Airdate: 11/8/79
Buck is kidnapped on the
female-controlled planet of Xantia. While there he is imprisoned, and
dehumanizingly auctioned off to be the mate of a lucky girl – but he manages to
escape and join an uprising, led by the daughter of the planet’s prime
minister. It turns out that Xantia lost all its men in a war with another
planet, Ruatha, and needs to take men, preferably hot ones, to help populate
their world. To help settle things, our fearless flyboy arranges to board the Ruathian
ambassador ship, where he helps create détente among the warring parties.
Wacked-out premise seems like its
trying to be part Roger Corman exploitation, part feminist tract – and winds up
succeeding at neither due to a needlessly overplotted (and dull) third act.
Uber-tight silk pants and extreme-cleavage exposing tops are in usual
abundance, but so is the tedious technospeak that only true fans will have a
tolerance for. Highlight: Buck’s auctions scene, where lounging sirens could resemble
the glassy-eyed vixens of a Russ Meyer movie.
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