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[Pak-Man]

The Shape of Things to Come

Feature film · 2020

No, it’s not a harrowing follow-up to our classic thrill ride short Drawing for Beginners: The Rectangle, it’s a space thing! 

With Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett

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The Shape of Things to Come! No, it's not a harrowing follow-up to our classic thrill ride short Drawing for Beginners: The Rectangle, it's a space thing!

Specifically, it's a space thing "based on" a book by H.G. Wells. Even more specifically, it came out in 1979, two years after Star Wars, yet still feels like a B-movie from the 50s that someone accidentally colorized.

The titular Things to Come are a future in which mankind has laid waste to the Earth - which is, just, CLASSIC mankind - and lives on moon bases filled with boxy robots who can teleport, but only sometimes. Danger has emerged on a distant planet in the form of none other than Jack Palance, rocking a gold jumpsuit and purple cape combo, and chewing through scenery like a shark through tissue paper. Also, his name is OMUS. Jack Palance / Omus is out to rule the galaxy from his very dull space office, and our only hope is - who else? - some scientists in slightly-different jumpsuits. One of them is played by a guy from Space: 1999. Y'know, for the kids!

Choose your jumpsuit wisely and get on board with Mike, Kevin, and Bill for a geometrical taste of The Shape of Things to Come!

Written by Mike Nelson, Conor Lastowka, Sean Thomason

Contributing writers: Jason Miller, Zachary Shatzer

[MartyS (Gromit)]

Watched this movie a few weeks ago on Amazon Prime, well, I did hit fast forward a lot, it's a very bad movie...

This thing has zero plot elements from the H.G. Wells story,  I guess using the title was just a crappy trick to get people to watch it?

[linszoid]

I hope this one has the potential to make the next top 50 rifftrax list.

[CJones]

This thing has zero plot elements from the H.G. Wells story,  I guess using the title was just a crappy trick to get people to watch it?

Wow, you weren't kidding. Even World War Z at least had zombies in it. And it's not like this is a particularly popular book, so why even bother getting the rights?

[losingmydignity]

This thing has zero plot elements from the H.G. Wells story,  I guess using the title was just a crappy trick to get people to watch it?

Wow, you weren't kidding. Even World War Z at least had zombies in it. And it's not like this is a particularly popular book, so why even bother getting the rights?

Public domain. No need for rights. But HG was hot in the seventies so good to stick the name on your film.