Airplane 2 (1982) - 🤯📼First Time Film Club📼🤯 - First Time Watching/Movie Reaction & Review
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The scene with the “Mission Impossible” theme song is funny because that actor was actually in the “Mission Impossible” TV show.
Peter Graves played Jim Phelps (this character died in the first Mission Impossible movie), head of IMF (Impossible Mission Force) from season 2-7 TV series from 1960-70's & both seasons of the reboot series from the 1980's.
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Good info Kevin.
Also, the gas in the scene was similar to the gas in the series that came out of the tape recorder when the message self destructed.
@@kevinthetruckdriver353 Hey! Aren't you supposed to be watching videos from The Warning?
"Is that Mission: Impossible? That came out already?"
Mission: Impossible premiered on TV in 1966. Peter Graves was the star of the series for most of it's 7 season run.
beat me to it by a hair!
That cracked me up! Emily, don't ever change!
Damn beat me to it. Lol
@@CaptNRetro lmao even i remember mission impossible reruns on 80s tv as a kid
Beat me to it also!
My favorite line is "Doctor can you give the court your impression of Mr. Striker."
"I'm sorry I don't do impressions, my training is in psychiatry."
"Striker!"
(Guy next to him punches woman in the face)
Emily: 😂😂😂😂
Howie came unglued?
@@the.seagull.35 Howie was a rock
The way the actor says that line is my favourite piece of acting ever.
There's like 30 reactions to airplane and only 2 or 3 for airplane 2 and I think the sequel is at or even better for me. The gags are def faster and we get william Shatner, who is hilarious.
William Shatner was absolutely perfect in this. His delivery.... "The big man.... numero uno honcho.... THE HEAD CHEESE...."
The Shatner door gag is probably my favourite joke in the entire movie. Shatner was turned up all the way to 11 here.
That one piece of equipment was in Star Trek 2, 5, TNG, Voyager and Enterprise, PLUS, the original V miniseries, The Last Starfighter, Alien Nation, The Incredible Hulk Returns, Austin Powers 2, the 90s Flash, and Lois & Clark!
I think that prop must the sci-fi prop equivalent of the Wilhelm Scream or something...
I would swear I saw that thing in an episode of Buck Rogers as well. It's been a lot of years though, my brain might just be scrambling memories together.
Here is a great compilation of shows with it. th-cam.com/video/phPp5oYnps0/w-d-xo.html
Whoever came up with this piece of prop... genius.
Yeah, I was going to mention its appearance in The Last Starfighter. I’ve seen that thing in seemingly a dozen things. Heheh
Witness: Striker was the squadron leader. He brought us in real low. But he couldn't handle it.
Prosecutor: Buddy couldn't handle it? Was Buddy one of your crew?
Witness: Right. Buddy was the bombardier. But it was Striker who couldn't handle it, and he went to pieces.
Prosecutor: *Andy* went to pieces?
Witness: No. Andy was the navigator. He was all right. Buddy went to pieces. It was awful how he came unglued.
Prosecutor: *Howie* came unglued?
Witness: Oh, no. Howie was a rock, the best tailgunner in the outfit. Buddy came unglued.
Prosecutor: And he bailed out?
Witness: No. Andy hung tough. Buddy bailed out. How he survived, it was a miracle.
Prosecutor: Then Howie survived?
Witness: No, 'fraid not. We lost Howie the next day.
That was one bit that wasn't a repeat from the first one.
That was good, along with the "Over Macho Grande? No, I don't think I'll ever get over Macho Grande" bit.
Basically Police Squad 😁
Johnny had a bigger part in this movie than I remembered. Loved him as the stenographer.
Kentucky Fried Movie court scene, no small parts...😀
How about some coffee Johnny?
NO THANKS!!!
😋😁😉
Ahhh senpai noticed me 😱🤯🤗
The passengers' reaction to the announcement about coffee is entirely reasonable & I am willing to die on this hill =D
LMAO! 16:14 is still one of my favorite sight gags in cinema history.
Mine too! Certainly my favourite Airplane! gag, though it has stiff competition.
Mcroskey was played by Lloyd Bridges. He was the father of the Brothers, Jeff and Beau Bridges
Lloyd had a long career in entertainment.
He was also the star of a cool TV series called Sea Hunt. A lot of scuba diving in beautiful black and white. Bridges did his own diving stunts, starting about halfway through season. Pretty great stuff.
The thing with the red lights that go back and forth (and many if not all the computer consoles around it) was rented from the now-defunct Modern Props, which is why it shows up in so many productions.
Including Star Trek II, which came out the same year as Airplane II!
Also used in the movie Alien Nation. It's like a celebrity prop, doing cameos.
A lot of props in Wrath of Khan were rented rather than custom designed, including the communicators and tricorders. A cost-saving measure after the notorious money-pit that was The Motion Picture. (Granted, a lot of that came from quietly folding the development costs of Phase II into TMP's budget.)
The beginning and ending song was actually the theme from the TV Series Battlestar Galactica
Because the same guy produced both. Glen A Larson
When I was a kid, I actually like Airplane II better than the first movie. Now the original movie is my favorite but I still love the sequel.
Some of my favorites bits:
Did you remember that the actor playing Johnny was also the court reporter in Kentucky Fried Movie? This movie had to be a call back to that, he was playing a different character. The court reporter had hair (or a hair piece) but Johnny was balding.
The Love Boat theme
Don't know why, just love that.
"Hi, Jack!"
The Rocky poster.
"We're familiar with it."
" Strike her! "
Same lady who hung herself in the first movie is the lady who turned into the skeleton.
"Little breather"
Unger and Donne getting sucked out into space then Ted seeing them through the window floating/dancing and he just happened to be listening to Blue Danube.
"Bullshit!
"Unbelievable bullshit! "
"What are you doing, Dave?"
Mission Impossible theme playing while Captain Oveur (who is played by Peter Graves) tries to disable ROC.
"Blow ROC?"
Simon turning to jelly
"Premature ejection."
"This isn't the past or the present...this is the future!"
"worp"
The view screen/door with Murdock
"Shhhhh, Shhhhh"
"Head Honcho! Numero Uno!" and seeing the Enterprise through the scope.
Also, the theme music for this movie is the theme music for the original Battlestar Galactica TV series, not one note was changed.
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I recall sitting with my brothers at Christmas and watching this on TV. It's often considered inferior, but I think there are some amazing jokes here.
I can’t believe he let mission impossible just go by like that.
And the voice-activated doors!
@@blechtic Yes! I was waiting for Emily to react to the "Shh... shh"!
It's such a good commentary on sequels in general, the fact that it recycles so many elements and is not quite as good as the first one is perfect. I had forgotten how many of the jokes I think of as coming from Airplane are actually from the sequel ("what have you got on Dickenson?" for example) -- I think this VHS was just frequently available at the library, so I watched it a LOT as a kid.
I honestly forgot the johnny bit filling him in one what happened so far came from this one, not the first.
I had a VHS with Airplane!, Airplane! 2 and Spaceballs all recorded off of Cinemax. It eventually wore out but it provided hours of entertainment.
He's a lucky bastard to have a wife with such a great sense of humor.
It seems the female species as a whole should try to assess this part of their psyche as it’s rare
@@-M0LE You've been looking in the wrong places.
"Hey mister, can I ask you a question?"
"What is it?"
"It's an interrogative statement used to test knowledge, but that's not important right now"
that's my favourite one just because of how well they defined 'a question'
11:17 One I think Matthew knew but you missed Emily is that Mission Impossible was a TV series first - and Peter Graves who plays Captain Oveur was its star.
He played Jim Phelps, the lead character of the series. In the first Mission Impossible movie, they killed Phelps off (Jon Voight) off so Tom Cruise could be the leader.
@@DonMachado I never got why they didn't just have Cruise play Phelps. There was no need to bump off the old hero (or make him a villain).
@@snorpenbass4196 I couldn't agree with you more!
I really liked the "danger: vacuum" bit because of the danger music was so unnecessarily playing in the background baking it just seen more dangerous than it actually was. And Shatner was just funny just because he's Shatner. He always funny to me.
He does the best version of "I've go to be me" . After all who else could do it.
Also "Danger Vacuum" because they are in space? No one gets it ? These movies have so many layers in each joke it is a non-stop mind laughter blower !
Just letting you know that your reaction to this movie is "hit pause and make some popcorn first" worthy since i loved your reaction to the first one. Lots of reactors watch the first but never get around to the second. Glad to see this crazy movie get some attention.
Oh my...does Em really really think that the Tom Cruise Mission Impossible was the first Mission Impossible? I hope somebody has told her about the original Mission Impossible...so she can get that joke. LOL 😁😜😂
I can't blame her to much when I was younger and it first came out I thought the 80s version was original.
@@ericjanssen394 I thought MI3 was faithful to the series. At least the plot was more twist driven with good use of disguises instead of being more stunt driven like the later sequels.
If she knew all these references, we probably wouldn't have a show here.
Everyone loves Johnny
Well, he's a Sagittarius.
Except 'Brandon likes movies'
Admittedly he was my least favorite part of the original Airplane but I did like him more in the sequel.
It’s almost hard to believe that the writers/directors of Airplane! were not involved in this one.
You can tell *because* it is so similar. They didn't want to repeat themselves so much, so the producers got someone else who would.
Writer/director Ken Finkleman is probably known more today for the comedy series THE NEWSROOM. He also co-wrote GREASE 2.
@@ToylandChairman666 I hadn't realized that! I haven't watched it in a long time, but I recall "The Newsroom" as being really good. I think it was somewhat similar to Rick Mercer's "Made in Canada", which was also darkly hilarious, and shared a lot of writers/actors with "This Hour Has 22 Minutes", which is still going, IIRC.
Canadian TV is a wonderful but rather incestuous little ecosystem. Kinda like British TV, in a way.
"Striker... Striker Striker Striker Striker!" The timing was just perfect.
I've seen Airplane! so many times, sometimes I just kind of want to watch a different version of it, and that's when I go to The Sequel. It doesn't hit quite as nonstop as the original, but I think it's underrated. And Bob Stack is a tough act to follow, but Shatner kills in this movie. It's the perfect use of his penchant for high melodrama.
Watched this when it came out as a kid. To this day, when I go through automatic doors, i first say "shhh" to open them.
Obviously the original was the best, but I love Shatner's bits. The door screen, all the "big cheese" euphemisms while he was on the periscope and when he freaked out over all the blinking lights. This movie was perfect for his over acting talents.
Shatner and Stephen Stucker are the best things about this sequel IMO.
True 2 was good but 1 is always the best.
That's how it goes for movies. I know of only one myself where movie 2 is better than movie 1 and that's Ace Ventura. Ace Vetura 1: Pet Detective was good, but for me Ace Ventura 2: When Nature Calls is freaking hilarious. It's like if Ace 1 was an 8, Ace 2 is a 10. I just loved Ace 2 so much which is kinda ironic as I'm pretty sure Jim Carry himself said he hates doing squeals.
Yet the one sequel he did do is up there as one my all time favourite movies from him, along with Ace 1 and the underrated Cable Guy.
'Jacob sagittarius', 'me too'.... this answers so many questions I didn't know I had.
The opening theme is the original theme of Battlestar Galactica, that's a reference that goes orphaned a lot these days. Even with the reboot reusing it as the Colonial Anthem.
I'm glad someone in the comments said so... I was worried I was the only one who recognized it.
11:29 - "That came out already?" A part of me died a little when Emily asked that. I'll bet Peter Graves rolled over in his... Never mind.
Johnny is the absolute greatest character in both movies. It's a shame Stephen Stucker died at only 38 from complications of AIDS. =(
"No Tower?! Why wasn't I informed?"
Best gag for me is the breathing one, where he turns around, thinking someone is behind him😂😂😂
That you mentioned Futurama and Venture Brothers within minutes of each other made my love for you two grow even more... Yous are the greatest
FINALLY someone does pt. 2. :D And it's you two, the nice guys too! :D
The only gag that really improved was the busty lady passenger. In the first Airplane, her charms were pretty stationary. In this movie, they where shaking, shimmying, making milky sounds and being contained by a Moral Majority T-shirt.
When I was in Cub Scouts, we took a tour of a movie theater, which was pretty cool. Afterwards, we were treated to a movie. Everyone wanted to watch "E.T." but it was too long. So our choices were "Airplane 2" and "Cold River." Everyone picked "Airplane 2." But for some reason, our den mother decided to exchange the tickets to see "Cold River." the movie sucked. A week later, my mother took me to see "Airplane 2."
The Enterprise scene is brilliant!!
The look in Matthew's eyes when she made the "It came out already?" Also, I once was in the middle of Johnny's update at the SCA event, Gulf Wars like ten years ago when I heard someone else doing the next line. We meet across the merchant's booth and did the lines together!
The red light machine prop is also in The Last Starfighter.
A mobile home that never went anywhere.
Been waiting for this reaction, this film is hilarious! You did a great job! Two movies I think you should add to the list that I think you would both enjoy are 1981's Caveman & 1985's Transylvania 6-5000
TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000 is quite terrible. It has 1 or 2 great little gags but dear God, it sucks.
this film was in my opinion just as funny as the first one. If this film came out alone and there was no Airplane 1 then this film would have been the film everyone remembers for the last 40 years. However, the first film will always be remembered over the 2nd
One day I hope you get to "Legend", "Labyrinth", & "The Dark Crystal"
Don't forget "Willow"
Tim Curry is outstanding in Legend.
@@kellyfehr3719 He's outstanding in damn near everything he's ever done. IT, Rocky Horror, Criminal Minds, Home Alone 2, the list goes on and on.
And his make-up job in Legend? Holy crap that was awesome!
@@Thundarr100 Emily is a big fan too. I don't know if you saw her eyes light up when he appeared in "Loaded Weopon".
Even funnier than the first one William Shatner behind what looks like a TV screen is actually a door with a window in it put me on the floor 😂.
The ZAZ didn't want to make a sequel because they felt they did every joke that you can do in an airplane, but they came up with an idea: As Ted and Ellen are about to get married, Ted goes to meet Ellen's parents, only to realize her father is Don Corleone. And from there, they spoof The Godfather. The studio refused and went with another writer.
- That “good sign” joke y’all missed? I’ve seen this movie a BUNCH of times and I didn’t notice it until RIGHT now! 😮 Maybe it was edited out of TV broadcasts for time? Or I’m just dumb 😄 Same thing with the “photo for the daily news” bit. I got the photo joke, but I don’t think I realized until right now that the reporter GIVES the lawyer a copy of the news paper in exchange. 🤣
- Everyone’s talking about the Mission Impossible theme, but no one’s mentioning that they used the OG Battlestar Galactica theme at the top of the movie 🚀
- This is one of those sequels that’s as good as the original IMO.
- “Why the hell aren’t I notified about these things?!” is one of my favorite pre-meme memes 🤣 And LOVE the guy fencing lunar shuttle tickets.
- The bleep blorp Machine may be the Wilhelm Scream of sci-fi movies 🤔
- Until you mentioned it, I always assumed ZZA did this movie too. Unfortunate to hear that about them not watching this, as I think it hurts your perspective on the movie. YES, it’s repetitive at some points, but a LOT of sequels are. They took the formula we liked, but changed it up enough so that it’s different. You’ll never get to watch a movie the first time more than once, but this sequel gave us the chance to watch Airplane for the first time, twice.
I'm not sure ZAZ not watching the movie is too much of a negative commentary. It's just that they were doing ZAZ humour, so it'd be kinda a "coals to Newcastle" thing. I'm pretty sure Gene Simmons doesn't go to a lot of gigs by KISS tribute acts in his spare time.
I think this film isn't quite as good as the original, but that's kinda the opposite of that "damning with faint praise" thing ("praising with faint damnation"?). It's still a lot of fun.
This one might be a little esoteric, but: #title Dogme '95 Dromedary.
One of my fave sci-fi comedies…. (I was a kid)
Ice Pirates would love to see you watch
"Is that Mission Impossible ? That came out all ready ?"
Mission Impossible came out in the 60's.
LOL Thank you. So many people think that the "Mission Impossible" films were original and don't realize the series came first.
I have to make this quick as i have to get back to work but two things:
1) Many people do not like this film because of all of the rehashing of jokes. While i have no proof I think that was intended. At the time a critique of sequels was that they just repeated the original as opposed to now where many sequels extend the story. So if this is a spoof film then the sequel MUST go overboard on the rehashing. In the words of Chris Knight (Val Kilmer from 'Real Genius') "It's a moral imperative"
2) I am 53 and must have watched Airplane II hundreds of times as a kid. The joke you missed but found in editing about the "Place Charts here" sign took me at least 100 watches to get. So congrats on not taking 100 times :) :)
I liked the window washer in the background
cant belieeeeve it took this long to do airplane 2!!!
16:44 -- That prop is going on sale this year.. It's been in HUNDREDS of movies and TV shows over the years.
When Johnny played the blind musician
I liked the Star Trek door open gag, "Shhh"
Hey, my "Celluloid Sensei" offering deserves consideration! lol
I used to be able to recite most of the first movie as it went along. The only line I remembered from this movie was "We've been thrown off course just a tad... "What exactly is a tad?".. And I didn't even remember those lines correctly till watching this.
when I was a kid, I had a Scratch tape (cassette) of random funny bits from lots of different movies, and I had ALL of Johhny's bits on it
Rip to 2 great actor's Lloyd Bridges & Rip Torn we still miss you guys
Ever watch old episodes of "Sea Hunt"?
Now I can't stop picturing a muppet-style vaccum hose terrorizing dogs 🤣
I always thought there were faster gags in this one compared to the first. I think its funnier. Thanks for reacting to it.
You guys have fantastic chemistry, I look forward to seeing more.
Never marry someone who you don't have any chemistry with.
This film is so funny just as good I think as Airplane 1.
One of these days, "Kung Pow: Enter the Fist" is going to win one of those Patreon polls, and I want to be there to see it. There's a chance, just a chance, that it's dumb (yet irresistible) humor may make you laugh as hard as you've laughed at any other movie... Just sayin...
To all of those who have voted for other shows, I implore you to reconsider.
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Everyone who understands those references is OK in my book... Everyone should watch this movie. It will be significant :)...
William Shatner as Buck Murdoch is without a doubt, the greatest cameo in cinematic history
Peter Graves (Capt. Oveur) was the lead in the original 1960s TV version of Mission: Impossible from season 2 onwards. Famous for the opening with the tape that self-destructs by spewing smoke.
Peter Graves, the pilot was the star of Mission Impossible,hence the music, haha
Whenever there is a scene where the self-doubt-ridden hero is asked by a kid or someone else if things are gonna be okay/dire they are spurred into action (think Aragorn in The Two Towers) (Karras in The Exorcist) I always hear 'Is my dog Scraps gonna be okay?'
That boy talking to his dad was insane
The screen door was genius.🤣
"I guess irony can be pretty ironic sometimes."
Could you do John Goodman's 1991 "King Ralph"? I surprises me that no "classic" movie reactor has taken on this one.
Yes please it is a hidden gem.
The neon tube machine turns up everywhere! It was in V and Alien Nation just off the top of my head. I think my favourite what was when it turned up in the Fantastic Four's lab in the the Lego Marvel Superheroes game:)
Brock Sampson is awesome. Can't wait for VB to come back.
I love the back and forth red light beams, I've lost count how many sci-fi shows and movies I've seen them in. I believe there used to be a website that had a list of all the titles it's shown up in.
God, William Shatner was on fire in this movie!
not sure if you noticed or not, however, towards the start when the `elaine' is talking to the guy by the name of simon with the mustache, his name is chad everett who played a doctor by the name of dr. joe gannon in a tv series called `medical center' back around the 1970s, as for the `navigator' `mr. unger' was a guy by the name of kent mccord who also played a cop by the name of `jim reed' in a 1970s tv cop series called `adam-12'. the judge in the court room was played by raymond burr aka `perry mason', and the guy who drinks the coffee of which lloyd bridges sticks his cigarette in, is chuck connors who played a guy by the name of lucas mccain in tv show called `the rifleman'. then there is the one playing bud kruger who is being played by rip torn who also plays zed in the movie `men in black'. then of course, there is sonny bono from `sonny and cher'.
I love the film Airplane! but this sequel is pure entertaining very classic Airplane II: The Sequel written and directed by Ken Finkleman produced by Howard W. Koch starring Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Chad Everett, William Shatner, Peter Graves, Rip Torn, Chuck Connors, Sonny Bono, Raymond Burr and music score by Elmer Bernstein and Richard Hazard. Thank you Just SUMM Reactions good job great reaction excellent😄😄😄😄
This couple is just the best.
Matthew name suggestion: A man with a mean case of celluloids.
Funny part I laugh was the loud elevator music when it had no affect with the two talkers at all.
The first Airplane! is legendary
Paramount actually wanted to do Airplane 3, and even considered a 3D film but Robert Hayes (Ted Striker) wasnt interested in reprising his role. That combined with the low profit from from the sequel compared to the first, killed any chance of a third being made.
fun personal fact: I had never watched Battlestar Galactica as a kid, so for many many years I thought "Man Airplane 2 had a kickass theme song". lol
The lead pilot with the white/grey hair is played by Peter Graves who was in the Mission Impossible tv series that ran between 1967 and 1973!!!!!! Hence the theme music.
"Howie was a rock" - "Who's on 3rd" NO! who is on first, I don't know is on 3rd
I'm never unhappy about getting a second scoop of ice cream. Yeah, it might be a lot like the first one, but did it still make you laugh?
Peter Graves (Cpt. Over) plays " James Phelps " in the " Mission Impossible" Series from 1967. From there is also the Sountrack.
The Buffalo news anchor should look a bit familiar in this. At the time, he had a good amount of experience as a meteorologist, but he was just getting a new job as a game show host. His name is Pat Sajak.
"shhht" *door slides open ...shhht*
Airplane 2!!!!!
One movie you have to watch during the upcoming spooky season is Tucker and Dale vs Evil, it's an absolute gem! Another suggestion, though different from your usual, would be to jump into the series Ash vs Evil Dead, I mean honestly who doesn't want more Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams!!!
7:58 🤣
“I imagine that’s what our dogs see”
It blows my mind that Y'all have less than 26k subscribers, like how do you not have many times more?... So many pepole are missing out.
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They used the score from the original "Battlestar Galactica" tv series as the opening theme of the movie.
So much memories, thanks again for bringing another nostalgic movie, very great reaction as always XD
I hope you will put in the list Maverick (1994) and Police Academy series too in future :D
The actress that played the lady that was reduced to bones was the same actress that played the lady that hanged her self in Airplane!
I totally forgot about the Shatner door gag! Brilliant. Simple, and brilliant. Totally agree. Just that clip had me rolling. It's hard not to like a notable actor/comedian who can make fun of themselves. Especially when the material is on point.
Also the Is it a good sign is a strong contender for best film gag ever. Just a slight runner up to " I loved you in Wall Street" in Hotshots.
Johnny is in Kentucky Fried Movie. He was so well received in the first airplane movie I think he had one line originally and they expanded it. He was in Carnal Madness in 75, 77 Earthquake In Las Angeles, 83 in Trading Places, 84 in Bad Manners. He died of AIDS in 1986 at age 38. He was A hoot!
ZAZ didn't understand how to spoof something that didn't exist which is ironic since many people who enjoy Airplane have no idea what movie was being spoofed in the first one. But A2 is spoofing something that apparently they were not aware of. They were "too old" at least mentally, to make this movie. The only problem with A2 is that it requires more context than the first. You two may be a little young to get some of it. There was a bit of a sci-fi boom in the late 70s and early 80s and this coincided with the development of the Space Shuttle. Many people saw the shuttle as a step toward commercial space travel. People were thinking we would soon be buying tickets to the moon and and board spacecraft like we board an Airplane. It's all very meta and perhaps it is one of those "you had to be there" things.