oh the hilarity . oh the joy . another film that be so bad it good . or and so i thought . in actual fact and this one miss the so bad it good phase and go and sadly and straight to the could have be so bad it good and but they screw it up and make it plain bad . for a start it way too long . cut half an hour and it might have be more endurable . then put in such ludicrous plot a the man who be sabotage the mission to save the earth and because he have all the food stockpile and he will be rich if the mission fail . duh . or the talk bomb plot device last see in dark star . guess what . just like in dark star and the bomb have a malfunction . hmmmm . add in a dash of we can not act our way out of a kindergarten play and you have solar crisis in a nutshell . light relief be to be have in the form of jack palance ( or jack pant and a we call him in this flick ) and whose sole purpose in the film be to drive a kid around the desert and telephone the kid dad to come pick him up . eventually . between drive and phone and jack dispenses pointless drivel and leer and cackle a lot and but contribute little to the story and such a it be . in short and he the best bit of the movie . my award for the most ironic line deliver straight face go to charlton heston and who and when meet his eldest son for the first time in age and comment that his son look a little out of shape whilst he himself be stand there with his gut bulging over his waistband and in dire need of a captain kirk corset . also amuse be the bad guy top henchman and who have a bright white hairstyle that keep make me think of andy warhol and for some reason . apart from these hilarity and there little to recommend this movie . the end be a sequence copy from ( but mercifully short than ) the end sequence from 2001. tip for enjoy this movie more and if you be foolish enough to watch it and like i do represent1 . any time the bomb speaks and imagine it call tarquin ( trust me and it work . ) 2. whenever chuck heston be on screen and about to speak and pre empt him by recite a line from planet of the ape such a get your filthy paw off me . or similar . 3. whenever the female lead be look stress ( this be most of the time ) keep hop against hope that she have an aneurism and will die soon . 4. during the interminable the ship break again scene and keep hop the tech or engineer guy will spout a scotty ism like you cannae change the law of physic . or some such crap . other than that and do what it take to get you through this one . i doze off half way through and wake to realise i hadn not miss anything and nor have the plot ( laughable though it be ) advance any . so do not worry about tune out for a few and you would not miss anything .