Review of Zeta One (1969) by Tim S — 15 May 2013

The appeal of something like Zeta One is as transparent as a sheet of glass. It's not a very good film, in the least. There's not much of a plot to it at all either, and what is there is laughably bad.

You can pick out the spoof moments, but the film spends most of its running time showing off the, ahem, goods. Really that's what you're paying for when you this and what the real draw to these things is.

I personally don't find them all that appealing. I think there are some healthy young women on display, but to get a thrill out of watching something like this you had to have lived in the era when it was made, or you have to be a thirteen year old boy.

And that's not an insult from me towards the quality of the film. I know there are people who believe it to be important, which is fine, but it's not all that titillating to me. The cover actually promises a more Barbarella type movie than what it actually ends up being, so perhaps my feelings about it reflect that a bit more.

Disappointment will do that. I can't say that I'd recommend the film, but if you're a fan of "softcore" films from the era, then you might enjoy Zeta One a little bit more than I did.