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is a 1977 Italian film directed by Alfonso Brescia and starring John Richardson. It is considered a remake of the 1965 film Planet of the Vampires. It was also released as War of the Planets (not to be confused with the 1965 Antonio Margheriti film of that name), and also as Cosmo 2000, as well as Cosmo: Planet Without a Name.

The 4 films in Alfonso Brescia’s 1978 sci-fi series are

Cosmos: War of the Planets (1978, a.k.a. Year Zero War in Space)

Battle of the Stars (1978, a.k.a. Battle in Interstellar Space), War of the Robots (1978, a.k.a. Reactor) and Star Odyssey (1979, a.k.a. Seven Gold Men in Space)

Captain Video rand from 1949 – 1955 on the DuMont TV network from 1949 – 1955. It was the first science fiction show to run on TV.  It aired daily at 7:00pm. Few episodes are extant since most were destroyed after the original broadcast. Despite being  popular among a wide demographic the show was hampered by a low budget and the show’s running time was cut. The prop budget was as low as $25 (between $261 and $861 in today’s money depending on who is doing the calculation). The show was mentioned on the first episode of The Honey Mooners

The Honeymooners : Lost Episodes 1951-1957 (The Complete Restored Series)