovations,” and is a surrealist city aerial view done for U.S. Steel in 1968.

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Space Cadets! Rise and shine, and smile with the good morning sun! And be sure to be on the lookout for any bounty hunters! And keep your blaster ready! And wake the neighbors! It's time for the Spacetime Sally Animated Adventures!!!

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This image, taken with the VLT Survey Telescope hosted at ESO’s Paranal Observatory, shows the beautiful nebula NGC 6164/6165, also known as the Dragon’s Egg. The nebula is a cloud of gas and dust surrounding a pair of stars called HD 148937. 

In a new study using ESO data, astronomers have shown that the two stars are unusually different from each other — one appears much younger and, unlike the other, is magnetic. Moreover, the nebula is significantly younger than either star at its heart, and is made up of gases normally found deep within a star and not on the outside. These clues together helped solve the mystery of the HD 148937 system — there were most likely three stars in the system until two of them clashed and merged, creating a new, larger and magnetic star. This violent event also created the spectacular nebula that now surrounds the remaining stars. Credit:

Credit: ESO

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Stunning Milky Way captured by Babak Tafreshi

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M8, Ripples of the Lagoon

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Located in the picturesque southern constellation of Centaurus, the Gum 41 nebula takes up most of this image brought to you by the VLT Survey Telescope, hosted at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. 

Credit: ESO

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NGC 2244, Rosette

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Summer Milky Way at Williams, Western Australia

Nikon d810a - 50mm - ISO 3200 - f/2.5 Foreground: 4 x 20 seconds Sky: 13 x 20 seconds iOptron SkyTracker

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Sharpless 2-199, Within the Soul

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NGC 3324, Magic Mirror

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