You can tell. When the jokes do land, they land well. By Vincent. The premise is pretty straight forward for a science fiction movie: in a far-flung galaxy water has become the most hard to come by commodity and a big, evil. In a distant future scarce of water, space pirates get caught after stealing ice from a spaceship. Have an ice day! It's a parched future, and water, the galaxy's only valuable commodity, is controlled by the evil Templars. A little movie with a lot of heart. Progressive characters. They are sold to a princess looking for her dad. Hilarious comedy. ''The Ice Pirates,'' which has been rated PG (''Parental Guidance Suggested''), contains dialogue heavily laced with double-entendre witlessness. The last surviving water. "The Ice Pirates" The time is the distant future, where by far the most precious commodity in the galaxy is water. Ice Pirates is Endorphina powered video slot with 5 reels and 10 pay-lines. . Thoughtful spfx for a shoestring budget. The slight film tries some witless smart-aleck jokes, fails in its intention to be campy and crudely settles for being a low-level goofy spoof of Star Wars. Improves upon each viewing. There's a generally broad and good humour about the whole film, and the cast play it up quite well. This is slot is inspired with North Pole and the Pirates cruising over there. A busy, bewildering, exceedingly jokey science-fiction film that looks like a Star Wars spinoff made in an underdeveloped galaxy.