Agh! Here’s one I should have left alone in my memory. What I thought was the greatest picture ever made is merely decent fun. I will say this: no screen presence has ever been as sexy as Sarah Douglas as Ursa. Imagine me, 5 or 6 years old seeing this at the old Music Makers Cinema on Rt 9 with my father. . .watching this Brit-speaking, dark-haired, Spock-eyebrowed woman kick so much ass. It left me with so many. . .curious feelings. Her appearance in this otherwisely dimly plotted kid’s fare is subversive enough to still keep me riveted. (Why is hers the only outfit with lengthy slits up the thigh?) I watched this movie over and over and over again with the advent on VHS — I was amazed at just how much I remembered. Oh, and one thing: Kneel Before Zod!!!!!!!
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Another thing: in a wonderful case of synchronicity, Howard Stern, when yelling at a co-worker, shouted “Kneel Before Zod!” this morning.
In total agreement on Sarah Douglas as Ursa being the sexiest screen presence on the planet…or any planet. She stands out mightily in an otherwise typical fun, blockbuster film. There’s a few good sites on the beautiful Ursa if you fish around the net.