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#Taarna the tarakian driver#

During a lightning experiment, the orb hurls the boy into the world of Neverwhere, where he transforms into a naked, bald-headed, well endowed, muscular man called Den, an acronym for his earth name, David Ellis Norman.

" Veteran of the Psychic Wars" by Blue Öyster Cultīased on the character of the same name created by Richard Corben.Ī nerdy teenager finds a "green meteorite" near his house and puts it in his rock collection.

He keeps the money, and summarizes the incident as a "two-day ride with one hell of a tip". When she pulls out a gun, Harry uses the disintegrator on her. Rudnick is disintegrated by the Loc-Nar at the exchange, and she attempts to double-cross Harry to keep the money for herself. She decides to sell the Loc-Nar to Rudnick and split the money with Harry. Harry takes her to his apartment, where they have sex. She explains that her father discovered the Loc-Nar, and they have been pursued relentlessly by people attempting to obtain it. He stumbles into an incident where he rescues a sexy young woman from Rudnick, a gangster who murdered her father.

#Taarna the tarakian driver#

In a dystopian and crime ridden New York City in 2031, cynical taxicab driver Harry Canyon narrates his day in film noir style, grumbling about his fares and frequent robbery attempts he thwarts with a disintegrator installed in the back of his seat. Original story by Daniel Goldberg and Len Blum based on The Long Tomorrow by Moebius. Percy Rodriguez (uncredited) as Loc-Nar.At the end of the film (the Epilogue), the anthology's theme comes full-circle back to the girl's home. Looking into the orb known as the Loc-Nar, the girl sees how it has influenced societies throughout time and space. It introduces itself to the terrified girl as "the sum of all evils". When he opens his case, a green, crystalline sphere rises out and melts him. In the framing story, the astronaut Grimaldi arrives at home, where he is greeted by his daughter. An astronaut seated in the car then begins descending through Earth's atmosphere, landing in a desert canyon. The bay doors open, releasing a 1960 Corvette. The title sequence story opens with a Space Shuttle orbiting the Earth.

Despite the mixed reviews by film critics on its initial release, the film was a modest success at the box office and has since achieved cult status.Ī sequel titled Heavy Metal 2000 was released in 2000.īased on the comic of the same name by Dan O'Bannon and Thomas Warkentin. Its production was expedited by having several animation houses working simultaneously on different segments. Like the magazine, the film features a great deal of graphic violence, sexuality, and nudity. It was adapted from Heavy Metal magazine and original stories in the same spirit. The film is an anthology of various science fiction and fantasy stories tied together by a single theme of an evil force that is "the sum of all evils". The screenplay was written by Daniel Goldberg and Len Blum. It starred the voices of Rodger Bumpass, Jackie Burroughs, John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Don Francks, Martin Lavut, Marilyn Lightstone, Eugene Levy, Alice Playten, Harold Ramis, Percy Rodriguez, Susan Roman, Richard Romanus, August Schellenberg, John Vernon, and Zal Yanovsky. Heavy Metal is a 1981 adult animated science fantasy anthology film directed by Gerald Potterton, produced by Ivan Reitman and Leonard Mogel, who also was the publisher of Heavy Metal magazine, which was the basis for the film.