Check this out... or don't. I mean, you really shouldn't, probably; it could really ruin your day. Tell you what: just email it to someone you can't stand without even watching it. Their undying resentment will let you know that whatever it was, it made them feel like punching a puppy. Maybe they did, even. But for Pete's sake, don't click over yourself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImrdW7Kewrw
... And if you do watch it, and feel a dark blanket of despair smothering you, click over here for some much-needed relief.
And, so as not to have a one-note gag thread, I'm almost done reading You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation, the excellent brand-new account of the John Hughes 80s teen movies. It's got great, in-depth and insider-baseball-juicy interviews from pretty much everyone involved except for Hughes himself, though the author seems to quote every public media statement he gave before Salingering. My only complaint is that author Susannah Gora only gives Weird Science a handful of passing mentions, and fails to note the TV adaptation (or that of Ferris Bueller, for that matter), dismissing it in the introduction as a minor work that doesn't live up to the others merit-wise or in memory. That may well be true, but a few paragraphs couldn't have hurt. I hate to play the gender card, but can't help but wondering if that factored into her disinterest, since she writes several pages on the two endings to Pretty in Pink alone (which is great stuff, don't get me wrong).
In short: a highly recommended read if you're fond if the Hughes teen movies, St. Elmo's Fire and Say Anything.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImrdW7Kewrw
... And if you do watch it, and feel a dark blanket of despair smothering you, click over here for some much-needed relief.
And, so as not to have a one-note gag thread, I'm almost done reading You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation, the excellent brand-new account of the John Hughes 80s teen movies. It's got great, in-depth and insider-baseball-juicy interviews from pretty much everyone involved except for Hughes himself, though the author seems to quote every public media statement he gave before Salingering. My only complaint is that author Susannah Gora only gives Weird Science a handful of passing mentions, and fails to note the TV adaptation (or that of Ferris Bueller, for that matter), dismissing it in the introduction as a minor work that doesn't live up to the others merit-wise or in memory. That may well be true, but a few paragraphs couldn't have hurt. I hate to play the gender card, but can't help but wondering if that factored into her disinterest, since she writes several pages on the two endings to Pretty in Pink alone (which is great stuff, don't get me wrong).
In short: a highly recommended read if you're fond if the Hughes teen movies, St. Elmo's Fire and Say Anything.
In fact, it was really more of a glamor drug at that time than anything else. It was 'the drug of choice' to a generation coming of age in a decade that was all about money and glamor and Feeling Good. Which was sort of why you had that character involved in it. It wasn't a drug that you associated with down & out junkies on the street - it was a drug you associated with trendy clubs and glamorous rock stars. With money and success.
No different from today - the actors are often the draw.