DVD Review: Barbarella  The Queen of the Galaxy is back, and on
Blu-ray.  “Barbarella” is the 1968 sci-fi that made Jane Fonda a
household name.  The opening credits featured a striptease that
took Fonda from a cumbersome space suit to her birthday suit. 
Her sex kitten looks were enough to drive young men crazy.  In
the year 40K, Barbarella is an operative, of sorts.  There isn’t
much to do since Earth has transitioned past war, starvation and
other plagues.  Even, sex involves very little physical contact
and is achieved by chemical stimulation.  Imagine what lies
ahead for Barbarella as she mixes with the savages during her
mission to find an Earth scientist.  Duran Duran (the rock group
took its name from the film) disappeared on the planet
Lythion with a dangerous weapon called a positronic ray. 
Barbarella is dispatched to find them both and to determine if
Earth could be threatened.  Barbarella (the Blu-ray) is a decent
enough high-definition transfer.  It could have used a
restoration effort, but hey,