Girl Fridays - Galaxina!

How I have existed on this planet and not seen Galaxina until now is a stunner. When this low-budget science fiction-comedy flick hit the screens I was gobbling up sci-fi with a robust appetite, but somehow or other this one never got on the menu. Maybe I thought it was a porno or something, but nevertheless this movie is a fun little flicker to enjoy if you adjust your settings down. 

The main attraction is the tragic star Dorothy Stratten and it's not too much to say that this is merely a vehicle to show off her considerable talents -- both of them. Wrapped up in a skintight white costume with a Power Girl cut-out at the bosom this strapping bombshell holds your attention when she slithers into the scene. 

She spends much of the first half of the movie mute, since being an android with the sole purpose to act as maid and butler to a gang of offbeat space cops she has little use for language. Later she gets feelings for Thor, one of the gang played by Stephen Macht and so reprograms herself to speak though going all the way will require a stopover at the local space station for new parts. 

As you might well know Stratten was murdered by her husband and manager soon after this movie was released. Galaxina is by far her most famous role outside the fold-out pages of Hugh Hefner's magazine, and there's no doubt she's an aloof beauty. I cannot judge from this outing really if her acting career had much distance, but as the titular star of Galaxina she performs exceedingly well. 

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