I had low expectations for "Queen of Outer Space" as I had heard that it was not very good, but I did find myself enjoying it, especially in the middle after the slow beginning. Zsa Zsa is a hoot here and this is an undeniably campy film but I think it is worth watching. It is sort of like an episode of the later "Star Trek" series except with perhaps more hormones raging and less discipline. In fact there are many similarities detectable, such as the music, sound effects, staging etc. And I liked the flat screen TV's which have now become a reality. Though I recognized the spider bit from "World Without End" which I just saw. And in betwixt all the silliness the film does say something about the effect of beauty, women, and men and what is desired or not.
I think the film was also intended to poke fun at the space program in general, especially the phallic rockets and all the rich and scientific men's quest for dominance, remembrance, and greatness (which occurs yet today), while being unaware of how silly and desperate they really are as their virility wanes unto inexorable death. But I guess that is the biological imperative of the male of the species, to explore, to create, and dominate, even if it spreads war and exploitation and environmental degradation at great long-term cost, but who cares right, we'll figure that out later. P. S. The queen in the film was probably correct, they should make a sequel showing most of the Venusians killed or exploited with their planet ruined for mineral mining after full scale earth invasion and subdual. Sorry for my pessimism, the film is better than I write, 5/10 rating.
I think the film was also intended to poke fun at the space program in general, especially the phallic rockets and all the rich and scientific men's quest for dominance, remembrance, and greatness (which occurs yet today), while being unaware of how silly and desperate they really are as their virility wanes unto inexorable death. But I guess that is the biological imperative of the male of the species, to explore, to create, and dominate, even if it spreads war and exploitation and environmental degradation at great long-term cost, but who cares right, we'll figure that out later. P. S. The queen in the film was probably correct, they should make a sequel showing most of the Venusians killed or exploited with their planet ruined for mineral mining after full scale earth invasion and subdual. Sorry for my pessimism, the film is better than I write, 5/10 rating.