James Cameron has been a blockbuster icon for so long that it’s hard to imagine a time before his influence. His enormous filmography redefines genres and inspires endless imitators over several decades. The ’80s and ’90s were rife with new takes on Cameron’s Terminator franchise, many blatant and embarrassing flops. It seems fitting that the genre-defining director who spawned countless knockoffs would start his career on a comical mimicry of a classic. Cameron’s big break came in Battle Beyond the Stars.