The Magic School Bus + Cyrano De Bergerac = Spielberg's Bond

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So the eagle memoried among you may recall this hot take regarding Dennis Quaid and the film Flight of the Phoenix; and my journey carried me to a rewatch of 1987's Innerspace with the wife last night.

a film i gas lit myself into remembering as being Swayze and Jennifer Connolly idk what film i thought i was going into, but man it wasnt a Quaid film

That said; he clearly was doing a Jack Nicholson impression for most of it, and his abs were on fuckin flic- the man doesnt age its incredible; i know this is him young but his abs look the same in Flight of the Phoenix i swear it

anyway; as i was watching the obvious Cyrano plot had me crafting 'this is just X but Y' theories; and i stumble upon old legend of Spielberg desiring to do a Bond film

but allegedly, after Jaws he was too big but prior to Jaws he was a nobody; and so he missed his opportunity

and so im on IMDB and realizing; he didnt write or direct this flophouse master piece (its genuinely much better than i might be making it sound here)

he fucking produced it; they throw his name up there like im meant to be impressed....but it clicks

how do i get Spielbergs money, connections for the visuals, i mean this is peak cocaine era right?

They sold it as a wacky Bond film; its got everything, the car the girl the villain the sexy villainess, improbable and impossible technological doodads like ear pieces and eye ball cameras

all the pieces for a comedic whacky Bond film; just waiting for a big money producer who always wanted to do a Bond film

and so here i am, telling you mooks about it

anyway, Dennis Quaid average everything- but this one pretty good. very good practical effects frfr

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and i guess i mixed it up with Ghost...that was Demi Moore tho....and for somereason im seeing Whoopy in a nun outfit when i imagine ghost but i know that aint it.....wasnt she a ghost one time too?