sdo (12/15/82)
What a waste of time! If you can see it for less than $1.50, then I suppose you might as well, because that's all it's worth to see the three new jokes they've added. The rest are exact duplicates of the ones in A1, which were a magnificent breakthrough in comedy then, but are now familiar to all of us. But, if you've got nothing better to do some night ... Scott Orshan Bell Labs Piscataway 201-981-3064 houxm!u1100a!sdo
wildperson (12/15/82)
While I didn't think that Airplane II was as good as the original (surprise!), I didn't think that it was a monumental waste of time, or even a ripoff. Certainly it was funnier the first time, but part of the humour in the second movie was the deliberate overuse of the mechanisms in the first movie. While I may just have been in a mood to be amused, the references to current events (E.T., William Shatner-"Why doesn't anyone TELL me these things?", and so on) were worth the admission and time. I won't go into the name of the sentient computer on the spaceliner, or the name of the person who tries to turn it off, but I'm sure that 2001 fanatics will figure it out.(Where HAVE I heard that Strauss waltz before, anyhow<hee hee>) If you want artistic cinematography, well constructed and believable characters, and emotional content, go see "An Officer and a Gentleman" or "Victor, Victoria". If you want to be amused, and you don't mine laughing at the falliability of the human race, see Airplane II. Even though it is the second attempt, the satirical look at the human race and those who make movies about it still works, at least for me. How about you, Gene? "I don't care, I'm going to Callahan's Place."