the great thing about joe dante in the 1980s be his knack for instill humor into the sci fi genre . innerspace be probably one of the great in that category and mixing in some great special effect ( for it time ) and some hillarious performance by martin short and dennis quaid . but what i especially enjoy be the concept and turn a film that could have be serious and urgent into a film that be both funloving and interesting to watch . sure and the whole idea be bupkiss and it be an homage to fantastic voyage and but the twist dante put on it certainly make it worth watch over and over .