La planète Omega (The Planet Omega)
Director: Albert Barillé Airing date: October 9, 1982 Rating: ★★½ Review: After the success of ‘Il était une fois… l’homme’ (Once upon a Time… Man) Albert Barillé returned with the boldest and most...
View ArticleLes Sauriens (The Saurians)
Director: Albert Barillé Airing date: October 16?, 1982 Rating: ★ Review: In this second episode of ‘Il était une fois… l’espace’ the feisty little robot Metro gets his name. Metro joins Pierrot and...
View ArticleLa planète Mytho (The Planet Mytho)
Director: Albert Barillé Airing date: November 20?, 1982 Rating: ★★ Review: In this seventh episode of ‘Il était une fois… l’espace’ our heroes Pierrot, Psi and Metro land on a planet, where the...
View ArticleLes naufragés de l’espace (Shipwrecked in Space)
Director: Albert Barillé Airing date: December 18?, 1982 Rating: ★★★ Review: This episode starts immediately where ‘La planète déchiquetée‘ has left off: the space vessel ‘Ursus’ has crashed on,...
View ArticleChez les dinosaures (In the Land of the Dinosaurs)
Director: Albert Barillé Airing date: January 8?, 1983 Rating: ★ Review: ‘Chez les dinosaures’ is the last of three vaguely educational episodes. It’s also one of the weakest episodes in the series....
View ArticleUn monde hostile (A Hostile World)
Director: Albert Barillé Airing date: March 5?, 1983 Rating: ★★★★ Review: ‘Un monde hostile’ is the exciting second of six episodes, which form the finale of ‘Il était une fois… l’espace’. It...
View ArticleFétiche Mascotte (The Mascot)
'The Mascot' shows that by 1933 Starewicz was the undisputed master of stop motion. This 26 minute long film starts with live action, and is a typical melodramatic product of its time: we watch a poor...
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