Vegas in Space

Very cute film, with possibly the lowest budget ever. Many B movies try to make their low budget as realistic as possible, with Vegas In Space the idea was to make it look as campy as possible. Paper spaceships flying on strings over a table of perfume bottles which is supposed to represent the city of Vegas on the planet Clitoris.

The highlight is Queen Veneer (queen of Clitorian police.) This wicked little draq queen has all the other queens of Vegas shaking in fear every time she gives them the evil eye. "The only real crimes here are crimes of fashion, enough to keep me offended....and busy!"

Queen Veneer and Space Core's finest must find the thief who stole the jewels which keeps the planet's orbit stable. Who in Vegas could it be?? You also get a lesson in the history of "drag," dating back to the first dragladyke who thawed out during the "facial" age. Funny lines and wonderful dialogue make Vegas In Space one spacey, camped out funny movie!

"glamour first!, glamour last!, glamour ALWAYS!!!"

I first saw this on USA Nite Flight years ago. I never expected to find it on DVD (a Troma Release) at Best Buy!!!!

Yes, all the actors are men in drag (right?) and it's silly silly fun. Hey, how many movies have u seen made in someone's apartment? How many movies have you seen using make-up and nail polish bottles to resemble a minature cityscape? (please recall that Star Trek (original tv show) used European Salt and Pepper shakers as medical gear!)

This movie is silly bad and was made over 7 or 8 years. It's FUN.

So put in your fave wig and enjoy.

Comes with 3 silly Troma Trailers and some other funny extras.

To save the universe? Would you change sex? Alright, I give, but that's what the tag line says, so I'm just going along with what marketing offers.

Being that Troma distributes the film, you know it's going to take a turn for the low-budget, bizarre screaming for play on MST3K. And if the show was still around, I'm sure they would have eventually covered it.

So a crew of effemminitely burly "dudes" (as they refer to themselves quite often - yet I don't refer to myself as a "dude" or even girls as "chicks" - must be an '80's California thing) change into women to stop some sort of naughtiness about jewel thievery on a pleasure planet. So it's a plausible (if goofy) concept to get to the planet, and all of the men on the ship seem perfectly fine with becoming women, so I take it this is a pretty easygoing crew of galaxy savers.

And yet, when they get there, the more they stay, the crew seems less and less interested in saving the universe than they do in exchanging fashion tips. And while this may be all well and good for some, even in their new forms, I would think that saving the planet from destruction would be just a little more important than a song and dance number.

I never expected this to be a serious film (I don't think the filmmakers did, either), and given that they apparently did this all in one apartment is pretty impressive. And there are a few funny one-liners scattered throughout the film. But I think this was a film meant to highlight the leading actor/actresses more than anything else. It just seemed to run more and more out of steam by the time the movie was over, and the chase scenes... well, they were definitely there.

So as a "cheesy movie", it excels. It would be great to have a group of friends over and poke fun at it (even if the end scenes start to drag, and why does the crew never mention anything about an option to return to their original selves?). Otherwise, this is a film that has to be taken with a grain of salt. Or something.

a true "b" movie if ever there was...

a fun romp with drag queens in outer space (i've always felt they were somewhat other worldly anyway). i only wish i had been in s.f. during filming, i would have like to have met these guys before they passed... from the cheesy sets to the dialogue (reminds me of the guys i worked with the 4 summers i worked on fire island) this is a movie to play as background at a party or have a campy get together with white trash hors d'oeuvres (cheese balls, onion dip, that sort of thing served with 3 foot martinis) and watch the glamour meter rise!!!

glamour first, glamour last, glamour always!

There are basically two types of b-movies. Some of the aforementioned film you never want to see in life...EVER! Then there are the rare exceptions, the ones that are so bad they're actually entertaining. "Vegas In Space" fits into the latter category. Sure, the effects aren't exactly CGI-produced, and the dialogue isn't really Oscar-worthy, but who cares? It is a fun little movie that I would like to see over and over again. It has that "Barbarella"-"Valley of the Dolls" vibe to this film, which I absolutely love. It doesn't try to change the world or solve any problems; it just tells you sit down, relax, and look fabulous doing it.