Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

PodBill Just what I expected

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

TheLittleSongbird As awful as Prince of Space is, it is not the worst movie to feature on MST3K and it is much less dull than the likes of Manos, Monster A-Go Go and The Creeping Terror. It also is memorable for Krankor, admittedly as a villain he is lousy, easily one of the most laughable villains of any movie, but as a character he is quite hilarious thanks to his lines and how he looks. None of the other characters make an impression though, the hero is annoyingly effeminate and the rest are cardboard. The acting is truly dire from all involved, either being obnoxious or bland to the point of non-existence, with for example the maniacal laughter overdone and forced. The script is repetitive and non-stop cheesiness, it does have some entertainment value but at the same time you do wish they cut back. Story-wise, credit is due for being easier to sit through than most other movies riffed by MST3K, but any kind of structure or sense is thrown out of the window and there's also not enough to sustain the length of the movie with scenes that come across as cheesy but irrelevant filler. And Prince of Space is one amateurish movie on a visual front, the make-up and hero and villain costumes are to be seen to be believed(and in all honesty in a negative way), the photography and editing are not that coherent- though not as bad actually as Space Mutiny and The Creeping Terror-, the special effects and props are incredibly fake(possibly even worse than any of the effects in Ed Wood's movies), and the sets are noticeably wonky. All in all, hysterically bad, has some unintentional hilarity to it but even that's not enough to escape from how poorly done on all levels Prince of Space is. 2/10 Bethany Cox

CelluloidRehab As you can probably already tell, I saw this movie in the MST3k form. I don't think it is possible to watch this movie otherwise.A crazed race of warmongering giant chickens (or men in chicken suits), from the planet Krankor come to Earth to conquer us. There is also some plot about stealing a new super fuel that we developed, that would help them conquer the universe. There is only one man who can stop this invasion force : The Prince of Space !! Yes, the Prince of Space, secretly disguised as a shoe-shine boy with two orphans fights the evil chicken-men from Krankor, who's weapons have no effect on him.The plot loopholes develop early in the movie and are actually brought up in the script. Professor Mankin (creator of the super-fuel) is asked by a reporter : "Why would the Krankornians (???) need our fuel when they possess an obviously superior technology ??" Well, lets just the the Professor's "answer" is quite ridiculous. Unfortunately that can be said of the entire logic and science of the movie, not to mention the sets, costumes, ships and especially of the large giant Ferenghi who patrols the surface of Krankor in a studded belt and collar combination breathing fire and smoke on trespassers.The movie is a combination of numerous encounters between the Prince of Space and the chicken-men of Krankor. They all end the same way. The Prince of Space, in his white tights, hooded shawl, white booties and mask, decimates the Krankornians with either a barbecue lighter or one half of a rabbit ear antenna. What makes these encounters even more ridiculous is that from the very first one, the Prince of Space warns them that their weapons have no effect on him. Needless to say, this never stops the Krankornians from shooting first.The Krankornian's problem stems (I think) from their leader. The despot of Krankor is a slightly overweight chicken-man with ballet tutu's around his biceps and waist, knee-pads under his tights and an incredible sense of humor. He laughs constantly and at the most inopportune moments, but it is quite infectious. These are all his good qualities. His failure comes from his inability to clean our his ears or believe the Prince of Space when he says that "his weapons will have no effect on him." This movie is truly bad. Without MST3k, this movie could become as bad as Orgy of the Dead. Nothing in this movie works. It even fails as a crappy sci-fi movie. The Outer Limits, along with hidden gems like Magnetic Monster, prove you could make crappy sci-fi that is good. This movie, with the horrible science, special effects, costumes, models (ships, cities,etc) and Manos-like scenes (scenes that are long lasting and go nowhere), combine into shotgun target practice. With MST3k the pain becomes communal and quite funny at times. I highly recommend this movie as a late-night laugher or when you are heavily doped up on cough medicine.

Kristine Man, how many times can one say "Your weapons have no effect on me"? LOL. "Prince of Space" is without a doubt one of the cheesiest movies on Earth. But it made a great MSTK3 episode. Probably one of my favorites. The villain has the most horrible make-up. He also has one of the most annoying laughs in movie history. If you hear it, your ears eventually feel like they're going to explode. Prince of Space is so beyond cheese, all of his lines get a laugh that were not intended. And the little kids run every where they go. You begin to wonder where their parents are as well. This is fun to watch though. I just love these old Japenese movies with the bad lip dubbing. I think a lot of people would agree too. Watch the MSTK3 episode, it's a good one. The movie is pretty bad, but it's a good bad that I think you'll have fun with. Remember, the weapons have no effect on the Prince of Space. :D1/10 for the movie and 10/10 for the MSTK3 version

Diana (spoilers) "he has no powers, but he can skip reasonably well!" The hero of this crappy Japanese film is one of the most effeminate that I have ever seen. He skips, he prances, he laughs in a high, girlish voice; he wears a skin tight white leotard as part of his superhero costume, and what looks like the top half of an Arab woman's head dress. His evil nemesis, 'the Phantom of Krankor', wears gauzy ruffles and appears at all times to be trying to pick up a Dodgers game on the antennae in his helmet. The costumes in this movie are just amazingly bad. The 'knee goiters' all the bad guys sport, the fact that none of them appear to be wearing underwear, and the glittery numbers sewn onto the henchmen's chest(why Z1-7? Are they prototypes of some kind?) combine to make up what has to be the worst costuming efforts ever shown on screen. The space ships are really bad, too-from Krankor's TurkeyMobile to the Prince of Space's electric flying shaver, these are the least convincing models ever. The plot of this movie is almost incomprehensible, since someone who has achieved space flight most definitely wouldn't need to steal a human scientist's recipe for rocket fuel. The kids in the movie are really annoying little creeps, who you sincerely wish that Phantom had wiped out any of the times that he held them hostage. And the most annoying bit of all-the endless repetitions by the Prince of Space to Phantom and his henchmen about how their weapons won't work against him-to which they listen not at all. They continue to fire at him long after it would be obvious to the most brain dead moron in the world that it's a useless activity. If Phantom had stopped laughing for even five seconds, he might have figured that out and had his men sneak up on the Prince and stab him to death instead.