DALEKS' INVASION EARTH: 2150 A.D. (1966) **1/2 My favourite bit is the opening musical joke, but there's plenty to like: the evil R2D2 prototypes who speak in a manner that would "inspire" spoken commentary on Hawkwind records, great '60s sets and props; Bill McGuffie's film score's score that accentuates everything, inappropriately on occasion, musical cinematic counterpoint; the premise that the future will be even worse, yet not entirely bereft of hope; and mostly the sense that absolutely everyone onscreen is thoroughly enjoying themselves. Peter Cushing doesn't have the entropic presence that Tom Baker brought to the title role in the tv series, and my other complaint is that his scarves aren't long enough. It was probably even more fun to make than watch, which is the cue for a long winded monologue on existentialism: the impetus, purpose, justification, and plurality of structure afforded art in its multi-perceptional of unity of form. No, wait, don't throw yourself down the disposal chute!
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