简介：MeettheQueenoftheSouthSeas.Asexuallyvoraciousgoddess,sheluresyoungmentohercastleand,iftheyfailtosatisfyherdemands,killsthemfasterthanyoucansay'vaginadentata',leavingherhandmaidenstodisposeofthecastratedremains… OnenighttheQueenmeetshermatch.Herpriapicsuitorsnatchesthesnakethatisthesourceofherpowerfrombetweenherthighs–causingittotransformintoakrisfasterthanyoucansay'blatantsymbolism'–anddemandsthatshesubmittobehiswifeascustomapparentlydictates.TheQueen,however,refuses,swearsrevengeontheman'sancestorsandplungesintotheseatocommunewithevil… Fastforward100orsoyearsandweareintroducedtoTanya(KristiannaLoken,erBarbaraAnneConstable),anforeignanthropologystudentresearchingthelegendoftheSouthSeasQueenforherthesis.Shechartersaboat,goesdivingandinexplicablywindsupspreadeagledonagiant-sizebedintheQueen'sundersealairtothenbepenetratedbythemagicsnake-phallus. Afewdayslater–theboathavingbeenlostatseainasudden,inexplicablestorm–thenow-reincarnatedQueen/TanyarisesfromtheseaAphrodite-like(thoughthat'ssurelyanethnocentricdescription;whynotAphroditerosefromtheseaNyaiLoroKidul-likeafterallhethensaysinaboutofself-criticism)anddisposesofacoupleofdrunks,therebyequippingherselfwithtightleathersandsomefirearmswithaseeminglyendlesssupplyofammunition… Fromhereonit'sprettymucharehashofTheTerminatorastheSeaQueengoesafterErica,asingerwhoisthedescendantofhersuitor.PolicemanMax(ChristopherJ.Hart)andhisbuddiesrescueEricafromadiscomassacre–cuethe"Comewithmeifyouwanttolive"line–andtakehertothestationforprotection.NaturallyLadyTerminatorarrivesandshootstheplaceup,butEricaandhernewloveinterestmanagetoescape.Aprotractedseriesofchases,shootoutsandexplosionsensueuntil,finally,Maxandco.faceoffagainstthenow-ZombielikeLadyTerminator,completewitheyesshotinglaserbeams… IsLadyTerminatoragoodfilm?Doyoureallyneedmetosayno?.Onelaughsatthefilmratherthanwithit,whetheritbethefashionsandhairstyles–snowwashedjeansandmulletsanyone?–theropeyeffects;theoverlyintrusiveanddecidedlycheesysynthscore;shoehorninginofTerminator-ismsaswhentheotherwiseall-butindestructibleQueenremovesandthenreinsertsadamagedeye;or–firstamongequals–theoftenludicrouspost-syncheddialogue: Max:Wehavethreeverydeadbodieshere… Othercop#1:Veryinteresting.Itsayshereallthreeoftheseguysdiedwiththeircocksbittenoff.Couldbeasmallanimal. Othercop#2:Thereportsaysaneel.Aneelondryland?I'veheardoftheultimateblowjobbut,uh,thisistoomuch Max:Obviouslydonebythesameperson.Butwhy?What'shisorhermotive? Othercop#1:Howcanahumanbeingdothis? Othercop#2:Well,veryeasily.Firstyoutaketheirpantsoff… (Notethatthisscenewasprecededbyotherwisepointlessdialogueabouteatinghotdogs–saynomore…) ThusLadyTerminatorisanenjoyablefilm,inthat"sobadit'sgood"waythatalmosttranscendsrationalanalysis.Itisalsoevident,however,thatthefilm-makersbelievedinwhattheyweredoingand,withoutcondescencion,soughttodothebesttheycould,injectingenergyandstyleintotheproceedingsandputtingtheirmoneyonthescreen.Plus,it'salsoworthrememberinghowTheTerminatordoesn'texactlyalwaysshineinthemake-upandFXdepartmentseither,aswiththewayAhnuld'sheadgetsbroaderratherthannarrowerasthefilmprogressesandhisinnerroboticsareexposed,orthatpainfullyobviousmattepaintingofthecomingdesertstormattheend. Itisalsoaninterestingfilm.ThefusionoftraditionalIndonesianmythandwesternscience-fictionmayneverquitecomeoff,butthecollisionofculturesandideasatleastprovidesplentyoffoodforthought,withwhatisrelativelychasematerialbycomparisionwithwesterntrashcinemastandards–onethinksofLinaRomay'snotdissimilarfemmecatastricesinJessFranco'sFemaleVampireandDorianaGreyortheoutrightpornoofTheSperimator–butwhichwouldseemtohavepushedtheboundariesasfarastheIndonesianauthortieswereconcerned,withthefilmhavingapparentlybeenbannedintheterritoryatonepoint. Yetthetemptationisoftentooveranalyse,asifbyofjustification:OnecouldwellimaginesomegrandLegendoftheSevenGoldenVampiresstylethesiswherebytheanthropologistbecomesemblematicofwesternimperialism,purportingtobeinterestedinunderstandingnativeculturebutreallyonlyimposingherexistingdefinitionsuponitasOther,withherpossessiontherebyasomewhatjustifiableindigenousresponsetothishubris.SuchareadingwouldthendoubtlesscontinuewiththefigureofMaxasinstrumentalindefeatingtheSeaQueeninsavingErikaassymptomaticofaparadoxicalcounterposingstatementtotheeffectthatIndonesianscannotdowithouttheirwesternallies–anddoubtlessthewholethingwouldthenbereadasacodedcritiqueand/orendorsementoftheSuhartoregime,dependingonthespin. Themoreprosaictruth,however,issurelythatthepresenceofthewesternerswasfirstandforemostameansofenhancingLadyTerminator'sofficepotentialontheexportmarket–atestamenttoculturalimperialismitself,tobesure,buthardlyonethatrequiresintellectualgymnastics. Andthis,ultimately,ishowandwhyLadyTerminatorworks:It'safilmwhosegoalistopleaseitsdiverseaudiencesandintowhichanythingandeverythingthatmightaccomplishthisaimhasbeenthrown,regardlessofhowwellthoseingredients(andtheirrespectiveaudiences)reallygotogether. Thankfully,thecocktailtastesgood–albeitinabadtasteway–andhasthedesiredstupefyingeffect… http://www.kinocite.co.uk/17/1728.php…