STAR MAIDENS Episode Guide and reviews on the SCI FI FREAK SITEAdam is the male domestic of Councillor Fulvia on Medusa, a planet that has been roaming through space for generations after being blown out of its own by a comet impact. It is finally approaching our own solar system. Women rule on Medusa and the men are oppressed, given all the menial jobs and never celebrated. Adam and his friend Shem, who happens to be a master mechanic, steal Councillor Fulvia's space yacht and escape to Earth. There, they are pursued by Fulvia and the head of the security corps Octavia as well as the science and security forces of Earth. Two human scientists are taken back to Medusa as hostages and have to come to terms with life on a planet ruled by women. Star Maidens is a British-German Science-Fiction television series. The Cheapskate and Sursum Ursa soldier through audio screwups and 70s fashion to watch this riveting tale of tyrannical German space feminists! Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Star Maidens - Original Soundtrack on AllMusic - 2005. I've mentioned here before that I haven't covered some British cult 70s sci-fi shows, like Blake's 7 and Star Maidens, not because I wasn't interested in them, but. Watch Star Maidens episodes online. Visit SideReel to access links to episodes, show schedules, reviews, recaps and more. Join Amazon Prime and get unlimited access to over a million songs, curated playlists, and ad-free stations. Star Maidens - Die Maedchen aus dem Weltraum Berry Lipman, His Singers & Orchestra. Star Maidens (TV Series 1976–) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Welcome to the Star Maidens guide at TV.com. In this camp pan-Europan SF romp, the planet Medusa has a matriarchal society in which the women rule and the men are. Introduction to the history of planet Medusa.where women rule and men serve. British-German 1975 TV series This is in support of an article FemDom in. The best science fiction holds up a distorting mirror to the concerns of the day. The concern of the day being distorted here is the place of women in society, but STAR MAIDENS is far from being good science fiction. The episode plots are trite, the dialogue is frequently stodgy and it is more often than not being delivered by actors for whom english is not their first language, this being an Anglo/German production with French actors thrown into the mix for good measure. The reversal of gender roles (of the period) on Medusa is supposed to make the audience think about how women are second class citizens, poorly portrayed and needlessly oppressed. What the audience are really thinking is 'what country is that accent from', 'who wrote this dialogue' and 'why are the police all dressed in bikinis and thigh length boots'? The thing that saves the show from utter awfulness is that there is some amusing comedy moments throughout, such as when Adam and Fulvia decide to play house, but with the roles reversed and there is some generally very effective modelwork and impressive sets. The surface of Medusa is bleak and desolate, but peopled with some convincing spaceships, aircraft, cityscapes and robotic guards. The interior sets for the planet are pretty large and certainly futuristic, holding up quite well even now. Sadly, the gender issues are less current now and they are lost in the swirl of dodgy costumes, awful writing and ropy performances. Top. Escape To Paradise. When the prediction computers identify Adam as a potential malcontent, he enlists the aid of his friend Shem and they steal his mistress' space yacht. Making a dash for Earth, they are pursued by Fulvia and head of security Octavia, but the ship crashes into the atmosphere and is destroyed. This opening episode of STAR MAIDENS is a mix of impressive (if obvious) modelwork, ridiculous plotting and not very special acting. The city under Medusa's surface is quite well rendered with big, open, spacious sets of nicely futuristic design. The costume design, however, dates it badly with the platform soles and missing panels all over the place. It is also unlikely that a society of women would design a police uniform that is little more than a bikini and helmet. The performances are variable at best, but none of the cast seem particularly committed. Perhaps the lumpy and not very convincing script wasn't considered good enough for any of them to put in anything resembling a performance. Pierre Brice is called upon to convince the security forces that he is a loving and loyal servant and yet can only manage to look like a surly and obvious rebel. Judy Geeson at least makes an attempt as the spoiled and decadent Fulvia, but the support from Gareth Thomas and Christiane Kruger is little more than adequate. The half hour running time gives little space for anything more than the set up and the escape and even that seems to be padded out. Things will have to improve drastically. Top. Nemesis. Adam and Shem have escaped the destruction of Fulvia's yacht and are now on the run from the law enforcement agencies of two worlds. This episode is basically a chase. It has a few nice moments at the start as Adam and Shem try to eat grass because cows seem to like it and run away from a little girl because she's female, but they are quickly located by the earth's police force. Octavia's spacecruiser Nemesis arrives and the fugitives escape with an ease that is beyond embarrassing considering they are surrounded by police officers at the time. There then follows a chase between polcie cars that is not very thrilling. Whilst the men are on the run, Fulvia and Octavia get up everyone's noses with an arrogant attitude that is well out of place considering that they are relying on human intervention to find their men and it's an attitude that is hard to give credit to in people wearing such silly outfits. The previously impressive level of the modelwork takes a tumble with the spaceship landing that betrays the limits of the special effects crew. Top. Nightmare Cannon. Adam and Shem take refuge in a stately home whose thick walls keep the police at bay. An accidental blinding on the aliens' ship Nemesis gives Octavia some leverage over the human law enforcers and she uses it to bring out the nightmare cannon. This episode gives us the startling image of the android doctor on board the alien ship. It is part of the impressive production design that is the best thing about this show. In fact, the only good thing. On the minus side of the equation, the images of Fulvia and Octavia matted into two suits of armour are so appalling as to be laughable. What, were the women too proud to actually put on a helmet and be filmed in it? The plotting remains simplistic and the dialogue just remains horrible. The alien ship is capable of travelling through space and hurling nightmares through thick stone walls, but one good bolt of lightning and it has to run back to its home planet for repairs. What is that about? Top. The Proton Storm. The Medusan ship is forced back to its home planet with its hostages on board because of a nascent proton storm. Fulvia demands an exchange of Shem and Adam for Liz and Rudi. When no agreement is reached, Fulvia takes the ship and heads back towards Earth through the heart of the Proton storm. This episode has no point whatsoever. The Nemesis goes back to Medusa where Rudi is placed in with the other men waiting to be trained. Five minutes later, Fulvia is back on the ship and heading back to Earth. The flight through the Proton storm is supposed to be filled with tension, but fails to raise much interest. Top. Kidnap. A group of rival scientists at the Institute decide to drug Fulvia with champagne so that they can tap her mind and learn all her knowledge of advanced technology. She, in turn, uses their scheme to show Adam that he still has feelings for her. The story shoots off in a direction that bears no relation to anything that has gone before it. The rival scientists come out of nowhere and their scheme to have one of their number (Terence Alexander) seduce Fulvia is so laughable that it would be funny if it were, well funny. Unfortunately, the whole thing is either played straight or the jokes fail miserably and the whole affair just grates. Top. The Trial. Rudi isn't taking his reduction to a menial drone on Medusa very well. Assigned to Octavia's staff, he immediately attempts to access the security information on the computer and falls into Octavia's trap. Exiled to the inhospitable surface, he attempts to organise an escape bid. The patrol ship that keeps the men on the surface in check is another piece of modelwork, but Rudi manages to destroy it with a small square of tinfoil. This is after he overcame the other security measures with an overgrown screwdriver. The plot is pure nonsense, but it moves along at a good pace and shows that Adam and Shem aren't the only rebels on Medusa. The titular trial is carried out by computers and is unintentionally funny as they are all apparently programmed to be irritable housewives. Considering that Rudi complains all the time that he is an intelligent scientist being wasted, the ease and speed with which he walks straight into Octavia's trap is surprising. Top. Test For Love. In order to keep her out of trouble, Liz is allowed to pick a profession on Medusa. She chooses to be a spaceship captain and proves to be quite adept at the job, passing all the training with flying colours. She attempts to use her maiden flight as an escape for herself and Rudi, but the council are way ahead of her. Flying a Medusan spaceship seems to be incredibly easy since Liz can do it after a few short minutes, but her Medusan counterpart fails miserably even after a life on Medusa must have made her more familiar with the controls. The attraction machine that provides the episode with its title is a silly idea that is part of a silly plot. Liz is trusted with a hugely expensive piece of hardware solely on the basis that she can prove she doesn't fancy any Medusan men. She does this by making the machine blow up with her mind. Apparently being able to conjure up the image of a gorilla is all the qualifications that are needed to fly a Medusan spaceship. Top. The Perfect Couple. In the hope of getting Fulvia to stay on Earth and have the human hostages on Medusa returned without an exchange, Adam talks her into sharing a normal human couple's life, but with the roles reversed. Meanwhile, a group of women supremacists attempt to gain Fulvia's support in making the Earth into a second Medusa. If there is any sense in this episode at all then it's incredibly hard to find. The storyline of two humans trying to live a human life without actually knowing what a human life is has some mileage in it (whole tv shows have been built on the concept) and this is the most entertaining storyline. The women's rights activists wanting to use Medusan weapons to take over the world is a clear nonsense, however. Fulvia has fully two weapons and yet this seems to be enough for the women to think that they can recreate Medusa's woman- dominated society. Star. Made. Welcome to Star. Made. Star. Made is a voxel- based 3. D sandbox space shooter. 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