HAHAHAHAHA!!! I guess I should be grateful I watched it as a 12-year-old when I could enjoy it, and probably should not attempt to watch again as an adult. :P
I have a whole class of movies called 'plot optional'. I usually watch these when I'm sick and so doped up on meds that I keep drifting in and out of consciousness - if you want to follow the plot, you can, but if you fall asleep you won't really have missed anything when you wake up.
I'm thinking that would account for the selection of Segal and Van Damme in my dvd collection. *snicker*
heh, Sexist, dated, forced in some scenes and yet occasionally memorable. Chet was the character I remembered best, not Mr. Downey or the two lead actors.
My sister can still recite the whole 'greasy porkchop served up in a dirty ashtray' speech to this day.
Weird Science. Huh. I'm kinda surprised you went there even for RDJ, considering your reaction to Soapdish:-). I remember WS as a heavily teen-male slanted fantasy that I didn't find very funny, though my BF loved it.
To be honest, all I knew was that it's considered something of an '80s classic, and that it involved boys creating a woman. I thought she was a robot until I saw it.
I should have probably turned it off, but there was a certain horrified fascination...
It *is* rather a train wreck... but I saw so v. many extremely bad movies in the late 70's and 80's that Weird Science barely registered on the Dreckometer.
I guess what makes me cringe the most about the movie, is I know what was going on in his personal life with drugs and it kind of creeps me out to watch RDJ in it.
That aside, the movie is all 12 year old boy and not much else, though fun for the "oh it's that guy/girl" moments. Especially Bill Paxton's role.
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Date: 2009-11-25 03:19 am (UTC)For me, this is one of those movies best seen under the influence of chemicals. Or extreme exhaustion.
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Date: 2009-11-25 05:22 am (UTC)I'm thinking that would account for the selection of Segal and Van Damme in my dvd collection. *snicker*
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Date: 2009-11-25 03:45 am (UTC)My sister can still recite the whole 'greasy porkchop served up in a dirty ashtray' speech to this day.
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Date: 2009-11-25 01:50 pm (UTC)It's funny; when I'm sick/nauseated and know I need to vomit, I recite that line to myself to facilitate the process. ;)
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Date: 2009-11-25 05:20 am (UTC)I should have probably turned it off, but there was a certain horrified fascination...
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Date: 2009-11-25 02:05 pm (UTC)It *is* rather a train wreck... but I saw so v. many extremely bad movies in the late 70's and 80's that Weird Science barely registered on the Dreckometer.
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Date: 2009-11-25 02:08 pm (UTC)That aside, the movie is all 12 year old boy and not much else, though fun for the "oh it's that guy/girl" moments. Especially Bill Paxton's role.
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