(RAME) Review: MS. MAGNIFICENT
CD Man
1979
Desiree Cousteau
Jessie St. James
Holly McCall
For some reason I've never heard of this film. Originally distributed by
Essex/Select. Stars Desiree Cousteau as a super-heroine with powers of
flight, super-strength, enhanced senses and a weakness to a glowing green
mineral. She has a secret identity, working as an investigative reporter at
an unnamed newspaper with her colleagues Lois (Holy McCall) and Clark (Mike
Horner). An alien invader, Cretia Borgia (Jessie St. James), accompanied by
a female accomplice (Sharon Kane) and two pointy eared males in gaily
colored bondage fetish gear travel to Earth, landing in a supermarket
parking lot. (No exterior shots of the spaceship are seen ;-))
Ms. Magnificent rescues an attempted suicide by convincing a potential
jumper that there are things worth living for (I.E. sex). when a reticent
interview subject persuades Lois to engage in sexual activity in exchange
for information, Ms. Magnificent flies to her rescue, arriving considerably
after the last minute,though Lois admits "I kind of liked it in the end . "
When the villainess accuses her accomplice of being a turncoat, she
threatens her with a fisting (though it is not seen in any of the three
different versions of this film I have seen.). The male henchmen catch Ms. M
prowling around the space ship but, after sexually "interrogating" her, let
her leave. The villains capture Lois and Clark, Ms. Magnificent comes to
their rescue, Cretia weakens her by penetrating her with a large glowing
green dildo. Two tourists, a British couple, wander into the space ship. An
orgy ensues. Ms. M is revived, She, Lois, Clark and the Brits escape the
ship, the villains choose to retreat and escape the planet, threatening to
return in a sequel that was never made.
Though popular '70s/'80s porno starlet Desiree Cousteau is the films title
character, it is Holly McCall as the ditzy Lois and Mike Horner, very
Christopher Reeve like with his portrayal of a clumsy, bumbling, ineffectual
Clark, who really steal the show, along with Jessie St. James totally over
the top portrayal of the diabolical Cretia.
There is little in the way of super-heroic special effects other than a
few flying scenes that are not quite on a par with George Reeves era
Superman or, worse, the Saturday morning Shazam show. According to legend
the movie (an actual movie shot on film in the days before shot on video
porn) was filmed under the name SUPERWOMAN, which caught the attentions of
DC Comic's lawyers[1] (as did the later Splatman). The result is that the
pictures oddest special effect is Ms. Magnificent's chest emblem, a
constantly writhing mass of white scribbles where the Superman "S" emblem
was
actually scratched out frame by frame (now there's a job ;-)). Also, the
name Ms. Magnificent is never actually heard in the film. Whenever the main
character is referred to by name, "Superwoman" is edited out, leaving a
moment of total silence on the soundtrack.
Although silly in a typical camp '70s porn vaudeville style, it is quite
funny in places. And then there is the point where Jessie St. James points
out that the names Lois and Clark are actually a pun on the names of the
famous wilderness explorers Lewis & Clark, which oddly enough I'd never
realized before.
[1] >>Note to the youngsters: Years ago, a porno movie was made starring
Desiree Cousteau in the title role of "Superwoman". There was absolutely no
doubt what-so-ever that the movie was based (or ripped off) on the DC Comics
character Superman. DC sued, and forced the manufacturer to change the
title (it was changed to Ms. Magnificent) and to remove any reference to DC
trademarks (the title character's name, the insignia on her uniform, and the
poisonous-to-Superwoman-only glowing green substance called craptonite (only
the name was removed.))
Jason Michael
Jason
jason michael @ canada . com
CD Man
"Jason Michael" <jwmi...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:1146682967.4...@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Has this been released on DVD?
>
It's only available from Excalibur, which probably means they're offering a
VHS transfer as a DVD, rather than an official DVD release (It's unlikely to
get an "official" release, for the above reasons)
MES Jones
was the last scene where she was suppose to get it from the big dildo,
but they never actually stuck it in! mes.
Justin
the quality is terrible.