Mel Brooks does to space opera what he did in Blazing Saddles to horse opera, only a great deal worse. You can try to find sophistication in his self-conscious gags about the film itself, about the potential sequel to it, about the videocassette of it, about the merchandising of it; you can even feel free to employ the term "Pirandellian." But the surrounding juvenilism ("What's the matter, Colonel Sanders? Chicken?" -- and so on) offers little help in your quest. One major hindrance is that Brooks's takeoffs on Star Wars (mostly), Star Trek, Alien, and Planet of the Apes do not take off far enough: he wants to be sure that all the jokes are at least gotten; any that are additionally found funny are gravy. With Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, John Candy, Rick Moranis, and Brooks. (1987) — Duncan Shepherd
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