Just re-watched this after reading a Yahoo article on the "10 80's movies that deserve a remake", in lieu of "Maverick's" recent success, and the announcement of "Beverly Hills Cop 4" and "Coming to America" getting the sequel treatment. This was the last one on that list, though IMO it should have ranked higher.

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/10-80s-movies-deserve-legacy-111348248.html

Ditto with @Maeron, that this was prolly the most original spacecraft in science fiction, other than the homebuilt "junkship" from "Explorers" (another 80's gem I'll have to revisit) Period SFX still hold up pretty well, in fact, much better than some of the stars of the movie when you look at the current headshots on this page. But then, that's LIFE, which, unlike young David, moves ever forward through time, and then one day suddenly catches us out when we catch a look in the mirror, and, our minds eye doesn't quite sync up with our reflection for a moment.

Intriguing, seeing a teenaged Sarah Jessica Parker, and hearing Pee Wee Herman pre semi-banishment for doing what some grown men did in adult theaters pre high speed internet, and, I can remember working for a company that had similar looking mail robots as the one shown in the film. The height of technology at the time.

@JonThe Mantis - Max wasn't mimicking David, he had actually facsimiled his entire brain when he retrieved the star maps needed to return to his (and the other creatures) home planets, and overwrote David's personality onto his programming. I wonder how the aliens on his home world would have reacted to him when he returned?

Anyway, it's a fun movie, and, I'm glad I gave it a re-watch, even after all these years.