Yesterday, we tackled the topic of some of the best movies ever made in or about South Dakota. Today, we tackle the rest.

Actually, there are quite a few films that have either been filmed in part here or feature the Black Hills or western South Dakota in some way, many of them in a way that is less than memorable or that is memorable for all the wrong reasons.

5. Starship Troopers

I grew up on science fiction, devouring books and short stories from the likes of Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein, the author of "Starship Troopers." Heck, as a boy, I was familiar with Heinlein's "Starship Troopers" and even played the Avalon Hill board game with friends. The concept of us vs. them - them being enormous alien spiders - was easy to digest and fun to get beyond.

Controversial when it was written and released in the late 1950s, its exploration of the themes of violence and their need as a useful deterrent throughout history was highly controversial. Of course, most of that escaped me when I read them as I wasn't even in junior high yet.

The movie is a whole 'nother beast. Slickly produced and filmed in part in the Badlands, themes seem to be lost for the most part as a good part of the movie is spectacular battle scenes between laser shooting and brain sucking bugs and the us humans.

And while the movie is said to be a satire on the militarism that Heinlein had championed in the original novel, it was a bit lost in all the high action scenes and the focus on the love lives of the main characters.

4. Beast from Haunted Cave

The 1959 monster flick is known among movie buffs as the directorial debut of Monte Hellman, who later went on to direct movies such as Cockfighter and the television show Baretta.

That being said, much of the movie is appeal is lost on younger viewers for two reasons. No. 1, the cultural evaporation of B-movies as a form of entertainment (today, they're called direct to DVD and don't engender near as much fun as a B-movie double feature at the drive in) and the special effects of this half spider, half octopus beast that chases the thieves.

That being said, the kitsch factor is high, and though not as entertaining as such schlock fests as "Plan 9 From Outer Space," viewed with similar expectations, it isn't a total loss of a movie.

3. National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets

OK, OK, it is true this movie has done more for South Dakota tourism than any movie filmed in the state since Dances With Wolves, but it just isn't as entertaining as the original.

Sure, it's great fun to see the Shrine of Democracy and a little Hollywood magic conducted on area lakes to magically move one to just behind the four faces' heads, but as a popcorn movie, it simply leaves too many kernels unpopped.

And I am a Nicholas Cage fan. At least half the time. Except for Con Air. And this. And a few others.

At least the trailer is great.

2. From Hollywood to Deadwood

Filmed in the late 1980s in Deadwood, this low budget independent detective mystery featured such Hollwyood stars as Chris Mulkey and Campbell Scott. And while it does provide glimpses of the historic city shortly before limited stakes gambling changed the very fabric of the town, this is strictly B-movie fare.

1. Wild Bill

Ish.

There have been a lot of movies made starring the Wild West lawman Wild Bill Hickok, and not many of them are great. But this movie is just awful.

Historically questionable on many fronts with a plot that will put you down like a warm glass of milk at midnight, this portrayal of the western lawman fails on all fronts.

Although the stars aligned for the making of the film (Jeff Bridges, Ellen Barkin, John Hurt, Diane Lane, Keith Carradine, David Arquette, Christina Applegate and Bruce Dern all appear), the best thing that can be said about this movie is that it wasn't actually shot in South Dakota