No matter what we think about Jane Fonda’s Vietnam-era politics, there’s no denying that she looks fucking hot in this campy 1968 sci-fi extravaganza about a forty-firstcentury astronaut. Beginning with the opening credits, director Roger Vadim (Fonda’s husband at the time) took every opportunity to get his innocent heroine out of her skimpy garb and into sexual situations. (Fonda’s scenes with Anita Pallenberg are sure to inspire fantasies.) Unfortunately, the Blu-ray is bare-bones, with only the theatrical trailer as a bonus. Still, high-def images of Fonda at her sex-kitten peak are worth savoring, especially since the 2014 remake that’s in the works is unlikely to measure up.
—Barbara Rice Thompson
