History Film / SpaceMutiny

* GreekChorus: The Bellerians
* GroinAttack: Done repeatedly on the same guard.

* SchizoTech: A rather unusual and unintentional example: in the uncut version, we see shots of the bridge (which is all ''Series/BattlestarGalactica'' footage), which, needless to say, is a ''lot'' higher budget and looks far cooler than the place in the actual movie where the leaders hang out (which just looks like some office rooms with some computers set up, indeed, one probably wouldn't even know it was meant to be in spaceship without the movie telling the viewer outright,) and makes one wonder why they never go on the bridge themselves, and why it's so much more advanced looking if it's part of the same ship.

* SchizoTech: A rather unusual and unintentional example: in the uncut version, we see shots of the bridge (which is all ''Series/BattlestarGalatica'' footage), which, needless to say, is a ''lot'' higher budget and looks far cooler than the place in the actual movie where the leaders hang out (which just looks like some office rooms with some computers set up, indeed, one probably wouldn't even know it was meant to be in spaceship without the movie telling the viewer outright,) and makes one wonder why they never go on the bridge themselves, and why it's so much more advanced looking if it's part of the same ship.

* CrypticBackgroundReference: Engineer Parson says something about how the mutiny would "Oppose the Law Of The Universe, The Law Of The Galaxy." We never find out just what the hell he's talking about, and the whole thing just serves as a HandWave for why he wont join. (it also seemingly uses galaxy and universe as synonyms, [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale but that's its own problem.]])

''Space Mutiny'' (also known as ''Mutiny in Space'') is a 1988 legendarily bad science-fiction action film starring Creator/RebBrown about, [[SarcasmMode surprisingly enough]], a mutiny aboard the spaceship known as the ''Southern Sun''.

* NoodleIncident:
** We never find out who the hell Professor Spooner is, why he's coming to the ship, or why he's so important. Indeed, he dies without even appearing on screen. It seems to be implied Lea knew him based on how upset she is, but we never learn any more details.
** The Bellarians count as well. Who they are and why they are rescued is never explained. In addition, they are all forced to share a single cargo hold as living quarters (though they don't seem to mind), implying they can't be allowed to just roam the ship freely with everyone else, but again, we never learn why.

* PaperTiger: The Pirates are played up as a massive threat for the first half of the movie, but when actually encountered their entire fleet is wiped out in ''seconds'' by the ''Sun'''s superior firepower.

* UnexplainedRecovery: As noted above, Lamont is killed in one scene and then appears on the bridge in ''the very next scene'' totally unharmed.

** In a rare heroic variation, Lea not only missing Kalgan coming at her in a slow moving cart, but hits ''David's'' cart instead.

* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: The Enforcers miss constantly whenever they aim at anybody important. Their aim against the various {{Red Shirt}}s still loyal to the Commander is a little better, but even then they seem to miss most of the time.

* {{Nerd}}: [[http://oi68.tinypic.com/291e15v.jpg First Engineer]] [[http://oi63.tinypic.com/f38arb.jpg Steve Cadell]] [[note]]''Codell? Godell? Gadell?''[[/note]] has [[TheShortGuyWithGlasses shades of this]], [[{{Meganekko}} complete with]] NerdGlasses and [[SmartPeopleWearGlasses general]] [[{{Adorkable}} awkwardness]].

* NoodleIncident: We never find out who the hell Professor Spooner is, why he's coming to the ship, or why he's so important. Indeed, he dies without even appearing on screen. It seems to be implied Lea knew him based on how upset she is, but we never learn any more details.
** The Bellarians count as well. Who they are and why they are rescued is never explained. In addition, they are all forced to share a single cargo hold as living quarters (though they don't seem to mind), implying they can't be allowed to just roam the ship freely with everyone else, but again, we never learn why.

* SciFiWritersHave/NoSenseOfMass: The Southern Sun is said to house "thousands of migrants". However, when we see the main bar/club it looks big enough for maybe a few dozen people (granted, there could be more than one such bar, however there's nothing in the movie to indicate this).

* ScrewTheWarWerePartying: After Commander Jansen fires Kalgan for sabotage and mutiny, and announces Ryder's promotion into his position, Ryder's friends celebrate with a party. Apparently arresting Kalgan and his 200 armed conspirators is not a priority. Later after defeating the SpacePirates, we immediately cut to a StockFootage repeat of the previous partying scene.

* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Whoever wrote this didn't seem to know that Captain is supposed to outrank Commander, because Captain Devers is shown to be subordinate to Commander Jansen. Devers always calls Jansen "Sir", while Jansen calls Devers by name or by rank. Ryder also says that Jansen "runs the ship". For what it's worth, the original ''[[Series/BattlestarGalactica1978 Battlestar Galactica]]'' had a similar rank structure with Commander as the highest-ranking officer on the ship, making it possible that the film-makers were cribbing more than just special effects shots from the show.

* MartyrWithoutACause: The engineer who discovers the missing explosives is given the option to join Kalgon or die, and he picks option #2. It doesn't occur to him to simply pretend to join Kalgon to sabotage his plans or look for an opportunity to escape.
** Even worse, the options Kalgan gives him are to either join him or be cryogenically frozen. [[StupidSacrifice The engineer chooses to jump off the catwalk instead.]] Even if he was unwilling to pull a FakeDefector, he could have opted to be frozen in hopes of being rescued when the mutiny failed.

* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: The Southern Sun is said to house "thousands of migrants" however, when we see the main bar/club it looks big enough for maybe a few dozen people.(granted, their could be more than one such bar, however there's nothing in the movie to indicate this.)

* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Whoever wrote this didn't seem to know that Captain is supposed to outrank Commander, because Captain Devers is shown to be subordinate to Commander Jansen. Devers always calls Jansen "Sir", while Jansen calls Devers by name or by rank. Ryder also says that Jansen "runs the ship".

* TheChosenOne: Ryder.

** The Mortuary Keeper is just there running the facility where failed Mooks are frozen until necessary. He may work for the villain, but when the heroes arrive he asks if they need help or would like a SpotOfTea. He also answers all their questions about the BigBad's EvilPlan. He doesn't really seem evil at all.