Hanze neza imyaka itanu ishize, nyuma-apocaly-apocalypticle fighr "umusazi max: umuhanda wa firime" wabaye umwe muri firime zimurika cyane mumyaka icumi ishize. Mu myaka myinshi, umushinga wacitse intege mu ikuzimu, ariko izo mbaraga ntizishira, kuko amaherezo, hasohotse. Filime yongeye kuzura hamwe ninyuguti zifite amabara kandi ya charismatique, ariko no kurubu batekaho hari hus idafite ubwoba ikorwa no guhanagura.
Nibyo, isura yambere ya hurios itandukanye cyane nuwagaragaye kuri ecran. Mu kiganiro n'ikinyamakuru New York Times, Mayon yabibwiye:
Mu mizo ya mbere, huos yatekerejwe nka heroine idahwitse kandi ihanitse. Yategerezwa kugira umusatsi muremure n'ingingo z'isonga nyafurika ye. Muri kiriya gihe, twagize umuhanzi utandukanye - na mbere Jenny Bevan yahageze. Mumyambarire yanjye ya mbere, numvaga nkarbarell. Yampanguye. Ndashimira George kubatega amatwi. Namubwiye nti: "Sinzi uburyo bishobora kumara umwanya mu cyumba cyo gusana imodoka n'umusatsi nk'uwo. Ntekereza ko dukeneye kunuka umusatsi. Igomba kuba androgynous kandi yaguye.
Birakwiye gusobanura ko Barbarella, teron avuga, ni voroppio yo guhuza ibitsina kuva firime yibihimbano bya siyanse muri 1968. Uruhare rw'umutwe muri Barbarella rwatwaye jane fonda. Twibutse kandi ko "Umusazi: Umuhanda wa Roger" wahawe ibihembo bitandatu bya Oscar, harimo no mu majwi "imyambaro myiza", "Umuyoboro mwiza" na "umurimo mwiza w'abahanzi".