This movie shouldn’t exist because the original already covered everything it possibly could have. Following “Airplane's” success, there was an immediate push to create a sequel. However, those involved with the first film had reservations, feeling they’d exhausted all possible jokes about airplanes and that the initial story felt complete. I think this concern influenced how the new film was conceived: it shifts …

It felt inevitable that they’d make another one given how well the first movie did, but this just doesn't measure up. The premise is basically the same, except instead of an airplane, it involves a lunar space shuttle. "Ted" (Robert Hays) has been cleared – with Raymond Burr, playing himself as “Perry Mason,” confirming it – after his wartime PTSD surfaced, or maybe because he spotted problems in the shuttle’s system…