I'd like to change gears here a bit and get back to an overused 80's movie obsession: aliens. Only this time instead of aliens befriending a young boy to help them get home, it's a bunch of old people and dorky ass Steve Guttenburg. A swimming pool becomes a fountain of youth thanks to the alien cocoons, but as the old folks regain their health, the aliens get the life drained out of them.
Watching this movie again for the first time since my youth, Steve Guttenburg damn near drained the life out of me. His goofy antics and horribly bad jokes really put a damper on the film. However Ron Howard's tight direction and the rest of the cast luckily make up for it. Wilferd Brimley's heart-to-heart fishing scene with D.A.R.Y.L. is pure movie magic.
Now Steve, get the hell out of my pool.
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