"Howard Duck" is worse than you remember

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One of the most bizarre movies of the 1980s was Howard Duck, Based on the little comic character of the same name.TV writer Andrea Kyle Know the bad reputation of this movie, but still surprised how bad it is.

“I almost watched the whole thing on the floor with my chin,” Kyle said in episode 494 Geek Galaxy Guide podcast. “This is terrible in all possible ways.”

Geek Galaxy Guide host David Barr Courtley Remember love Howard Duck He watched it when he was 8 years old, but agreed that the movie was a train wreck. “This is a very strange combination of children’s films, Animal houseStyle of sex comedy and horror movies,” he said. “Some of these things can be done together, but the children and the sex comedy part cannot work together. “

Howard Duck By George Lucas, Reke successful original Star wars Trilogy.Humorist Tom Management Said that fame has obviously reached the director’s head. “[Howard the Duck] “As a comedy,” he said, “but then I think you can accept it and it can operate as a live-action movie. It just takes that kind of conceit. You only get what you think after you make the best-selling movie of all time. ,’I can do anything. ‘”

Science fiction writer Matthew Krassel Frightened Howard Duck, But pointed out that this movie does have its defenders. “I know some people like this movie,” he said. “If you continue Gen X Reddit Forum, They ask from time to time: “What is your favorite 80s movie?” and Howard Duck Coming up.Some people are like,’I love Howard Duck! Oh yes, this is so interesting. ‘”

Listen to the full interview with Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer and Matthew Kressel in episode 494 Geek Galaxy Guide (above). And check out some of the highlights in the discussion below.

Tom Glencerer Weird science:

“I still like it as the story of two nerds, they desperately want the wrong things, and then almost learn to want the right things. Having said that, I do want to get into the political arena. I think we discuss every 80s In this movie, we will spend 10 minutes justifying casual racism and sexism. “Of course, they killed the puppy in this movie. That’s what we did at that time. We killed the puppies. After thinking about it for a while, I started to feel that I did something wrong every time I said this. …Every child in my class quotes endlessly [jazz club] The scene, we think it’s great. Looking at it as an adult, I cringe at the whole thing. I was like,’Uh, this is terrible. ‘”

David Barr Kirtley Internal space:

“I think the role arc should be like this Dennis Quaid Confident but not caring-this is why he is Meg Ryan In the beginning-and Martin Short Caring but not confident. They formed this team, and then during the film, Dennis Quaid taught Martin Short to be more confident, and Martin Short taught Dennis Quaid to care more about others. It did do this in Martin Short’s character development, but it didn’t really do anything with Dennis Quaid’s character development. I think this is the biggest flaw in this movie for me, that is, in the end he and Meg Ryan get back together, and then they get married, like,’Wait, their relationship problems have not been resolved or even resolved. Mentioned in the whole movie. ‘”

Matthew Krassel Escape from New York:

“I think the setting of this movie is great. I like the idea:’The crime is too serious. Let’s isolate Manhattan, lock up all the criminals, and let them fend for themselves.’… .You know the scenes in the movie, they are like,’Oh, this is Broadway! Why do you drive to Broadway? Everyone just throws things at their car. If you are driving on certain streets in the city, this is actually It will happen. I remember someone throwing things at our car, such as fireworks, and of course the squeegee put things on your windshield, then cleaned it up and asked for $5. This city is very bad. So. I like it John Carpenter It’s like,’Yes, we want to maximize it. The city is too bad, now it has become a prison. ‘”

Andrea Kyle Comet night:

“I think I did see it in the theater, and I—I’m pretty sure—the same age as the character at the time. It really hit where I should go. I know these characters because of me used to be Those characters-selfish, selfish, rebellious against their parents. There was a scene where she went,’The store is open. what do you want to do? ‘They go shopping. Everything about it is exactly me. …Looking at it again, it impressed me. There are some sophistry about the absurdity of science, but like an adventure story, its action is very good, the characters are interesting, and it’s fun. The scene with the evil stock boy in the mall is fantastic. “