Vegas in Space

Well, not surprisingly, this movie was a smash hit in gay/drag circles throughout the U.S., maybe even the world. All I know is that it sucks. It's intentionally bad, but bad nonetheless, and so, it being my sworn, solemn duty to watch the worst crap I can, I watched it. Futuristic cities made out of fingernail polish bottles. Earthquakes caused by violently shaking the camera, which appears to be handheld. Men inexplicably change into women for no other apparent reason than to just do it. No real reason for it written into the plot. It's as though it's a must-do thing before you beam down to a planet, change your sex. Who knew. All this, thrown in there with intensely gaudy sets, neon everything, and a bit of drag psychedelia too, this movie is good for just about anyone, gay, straight, drag, whatever, who loves bad movies. My friend has had his copy that he rented for almost 2 years. He doesn't like it, he just wants to keep people from destroying themselves through watching it. (I think he secretly enjoys the movie and that's why he's had it for so long) That, and it's funny to keep a movie you rented for 2 years, evading various court summons and arrest warrants.

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!

This is a film about which people tend to feel strongly: either very good, or very bad (just check out the voting summary for evidence of this). In my opinion, it's very good, but I stumbled into it at a gay film festival, so my first viewing was perhaps in just the right place at just the right time. Overall, I would have difficulty recommending this film to anyone but fans of the bizarre, fans of drag and fans of bad sci-fi. There is some very (intentionally) hilarious dialogue in this, much of which is made better by the effective delivery -- the cast doesn't do much nudge-nudge, wink-winking of the audience, which would have made the high camp and innuendo too heavy-handed to be funny. Instead, this comes off as a sort of drag homage to the campy formative years of modern science fiction, the same era during which both drag and gay rights came into their own. An attentive viewer will find nods to Star Trek, Lost in Space, Space: 1999, Battlestar Galactica, Red Dwarf and even the original Buck Rogers serials. Unfortunately, some terrible sound editing and not-so-hot line delivery requires the viewer to pay close attention or they miss what important plot-points there are (such as the women-only restriction on the planet, something a previous reviewer clearly missed as he criticized the crew's gender-change as having no storyline cause). Overall, this movie gets serious props for the costuming and the creative use of an obviously limited budget, the turning-on-their-ear of many of the sexist conventions of early sci-fi and for being in many spots a carefully crafted spoof of a genre. While it's definitely bad, it has fun being bad, and I have fun watching it. The song over the closing credits is fantastic.

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.

I watched this movie because, if I recall correctly, it was on a worst 100 movies list somewhere. It was my hope that it would be soooo bad, it would be good. As it turned out, I almost couldn't get through it.

I've enjoyed other movies with drag queens (eg. Priscilla), and was hoping that the campiness alone would be the redeeming quality of Vegas In Space. As it turns out, the story about the making of the movie, which is both a triumph and a tragedy, is what is interesting.

In that respect, I am pleased that Doris and crew finished their apartment-made movie. It did provide a few laughs. I especially liked the 'set' where they landed their space ship. That, and the fact that I was able to endure the whole thing gives it 2/10.