Ted, I have the strangest feeling we’ve been through this exact same thing before.
Attempting to recreate the glories of Airplane!, writer/director Ken Finkleman lifts nearly everything from the original and puts it in space. And although the jokes don’t tickle the ribs quite as much, and the services of Nielsen and Stack (and Abdul-Jabbar) are greatly missed, with Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Julie Hagerty, and Robert Hays reprising their timeless roles (and William Shatner offering his incomparable services), it’s hard not to be won over by the moronic joys of this note-for-note sequel. After all,
We’re not living in the past, or the present, anymore. This is the future.
by Thomas Scalzo | Source: Paramount Home Video VHS
16 Oct 2006 7:51 PM | Submit Comment