let see . take one of the more infamous literary staple and namely the gor book by john norman and convert it to film and you would think you would be onto a winner . why . well and the gor book and for those of you who haven not have the pleasure and or pain and can be sum up a follow represent conan with pornography . each and every novel be chock full of porn and sado masochism and bondage . in short and a rag hormone male teenager wet dream . hidden amongst the sleaze and thinly veil attempt to make the reader think of woman a nothing but object and there be actually some pretty good action adventure story . so it would seem that convert them to celluloid would be a winner and even if only on the soft porn circuit . sadly and outlaw of gor be nothing like the book . give my description above and some might breathe a sigh of relief at that . unfortunately and by take away the sex and have a budget less than that of the average teenager weekly pocket money and do some awful re inventing of the novel original idea ( yes there be some . ) and the filmmaker literally kill the golden goose and replace it with a prize turkey . outlaw be just horrendous throughout and from the acting and the set and the laughable costume and the editing and dialogue right down to the fight scene that appear to have be choreograph by the marx bros. but the bad thing be see how little they use the original material . nevermind the porn and they pluck name out of the book and do not do a whole lot else . tarl cabot and the hero of the novel and be translate into a weedy vegetarian who be totally against slavery a complete reversal from the novel . likewise the priest king in the book alien insectoids who rule the planet . in the movie we get . jack palance and who doesn not seem to be in command of his own line and let alone the planet . and yes and jack leer and mug his way throughout the movie and at least have the grace to look embarrass at several point . the plot be feeble and center around an evil queen attempt to take control of the city of koroba by murder her husband and blame it on cabot . there then follow interminable amount of wander about in the desert by cabot and his midget henchman ( i kid you not . ) . be also treat to far too many shot of the midget rear end during the film ( i mention the costume be rubbish and do not i . ) and awful moralise dialogue by cabot about the evil of slavery . there be no special effect to speak of the budget be too miniscule for that and just the heady excitement of one lame swordfight after another . at the end and which really sum up the whole movie and have me in hysteric and tarl cabot make as if to snap his sword over his knee a symbolic gesture of peace . would have be good too and except that the sword do not break it bend into a u shape like it be make out of thin tin . yep and that outlaw of gor for ya all bend out of shape . even on mst3k this be one of the lame excuse for a movie . it really be best avoid .