Nude on the Moon

[boyScoutKevin]

"Make your wish." Next time, can we have less steam arising from that hot spring in the video file? That "D" in that one
screenshot, must be there, so she remembers her cup size. Otherwise, I think they would be labeled "L" and "R." Other then that, another good review for a "bad" movie. I always look forward to the next one.

never has a movie thrilled me so much

[Jeff]

I just saw "Nude on the Moon" for the first and probably last time. What a scream. Your review was right on target, but I wish you would have done something with my favorite idiot astronaut problem - lack of oxygen. That was the whole reason they had to leave. For 30 minutes, they had only 13 minutes of oxygen left. Now, the moon looks remarkably like South Florida, with lush, verdant plant life and the moonudies apparently had plenty to breathe as did the the astromorons because their helmets weren't sealed and were open the whole time they were up there.
The only thing that made this movie worth watching was pretty obvious and even that got old after a while. This would be great MST-3K material.

[Jeff Weskamp]

    Jeff Piselli is right; this would make an excellent Mystery Science Theatre episode.  Unfortunately, once they edited out all the nudity, it would only be about 20 minutes long.  Hey, maybe they could then use it as a short!  Or maybe they could superimpose MST3K logos over all the naughty bits.  Of course, that would be a LOT of work (but I think it'd be well worth it...).

Tan line hypothesis: They wear special boob protectors when there's a solar flare.

[Colin G. Davis]

Come on, Borntrager, leave Cathy alone. She ain't THAT bad.

[rick and judy]

Excellent movie to round out our extravagent new year celebration.  Judy fell asleep, though.  Fortunately she's awake for the end.

I used to have one of those helmets when I was a kid.

[Racist Melon Farmer]

Got to see this one last night , thanks again to Netflix! (They have all the "best" worst movies.) I can't believe they played the set-up & the science stuff totally straight.. they should have done it campy; that would've been perfect for this kind of movie. Andrew's right, everything up to the moon landing is padding.. but after they get to the moon, there's no more padding to be seen, if you get my drift Interesting to see what was considered daring & racy in the early 60's, if nothing else.

[Jeff Strain]

You were too harsh on Cathy/Moon Queen. She had
a nice face save for the fake mole, which she didn't
need, and great body, though she needed to jump
rope for her legs. If I had a time machine, I would
definitely do her.  Considering how scarce nudity
was in 1961 this would have been well worth your
money.  Compared to Blaze Starr Goes Nudist this
is quite a leap upward as far as entertainment.  

[timmy]

just watched the movie today, just because i heard that it has lots of stupid fun and dangling naked boobies...
 
it has more than just that... "one small step" yep that's right! i believed Neil Amstrong lifted this phrase... and maybe NASA too, got the idea of landing and returning the lunar module from this movie for its 1969 mission 8 years later...

should this movie had been made today it would be a parody of the Apollo 11 lunar mission, but how can you mock something that didn't even take place?

[Gator]

This movie is sooo stupid! I honestly believe the screenplay was written by a 9 or 10 year old boy just after he discovered a copy of Playboy in his dad's workshop. (Back then "topsy's" is all Hef could get away with.)

After reading over all the reviews, even Borntreger missed it at 16 minutes into the movie, there is one very critical scene in the movie that everyone has totally ignored; What was the purpose of feeding the monkey? Why was there a scene of a monkey being fed? We never saw the monkey before, and he/she doesn't show up again anywhere in the rest of the movie. (I had to Wiki this, but the first monkey in space was in 1949 for, of course, survivability tests, so I guess this scene was intended to convince the 1960s viewing audience that "these guy really know their stuff about space travel...they have a monkey! This really is serious space science going on here.")

Final observation: If moon women ever made it to Earth, all of them, except the redhead, would be immediately employed as professional plumbers.

[Andrew]

After reading over all the reviews, even Borntreger missed it at 16 minutes into the movie, there is one very critical scene in the movie that everyone has totally ignored; What was the purpose of feeding the monkey? Why was there a scene of a monkey being fed? We never saw the monkey before, and he/she doesn't show up again anywhere in the rest of the movie. (I had to Wiki this, but the first monkey in space was in 1949 for, of course, survivability tests, so I guess this scene was intended to convince the 1960s viewing audience that "these guy really know their stuff about space travel...they have a monkey! This really is serious space science going on here.")

Seemingly random shots in this film (including those with a monkey) can be explained by the presence of Doris Wishman's name in the credits.  She loved to inject random things into films.  If you watch her movies be prepared for shoes and feet.  For no reason, she liked to film those.  You'll also see pigeons, wall clocks, and wall paintings at times.

[Gator]

Thanks Andrew for the info about Doris Wishman, but after this one, I'm going to follow the lessons learned from Apocalypse Now; "Never get out of the boat." 

[Rev. Powell]

Seemingly random shots in this film (including those with a monkey) can be explained by the presence of Doris Wishman's name in the credits.  She loved to inject random things into films.  If you watch her movies be prepared for shoes and feet.  For no reason, she liked to film those.  You'll also see pigeons, wall clocks, and wall paintings at times.

A large part of Doris' random camerawork comes from the fact that she shot her pictures without synced sound and had the actors dub their lines later to save money.  By focusing on a random object she avoided the disconcerting effect of the sounds coming out of the actor's mouths not matching their lip movements.  Of course, it's far more disconcerting to be watching someone's feet or a potted plant while the actors recite their lines.

That still doesn't explain the presence of the monkey, though.