Retro Movie Adventures: Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)

Ed Begley Jr.'s finest role.

Michelle Pfeiffer looking shocked as she realizes she's in Amazon Women on the Moon.
Alpha Beta (yeah, that's the moon girl's name) and Butch in Amazon Women on the Moon.

1987 was a huge year for movies. Full Metal Jacket, The Princess Bride, The Untouchables, Predator, Lethal Weapon, Robocop, Three Men and a Baby, Good Morning Vietnam, and The Last Emperor all came out that year. So many great films came out that a lot of smaller films got buried- films like Hollywood Shuffle, Swimming to Cambodia, and River’s Edge.

There also was this turd. It’s like someone said “Let’s make a new Kentucky Fried Movie, but lose a lot of the racism and sexism (but we’ll still keep a healthy serving of both). But let’s make sure we stick to the real spirit of Kentucky Fried Movie by avoiding humor as much as possible.”

Here’s the best sketch from the movie. You can skip the rest.

Kind of an obvious parody poster today.

A poster for Amazon Women on the Moon mimicking the poster for Moon.
I should rewatch Moon, and pretend I don’t recognize the robot’s voice.

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