I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

. . . about whether the current Sci-Fi release ANNIHILATION is a direct remake ripping off QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE, or make an informed judgment about which of these films is more Realistic, UNLESS they've seen them ON THE SAME DAY. Therefore, as perhaps the ONLY Earthling (or Venutian, for that matter) in a position to compare these films while both are equally fresh in mind, I can tell you that A)Yes, ANNIHILATION totally rips off QUEEN, and B)QUEEN is the better-crafted, more believable, more satisfying, and more entertaining offering in this B-Movie pairing. Both of these stories feature implausible rainbow-colored forests, dire attacks from mutant creatures, female power struggles, cave show-downs, an alien queen burning to a crisp in the climactic scene, and a kazoo band soundtrack. However, QUEEN fortunately lacks the sour vibe given off by ANNIHILATION's "Kane" marriage, presenting instead heart-warming inter-planetary romance. Each action of all the characters in QUEEN comes off as soundly motivated, while ANNIHILATION plods along from one head-scratcher to another. Apparently, the guy who did the "special effect" for ANNIHILATION's opening scene of the comet hitting a lighthouse was reincarnated from the dude who blows up "Alpha Station" during the early going of QUEEN. If only ANNIHILATION had done less tweaking of QUEEN's plot, it could have been a much better flick!

...somehow bocchino, bocchino never rose to the level of fame that klaatu barada nikto did.I'd say that was strange, except this is "Queen of Outer Space" we're talking about. It stars Zsa Zsa Gabor for added camp. I will admit that I interviewed Ms. Gabor once, and she was absolutely wonderful - fun, friendly, and very kind. I am sorry for her present condition.Anyway, a spaceship carrying four men is attacked, they become unconscious, and when they wake up, they're on Venus.The inhabitants are all women - tall, leggy, recruited by the studio when they won beauty contests -- and some of them wear masks. One of these masked people is their Queen, Yllana, who wants to destroy the Earth with a beta disintegrator that they recently used to destroy a space station.Zsa Zsa plays Talleah, a dissenter who wants to fight Yllana but needs the men to help. Whoever put this together had a rich sense of humor. The male stars are Eric Fleming, famous from "Rawhide" co-starring Clint Eastwood -- he drowned while filming a TV scene in Peru at age 41. Several of the other actors in this are familiar as TV actors if you grew up in the '60s.This is a fun film that looks pretty cheap with lots of props etc. from Forbidden Planet. Zsa Zsa was no great shakes as an actress but she looks stunning. She was probably about 40 here, and the rest of these Venusians were probably in their twenties. She realized this and became difficult, putting one of the behind the scenes people in the hospital with ulcers. I'm not sure how seriously she took any of this - there's a story that she walked on the set of All About Eve and demanded that George Sanders accompany her shopping. Director Mankiewicz said to her, "We're making an f----g picture, honey."The only good that may have come out of this was that one of the actors, Patrick Waltz, married one of the Outer Space women (Lisa Davis).So I am signing off and saying to all of you, Bocchino, bocchino (which in one scene looked like it meant 'get going' and in another looked like it meant 'shut up').

Hold your horses there people. The main thing is that "Queen of Outer Space" is a Saturday Matinée Feature that appealed mostly to the younger generation. I was 11 years old when it came out and I found it entertaining then and now. True, it may be a poor parody and seems to have a poorly written plot but who really cares. The main thing is that it is fun to watch whether it makes you laugh-out-loud or not. People tend to over analyze things these days. Hey, "STAR WARS" got bad reviews but became a smash hit. It was a fun movie to watch. So, back off a little and give the girl a break. Fun has a place in enjoying movies as is any drama, action adventure or comedy. Recently movie makers are putting the FUN back into movies. Now, that's entertainment.

Well for me, I guess this is what you'd call a bonus day on Turner Classics - as they screened "The Cosmic Monsters" followed in quick succession by "Queen of Outer Space", neither of which I'd seen before, thus gluing me to the TV for a span of three hours. As 'Queen' progressed, it became pretty apparent to me that the story was an updated version of 1953's "Abbott and Costello Go to Mars" for a host of reasons. For starters, even though the name of the A&C romp has 'Mars' in the title, they actually wound up on Venus by way of New Orleans and the Mardi Gras. In both stories, the planet is ruled by women who have spurned men and banished them from their world. It would probably be a toss up between Zsa Zsa Gabor and Mari Blanchard as to who was the more beautiful co-star, but overall, I'd have to score one for A&C for having the better looking array of female Venusians. Theirs looked like they walked off the set of a Miss Universe contest, while the gals here were definitely cast for their gams and not their faces.One of things that really blew my mind here was seeing Eric Fleming in the picture as Captain Neal Patterson of the astronaut team. It's hard to imagine how coming off of this flick he would have been tapped to ramrod herds of cattle across the West in 'Rawhide'. In fact, I can't imagine how any of the principals managed to do this with a straight face. The sets are incredibly cheap looking, the Venusian backdrop is totally art deco, and the dialog is interchangeable with any Frankie and Annette beach flick from the following decade.You could probably put together a pretty long list of the incredibly goofy stuff going on here. As far as I could tell, the story takes place in the way distant future of 1979, since it was mentioned the American way station in outer space was built twenty two years ago in 1957. Since the picture came out in 1958, I was literally astounded to see the Queen's flat screen TV operated at one point by the Captain with a remote! My question - how come it took so long for us to get them?! Now if you're watching the picture with a critical eye, not something I'd recommend mind you but nevertheless, you'll marvel at the incredible coincidence of the hijacked astronauts landing on a planet where they don't need pressurized suits or an oxygen supply. What a lucky break! Then there's the whole business of Queen Yllana (Laurie Mitchell) looking to blow up Earth with that Beta-Disintegrator gizmo. When she finally got around to it, she kept punching that red button like one does on an elevator that fails to respond the first ten times. With all that, we never got to find out why the thing malfunctioned turning her into a crispy critter.You know, if you think about it, there's a natural progression in film making when you start connecting the dots here. You had that 1953 Abbott and Costello film, and then you had this one serving as a connecting bridge to that landmark of television Sci-fi - 'Star Trek'. The female crew members of the Enterprise got by on pretty much the same colorful mini-skirts that the women on Venus did, and Captain Kirk was just a more sophisticated version of Lieutenant Larry Turner (Patrick Waltz). With that in mind, I'd have to agree with Professor Konrad (Paul Birch), who at one point in the proceedings opined - "It appears all things are possible in space."