Shot in 1980, GALAXINA is best remembered today as the starring vehicle for the future, soon to be murdered Playmate of the Year, Dorothy Stratton. Cast as the titular robot who just wants to love like a human, Stratton is mostly relegated to supporting cast status until the second half of the movie where she then she steps into center stage.

This extremely silly science fiction movie, complete with cheesy 80's computer graphics that look like they were knocked up on a whiz kid's Commodore 64, follows the crew of a Space Police cruiser who, after being on an extremely long and boring tour of duty, receive an all important mission to travel to the hostile planet of Alter One to retrieve the mysterious and powerful Blue Star. After a stop at a Brothel planet populated with weird and unusual alien women, the ultra annoying crew take a nap in hyperspace while Galaxina downloads all the relevant data needed to become "human" so she can be with her true love, Thor. Unfortunately, evil villian Ordric has plans for the Blue Star and pursues our heroes, which ends in a chilling showdown.

Sounding more adventurous and better than it really is, GALAXINA is a pretty fun Sci-Fi spoof not meant to be taken seriously (I hope). The sound effects for the spaceships are lifted directly from other movies such as War of the Worlds but that just ads to the charm of this unusual movie. The performances from the actors of our intrepid space crew range from barely adequate to downright embarrassing, like Captain Cornelious Butt...or "Corny Butt" as he call himself (this gives you an idea about some of the jokes and humor). Some of the running gags start off funny, like when anyone says the words "The Blue Star", operatic-style music is played and the characters react to it by appearing startled. It's a funny bit that gets old very quick when the cast repeatedly react with outlandish surprise every time the outbursts of music play. The Alien Casino's menu is nifty what with humans being the preferred meat; all of the food items are variations on recipes but use human ingredients. At times some jokes fall completely flat and the cast doesn't always have the perfect execution, which makes for some awkward silences even in the movie.

Most of the humor and gags fall under the parody and slapstick variety but some of the bogus commercials the characters watch on their TVs are pretty inspired. This Anniversary edition from BCI/Eclipse comes widescreen but a bit on the soft focus side. The space scenes look nice, yet dated, but the interior spaceship scenes look muted and grainy. The DVD comes as a High Definition transfer but it seems to be a bit of a detriment since the source material doesn't appear to be in pristine condition. There were audio problems on the DVD that I viewed, especially in the Brothel scene, with some dialogue dropping completely out and the background noise becoming muted. The extras on the disc include the theatrical trailer (looking rather worse for wear) and a slideshow/gallery of poster art, as well as being able to watch the futuristic TV commercials in their entirety. Star bios are included as well.

All in all, this falls under the "so bad, it's irresistible" heading. The movie takes liberal shots at such sci-fi institutions as “Star Trek” and “Alien” and it's hard not to just roll your eyes and laugh along with the silliness. And when you have a Western movie set doubling as an alien planet, and the original Batmobile parked by the side of the road, you know you've stumbled across something...odd, if not unique.