The allegorical and richly-layered story was considered scarier for kids and more meaningful for mature audiences, especially in a few of its well-executed scenes (the entire Pleasure Island sequence and the terrifying conversion of red-headed Lampwick into a jackass, and the Monstro whale swallowing).The Joker (located by Batman at the Prewitt building) announced his "social experiment" to the ferry riders - he had put explosives on both ferries: "Each of you has a remote to blow up the other boat.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982),Poltergeist (1982),andStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982).The influential film""s taglines partially described he scenario:"In the future, cities will become deserts, roads will become battlefields and the hope of mankind will appear as a stranger.Say, you""re awfully large for a pill yourself.When Dr.Wilmerding (Charles Trowbridge) suggests hat the pill would take a lot of water to swallow, Hackenbush retorts: "Nonsense.