0:00:00 > 0:00:01Hi. I'm David Hasselhoff
0:00:01 > 0:00:05and I know everything there is to know about great movies.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07I've been in horrors, rom-coms,
0:00:07 > 0:00:09sports movies, dance movies, action movies.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11You name it, I've done it.
0:00:11 > 0:00:15And today, I'm going to take your brain to another dimension.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33Welcome to The Hoffice.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Please sit down, but don't get too comfortable.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39This desk has to be back in Hugh Hefner's mansion in two hours.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43In this episode of The Hoff's Best Films Ever,
0:00:43 > 0:00:45we're going to visit the only place I know
0:00:45 > 0:00:48that's bigger than my profile in Germany.
0:00:48 > 0:00:49Space!
0:00:49 > 0:00:53As I reveal to you The Hoff's Best Sci-fi Film Ever.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Ten... Nine... Eight...
0:00:55 > 0:00:58OK, OK, that's enough. Roll it!
0:00:59 > 0:01:04As we travel through time, we'll meet creatures that are not of this world.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09That little bugger!
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Out with his tongue ball. Eugh!
0:01:13 > 0:01:17We'll find out what kind of hero a good sci-fi film needs.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20If you can kick alien ass, you're cool!
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Get away from her, you bitch!
0:01:24 > 0:01:27We'll hang out with everyone's favourite sci-fi invention,
0:01:27 > 0:01:28the robot.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32I am a robot. Look at me. Fight the power!
0:01:34 > 0:01:38We'll see exactly what kind of weapons you need to survive
0:01:38 > 0:01:39in a sci-fi world.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44They dream up wonderful ways in which to kill people.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48My favourite.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50We'll answer the question, "What should I wear?"
0:01:50 > 0:01:53We used to have three-quarter-length jackets.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Like cheap leather. Plastic leather - pleather!
0:01:56 > 0:01:59I could see you in that outfit, man!
0:01:59 > 0:02:04And we'll do it all in the best form of transport ever, a spaceship.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07The best sci-fi spaceship is definitely Minn... Minn... Minnellium Falcon.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Millellium Falcon.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14The thing from Star Wars!
0:02:15 > 0:02:19Cool! But believe me, none of it means anything
0:02:19 > 0:02:22if you don't create a world the audience can believe in.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25I should know. I made Starcrash!
0:02:25 > 0:02:27When do we reach the floating city?
0:02:27 > 0:02:31- Less than two minutes.- I'll check the docking facilities.
0:02:31 > 0:02:32Right.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35'A movie set in a third dimension
0:02:35 > 0:02:39'where the Emperor of the galaxy's son was called Simon!'
0:02:39 > 0:02:40Don't ask!
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Thankfully, many other directors have spent millions
0:02:43 > 0:02:46building huge sets perfecting CGI and crafting landscapes
0:02:46 > 0:02:50that have left kids - and let's face it, geeks - all over the world
0:02:50 > 0:02:52wide-eyed with wonder!
0:02:59 > 0:03:02'The best thing about sci-fi is the outer world.'
0:03:02 > 0:03:05There's something different, mysterious.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Going places and discovering things you never thought you'd see
0:03:08 > 0:03:11or experience ever.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15My favourite sci-fi world from childhood has to be Star Wars.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Star Wars set the bar so high.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21You've got everything you need.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24The bar scene in the first Star Wars,
0:03:24 > 0:03:27it's just genius. It's funny.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30You've got all the aliens playing their "toot-toot!"
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Brilliant.
0:03:32 > 0:03:33Avatar world, oh, my goodness.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36I saw that in 3D. Best 3D movie ever.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39I felt like that was a holiday for me!
0:03:41 > 0:03:44When I was watching it in 3D, I was there. I was at Pandora.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46When the film ended, I was sad
0:03:46 > 0:03:48and angry.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51And I wanted to go back to Pandora, and I wanted to be blue!
0:04:01 > 0:04:05The Matrix is just my favourite sci-fi world, definitely.
0:04:10 > 0:04:15Welcome to the desert of the real.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Films like Alien and Blade Runner.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24The way that the future is manifested
0:04:24 > 0:04:27is actually quite dark and grubby
0:04:27 > 0:04:29and dingy, and quite industrial.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32It's a very bleak view of the future.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37The detail from top to bottom in this imagined world
0:04:37 > 0:04:39is superb - just slightly off kilter.
0:04:39 > 0:04:45I will watch Planet of the Apes movies before I'll breathe.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50I think it's amazing.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53When you first see the apes in the field,
0:04:53 > 0:04:56and that music, "Raa! Raa!"
0:04:56 > 0:04:58And then the apes show their faces!
0:04:58 > 0:05:01That is pant-shittingly great!
0:05:04 > 0:05:05Can I say "pants"?
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Now it's time to meet the guys from outer space.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12In sci-fi, aliens come in all shapes and sizes.
0:05:12 > 0:05:18Fat and slug-like, green and slimy, bug-eyed, leathery, poisonous.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Kind of like my agents and managers.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23But whatever they look like, the most important thing
0:05:23 > 0:05:26is for them to be a little like me -
0:05:26 > 0:05:28unforgettable!
0:05:38 > 0:05:39Here's the stomach.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Paul and E.T. are up there for me.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50- Are you an alien?!- To you I am, yes.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53- Are you going to probe us? - Why does everyone assume that? What am I doing?
0:05:53 > 0:05:57- Am I harvesting farts? How much can I learn from an arse?- Wh... What?!
0:05:57 > 0:06:02He finds himself in this world where he's just trying to be one of the guys.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06He likes a bit of Prodigy. He likes a smoke.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09- 'What does that mean?'- It means healing, Mr Spielberg.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11- 'Yeah, right! Healing.'- OK.
0:06:11 > 0:06:16'Like if I touch her or something. Like his finger at the end, when he reaches out and touches?'
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Maybe. You know, sometimes I find less is more.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20'Hey - trust me.'
0:06:20 > 0:06:24Films sort of stick to the template of what aliens look like.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26The long hair, the weird eyes.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Spielberg came along. "No, I'll make my own alien."
0:06:30 > 0:06:36I'll...be...right...here.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Looked like a loaf of bread on top of a fork, basically!
0:06:42 > 0:06:44'E.T. would have been a very different movie'
0:06:44 > 0:06:46if it was the alien from Alien had come down!
0:06:46 > 0:06:48And instead, when he injured his finger
0:06:48 > 0:06:51he'd bit it off and impregnated his mum with his offspring!
0:06:53 > 0:06:55# Dee-diddly-dee... Kapow! #
0:06:57 > 0:07:02That little thing, crab-looking spider-like, hand-looking
0:07:02 > 0:07:05nastiness with the towel.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07That is nasty. I don't like that.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11I don't think they should ever put that in the film. They went too far.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14It doesn't really have a name.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15Aghh!
0:07:15 > 0:07:19They've called it Alien, so they've taken the best name. What can you call any other alien?
0:07:21 > 0:07:26This kind of really creepy, weirdly sexual beast,
0:07:26 > 0:07:30dripping with slime with this kind of phallic head
0:07:30 > 0:07:32that punches out of John Hurt's chest.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34'That thing with the little teeth.'
0:07:34 > 0:07:39It just shows you it's quality, not quantity.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43That little bugger!
0:07:45 > 0:07:52The brilliant scene where the egg in Alien, when John Hurt goes to look in the egg.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54And you see just through the shell
0:07:54 > 0:07:57something moving in there, which is this face-hugger!
0:07:57 > 0:08:01I've heard it's Ridley Scott's hand in a pair of rubber gloves!
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Just inside, wiggling them around!
0:08:04 > 0:08:09The best alien in a sci-fi film is Jabba the Hutt.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11With his tongue. Eugh!
0:08:11 > 0:08:14It's grotesque. He's grotesque!
0:08:14 > 0:08:16But really scary!
0:08:16 > 0:08:18EVIL CHUCKLE
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Great sci-fi films need great spaceships.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30Whether you're an alien or an android, getting from A to B in space isn't easy,
0:08:30 > 0:08:33especially when B is 200 billion light years away!
0:08:33 > 0:08:38That's why you'd better make sure you've got yourself a serious set of boosters
0:08:38 > 0:08:43because if you haven't got hyper-speed and target-locking lasers,
0:08:43 > 0:08:46you are going nowhere, my friend!
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Get ready for blast-off!
0:09:06 > 0:09:10The best sci-fi spaceship is definitely Minn... Minn... Millellium Falcon.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12I can never say that! Millellium Falcon.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14That thing. The thing from Star Wars.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19She's almost like a character in the film itself.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24The kind of affection and love that Han Solo feels for this thing.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts!
0:09:27 > 0:09:30He treats it like his lover,
0:09:30 > 0:09:32the way he talks if anyone touches it.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35I've made a lot of special modifications myself.
0:09:35 > 0:09:42Because I was so obsessed with him, I've never wanted to be a spaceship so much in my entire life!
0:09:45 > 0:09:48I've always had a soft spot for the Starship Enterprise.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52'Space - the final frontier.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57'These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise.'
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Just because there are so many worlds within this one ship.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03You can't even contemplate how enormous it must be.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12What I like about the Enterprise is it seems all human life is here.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Well, all human and alien life is here.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17It's almost like a heavenly, Eden-like place
0:10:17 > 0:10:20where everybody from lots of different races and planets
0:10:20 > 0:10:23can all hang out together, mingle together and work together.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Oh, my God!
0:10:25 > 0:10:27'When I think about movie spaceships,
0:10:27 > 0:10:30'I have to think about the Close Encounters mother ship.'
0:10:30 > 0:10:32This amazing living city in the sky
0:10:32 > 0:10:35that swoops over Devil's Tower at the end.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39It's a model. No CG, all model.
0:10:39 > 0:10:40It's just absolutely amazing.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Oh, my God!
0:10:46 > 0:10:49'It's meant to fill you with awe. It's got lots of lights,'
0:10:49 > 0:10:53amazing five-note sequence that it responds to.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56FIVE MUSICAL NOTES
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Most sci-fi films are visually amazing,
0:11:00 > 0:11:03but you can't just rock up on a blue planet with six moons
0:11:03 > 0:11:05in a pair of jeans and a hoodie!
0:11:05 > 0:11:08The good news is, even if you look like Jabba the Hutt,
0:11:08 > 0:11:11you can get anywhere if you're dressed right.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Sci-fi movies have given us some of the most far-out fashions
0:11:14 > 0:11:16in the history of the universe.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Strike a pose. It's time for The Hoff to introduce
0:11:19 > 0:11:22sci-fi's next top model!
0:11:30 > 0:11:34# You keep sayin' you've got somethin' for me... #
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Sci-fi fashion is incredibly difficult to get right.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40You usually end up running around in silver jumpsuits!
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Do you like your quasi-futuristic clothes, Mr Powers?
0:11:43 > 0:11:46I designed them myself.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51Why silver? Is it some reflective property that makes it good?
0:11:57 > 0:12:02In Blade Runner, they did a clever thing of having a mix of different fashions
0:12:02 > 0:12:04and quite eclectic looks that everyone had.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06It seems believable even now,
0:12:06 > 0:12:08even though it was made in 1981, '82.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11There seems to be a lot of leather going on in the future.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17I think The Matrix is the most stylish sci-fi film.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21We used to have three-quarter-length jackets.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23I'm not joking. This is a true story.
0:12:23 > 0:12:28They weren't leather, though. It was cheap leather. Plastic leather - pleather!
0:12:29 > 0:12:31..that I would find The One.
0:12:31 > 0:12:32- The Fifth Element...- ..was weird.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35The outfits in The Fifth Element were so weird!
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- I mean, Chris Tucker!- I can see you in that outfit, man!
0:12:38 > 0:12:41# All night long, all night... #
0:12:44 > 0:12:47I think fashion in sci-fi, when they try too hard, can go wrong.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50When they try to make everyone look really futuristic.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54'When are we going to be able to have fat days in the future?'
0:12:54 > 0:12:57When can you have a bloat from gluten?
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Everything is like second skin!
0:13:00 > 0:13:02I hate that about future films.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04It panics me about what I'll do in the future!
0:13:04 > 0:13:07What happens at Christmas when you gain a few pounds?
0:13:07 > 0:13:09When you gain an extra ass?
0:13:09 > 0:13:11You can't do that! Nothing is hidden in the future!
0:13:13 > 0:13:15I think The Day the Earth Stood Still
0:13:15 > 0:13:18was very much like an outfit that you could pee in.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22I think that's why you have those space outfits.
0:13:22 > 0:13:23You can just basically let loose.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32You may not know it, but The Hoff knows all about science.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35E, for example, = MC squared.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38And I'll send you a signed photo if you can prove me wrong.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40But, in the world of sci-fi,
0:13:40 > 0:13:42things are different.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Cos in the movies, science is made up.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49And if you think making up science that sounds realistic is easy,
0:13:49 > 0:13:54then you never disengaged the flexar monitor on a Phaseoid TC-20.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Avatar has a lot of sci-fi babble.
0:14:01 > 0:14:06What we think we know is that there is some kind of electro-chemical communication
0:14:06 > 0:14:08between the roots of the trees,
0:14:08 > 0:14:10like the synapses between neurons.
0:14:10 > 0:14:15And each tree has ten to the fourth connections to the trees around it.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18And there are ten to the 12th trees on Pandora.
0:14:18 > 0:14:23There is a tendency that you can kind of explain,
0:14:23 > 0:14:26try and explain anything away,
0:14:26 > 0:14:29with just kind of made-up science.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32It's a network. It's a global network
0:14:32 > 0:14:34and the Na'vi can access it.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36They can upload and download data,
0:14:36 > 0:14:40memories, at sites like the one you just destroyed.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Yes!
0:14:42 > 0:14:46What the hell have you people been smoking out there?
0:14:47 > 0:14:51- Anything to do with Star Trek... - Right.- ..has a ridiculous amount of babble in it.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55How in the hell did they do that? Where did the Romulans get that kind of weaponry?
0:14:55 > 0:14:59The engineering necessary to artificially create a black hole
0:14:59 > 0:15:01may suggest an answer.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05Such technology could theoretically be manipulated to create a tunnel through space/time.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Dammit, man, I'm a doctor, not a physicist!
0:15:07 > 0:15:10They don't have the science worked out, but someone pops up in a white suit.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13The grey flesh encasing it is organic material.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Some kind of bio-engineered space suit.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18If it's a woman, it's someone who is probably model pretty.
0:15:18 > 0:15:19They'll just blind you with science.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Which makes sense, given the placenta is a life-support system.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Basically, in order to survive in our environment,
0:15:25 > 0:15:27the being had to be born here.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31They'll throw loads of fancy words at you, but it still doesn't make a lick of sense!
0:15:31 > 0:15:36To make an alteration in the evolvement of an organic life system is fatal.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40A coding sequence cannot be revised once it's been established.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43If they could explain them, they would have made them by now.
0:15:43 > 0:15:49So why try and explain it? You can't. If you could, someone would have made it.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52That is the paradox of science fiction!
0:15:52 > 0:15:54When we're talking of science fiction films,
0:15:54 > 0:15:56we have to talk about robots.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59They started off as a bit of harmless fun.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Hell, I even used one in my car.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Now they've started asking us
0:16:04 > 0:16:07why we have an unexpected item in the bagging area
0:16:07 > 0:16:09when we're trying to buy milk!
0:16:09 > 0:16:13If that isn't going too far, then I am not the number one TV star in history.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17But don't say the movie robots didn't warn us.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Those crazy little tin men have been causing trouble
0:16:19 > 0:16:21since cameras started rolling!
0:16:21 > 0:16:23- AS A ROBOT:- Engage the Hoff-bot!
0:16:37 > 0:16:42So you've got androids, cyborgs and robots.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43Like different breeds of dogs.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52I think we like robots for two reasons.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55One because we want servants!
0:16:55 > 0:16:58We want servants that are pliable and will do whatever we ask them to do
0:16:58 > 0:16:59and robots in movies tend to do that.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02- COOL ROBOT VOICE:- Shall I finish cutting your hair later?
0:17:02 > 0:17:04No, let's finish this.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10C-3PO and R2-D2 are a cute little buddy couple, aren't they?
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Surrender is a perfectly acceptable alternative in extreme circumstances.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15The Empire may be... CUTS OUT
0:17:15 > 0:17:22- C-3PO was ghastly.- In Short Circuit, there's Johnny 5. Everyone remembers that.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Malfunction. Need input.
0:17:25 > 0:17:30- Input?!- He just sort of waddled around, whining the whole time.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33You just wanted to see him destroyed.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36No! No disassemble! No disassemble Number 5!
0:17:36 > 0:17:42If you watch Wall-E, he does have a similar body shape to Johnny 5,
0:17:42 > 0:17:44but Wall-E would kick Johnny 5's ass
0:17:44 > 0:17:47up and down the street happily.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49I love robotic reminders of ourselves, as well,
0:17:49 > 0:17:51so I love Robocop.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59He's a husk of a man. He's been shot to ribbons by the bad guys.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04So they put his body, I think half of his body, into a metal torso
0:18:04 > 0:18:06that keeps him alive, just about.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08WOMAN CRIES
0:18:08 > 0:18:11- Let the woman go. You are under arrest.- Shit!
0:18:11 > 0:18:16He has a computer memory and a human memory, and they fight for supremacy in his mind.
0:18:20 > 0:18:21He's an incredibly cool character.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27MAN SCREAMS IN AGONY
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Your move, creep!
0:18:31 > 0:18:33I like the humanoid robot's end.
0:18:33 > 0:18:38The straight up, "I am a robot. Look at me. Fight the power!"
0:18:38 > 0:18:39Ash!
0:18:41 > 0:18:46Robots in films, as long as they have white blood,
0:18:46 > 0:18:47which is gross and horrible,
0:18:47 > 0:18:50I think that qualifies for a robot. You don't need to act like a robot.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52- Mr Lawrence?- Yes.
0:18:52 > 0:18:58Michael Fassbender's robot, David, in Prometheus, is probably the best.
0:18:58 > 0:19:04I was designed like this because you people are more comfortable interacting with your own kind.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07He's trying so hard to be accepted,
0:19:07 > 0:19:10even though he will never be accepted because he's a robot.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14If I didn't wear the suit, it would defeat the purpose.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18- Making you guys pretty close, huh? - Not too close, I hope.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Of course, the thing we really care about in a sci-fi movie
0:19:23 > 0:19:25is the hero or heroine.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28I mean, girls kill stuff, too.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31But a sci-fi hero is a very specific kind of beast.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35They have to be able to pilot any kind of spacecraft
0:19:35 > 0:19:37without looking in the instruction manual!
0:19:37 > 0:19:40And look hot doing kung fu in pleather!
0:19:40 > 0:19:43So, who's my perfect sci-fi hero?
0:19:47 > 0:19:52Guess who's going to be a bit of a rogue in there, with your sci-fi hero?
0:19:54 > 0:19:57- You need gas?- Been here long?
0:19:57 > 0:19:58'They need to be special, somehow.'
0:19:58 > 0:20:03They need to be able to do something that other people in the film can't do.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11Bruce Willis is the best action hero ever,
0:20:11 > 0:20:13but can do sci-fi incredibly well.
0:20:13 > 0:20:19Because it's exactly the same except instead of shooting people, he's shooting aliens!
0:20:21 > 0:20:28One of my favourite sci-fi movie heroes is Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30My mission is to protect you.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33Yeah? Who sent you?
0:20:33 > 0:20:35You did.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39We don't necessarily like our heroes to be too sort of invincible.
0:20:41 > 0:20:46The fact is that he's got to protect this essentially helpless child.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48So that's where the vulnerability comes from.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51So we don't need it in the hero. The hero can be completely bad ass!
0:20:56 > 0:21:00One of my favourite sci-fi heroes is Neo from The Matrix.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10Neo from The Matrix is the science fiction version of Superman.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12He can fly, he's strong.
0:21:13 > 0:21:19Someone who can defeat anything and anyone with the power of his mind!
0:21:21 > 0:21:23If you look at Star Wars, you've got two heroes, really.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26You've got Luke and Han, and they're completely different people.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30- I'm not going anywhere! - They're going to execute her!
0:21:30 > 0:21:32You said you didn't want to wait and be captured. Now you want to stay?
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Marching into the detention area is not what I had in mind!
0:21:35 > 0:21:38- But they're going to kill her! - Better her than me!
0:21:38 > 0:21:43You always thought Han was the brave one, but in the end, Luke came good.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51A lot of times, like Luke Skywalker, they're the reluctant heroes.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53They don't want to do it,
0:21:53 > 0:21:55but they wind up saving the Earth.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58What a bonus! I bet he gets laid!
0:21:58 > 0:22:02'Remember, The Force will be with you, always.'
0:22:02 > 0:22:04When Star Wars came out, I was seven,
0:22:04 > 0:22:06and I just wanted to be Luke Skywalker.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08What's he talking about?
0:22:08 > 0:22:09Then you move on from that,
0:22:09 > 0:22:14and I would say your icon would settle on Deckard from Blade Runner!
0:22:14 > 0:22:15I'm Deckard, Blade Runner.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18260-354. I'm a monitor.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21My favourite sci-fi hero is definitely Sigourney Weaver
0:22:21 > 0:22:26in the Alien films, because she turns into a bad ass throughout the film.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Sigourney Weaver kicks ass, and she kicks alien ass, as well.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35If you can kick alien ass, you're cool!
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Get away from her, you bitch!
0:22:39 > 0:22:43In a sci-fi world, where you've got to stretch... The suspension of disbelief is huge!
0:22:43 > 0:22:47You've got to have a lot of patience for sci-fi in that respect.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49The characters have to be real.
0:22:52 > 0:22:57The problem for me is, a lot of the heroes in sci-fi films,
0:22:57 > 0:22:59I end up preferring the monster!
0:23:04 > 0:23:08Let's get something straight. On Earth, weapons make you look like a psycho.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12But in a space film, if you're not packing some high-tech laser phaser,
0:23:12 > 0:23:15you're going to end up living in something's stomach.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19And I don't do living in something's stomach.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21For a start, it would ruin my tan!
0:23:21 > 0:23:24So, grab your blasters.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27It's time to load up The Hoff's most awesome space weapons!
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Sci-fi is a wonderful breeding ground for directors with wonderful imaginations
0:23:37 > 0:23:40who want to dream up wonderful ways in which to kill people.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48Favourite weapon in a sci-fi has got to be the Death Star in Star Wars.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54- It's a planet that blows up other planets! You don't get much bigger than that!- It's a big deal.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Then we have the coolest movie weapon of all time, no debate.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02It's the lightsaber.
0:24:02 > 0:24:07As a kid, you and your mates, fighting with broom handles going,
0:24:07 > 0:24:08"Vrrr!"
0:24:14 > 0:24:19I think the best weapon in a sci-fi film is not Robocop himself...
0:24:19 > 0:24:21ED-209.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24..but the two-legged machine
0:24:24 > 0:24:27that they've developed as an aid to law enforcement.
0:24:27 > 0:24:32Please put down your weapon! You have 20 seconds to comply.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35I think you'd better do what he says!
0:24:38 > 0:24:41It's such a funny scene. It's macabre, but it's really funny.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02My favourite weapon in a sci-fi film is in The Fifth Element.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Voila! The ZF-1.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07It's an all-purpose thing.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09It's light. Handle's adjustable for easy carrying.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Good for righters and lefters. Breaks down into four parts.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Undetectable by x-ray. Ideal for quick, discreet interventions.
0:25:14 > 0:25:19They have a net thrower, a freeze thrower.
0:25:22 > 0:25:23A flame thrower.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28My favourite!
0:25:28 > 0:25:32OK. We've travelled the universe, and now we're back on Earth,
0:25:32 > 0:25:34which is ruled by me, Lord David of Hasselhoff.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38But which space movie sends me into the stratosphere?
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Well, The Hoff's Best Sci-Fi Film Ever
0:25:41 > 0:25:44has the perfect combo of spaceship,
0:25:44 > 0:25:48weapons and the best alien in movie history.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52It's even led by my all-time favourite life form,
0:25:52 > 0:25:53a woman!
0:25:53 > 0:25:58That's right. I give to you the one and only...
0:26:00 > 0:26:01..Alien!
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Of course ever all-time is Alien! Of course it is!
0:26:11 > 0:26:14It's got everything, that film. Everything.
0:26:14 > 0:26:19They managed to set it in space, but still make it one of the most claustrophobic films.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21They're trapped in their ship.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27I do think Alien was incredibly influential.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Particularly in the actual alien, with all its weird teeth.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37And the weird dripping things that are happening.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48Sigourney Weaver is my ultimate female hero.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53When everything is falling around her...
0:26:59 > 0:27:02..she puts her hair up, she sorts it out.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05I'm altering the vector now.
0:27:07 > 0:27:08She saves the day!
0:27:12 > 0:27:16The greatest piece of sci-fi film-making ever.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27I hope you enjoyed the show. I know I did.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31We've learned that sci-fi movies challenge us to dream of distant horizons.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35They also show us that maybe there is a corner of the universe
0:27:35 > 0:27:39where nobody is too ugly to get into a cool bar.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41OK, we're done.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43So, until we meet again,
0:27:43 > 0:27:47this is The Hoff blasting off!
0:27:47 > 0:27:48Good night!
0:28:13 > 0:28:16Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd