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May 27, 2005
My brain is slightly more relaxed now
From my youth, I had a hazy memory of having watched an animated science fiction movie that I really liked. It involved a young boy working in mines, a robot who yelled "Son of a Bitch!" at the ship's computer (this was shocking to see in a cartoon to a 10 year old, remember), and the inevitable sword used to fight evil. I liked it so much because it was a blatant rip-off of Star Wars (which, as you can see from my previous entries, has been a major obsession of mine). I had this irritating feeling in the back of my brain over the fact that I could not remember the title of this movie, nor could I remember enough details of it to find out what it was called.
Finally, however, on a weblog discussion of Star Wars, I finally put out a call for anyone who might remember something about this movie (because the discussion had earlier referenced another old-hazy science fiction movie memory of of mine-- Battle Beyond the Stars).
It turns out that someone actually remembered the movie I have been trying to remember for years-- it's Starchaser: The Legend of Orin, and it is due to be released on DVD on June 21st! What fortuitous timing.
I can rest easy now that the mystery of this movie no longer vexes me.
Posted by Dean at May 27, 2005 4:15 PM
Comments
You sound like my sister.
For the past 15 years my sister has been trying to remember that movie and bugged me about as if my momory was better then her's. It's not.
But I did help her find it last year, after I saw it on tv like 2 months before with out seeing the title.
My sister says that she is happy that you found out what the movie was.
Just read this out to my sister. She is saying that it doen't justly convey the brain racking frustration she has been going though for so long, but I'm sure you do understand how she felt.
Well good night.
Posted by: Jhoy (jhoy) at February 6, 2006 12:40 AM