1. The Star Wars Christmas Special (1978)
Who's in it?: Pretty much the entire cast of Star Wars... oh, and Bea Arthur and Harvey Korman. Eurgh... Whenever my Star Wars fan friends complain that Star Wars has become tainted and commercialized and "milked" beyond recognition since 'The Phantom Menace', I like to cough loudly to disguise the words 'Christmas Special,' which came out a year after 'A New Hope' and could potentially have made it so we never saw 'Empire Strikes Back.' While seeing Boba Fett is pretty cool and while I will admit I can kind-of-sort of-maybe see why the big names reprised their roles for the special, why the heck is Bea Arthur in it? I've nothing against the woman (I know virtually nothing about her), but from what I hear she's pretty loved. And as for Harvey Korman... grr! You just want to reach through the screen, slap him around the face and say, "You were in Blazing Saddles! Stop saying 'Stir-whip!' you comedy legend!" Sigh. Whatever the actors thought of the project then, Harrison Ford's "Thank you" after seeing one gut-wrenching clip showing him calling Wookies his family pretty much makes what those involved think of it now very clear. They think it's... well, exactly what the rest of us do.
So, those are just some of the flicks where you look up, see your favourite actor and think, "What the hell happened?" Or perhaps just the ones that I noticed. Are there any other motion pictures of this variety that caught your watering eye? Comment away! I'd be more than interested to hear it. Peace!