No Blu-ray for this classic?

Dunno why, the HD version they show on the movie channels is darn near pristine on a lot of scenes and that's only 1080i/720p. It's obviously been remastered for it.

It's been released on digital HD formats, and that's about the best we're going to get for a while.

How is this a classic?

It has got Martin Short, who I think is a bit of a comedy genius (watch Innerspace to know what I mean), and that Russell whatever, but other than that, in my opinion, this movie doesn't really work.

It has the 'bumbling fool father' (WHY IS THIS ALWAYS THE STEREOTYPE?! Didn't Chevy Chase play this kind of role enough? Do we need Martin Short to do this, too? I know a 'competent dad' is not as funny, but it WOULD be funny because it would be so shockingly unexpected at this point!) character that's not funny, it has the 'captain Ron-character' that..

..frankly, this movie doesn't clearly define, or know what to do with. Some times he seems just crazy and irresponsible psychopath, other times he seems competent and trustworthy, and so forth and so on. His character fluctuates way too much, it's hard to know what to think of him.

He's not like Mr. Bean or someone you can instantly understand, he just keeps being all kinds of different things, which is just frustrating to watch if something.

This movie I watched ONCE, and never afterwards, as it's just slow, boring, cringy and predictable. Nothing much happens that you can't predict, and whatever little there is, is just boring and uninteresting. Someone clearly wanted to do a 'Vacation movie with a boat', but it just doesn't work, and the worst thing is, it's never very funny at all.

The only memorable part is the 'guerrilla vs. gorilla' thing, which I tried to once explain to someone japanese, and they were relieved to hear that even native speakers can have trouble distinquishing between the pronunciation of those words.