Watch Out for Space Herpes

There were a lot of Star Wars rip-offs in the eighties, but one of the best had to be The Ice Pirates. It was an action/spoof that starred Robert Urich (Vegas, Spencer For Hire) as Jason, the leader of a band of Ice Pirates that roam the galaxy stealing ice, the most valued commodity in the universe. He has a rag tag crew (Ron Perlman, John Matuszak, Anjelica Huston, Michael D. Roberts) that follow him around. They're short on brains, but long on charm. They run into a princess, which pulls them into a quest for a legendary water planet. There are space battles, robot battles, near castrations and romance. And of course there's the Space Herpes. The battle in the time warp is just nutty and a great way to wrap up this mess. I thought this was the height of comedy in 1984. I was fascinated by the kung-fu robots and slapstick comedy. It's an enormous cheese ball but it's really fun. Watch and laugh.
Check out this A.D.D. version.