Nostalgia Critic Takes on ‘Mars Attacks’

Nostalgia Critic, one of the best-known and longest-running critics doing video reviews online, used this week’s episode to take a look at Mars Attacks, the star-studded 1996 sci-fi comedy basd on the wildly popular trading card game which has spawned imitators, spinoffs, comic books, and more.

Mars Attacks came from director Tim Burton, best known for his work on the Batman films.

Mars Attacks was a story-driven set of Topps cards created in 1962. The original cards featured artwork by science-fiction artists Wally Wood and Norman Saunders.

The cards form a story arc, which tell of the invasion of Earth by cruel, hideous Martians, under the command of a corrupt Martian government who conceal the fact from the Martian populace that Mars is doomed to explode and therefore proposes a colonization of Earth. The cards depict futuristic battle scenes and bizarre methods of Martian attack, torture and slaughter, as well as various Earth nations being attacked.

Mars Attacks is available on digital, DVD, and Blu-ray.