This odd little film is never funny enough to be a full-blown parody, and it is too stilted and melodramatic to truly engage or convince, but the idea more or less works to a reasonable degree. This is an alt-reality space opera, in which all the trappings are the 70s-envisioned future - all Viewmasters, videotapes and rollerboots - and all the characters are either locked into stereotype or harbouring an emotional secret. The cast strives to find a style with varying results but a lack of overall building through-story and slightly repetitive talky scenes means the film comes across as a rather flat and meandering affair.
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