Nothing can be more 80s than the early 90s.

It was an awkward transition of styles, so you had stuff created, produced, made, released, etc during 1990-1991 that was even more Totally Eighties than stuff from the actual Eighties.

Alot of the most stereotypically 80's stuff seemed to have come out in 1990-92.

it always takes a decade a few years to hit its stride

Early 89-91 pop culture is it's own little super concentrated thing. It's the neon of the 80's pushed to the limit and pumped through a very wholesome filter. You can probably mark the beginning of normal 90's where MC Hammer/Vanilla Ice's schtick began to decline (91?). Or so future archaeologists will theorize.

It was written and filmed in like 1988, then sat on the shelf for a few years.

I remember being forced to sit down and watch this one afternoon when the adults wanted an hour of peace, but strangely enough, I don't remember this part.

I do remember that the movie had computer-generated animation sequences that TOTALLY failed to mesh with the 2-d style of the rest of the film.

If I'm remembering my hazy childhood memories correctly, the rest of the movie was a bunch of heavy handed 'environmental' stuff about these Ewok ripoff aliens trying to save their planet from pollution or something.

You are correct Spiteful. I also seem to remember that Wendy's had the obligatory happy-meal agreement for this one.

I actually saw this a couple of weeks ago. I don't think I heard half the dialog because everyone in the room was riffing the film constantly, but I'm sure it was more entertaining that way.

It's about George getting promoted and moving the family to a mining planet where he becomes VICE PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF POLLUTION AND SLAVERY except he's too fucking stupid to realize it.

Eventually someone points out to him that forced labor is wrong so he spends the rest of the movie trying to liberate the cute fuzzy aliens from tyranny. This mostly involves making a preachy appeal to Mr. Spacely. Then every problem in the universe is solved by recycling and the movie's over.

So it's FernGully meets Lost in Space?

The only thing I remember about this movie is Mr. Spacely ripping a robot dad's heart out and it scaring the shit out of me when I was a child.

Is this the one with the scene where a guy with a mo-hawk is breaking plates in a van? Judy asks, "What are you doing?" guy answers, "Break dancing"! Ba boom pssssht.

Only other memory I have is Siskel and Ebert reviewing it.

What'd they have to say about this wreck of a film? you have to tell me!

FUN FACT: This movie contains Mel Blanc's final performance. The film was so bad it literally murdered him. Not literally.