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** See also the many, many shots of Judy Nelson knitting or sleeping.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The idea of a man exposed to outer space radiation and his physical appearance and overall sanity slowly deteriorating as a result ''could've'' made a good horror movie [[note]] Just change "exposed to outer space" with "teleportation experiment gone wrong" and you basically have ''Film/TheFly1986''. [[/note]] (and has [[Film/TheQuatermassXperiment in the past]], [[Film/FirstManIntoSpace several times in fact]]) if not for the shoddy writing, dull characterization, and loads of ArtisticLicense. By that same token, it could've made a good parody, as was originally intended, but [=MST3K=] films have shown us ([[Film/PodPeople on more]] [[Film/TheIncrediblyStrangeCreatures than one]] [[Film/MerlinsShopOfMysticalWonders occasion, in fact]]) that switching genres halfway through the filmmaking process leaves two halves of a movie that rarely form a coherent whole.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The idea of a man exposed to outer space radiation and his physical appearance and overall sanity slowly deteriorating as a result ''could've'' made a good horror movie [[note]] Just change "exposed to outer space" with "teleportation experiment gone wrong" and you basically have ''Film/TheFly1986''. [[/note]] (and has [[Film/TheQuatermassXperiment [[Franchise/{{Quatermass}} in the past]], [[Film/FirstManIntoSpace several times in fact]]) if not for the shoddy writing, dull characterization, and loads of ArtisticLicense. By that same token, it could've made a good parody, as was originally intended, but [=MST3K=] films have shown us ([[Film/PodPeople on more]] [[Film/TheIncrediblyStrangeCreatures than one]] [[Film/MerlinsShopOfMysticalWonders occasion, in fact]]) that switching genres halfway through the filmmaking process leaves two halves of a movie that rarely form a coherent whole.



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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The idea of a man exposed to outer space radiation and his physical appearance and overall sanity slowly deteriorating as a result ''could've'' made a good horror movie [[note]] Just change ''exposed to outer space'' with ''teleportation experiment gone wrong'' and you basically have Film/TheFly1986. [[/note]] (and has [[Film/TheQuatermassXperiment in the past]], [[Film/FirstManIntoSpace several times in fact]]) if not for the shoddy writing, dull characterization, and loads of ArtisticLicense. By that same token, it could've made a good parody, as was originally intended, but [=MST3K=] films have shown us ([[Film/PodPeople on more]] [[Film/TheIncrediblyStrangeCreatures than one]] [[Film/MerlinsShopOfMysticalWonders occasion, in fact]]) that switching genres halfway through the filmmaking process leaves two halves of a movie that rarely form a coherent whole.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The idea of a man exposed to outer space radiation and his physical appearance and overall sanity slowly deteriorating as a result ''could've'' made a good horror movie [[note]] Just change ''exposed "exposed to outer space'' space" with ''teleportation "teleportation experiment gone wrong'' wrong" and you basically have Film/TheFly1986.''Film/TheFly1986''. [[/note]] (and has [[Film/TheQuatermassXperiment in the past]], [[Film/FirstManIntoSpace several times in fact]]) if not for the shoddy writing, dull characterization, and loads of ArtisticLicense. By that same token, it could've made a good parody, as was originally intended, but [=MST3K=] films have shown us ([[Film/PodPeople on more]] [[Film/TheIncrediblyStrangeCreatures than one]] [[Film/MerlinsShopOfMysticalWonders occasion, in fact]]) that switching genres halfway through the filmmaking process leaves two halves of a movie that rarely form a coherent whole.

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