Vegas in Space. It's presented by Troma Entertainment/Lloyd Kaufman (is it just me, or does he look like Mel Brooks's evil twin?) but don't be alarmed, it's got none of that over the top bloody gorey hooha you're used to seeing from Troma. Instead its got drag queens galore. The plot is something like this:
Three male earth captains are sent to an all-female inhabited planet, Clitora (teeheehee), to help the Empress get her stolen gems back. The Empress lives on the planet's capital, Vegas in Space. Her gems are what help keep the planet stable/alive (i think?) They take gender transforming pills as a 'disguise' and turn into fabulous, gorgeous women. Once they enter the planet they help the Queen Chief of Police find the thief, perform a totally retro "mid-20th century" lounge act, and kill the evil robot perp.
If you're not sold already, read on.
If you look it up on IMDB note that every stupid fuck who hated it is just being a stupid fuck. It's like these people expected a B-Movie made in 1991 and starring mostly drag queens to be shot in HD, have action scenes with CGI, and have a script nearly as compelling as Titanic. There's a reason its a B-Movie you tardfaces. In fact, this film does an awesome job at looking good considering its production quality. The costumes and makeup are on point (dragtastic) and I don't know where exactly it was filmed but if it was in someone's apartment then I am very impressed. The films utilizes its very obviously low budget to the fullest, and brilliantly comments on its shitty special effects. Like check this out, it's VEGAS IN SPACE!
god i can just see one of those IMDB fucks now. "WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT? THIS LOOKS LIKE ONE OF MY LEGO SETS FROM WHEN I WAS TEN! DO THEY HONESTLY EXPECT US TO BELIEVE THIS IS A REAL PLANET? GOD THEY'RE SO DUMB!"
This film is CAMPy AS FUCK (which i always love) and yea obviously the acting is corny. The dialogue is awesome. None of the science terms made sense. I mean come on, gems are keeping the planet alive who needs science to make sense of that?
I was trying to figure out whether you could put this film in the "sexploitation" category. Yea okay so obviouslyyy every movie is a sexploitation movie if its got women in it but i mean, this film has NO SEX at all. What the fuck right? There's barely any nakedness (the only boobies you see are plastic boobies). I guess that's because if the drag queens got naked it would be "giving it away" that they weren't really women. In fact, i was pleasantly surprised that the two women who really had vaginas in the film never did get naked. I guess if anything we'd have to call this a dragsploitation flick, and frankly i think its awesome. Have i said dragtastic yet? It's that too.
Pretty much, this movie is fun and not meant to be taken seriously, at all. Doris Fish (who not only starred, but also wrote the film) is perfect. I mean look at her. Have I said dragtastic yet?
There's also a cool element to the film where a part of Vegas In Space is in black and white (that's the part of the world where the Queen Chief of Police lives) and there's also a super awesome dream sequence.
ALL IN ALL (lol this is how i end every college essay i write) just watch this movie. It's on NETFLIX INSTANT WATCH and is worth your hour and a half of free time. If you like John Waters, sci-fi, spoofs, drag queens, or laughter then i recommends this cinematicness to you.
dragtastic.
oh and also, fuck Titanic.
