i be not surprised that many people do not get this film . it be a very low budget and psuedo sci fi film . psuedo and because it be most definitely not serious about be sci fi . all of the cience be portray totally tongue firmly in cheek . if you do not get that with the baby bang reference from doctor penny priddy during the press conference scene and well and then i be sorry and but youre hopeless . if anything and this be an anti sci fi film . it a spoof of all those 1950 era sci fi film where the incredibly bad science interpretation be play completely seriously . i mean and c amon and the overthruster track device with the ups truck turn signal click should have clue you in that someone isn not quite serious here . what we have get here be a great romp with some future mega star have a great time . lithgow performance alone be worth the price of admission . ellen barkin be luscious in both that pink dress and her tie up black skirt . that jail cell flirtation scene . well and what more can i say . those wonderful in joke represent yoyodyne propulsion system . yoyo dyne . the future begin tomorrow . well and of course it do . negative and we do not have crossover . we be over new jersey . all be not lose . well and of course it isn not . or be it . ( born and raise there and woodbridge twp . and sorry . to this day and my sister and brother in law live in new brunswick and i be not make this up . ) if you own the dvd and a i do and then you probably know that practically nothing be create for this film . the red lectroid bivouac be an abandon firestone tire factory . if you ever do high school drama and you probably recognize lizardo foot pedal a an ancient light dim board . the spin styrofoam cup in the shock tower ( an automotive term ) take the cake . there be so much go on in this low low budget film to laugh with and not at . if you watch this film look not to trash it but to laugh with it and i think you will get far and far more out of it . i only wish they have be able to make the sequel . and finally and i originally saw this film when it be first release and in the harvard square cinema in cambridge and mass . the screening be sparsely attended and but you could tell that some people get it even then and and many do not . too bad .