10 Things You Didn't Know About Barbarella

[@MintyComedicArts]

I’m noticing a lot of upset comments on here due to some mispronunciations of words, some comments seem to be annoyed, and others seem to insinuate that I’m dumb or stupid with mockery. I just want to explain that I have several intellectual disabilities, please note I’m not victim, this isn’t a “oh woes is me” statement where I want pity, or fishing for support, I have a very great life and make the most with what I got. Nor am I using my difficulties as an excuse, but I guess more of an explanation. Sadly sometimes when I’m dealing with words that are unfamiliar to me, my brain kind of scrambles the words and sometimes just rearranges them in my head for me to make sense of them. Even writing this comment up is making me nervous that my spelling and grammar is correct as to avoid any more backlash. I promise I’m not doing this to be spiteful and annoy anyone, or because I’m a stupid or don’t know how to do research. I’ve tried explaining this process of my brain scrambling things and my struggles with words and number in the past and I’ve gotten comments like “dude you’re a KZbinr, do you research” or “you have XYZ amount of subscribers, get it right already” and maybe those comments are correct, maybe I have no right to be a KZbinr, I don’t know who makes the rules or what the rules are? But here we are, I’m going to promise to try and do better, I’m going to continue to try very hard to get names I struggle with correct, and if I ever do get a name or spelling wrong it’s not because I’m trolling you, or out to ruin your day, or because I’m dumb. Thanks for watching and I will try to do better. Thank you.

[@cujoedaman]

Sometimes I want to say one word (like car), but my mind wants to say something else (like vehicle) and I'll just lock up because I can't make either one come out.

[@dmkgenuine]

Ignore them Minty. It’s part of you and that’s what makes you so watchable. I’m not after an Oscar performance. I want entertainment and new facts. That’s what you give in bucket loads.

[@waymire01]

I'm sorry Minty, people are horrible. I didn't even notice a mistake, just your usual turns of phrase and accent. Sending you a hug. Don't let them get you down and keep being you. You are great just the way you are.

[@EvaFull]

I would pin this comment for all the people criticizing you & your videos. Maybe even make it a default statement because of how well you explained your situation in it.

[@kpchessman]

You are doing a great job. Don't feed the trolls.

[@TheBearInTheChair]

My Dad and his younger brother went to see this movie with their Dad. The were about 15-12, respectively, and Grandpa was a vet of WW2. While on their way back home after the movie was over, Grandpa told his boys if their mother asked "Just tell her, I took you to see another war movie", as there would be no question about the plot, because she was never fond of the war.

[@naftalibendavid]

I love this story.

[@clairekortbawi5659]

Well, you did see an example of aid and comfort from someone infamous for giving aid and comfort! Lol

[@TheBearInTheChair]

@@Me-qp8vz Lol, you're such a dork

[@gabagool2064]

Dang.

[@TheBearInTheChair]

@@gabagool2064, yeah. It was a bit like taking you're kids to see a movie about a man and his talking teddy bear thinking it is family friendly, only for that movie to be "Ted".

[@shadymaint1]

I remember watching Barbarella when I was a kid back in the early 80s. Was quite the movie for a little kid.

[@gregsmith7949]

1968 was an incredible year for sci fi. Not only do you get classics like 2001 and Planet of the Apes, but you get kitchy classics with incredible pop music like Barbarella and The Green Slime.

[@TheRealNormanBates]

🎶 Open the door you'll find the secret, To find the answer is to keep it, You'll believe it when you find, Something screaming 'cross your mind! _GREEN SLIME!_ What can it be, what is the reason, Is this the end of all that breathes, Is it something in your head? Will you believe it when you're dead?! _GREEN SLIME! GREEN SLIME! GREEN SLIME!_ 🎶

[@gregsmith7949]

@@TheRealNormanBates I absolutely love this tune! 👍👍👍

[@wallyanglesea9709]

Oh, Man, Minty should do a retrospective of The Green Slime 😁😁😁

[@varanid9]

@@TheRealNormanBates My favorite part is when the hero gives the guy with the mangled hand a thumbs up, LOL!

[@donpietruk1517]

You forgot the absolute classic Destroy All Monsters released that year also. It literally had every monster invented by the Japanese studios on the screen.

[@dooglebee]

I remember the first time I saw this movie. I was like, "what did I just watch?" but it's campiness won me over in the end. I haven't seen a movie like it since so it's definitely a rare jewel!

[@miklosernoehazy8678]

...you should check out what has been referred to as "that bratty little sister of all Indiana Jones movies"... ..."The Perils of Gwendolyn in the Land of the Yik-Yak"... ... it's a typically French film with it's quirky, kinky sense of campy humor... ... when you check it out, watch for the notorious (but brief) chariot chase sequence...

[@boboboy8189]

​@@miklosernoehazy8678 yes Gwendolyn is another same theme as this movie. love both

[@wstine79]

I remember watching Danger Diabolik on MST3K. Which was the last episode on their Syfy channel run.

[@julieabraham3566]

The Evil Scientist was called Doctor Durand Durand. John Taylor and Nick Rhodes, after watching Barbarella, decided to name their band after him. They simplified the name, however, to Duran Duran.

[@TheRealNormanBates]

To be fair, *Barbarella* didn't have double D's either.

[@kpchessman]

And they are still making great music.

[@MathewRenfro]

"In walked Barbarella" by Clutch is a must listen to, at least once. It's good music.

[@timlabell]

I was 10 years old when I found out that Jane Fonda through marriage was my cousin .I never met her .I met Peter spent lots of time with Henry but I never saw Jane or this movie . You sharing all of this history allows me to understand why my family said no to me seeing that movie. Great job.😄

[@grumpyoldwizard]

I remember this one. We owned a theatre. My dad usually let me watch movies, but this one was a exception. The only thing I saw of this movie was the poster!

[@chrisscott1633]

😅

[@ianturvey3894]

I remember seeing this movie on late night television, many years ago. Absolutely loved it. I’ve still got a DVD of it and still like watching it. You’re right. It’s a cult classic!

[@lokai7914]

Always been a favourite of mine, ever since I first saw it in the 1970s

[@louisaw8600]

Love this movie and love your coverage of it. One tiny detail...Fonda's first husband's last name is pronounced VaDEEM. "Vadmin" just does not compute.

[@wakeinfright5498]

The hairs on the back of my neck…..each time…..😅

[@jorgevillavicencio427]

He also botched Di Laurentiis. He does have to make a better effort to pronounce names correctly. I hate what he would do to mine, Villavicencio. 🤣

[@grannyweatherwax8005]

Same with Sophia Lauren. Accent should be on the second syllable in Lauren, not the first. He commonly provinces names wrong but it *really* was distracting more than usual here.

[@jorgevillavicencio427]

@@grannyweatherwax8005 I also hate voice dictation and autocorrect functions as often gets it wrong. Like I know you meant he commonly pronounces, but it wrote provinces, lol. I have an foreign accent and once I said autocorrect but the app wrote auto cat rectal, 😂

[@TheScandoman]

Yes, thank you for saving me the trouble!

[@sheilaholmes8455]

I originally saw it at a theater off of Market Street, downtown San Francisco. Went by myself. No one could replace Jane. She was drop dead gorgeous. Love Flash Gordon too.

[@michaelmcchesney6645]

I am reasonably sure the director's name is pronounced Vah-Deem. A man able to convince 5 of the most beautiful women in the world to marry him deserves the respect of pronouncing his name right.

[@kevinmyles6369]

Fonda looks absolutely incredible in this cult classic. Fearless gem this psychedelic flick.. great assessment! Great video! Enjoyed it!

[@mina_en_suiza]

I love that film, so much that I even watched it once in the cinema (this was in the 90s when there were still about 100 arthouse cinemas in my home town, where you could choose daily from hundreds of films from all eras, genres and regions of the world). It has so many iconic moments, and cultural references to the original comic and the film are still all over the place. And Jane Fonda, of course.

[@bigguy7353]

Seeing her degrade into a far left loon has been sad. But Hanoi Jane never changed her stripes.

[@crwydryny]

Barbarella is and always shall be a favourate of mine, ever since I first watched it as a kid. I can still remember the anouncer just before it cwme on "now we blast of to the future... where clothing is optional"

[@dashriprock9014]

The main thing I know about Barbarella is that Jane Fonda was HOT.

[@AveburyEddie]

HOT ! HOT ! HOT ! She was sizzling :) \m/

[@frankgesuele6298]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Nick-ty9us]

Henry Fonda did not expect his daughter to be a sex symbol

[@nickgov66]

Roger Vadim ( Vadeem), not "Vadmin." Note, at the time, the group "Duran Duran" were formed in Birmingham UK, they dropped the final "d"s from the name "Durand Durand" to avoid copyright problems. There was also a club in Brum called "Barbarella's"

[@then_and_now_show]

thanks, you gave me a great idea for one of my next videos

[@boydegg]

I've watched so many of your videos, Minty. Your endless grammatical gaffs and mispronunciations are a constant source of fascination for me. And I love your content.

[@bigguy7353]

I wish he'd just look up words he can't pronounce. He clearly does research in many other fields.

[@boydegg]

@@bigguy7353 it's also the misuse of words.

[@Metalkitty33]

I just got a first pressing of the soundtrack on vinyl for about 50 cents STILL SEALED! I only bought it because I thought the cover was cool .

[@writerpatrick]

Leaving a record sealed can cause it to warp.

[@Metalkitty33]

​@@writerpatrick I been collecting over 30 years . Thanks for your input though .

[@TheRealNormanBates]

@@Metalkitty33 of course it's going to warp... it's the soundtrack to a science fiction movie.

[@TitularHeroine]

Awesome

[@lotstodo]

Jame Fonda has always been beautiful. I remember thr work out VHS tape. She's still gorgeous.

[@charlespfaff6585]

In 1968 I was in elementary school. My parents would dropped us of at the movies Saturday morning so they could go out and do... something (?) Our local theater at the time only had two screens. One movie would be a cowboy flick. The other was the latest release. I convinced my parents to let us see the "space movie". When we got picked up first words out of my sister's mouth was "Mommy, her clothes came off and we could see... everything! Busted Ah the days before the MPA film ratings.

[@charlespfaff6585]

@@Me-qp8vz I'm 65. I don't need to impress anyone, especially on KZbin. Want to try calling me a lier to my face?

[@ba2724]

@@charlespfaff6585 Just don't go dying on us, old timer.

[@Neil070]

I was confused by the pronunciation of foreign names, but the director was Roger Vadim, who died in 2000, aged 72. He was very famous as a writer and director in the 60's, which is how I remember the name. I kept wondering who "Vadmin" was

[@phillb74]

Agreed. The continuous mispronunciation of De Laurentiis was excruciating.

[@terencejay8845]

Sophia 'Lauren' wasn't much better. The pronunciation in this is melting my ear wax.

[@ih8utbe]

Roger Vadim was actually named Plemnianikov! Russian ancestry.

[@kevinsmith9013]

Well damn Minty, what a gracious review! I always felt guilty for liking this movie as it was shown to me by my hippy - costume designer/seamstress mom. She loved it and the OG star treks and wars, claiming it enabled them all as well as her work, but I always heard "official critics" condemn it and its style. It was F***in groovy!

[@smithnigelw]

Jane Fonda just played the part to perfection. Perfect casting by Vadim. I cannot imagine any other actress getting close.

[@babagalacticus]

stuff & nonsense; ANY # of actresses could have done this, 1 just needed the right body type AND face. sophia loren could have done this in her sleep standing on her hands.

[@JoeGator23]

@@babagalacticus So true.

[@babagalacticus]

@@JoeGator23 oy brohim; it actually just occurred to me that mai britt or joey heatherton could have done this. it's not as if any high THESPIAN craft was required, just a sex kitten face & body. which brings us to BRIGITTE BARDOT (ANOTHER of vadim's wives btw).

[@AudieHolland]

His name was: Roger Vadim. Pronounced in French like: Roa-zyay Vaah-deem.

[@ferociousgumby]

Yes, I do not know where "Vadman" came from! Loved the rest of the video, but this clanged.

[@SirSmoldham]

YES!!! lots of salacious fun. I had the soundtrack album but had to sell it (rent in LA was and is expensive). I love Charles Fox. He also wrote the TV themes for "Love American Style", "Happy Days" and "Wonder Woman". Cool video... as usual.

[@bigguy7353]

Get out of LA. It's a hole.

[@shallendor]

Barbarella was a great crazy fun movie!

[@cessnaace]

11. Barbarella was filmed simultaneously in both English and French. Fonda was already fluent in French so did all of her own French dialog. 12. Fonda regretted making the film. She had been offered the female lead role in Bonnie & Clyde but had turned the part down to do Barbarella, a decision she later regretted. 13. While home video releases (at least in the U.S.) used the 1977 rerelease title of Barbarella, Queen of the Galaxy, they contained the nudity that had been removed for the 1977 theatrical rerelease. 14. The first widescreen release of Barbarella on home video was the U.S. LaserDisc release from Paramount Home Video. EXTRA: Why did you repeatedly pronounce Vadim 'Vadman'?

[@TheRealNormanBates]

"Why did you repeatedly pronounce Vadim 'Vadman'?" Because Minty wouldn't be Minty if he didn't mispronoun a name or ten when doing a video. 😉😄 It's like how he pronounces Carolco as Ca-ROL-co as opposed to CA-rolco, like the name Carol (ie North Carolina) with Co at the end (for Company).

[@boydegg]

@@TheRealNormanBates and Sophia Loren. Surely, as a major movie fan, he's heard the correct pronunciation before?

[@Datan0de]

I came to the conclusion a few years ago that Minty makes a point of always mispronouncing something in every video specifically to drive comments correcting him. It's ingenious, really.

[@drinkawater7477]

@@TheRealNormanBates Like when he called Michael Hutchence 'Michael Hutchens'. He can't even get the names of Australian stars right

[@bigguy7353]

@Datan0de Unfortunately it's the same phenomenon across the world. People see a word they've never seen before, and instead of asking or looking it up, they decide they know how to pronounce it and run with it.

[@falcon048]

My Mother has stated that she went to see this in the theater when it released and loved it. So, I was exposed to this film at an early age and I also loved it.

[@spazoq]

Needs a sequel.. With music by.. Duran Duran..

[@memal25]

Great video as always Minty! Keep up the great work!

[@marlasotherchannel9847]

Good work as always Minty. Roger Vadim's name is pronounced 'va-deem'.

[@thedys70]

The gathering of Red Pandas on Minty's forum, is now in order...

[@RonaldAshby-y9y]

Exactly

[@PeterParker-ff7ub]

wow she is beautiful.

[@megwilcox2878]

I saw Barbarella in a theatre, as a double feature with Flesh Gordon - you read that right, it was a soft-core retelling of the story that came out in 1974. I was 14 at the time, but the repertory theatres in Toronto in those days didn't ask for ID. I saw a lot of movies I was "too young" for, like Pink Flamingos.

[@Scorpionwitch]

I gotta give props to Jane, finding out she was uncomfortable with the sexuality in the movie but still being able to ooze sex and hotness in her performance is a pretty impressive acting feat.

[@Nick-ty9us]

I think her father was putting pressure on her not to do any more movies that sexualized her. And honestly I can’t blame him.

[@lorenzostheman]

If Sydney Sweeney plays Barbarella....I'm definitely on board

[@MrAlsachti]

The comic-book appearance of Barbarella was based on Brigitte Bardot.

[@ronbo11]

Definitely, I can see that! Her features like her pouty lips, blonde hair as well as other assets are immediately identifiable. For a while BB was the IT girl of the France and the possibly the entire western world! Director Roger Vadim was her husband for about 5 years in the 50s (BB was 18 when they wed). They kept making movies on-and-off for the next 15 or so years after their divorce. That guy and John Derek sure had amazingly beautiful wives and significant others!

[@MobiusBandwidth]

then after the movie, Forest based her look on the subsequent comics on Fonda!

[@arwenshistorycorner]

Wow this makes so much sense. Bardot popped into my head immediately after seeing her! that hair :)

[@panpiper]

My father took me to see Barbarella in a drive in when I was 8 years old. Great movie! 😉

[@dennismcdonald2607]

You should cover Cherry 🍒 2000 next or Galaxna. Both CLASSIC movies in this nature with interesting and tragic details surrounding their history.

[@deadalready7467]

Please Cherry 2000. That movie blew me away when I first saw it. So clever on multiple levels. Wow haven’t thought of Cherry 2000 for years. Many Blessings My Friend 🙏

[@keithfaulkner6319]

Not looking it up. Didn't Cherry star Randy MachoMan Savage?? If so i remember it as totally terrible and therefore totally terrific.

[@ragabashmoon1551]

@@keithfaulkner6319 No, he's not in Cherry 2000.

[@keithfaulkner6319]

@@ragabashmoon1551 ok. My bad. Wrong movie, and wrong wrestler. Rowdy Roddy Piper. Hell Comes To Frogtown. Terrible, and Terrific. And who can forget They Live. One of the best movies ever made.

[@ragabashmoon1551]

@@keithfaulkner6319 I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum.

[@DrLeroyGreen]

This and Slave Leia made me into the man I am today.

[@thedys70]

hearing you bro; my VHS tapes still have the stretch marks from the pause button...

[@frankgesuele6298]

Avanti showed me what a real Nanny looks like laying on a rock😁

[@vinny_the_kidd]

Minty...just like Hancock, this is a low rated sci fy movie that i love AF.Thank you

[@anthony0358]

I love this video! I loved the movie! I am sharing this on my social media pages

[@pipe2devnull]

My Dad took us and the neighbors kids to see what he thought was just a sci fi movie. He was so embarrassed when he had to explain the movie to the parents.

[@jongordon1145]

Jj

[@melissateague3936]

You need to cover CAT BALLOU, Minty.

[@LeFouGallois]

It wasn't mentioned, but I am sure that you know that the opening scene of losing the space suit piece by piece in zero gravity was the inspiration for the video for Kylie Minogue's 'Put Yourself In My Place'. Interestingly, In the movie, when Dildano proposes that the password for a meeting is "Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch", it is actually the name of a large village and local government community on the island of Anglesey, Wales.

[@alganhar1]

Eh, its a little more complex than that. The village is signposted Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, and the Train Station is officially Llanfairpwll. On Ordnance survey maps the village is Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll. The Parish had a longer name historically, but its changed several times in the centuries. The modern name was a publicity stunt really, an effort to bring in tourism and trade. So yeah, its a little more complex. Its one of those odd cases where the name is all of the above.... No one from the village uses the full name though, they refer to it as Llanfairpwll, the rest of us Welsh generally refer to it as Llanfair PG. The only place you will see the full name is at the railway station, and a few local businesses mostly catering to the tourist trade.

[@LeFouGallois]

@@alganhar1 As someone who spent the first 28+ years of their life in Wales, I am proud to be able to say and pronounce the full name of Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch and a female friend of mine here in France, taught herself how to pronounce it ;) I thought it was an interesting factoid about the film to add. Anyhoo, diolch yn fawr for your input, cariad x

[@villainsbridgeclub5268]

Good entry, Minty. Loved this one!

[@yazminwarren3780]

You should do 10 things you didn’t know about Flashdance that would be an interesting video

[@pablobarbuto2603]

LOVED all your videos Minty! Specially this one, being an old silence fiction fan. Greetings from Argentina!

[@erikr968]

Such a classic! One of my kids may have been concieved while watching this movie...

[@anzaeria]

This film definitely deserves the title - a midnight movie favourite. I first caught sight of Barbarella late at night on TV in South Australia many years ago. I had never heard of it before but from the opening, scene, I was hooked. It was like the coolest thing ever. By the way, that is incredible that it took over 20 years for this film to be released in Australia.

[@wstine79]

I remember seeing this air on HBO in the afternoon. My mom was upset that I was watching it, but said they don't see any naughty bits. Just lots of laser guns and fur.

[@krashd]

@@Me-qp8vz That would be the name of my butler if I could afford one, so far it has been the name of one cat.

[@chrissmith7669]

I don’t remember seeing her fur.

[@happy_fecker]

As soon as I saw Flash Gordon and Barbarella on Metal Box Blu Ray, I bought both with no hesitation. I watched these movies when I was under ten (thank you early 80's HBO) and loved them. I still watch and enjoy them today.

[@FreddyKurganNimmo]

"You don't need to remake everything" & "It's just not happening, let it go" 2 things that I've been saying about the proposed Highlander remake for the last 15 years🤔🤷🙄🤦

[@GromMolotok]

Absolutely! Insert "There can be only one" commentary here.

[@krashd]

"There can be only one.. and then another one. .And then another, and so on." Actually I think that was the tag line of the Highlander TV series.

[@MarkARhodie]

I haven't watched it for years, I fancy watching it again.

[@astridsactionrc545]

I’d love to hear your thoughts on “Space Truckers”

[@happy_fecker]

So many perfect people in the comments. It amazes me how so many commenters have their lives so together that they can pick apart other people's lives. I enjoy Minty's videos and don't even pay attention to the pronunciation. I'm just glad that I can sit and listen to someone who has more information about things I enjoy and has as much of an interest in them as I do.

[@davidconway6874]

Barbarella and Flash Gordon may have a similar aesthetic but Flash is way better paced, I mean you barely have time to catch your breath before another crazy set piece or action scene hits and then of course you got Brian Blessed and the soundtrack by Queen .

[@robinhatherall6779]

One of my favourites. So much fun.

[@LearnAboutFlow]

It's funny as the following year Fonda went on to star in They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, one of the greatest movies ever.

[@robotwolf]

As always, thanks for all the hard work you put into the vid, minty.

[@grahamclarke1934]

Not Vadmin but Vadim !

[@ethelredhardrede1838]

I was looking for this before posting it myself. So I didn't.

[@dimitrispapadimitriou5622]

Hurry on Sundown was the title of the first Hawkwind single ( and opened their debut LP).

[@peterbumper2769]

the movie did come out in Australia, as a kid, i did see it as a Saturday matinee at the local cinema in the 70's. (those biting dolls creeped me out)

[@stever285]

Yeah I though that sounded wrong, this was one of the first movies I saw on VHS, that must have been mid 80's.

[@peterbumper2769]

@@stever285 What is VHS? ;)

[@stever285]

@@peterbumper2769 We used to have these really cool machines that little kids liked to stick toast in.

[@peterbumper2769]

@@stever285 lols

[@thedys70]

@@peterbumper2769 and we used to hook them up to other VHS machines on weekends and breed bootleg movies; good times.

[@lauribleu7558]

I was 12 when Barbarella came out. This was before movie ratings so my mother took me to see it (and Rosemary's Baby that was showing with it) since she knew I was a big sci fi fan. My mother was quite embarrassed and uncomfortable when she realized what she had taken her 12 yr old daughter to see, but we stayed for both movies. Let's just say a lot of it and Rosemary's Baby went over my head, but I came away with good memories.

[@cjleight11]

The Jeff Goldblum opening was great. 😂 I love it when you do obscure movie like this one. Never ever heard of it before, but will definitely check it out! Thank you, Minty!

[@Hogtownboy1]

Definitely not an obscure film. Barbaelle was picketed by second wave feminists. It was watched by ever earlt teenage boys in the early sixties

[@El_Guapo74]

Everybody knows about Babarella, peak 60's right there

[@tsurumichan]

"Obscure" comment deserves the spam playstation reply. You been Nigerian Mintyed

[@Hogtownboy1]

@@tsurumichan brilliant i guess the bot got fed up with the google play spam.

[@BarbarosaAlexander]

I stumbled into Barbarella by accident back in the early 90s, when it was one of the late night movies on City TV. It was awesome for a young teen boy.

[@thisisnotachannel]

"Barbarella, come and save me from my misery... Can't you see, it's a disease? Shoot the bad guys, and I'll gladly sing a tune for you... Lost in space we can be free." -Scott Wieland

[@kimhorton6109]

January ‘68 was when I went to Parris Island for Boot so I pretty much missed most of that year between the three months of Boot, two months of ITR and another couple in Indianapolis for Defense Information school and then on to Cherry Point for my first duty station.

[@Departures1]

You cant beat the original! Barbarella and Flash Gordon work great together with their esthetics and visuals. There is also the Duran Duran video Wild Boys which uses themes from the movie too

[@ghw7192]

And Flash Gordon begat Flesh Gordon.

[@Laceykat66]

This is one of those campy movies that stretches above all its problems. It is a creature of its time.

[@KidFresh71]

As an 11 year old, Barbarella made me feel all the feels.

[@bigguy7353]

It made me ponder what type of drug addled or diseased brain would even think of some of the things portrayed in the movie. Looking back, I'm surprised network TV showed it in 1991.

[@kickballjedi]

Yeah as a teenager I really never watched anything past the Beginning credits.

[@varanid9]

@@bigguy7353 I got that feeling watching the 3rd season Lost in Space episode "Castles in Space".

[@bladestar2322]

Couldn't even see anything!

[@crwydryny]

@@bladestar2322 you must have seen a different version to me as the one i watched showed everything

[@bilimus_]

The one thing I do know about Barbarella, Jane Fonda was gorgeous in it 😍

Great video essay of a fantastic movie! Regards from Tabasco, México [Land of The Olmecs]!

[@LordCarpenter]

I double dated to a drive-in theater to see this movie in '68. Those were good times.

[@t0mn8r35]

I really enjoyed this review. Definitely one of my most favourite movies.

[@marineboy1964]

Call me crazy but this film is in my top 5 films of all time You forgot to mention it stars Marcel Marceau the famed mime artist, who has a speaker part in this film as professor ping

[@johnpjones182]

He also has the only line in Mel Brooks' "Silent Movie".

[@JT-ls3ly]

Seeing Grace Jones in that background poster made me want to watch the Conan sequel again. I just adore that movie.

[@JoeyChilango]

Awesome video, but I'm surprised there was no mention of the 2001 film "CQ" which drew a great deal of inspiration from both BARBARELLA and DANGER: DIABOLIK.

[@GlennLittleford]

I remember watching it in Australia at a drive-in in about 1975.

[@jacklawrence2212]

Excellent video, Minty, very enjoyable. Unless you've already done them, have you thought about videos on (very different) 80s/90s classics Heathers and Re-animator?

[@ThomasTalbotMD]

Good on you - you are the first I've seen to notice that Barbarella and Flash Gordon are essentially the same film

[@shatteredsoldier81]

If I had a Time Machine I’d be back in time getting with someone’s mom or grandma during their prime.

[@georgefarley6502]

Went to see this at the theatre as a teenager . I haven’t watched Hanoi Jane in anything since.

[@thaitom6410]

What I actually want to know is.... what exactly DID happen in that "orgasmic organ" machine? It's a question that has haunted me for 5 decades!

[@Torgo-and-the-Lucifer-Cat]

Well, let's just say it involved 6 D batteries and a nude pic of richard nixon. Don't ask.

[@SUK2293]

This was a liberated machine from the 1960s and met its fair match with Barbarella and suffered burnout. See also 'The Orgasmatron' in Woody Allen's 1970s Sleeper and the 'Sex Orbs' in the 1990s Demolition Man with Sly Stallone and Sandra Bullocks. NB. All of this is dealt with in a safe way.

[@SUK2293]

@@Me-qp8vz Please tell me what a metaphor is and a specific example when it comes to this film

[@SUK2293]

@@Me-qp8vz Barbarella

[@SUK2293]

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[@neilmatthews5590]

Love your work mate !

[@GnrMilligan]

I always enjoy your content mate. But Barbarella is another of my faves! Did you know that apart from Duran Duran being inspired by the movie, the original Lava lamp company Mathmos was named after the weird goowie stuff under the evil city?

[@garycallan7384]

Don't care for Jane but she was one gorgeous woman.

[@Scottie_S]

Jane was not backward in coming forward. She said that she was not uncomfortable in doing 'skin scenes'. Let's face it. She had beautiful skin! It turned out that she really didn't need to expose much to be a total babe and make a movie that has been glued into the memory!

[@Scottie_S]

@@Me-qp8vz I think you've misinterpreted what I said. Is English your first language?

[@Scottie_S]

​ @Me 2 I was asking genuinely. I don't know who I'm speaking to in the world. I don't speak any other language. Why are you so angry at me? What you said was pretty much the same as what I said, so I didn't understand why you got so upset with me. Please re-read what I originally posted. Your comment complemented mine. You didn't need to delete your comment.

[@krashd]

@@Scottie_S Ignore them, this Me2 fella seems to be going around starting arguments with everyone.

[@Scottie_S]

@@krashd Thanks Rob. Consider him ignored! 😄

[@ih8utbe]

I laugh at the fact Joan Greenwood doing the voice of the black queen

[@djassassinuk]

I do enjoy Barbarella and would suggest a slightly different partner to go with it as a movie double header. The 1965 Western, Cat Ballou, which also stars a mighty fine Jane Fonda as well as the man, the legend, Lee Marvin! It is another perfect counterpart to Barbarella and watching these 2 motion pictures together makes for an excellent pairing. Worth doing if you like fun, kitsch 60s movies and if per chance you also happen to think Jane Fonda was phenomenally hot, well that certainly won't be a problem! 😜

[@krashd]

She was also great in The China Syndrome if you're interested in "Shit goes badly wrong at a nuclear power plant" films.

[@bluhevenlyII]

I love Cat Baloou! I first saw it when my dad was watching it one day, and I have rewatched it many times.

[@johnpjones182]

Lee Marvin's hilarious in that!

[@melissateague3936]

Cat Ballou is one of the greatest comedies ever made!

[@djassassinuk]

@@krashd Yeah that's another gooid one!

[@headlessspaceman5681]

Terry Southern also wrote Easy Rider which came out the next year, 1969, and he wrote the screenplay for Dr. Strangelove which came out in 1964. I wonder how much of the final version he actually wrote, and what his original screenplay looked like. Probably it was just a mess of LSD kool aid and marijuana crumbs, knowing Southern.

[@deanrussell2224]

If you want amazing sci go double bill with some smut thrown in watch this and the original Flesh Gordon - an awesome combo 👍

[@jasonhernandez9023]

Hand to the good Lord, I just finished the final episode of Venture Brothers last night and Action Man kept on going on about Barberela and I was like, “What is this movie? I need to check it out.” Then you post this. lol Well played, good Sir.

[@marklowther3228]

My father was in Vietnam when 'Hanoi Jane' pulled her famous stunt. If anyone is curious, look it up. Jane Fonda's name was forbidden in my house growing up. My father still gets pissed off when her name gets mentioned.

[@RoGueNavy]

She should never have been allowed to come back to the USA.

[@TheBearInTheChair]

@@RoGueNavy, as much as I don't like pinko commies, not much she could have done without catching an espionage change and ending up in the same Hilton as them boys.

[@kennethkennair]

Same here and with most families in America. My mother's 82 won't see the new movie she made with Tom Brady.

[@udonenomee2117]

I always thought she was just some actress, I never knew she was just some actress with all those retarded ideals about government. I found out when I joined the military. The Army Infantry has a distinct hatred for her. It’s ok, because the infantry is responsible for her freedom that resulted in her lavish lifestyle and ability to harbor such vile thoughts.

[@LaDracul]

I recall when she was making "The Blue Bird" in Russia, she kept preaching Communism to the crew, but they were annoyed with her because they were ALREADY living under it.

[@christiankrisch7025]

Grooooovy, dude.

[@WgB5]

There was another Sci Fi movie that was fairly racy. I think it was called Candy. One scene that stays on my mind was where the hero slides down a shoot and lands on "O daddy."

[@johnpjones182]

Terry Southern novel. Pretty Ewa Aulin in the lead, with a cast that includes Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, Ringo Starr, James Coburn and Walter Matthau.