Saturn 3 (1980; Stanley Donen; screenplay by Martin Amis, from a story by John Barry) is the “Farrah Fawcett vs. horny robot in space” flick that most people do not have fond memories of—and perhaps rightly so.
But time has been very
kind to Saturn 3, thankfully, and it
deserves another look with fresh eyes, because the film is really more like a tawdry,
hothouse remake of Forbidden Planet,
if reimagined for Heavy Metal
magazine.
And in a genre now over-stuffed with bullshit Joseph
Campbell-esque “hero’s quests,” that is a breath of fresh air.
