Who doesn't love a 'splody head? 
Posted on 11/15/2025 11:29:27 AM PST by MAGA2017
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Oh yeah. Peter Boyle does great as well.
Who doesn’t love shotguns in space! 😁
I watched part of the movie, it seemed OK but not great, also read the novelization by Alan Dean Foster. I couldn’t figure out why they had to go clear to the moons of Jupiter to mine ilmenite, since that’s not exactly a rare mineral on earth.
I LOVE THIS MOVIE!
I saw it in theatres with my dear older brother, may he rest in peace.
We always watched SciFi movies together, and TV shows like Space 1999 and Star Trek too. He was that rare older sibling that wasn’t embarassed to be seen with his kid sister. I miss him so much!
Absolutely an awesome movie. It has some slow parts, but once the assassins show up the movie really finishes well.
I remember it.
Great writing too:
Dr. Marian Lazarus: take two aspirin and call me in the morning. That’s a doctor joke. [...]
Marshal William T. O’Niel: Did you do autopsies?
Dr. Marian Lazarus: No.
Marshal William T. O’Niel: Why not?
Dr. Marian Lazarus: In the first place, the company wanted the bodies shipped out quickly. In the second place, when a person exposes himself to zero-pressure atmosphere, there isn’t a whole lot left to inspect. In the third place, you’re becoming a nuisance.
Marshal William T. O’Niel: [blocking her path] Yes, I know. I would like a report of all of these incidents that have happened during the past six months. I’d like it really soon. Or I might just kick your nasty ass all over this room. That’s a marshal joke.
ZARDOZ!
I believe we can add Highlander in the mix. Another great Connery flick.
His character is gross, and exiting the bathroom without washing your hands is gross.
I thought it was a terrific movie.
Most memorable line: “this blood is from a dead person.”
Is it possible to fire a shotgun in the vacuum of space?
I’m gonna have to look it up.
Some movies inspire entire fashion trends. Molly Ringwald’s fedora. Neo’s black trenchcoat. Tom Cruise’s Raybans. Zardoz, not so much.
I liked it
Very well, fun movie - High Noon in Space.
Peter Boyle was excellent in his role, Connery being Connery is always a win. Barbara Sternhagen as the doctor was a real fail - just miserable.
Who doesn't love a 'splody head?
Explosives normally carry their own oxidizer with them, so the answer is "yes."
Nothing that needs air to burn can burn quickly if it doesn't have access to a lot of air fast. That leaves out the tightly-packed charge in a shotgun shell.
Just think of all the effort an internal combustion engine has to go through to get enough air in to burn it's fuel charge efficiently on each piston stroke.
The only exception is "FAE" bombs, but they have to disperse and atomize their explosive charge before detonating it. They use sophisticated methods to do this, getting as much air as possible around each explosive droplet before setting them off with a timed detonator.
Sean Connery is very Sean Connery-ish in it but it’s a pretty formulaic man-against-the-system actioner ... only set on one of the moons of Jupiter... or was it Saturn?
LOL!
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