a_chinn Low budget "Barbarella" knock-off manages to be watchable, but is nowhere as funny as it thinks it is. Dorothy Stratten plays the sexy robot Galaxina on a ship of space intergalactic cops patrolling the universe. While the crew is asleep, Galaxina reprograms herself to be more human. Romantic entanglements ensure. Later their ship is sent to recover a mysterious crystal on a planet that resembles the old west, which is a goofily entertaining of genre mash-up. The film mostly wants to operate as a sci-fi spoof of "Star Trek," "Alien," any number of other films in the vein of Mel Brooks, but it's nowhere as clever as Brooks or a Zucker/Abrams/Zucker parody film. Also, the film suffers from being too overt of a sex comedy, which worked much better in "Barbarella," where director Roger Vadim kept the film sexy but also somewhat innocent, where in "Galaxina" it just feels leering and creepy. Despite it's many deficiencies, Stratten demonstrates real star power in a ridiculous film, much like Jane Fonda in "Barbarella," and as bad as this film is, it did make me wish Stratten had gotten to make more films.

conkeestador Don't believe any positive thing you've ever heard, read, or seen about this movie. This movie has not a single redeeming quality. Others have taken the time to write out a synopsis so I won't bother, but just think of the worst 1980 had to offer, formulaic sci-fi ripoff, cocaine-induced and you are exactly where the writers and producers were when this mess was hatched.Dorothy Stratten was no actress, and had it not been for her unfortunate demise and the subsequent pity party, she would be lost in obscurity. Don't get me wrong, she was extremely attractive and possibly even a nice person, but we see so little, and fortunately hear even less of her in her role that Galaxina is just a waste of time. Okay, the role of emotionless robot that eventually teaches itself to speak was perfect for her (you'll know right away what I'm talking about when she does finally speak), but good god man, she's a Playboy Playmate, why does she never even come close to taking her clothes off? Isn't it bad enough that she's really only in about 40% of the movie, but seriously, not even a topless shower scene or at least some side boob? I've seen less clothes on women in public in extremist middle eastern countries.I looked for this movie for many years and believe me I was quite let down when I finally watched it. It is actually one of the very few movies that I have actually trashed because it was taking up too much space.

Coventry Regarding my thoughts on "Galaxina", I can only concur with what my good pal BA_Harrison wrote. That poor, poor Dorothy Stratten! She became a lust object and Playmate of the Year at the tender age of 19, but what did she have to show for it? Two lousy movies and an affair with a sleazy director 20 years older than herself! Only one sole and turbulent year of success, between August 1979 and August 1980, tragically cost her life since she was barbarically murdered by her former husband/manager Paul Snider. This pathetic and otherwise completely forgettable little flick exploits her luscious female curves and cleverly camouflages her limited acting skills, since Stratten stars as a cyborg in a tight golden latex outfit. The film itself is a dire and non-humorous spoof of Sci-Fi milestones such as "Star Trek", "Alien", "2001: A Space Odyssey" and primarily of course "Star Wars". Writer/director William Sachs previously made "The Incredible Melting Man", which was supposed to be dead serious and petrifying but provoked hysterical laughter instead. With "Galaxina" he actually tries to be funny, but fails miserably. The plot is inexistent, the dialogs are dull and the gags are embarrassingly inept (and badly timed atop). Avery Schreiber does what he can to provide the film with a light-headed and cheerful atmosphere, but the script is just hopeless. "Galaxina" got released around the same time as Stratten's murder, and undoubtedly would have been long forgotten if she hadn't passed away. Imagine her poor parents' grief!

mergatroid-1 This is a scifi spoof like no other.I have seen this movie several times and every time it gets funnier.Avery Schreiber is hilarious as Capt. Cornelius Butt, in charge of a Police Space Cruiser. This is Schreiber at his best, very funny guy. The police ship is sent on a mission that will require years of hibernation, so they get shore leave before they go. I can still hear them singing, as they march in unison down the corridor of their ship: "Porno, porno, porno lets go! Hail forth and ho hail ho ho ho ho, ho ho ho ho Porno porno porno lets go!...." During their flight, the captain's hibernation gets turned off by a creature that was hatched ala "Alien" when he ate an unusual egg earlier. The little creature thinks he's it's mother. When the ship arrives, the captain has so much hair he can't see where he's going, and he's aged so much he can barely walk.The mission is to find "The Blue Star". After anyone says its name (The Blue Star), there's a chorus of angels. When they get to the planet, they find that the Blue Star (ah aaaah!) has been taken by a gang of bikers who worship their lord and master Harley David Son (vroom, vroom)an old chopper they all pray to. We also find out that Galaxina has changed herself so she can be physical with the crew member who fell for her. As their making out, he's suddenly sad. She asks why, and he says "well, we can't, you know..." to which she replies "They have it in the catalogue".There are many classic moments in this movie, like the Human Restaurant that serves ...what else? Humans. They have "Lady Fingers" on the menu, and they're really lady's fingers.The people who gave this a really bad score just don't get it. Which is OK. It's a comedy/spoof. Take it for what it is and enjoy.If you you're not a big scifi fan, and don't like camp, then skip it.