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Might of the Starchasers is a clever and inventive animation from Producer/Director Joseph Lazare.  Co-written by Walter Scott, Starchasers follows the heroic journey of young space officer Coen, from the humilation of being demoted to potential hero, as he’s assigned to monitor a new defense space station.  Its on his new assignment he crosses paths with his ex-love, Ashton, and is forced to defend his planet and the space station from the evil plans of an ever-soiled infant repitle bent on repopulating his species.

Scott and Lazare craft an often humorous tale with the right mix of cliche, parody and originality that offers a nice interchange between true sci-fi action and self-depricating humor…much in the same way Galaxy Quest approached its material.  The downside to that is, even though the techniques are inventive, the storyline is not covering much new ground.

Lazare uses a wide variety of animation techniques, including live action, claymation, cgi special effects and two-dimensional animation.  The story itself offers consistent laughs, but if you pay attention you can find even more subtle humor.  For example, when Coen’s reviewing the crew he’ll be working with on the space station, he sees his old girlfriend Ashton’s file.  Where it lists her statistics, under her weight is listed “kiss my…” I found those subtle jokes satisfying because you knew Lazare and Scott were weaving their humor in every facet of the project, even when it is not overtly apparent to the audience.



Starchasers is a humorous trek that’s worth checking out.

Three stars.

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