The Ice Pirates (1984)

Wacky Space Adventure parody directed by the man who brought you….Mac and Me and Mannequin 2: On the Move. I remembered really, really thinking this was funny when I was 7, so I gave it a chance.

Well, its kinda like Spaceballs. I mean, it is a Star Wars parody. But it also sets its sights on Alien, Road Warrior, Logans Run, BSG, Star Trek and a few others. For the most part, it works, and when it doesn’t the unintentional humor and kitch goes a long way. There are pirates (that dress like olde tyme pirates but in space), princesses, robots, aliens. There is a pimp-bot. There are poop jokes, herpes jokes, indulgent 80’s love scenes, the works. At the end they go into a time warp and its pretty rad. Straight up B-movie style here folks.

It was campy fun, lots of familiar faces. Angelica Huston, Ron Perlman among others…this is really a movie to watch if you are sick or high or both. In your pajamas, thats key.

maybe I’ll rewatch this one next, don’t tempt me.