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Galaxina (1980)

In the 31st Century Man finally created a machine... with feelings !

Original Title : Galaxina
Director : William Sachs
Writer : William Sachs
Genre : Comedy
Sci-Fi
Country : USA
Language : English
Producer : Newton P. Jacobs , Marilyn Jacobs Tenser
Photography : Dean Cundey
IMDB ID : 0080771
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poster for "Galaxina" by William Sachs (1980)
Galaxina (1980) - William Sachs
 

Starring

ÂStephen Macht Thor
ÂAvery Schreiber Captain Cornelius Butt
ÂJ.D. Hinton Buzz (as James David Hinton
ÂDorothy Stratten Galaxina (as Dorothy R. Stratten
ÂLionel Mark Smith Maurice
ÂTad Horino Sam Wo
ÂRonald Knight Ordric
ÂPercy Rodriguez Ordric's Voice (voice
ÂHerb Kaplowitz Rockeater &
ÂStephen Morrell Chopper
ÂAngelo Rossitto Monster from Egg
ÂNancy McCauley Elexia
ÂFred D. Scott Commander
ÂDavid A. Cox Mr. Spot
ÂPeter Schrum Fat Daddy (as Pete Schrum
ÂSusan Kiger Blue Girl
ÂMarilyn Joi Winged Girl
ÂRhonda Shear Mime/Robot
ÂBartine Burkett Whistler's Mother (as Bartine Zane
ÂHeather O'Connell Little Girl
ÂMichael D. Castle Claw Salesman (as Mike Castle
ÂGeorge E. Mather Horn Man (as George Mather
ÂHugh Warden Earthman
ÂFrank Ferro Alien
 

Plot

Main Plot: Crew of interstellar police ship is sent to recover a mysterious crystal, the blue star. Sub Plots: The ships female android and a crew member fall in love. Alien is spoofed as as the captain gives birth to an alien who grows up on the ship thinking the captain is its mother
 

Comments

It has a subtle genius for failure. A strange thing happened the day after I saw Galaxina, back when it was released.The movie is a spoof of sci-fi movies and is full of jokes, puns and sight gags, but I just sat there in the theater and never laughed once. Or, more accurately, I didn't feel the least tickle of amusement.It was more like a string of detached observations of, "Ah, that joke flopped badly."If it had been a live performance, there would have been those crushing dead silences every time the actors paused to allow reactions to their jokes. The next night, at a party, I was trying describe just how bad the movie really was.This involved, in part, telling several of the jokes. Surprisingly, my listeners laughed at them.I could flatter myself and claim that I'm such a hot comic that I could get laughs even reading the obituaries out loud.But that ain't so.Let's just say that I gave the jokes a mildly competent delivery... and that's what Galaxina didn't do. Now, a work of genius is indefinable.No matter how much you analyze it, you can never quite pin down why it is so exceptional, while another film - with all the same objective attributes - is merely competent.The same is true of transcendent badness.The world is full of bad movies, with the same objective failures in budget, acting, writing and directing.But Galaxina is loaded with subtle catastrophes.There are nuances that extract the worst possible effect from so many scenes.And I can't quite figure out how it was done.Without this quality Galaxina might actually have ended up acceptably incompetent, a fun cheapo film, and gotten the laughs I did from its jokes.
 
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