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We're talkin' THE HUMANOID!

Added 2025-11-21 18:58:14 +0000 UTC

Greetings, Traxians!

Apparently, Richard Kiel stars in this DEFINITELY NOT A RIP-OFF to some other sci-fi movie to come out in the late 1970s called Star Wars. Hmmm... I'm just not seeing it!

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a movie called Star Wars was released. Within minutes, other filmmakers around the globe begin making their own ripoffs–er, homages! Respectful homages! High among these shameless endeavors ranks The Humanoid, and boy is it shameless (and rank).
The evil Lord Graal (guy in a huge black helmet that would make Rick Moranis blush) is out to get vengeance on the planet Metropolis (which is just Earth; they started calling it Metropolis at some point, no idea why). He and his evil scientist buddy are especially focused on destroying their greatest rival… Barbara Gibson. That’s right, the powerful important futuristic protagonist taking on Lord Graal and his empire is named… Barbara Gibson. She even has a little nameplate on her space desk! Barbara Gibson!
The aforementioned Richard Kiel is just a regular ol’ star pilot rogue type, flying “Solo” if you will, in his junker of a ship with his junker of a robot dog. Then one day he flies by the wrong evil space station, gets kidnapped, his majestic beard is somehow removed, and he reawakens as The Humanoid, a mindless terrifying creature that makes the galaxy tremble with its abilities… which are basically just being tall and throwing people around. Pretty standard stuff for Richard Kiel, why’d they even bother transforming him?

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