Howard the Duck (1986) 🤯📼First Time Film Club📼🤯 - First Time Watching/Movie Reaction & Review

[@JustSUMMReactions]

Hey everybody, Just realized that I didn't clarify it in the video, but I wanted to mention that what I meant to say is that Howard the Duck is the first Marvel Comics character to have a theatrical release in the U.S. . Sorry, sometimes my brain don't work so good 😕. Cheers, Matthew

[@scottpartner8001]

Oh my god girl that truly was an awesome reaction that was just perfect especially the part where the snake came out of the guys mouth Haha. Please you both need to do reaction video of A league of their own with tom hanks and dumb and dumber incase you die see it. Definitely worth doing

[@paradoxguy9226]

Did they just “duck” out on the check

[@bazzakrak]

Ahh Howard the Duck that one weird Marvel character that has a special camoe in Avengers Endgame I like the fact about it being the first marvel comic character to get a theatrical release. Sort of reminds me of people talking about Black Panther being the first black superhero, and then I sit and think, hmm what about Blade did you all forget about him?

[@gluuuuue]

I was about to wonder if you’d forgotten about the made-for-television Spidey films of the ‘70s.. 😆

[@77niko09]

Unfortunately I have to mention that you haven´t seen ghostrider. I don´t now have you seen the first try of spiderman..

[@MrDrokkul]

They got the PG rating because they were able to just barely...duck under the limit. I won't apologize.

[@ItsBrianSilva]

That pun was fowl

[@totallybored5526]

@@ItsBrianSilva now you’re just winging it

[@backtoearth1983]

You guys are quackers.

[@acwolf92]

All of you with your puns go to your corner and reflect on what you've done.

[@totallybored5526]

@@acwolf92 I’m sorry it’s late and I’ve been smoking quack

[@ericwalker8636]

I was looking forward to Emily's reaction to the duck t***ies. Did not disappoint. 😂

[@rogeriopenna9014]

hahahahha, weren´t we ALL looking forward to that? Now, I need to see an evolutionary biology PHD reacting to mammary glands in a frigging DUCK.

[@alijohnson]

Yes! Yes! Yes!! Ohh I swear just hearing her say it made my day

[@astalavista7251]

Duck dangelers? LMAO!

[@otisroseboro5613]

I wasn't disappointed at all

[@R.J.Godzilla81]

OMG YES, HOWARD THE DUCK!!!! I love this movie, unironically too. It never fails to put a smile on my face.

[@KurtAnderson812]

Emily has, to the very core of her soul, the humor of a 12 year old boy.

[@55517genius]

Howard the Duck gets an instant thumbs up from me.

[@robstoll7542]

Never saw the movie, "Howard's End". I can only surmise it was the telling of Elmer Fudd's most successful hunting expedition.

[@otisroseboro5613]

Same here

[@LowbrowDeluxe]

I unironically love this movie.

[@John_Locke_108]

I unironically hate this movie. We rented this for my birthday when it first came out on vhs. I had a few friends over and none of us were able to sit through it. But the pizza was great.

[@jp3813]

Lea Thompson almost makes up for the entire runtime.

[@warre1]

@@jp3813 and singing is quite ok. (She sang herself, songs were written by Thomas Dolby.)

[@semajisweird9590]

I LOVE THIS MY TOO!!!!!!!!!!

[@D3THL0CKE]

I love it too

[@Quantaur]

I feel like we witnessed Emily go through the 5 stages of grief, just out of order, lol. This is probably one of the funniest overall reactions to a movie I've seen

[@liamwarner5749]

I did love her "I need a beer my Lacroix is not enough".

[@JakkFrost1]

Gotta remember that "PG" originally stands for "Parental Guidance", specifically meaning it contains scenes that some parents may not deem appropriate for their children. Somehow these days it has morphed to mean child-friendly.

[@dirus3142]

It started when the PG-13 rating was created.

[@trsniffy]

PG was supposed to be family friendly--a movie that a kid should watch with their parents but all could enjoy. In the 80s, there was clearly a big gap between something like The Dark Crystal and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Movies like this one helped bring about PG-13.

[@Tr0nzoid]

After being established in 1984, it took a while for the ratings board members associate all of this content with PG-13 material. "Top Gun" came out that same summer and was PG with its innuendo and light profanity; it would easily be PG-13 now.

[@RaptorNX01]

I mean, C.H.O.M.P.S. was rated G yet features a side character who is a talking dog but pretty much all he says is "shit".

[@reginald1817]

If the PG-13 rating existed prior to this film, then this definitely would've had that rating. While I at it, u guys remember that NC-17 rating? I remember only one film that has that rating, it was Dreamscape also from the 80's, but that rating didn't seem to last

[@augustandjune]

The thing is, this movie was meant to be dumb fun, and it definitely met it’s goal. As a comedy, I’ve seen worse.

[@TheMess9898]

They should put that quote on the BluRay cover

[@ThomasKnip]

This was the 1980s. We had a duckload of way, way worse comedies!

[@JDelwynn]

Well, at least they got the dumb part right, don't know about the fun though...

[@retrofan4963]

@@JDelwynn Check out the Howard the Duck comic books, they're really great. Don't let the film make you view negatively of the Howard the Duck franchise. Howard the Duck franchise is at its best in the comic book run.

[@dominickjustave3558]

It was Wright with the comics

[@wackyvorlon]

When I saw the title, all I could think was “oh no”.

[@Trilaan]

Same!

[@Spthomas47]

All I could think was "oof hahaha we're going here? Okay, let's do this haha"

[@peteramaranth85]

I was think oh yes haha

[@susanmaggiora4800]

Lol, me too!🤣

[@mcgilj1]

I was thinking.. Hell yes.. This will be a fun fun trainwreck . Lol

[@jcoptimus]

I enjoy this movie quite a lot. It's fun. The stop motion on the Dark Overlord is pretty impressive. And Lea Thompson... is... well... Lea Thompson.

[@GoldTopSlinger]

She is mostly the only reason I own the DVD of All The Right Moves. Fell in love with her watching that movie.

[@X_Tsukasa_X]

Dark Overlord was Stop Motion?! 😮

[@ashtonturner2862]

Wow, I can't believe my parents let me watch this film as a child. The 80s really were the best.

[@TxSonofLiberty]

Hey, I always liked the movie. The acting is great, the PG rating meant my parents let me see it when I was 10. As I got older, I realized how actually true to comics it was: Howard references his Mastery of Quack-Fu (in the comics, he is considered good enough to take on some of the best Earth Martial Artists), he is crude (albeit dialed down from his comics) at times, snarky, dashing, and witty. His encounter with the Employment Worker is a shout out to his comic troubles (He's eventually a Cleveland Cabbie most of the time) finding work. His on again off again relationship with Beverley (Life Model, not musician, in the comics when they met, she married and had children with Howard's Archnemesis, Doctor Bong, then divorced him and got back with Howard, and after leaving Howard again and going to Veterinarian School, she opened her own Vet Clinic called Scales and Tales with a slight bit of help from Howard calling in a reality warping favor), the weirdness of Howard's foes (The Dark Overlords are based heavily off the Dire Wraiths and Brood combined) in spite of his seeking to live as normal a life as possible besides seeking a way home... His Space Rabies threat was always hysterical to me, as well as his acrobatic Duck-Fu display.

[@jokerz7936]

Leah Thompson took "interesting" roles in the 80's with characters who had the hots for their son and a duck. 😄

[@flashchrome]

This one is right up there with Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Ferris bueller's day off and so forth. A great one!

[@SirDinielFortesque]

Thankfully Who Framed Roger Rabbit is in there list.

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

Duck walks into a drugstore, says "I need a condom." Clerk says, "Okay, that'll be $1.95". Duck says, "Just put it on my bill."

[@clarencewalker3925]

God will get you for that.

[@Sarah_Gravydog316]

? condoms don't go on bills

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

Duck walks into a drugstore, says "I need a condom." Clerk says, "Do you want me to put it on your bill?" Duck says, "Hey pal, I'm not THAT kind of duck!".

[@UndeadEggmiester]

No he can ever truly be prepared for the cinematic masterpiece that is Howard the duck. Is it good? Duck no it's not but man it's just stupid enough to be bearable in the right way.

[@razkable]

to think for a dozen years this was marvel's magnum movie opus ..they have come a long way since 2000...jesus

[@retrofan4963]

@@razkable Howard the Duck film is a really great classic. It's certainly a lot better than than every of the MCU films.

[@barefootanimist]

Though it was horrible, "Howard the Duck," and numerous other films were the reason growing up in '80s, with the _old_ PG rating, was great fun. We Gen-Xers were probably the better for it.

[@dcmackdon]

lol.. yes we are

[@Til_I_Collapse]

Tiddies!

[@StCerberusEngel]

The Gen-Ys got a good helping of it too. Before you had social-science majors trying to cram us into the Millennial category.

[@retrofan4963]

The film Howard the Duck isn't horrible though, it's great and overall fun.

[@aceldamia9114]

This movie is a good test of people. Anyone who doesn't like it really can't be trusted for pretty much anything.

[@O_Towne_Bear]

I feel the exact same way. Except, the opposite.

[@Vanska0]

Agreed!

[@retrofan4963]

@@O_Towne_Bear Too bad you don't feel the same way. To each their own I suppose. This film is fantastic in my opinion.

[@metalxhorror]

I don’t care what people say, I love this movie.

[@BunBun299]

This is one of those movies that, while I really can't argue that it's a good movie, I still enjoy it. I'd rather watch it over quite a few critically acclaimed movies.

[@retrofan4963]

As flawed this movie is, I do honestly really enjoy it. It's the film I usually re-watch and always have fun with it. As much as I love the film though, Howard the Duck definately deserves a much better movie that captures the great quality of the Howard the Duck comic books.

[@dolphinsrr]

@@retrofan4963 it's not flawed

[@ghettoprince187]

"We're not getting a duck." +looks at the camera like 'yes we will'+

[@nicotti]

Look for that upcoming "Emily crafts duck danglers" video.

[@IggyStardust1967]

If she thinks this era's PG movies are something.... imagine what she'd think of the G rated movies we had back then! 🤣🤣🤣🤣💀

[@chrisnichols9840]

Hell, Planet of the Apes was G rated. No titties granted, but plenty of violence and cursing.

[@MichFedorchak]

Try rewatching the first 10 minutes of Dumbo, that shocked me.

[@DIMASOfficial]

Blue Lagoon comes to mind.

[@IggyStardust1967]

@@chrisnichols9840 Yeah, that was one of the movies that came to my mind.

[@MrThumbs63]

@@sweiland75 which is now the Lunatic Left.

[@cobrag0318]

"Ducks lay eggs. They're not mammals" Wait'll she discovers the platypus, it'll blow her mind.LoL

[@tbirum]

The Echidna is also a egg laying mammal.

[@stressfreepaperchase3215]

Duck danglers!!

[@tempsitch5632]

Australia be crazy.

[@JakkFrost1]

@@tempsitch5632 and Koalas appear to have two thumbs per hand. Australia is Evolution's mad scientist little brother!

[@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps]

Now I'm sad there's no _John Carter_ sequel.

[@ZombieRodeo]

If you haven’t already seen it... ‘Return of the Killer Tomatoes’ is a fun movie to watch! 😁

[@69coolchris]

Not forgetting to watch Attack of the Killer Tomatoes first 😀. I love both films.

[@BraxtonHoward]

@@69coolchris definitely agree. Half the jokes are building on the first movie, would be silly to watch the second first.

[@AndiGravity]

Oh man... that movie is so worth it just to see George Clooney paying his dues by taking any role that will give him a paycheck.

[@MichFedorchak]

by far, my favorite part of "Howard the Duck" was this reaction. The shock on your face was priceless, and the excuse for what was going on on screen, "well, it was the 80s"

[@yussuqmadiq5274]

Remember this watching as a kid in the 80s for my birthday. God I'm old.

[@rdbull5890]

My parents didn't allow me to see Aliens in the theater with them, so I had to watch this instead.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

Howard The Duck is perfect for when Leprechaun in The Hood isn't available.

[@naiaddore1797]

Leprechaun in The Hood!? I'm scared to ask...😕

[@mcgilj1]

@@naiaddore1797 well.. It was better than Leprechaun Back 2 da Hood . Which isn't saying much.

[@dannielsen1056]

I don't know how she did it, but Emily made this movie fun to watch. That's talent. Please never stop being you Emily! :)

[@GuessWhoAsks]

The list does not mention the "The Gods Must Be Crazy" series....I can still rewatch the first two with big laughs.

[@slytheringingerwitch]

Yes, the coke bottle. I love those movies.

[@jonisilk]

Slapstick has always been my least favourite style of comedy, but I'm completely able to overlook it when watching "TGMBC", as it's such a joyous little film.

[@elijahvincent985]

A fine wine of so bad it's good movies. I immediately lost it when you saw the Playduck magazine and bathtub bits and burst into laughter. My dad looked at me with an odd grin as if I was crazy over me laughing at my phone in hysterics! Total win!

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

"It's not MY fault I have to shoplift at the 'Little Tyke' section of the Goodwill!"

[@ToniMcGinty]

Interesting point of trivia: Lea Thompson went on to marry a director called Howard Deutch. An anagram of Deutch is "The Duc".

[@MLJ7956]

He was the director of Pretty In Pink, Some Kind of Wonderful (where he met Lea) and The Great Outdoors...😁👍

[@ToniMcGinty]

@@MLJ7956 Indeed he was. The director John Hughes would turn to when he didn´t want to direct his own scripts!

[@JakkFrost1]

Now if only he had the middle name Kevin!

[@ToniMcGinty]

@@JakkFrost1 That would be AWESOME!

[@wfly81]

That's not how anagrams work.

[@ListerDavid]

I don’t give a Duck what people say this movie quacks me up.

[@evansutcliffe1099]

holy shit

[@pantlessreactions]

Hey, watch the fowl language

[@totallybored5526]

Stop smoking quak

[@shanem4703]

Loved this movie as a kid. Love this movie as an adult. Own it on VHS and DVD, and have no shame about it. Lol

[@multifan1644]

New to this channel, Howard the Duck is one of my all time favorite movies and I have to say I get that not everyone is going to love it, I think you were fair with it at least.

[@Tr0nzoid]

It just became fashionable to bash Howard the Duck. A lot of those people never even saw it.

[@dolphinsrr]

Unless you read the comics. They don't get it

[@rogeriopenna9014]

It's clear you can´t notice an artistic masterpiece when you see it!! This is like Beethoven's 9th Quackphony of movies!

[@suzelsaraiva6295]

Best thing about this movie is the "Howard the duck" song! One of my favourite movie soundtracks songs!

[@ControlTouchMaster]

Next I dare you to watch “Evolution (2001)”

[@Spthomas47]

Hmm. I haven't seen that since around when it came out, but I don't remember it being in this category of wtf'ery

[@teedawg11]

If you get a chance to watch it on BluRay/dvd there's an alternate ending you should see. Can't see why they didn't go with it instead.

[@treefittygaming]

YES!!! LOVE THIS MOVIE!!

[@michaelwardle7633]

I think this film may have finally found its intended audience.

[@retrofan4963]

It did for a long time. This film has a huge cult following. It's a really great classic.

[@sakuram69]

I LOVED this movie as a kid. Seriously. I was the ONLY person in my entire town who liked it. Every single time I bribed mom or grandma to rent it for me, as soon as the people in the rental place saw me, they would instantly say “your movie is here. You people are literally the only ones that rent it. We would just give it to you but we would be losing $40 a week” and I remember my mother saying “don’t you dare ever offer to give us that damn movie. Please. I couldn’t handle it.” After watching it as an adult I totally understand what she meant 😂😂😂 it’s sooooooo bad and cringy, but I suppose that’s what makes it awesome

[@JKM395]

"Look at those quackers!" And Duck Danglers! Oh yeah. Miss Emily is going to like this one. It's so utterly craptastic, that it's one of my favorite movies. It makes me laugh so hard I cry. I know that it bombed big time, but I saw it when for the first time when I was a kid. It was rated PG because it wasn't bad enough to be rated R, and there was no PG-13 at the time. This is one long duck joke and it's all over the place. Incidentally, I've heard the devils lettuce help this movie immensely... so I've heard you understand... What my man was saying about the comics is totally true. They're pretty dark, and they're fun books. Again, I'm glad you did this one and that you pretty much enjoyed it. It's the king of bad movies. PS. I'm down in FL and I was wondering where yall are, just out of curiosity. You're obviously from God's country! I hope yall both have a wonderful evening. I love laughing with yall.

[@stevenjump8234]

Yes they did have the PG 13 rating at this time. Red Dawn was the first movie to get the new rating in 1984. Two years before Howard the Duck was released.

[@1nelsondj]

"Howard the Duck" - a movie most fowl. A way better '80s movie is the cult classic "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension" (1984) which I watch once a year at least. It stars Peter Weller of "Robocop" and also has Jeff Goldblum, John Lithgow, Christopher Lloyd and Ellen Barkin.

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

One of my faves. 👍

[@user-dz6fy6qv2l]

Yes! Love that movie.

[@robstoll7542]

Buckaroo Banzai would be an excellent choice for a 1st time viewing. It's so 80's it hurts!

[@flashtu]

One of the best 80s movies

[@GoldTopSlinger]

I'd love to see them react to Buckaroo Banzai.

[@PadreWoodrow]

You should check out the dark comedy Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. It's a classic and nobody is reacting to it.

[@IggyStardust1967]

YES!!

[@Dystopia1111]

It is a favorite of mein, ja?😎

[@johnjr757]

"You can't fight in here! This is the war room!"🤣

[@80sGenKid]

The 80s Hit Different 😂 My father loved this movie and recorded it on VHS so I always watched it growing up I was prob 7 or 8 when I first watched this...I remember my mom telling him she didn't think it was a kid movie but he was like, it's fine...🤣 He was in his late 30's his favorite character was Jeffrey Jones playing the Dark Overlord 😂

[@jamesmarciel5237]

I loved this movie as a kid. The look on Emily’s face the first time seeing the “duck danglers” was h-I-larious!!!! Thank y’all so much for all the laughs y’all have given us and please keep it up!

[@shioriryukaze]

Watching them react has taught me that I really shouldn't be drinking anything during the review. When it got to that part I had to rewind it because how random do you hear duck danglers? Had to wipe the screen as well. So I'll wait until after the review or I will pause it before I drink anything because they're that funny.

[@dragonstoy7649]

Jeffrey Jones scared the absolute HELL out of me in this movie, when I was a kid. And, I kinda still love this movie, but that is coming from an 11 year old's love of this silliness.

[@JakkFrost1]

And now we all know why little kids were afraid of him.

[@taoist32]

He was better in Stay Tuned and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

[@DBillings68]

I saw this in the theater alone when it was first released. I was a huge comic book nerd, and I was disappointed this didn't really follow the strange comic it takes its name from. Nevertheless, it is one of my favorite bad movies. Your reaction to it was fabulous. More stinkers!

[@arcticbanana66]

Legend has it that this movie was considered so bad at the time that it nearly ended some of the actors' careers, and Mel Brooks felt so bad for them that he offered "Anyone who was in 'Howard' can be in 'Spaceballs'." 0:48 - "I used to be 'with it', but then they changed what 'it' was. Now what I'm with isn't 'it', and what's 'it' is weird and scary to me." -Abraham "Grampa" Simpson

[@misterkite]

One of my roommates in college was obsessed with Lea Thompson.. so I've seen this movie more times than I'd like.

[@handimanjim4378]

Sheena with Tanya Roberts and Ted Wass. A " PG" movie with something special!

[@ernieb352]

It took 35 years, but Howard The Duck finally found someone who appreciates the best part of the movie, Duck Ti****s.

[@jkhoover]

Well, Lea Thompson in her underwear is the best part of the movie.

[@69coolchris]

I unashamedly love this film! Its great fun. Plus Lea Thompson is lovely 😍.

[@gluuuuue]

When I was a teen, my younger brothers would only this movie non-stop until I got fed up with it and hid the tape.

[@SebastianWeinberg]

Having seen this movie, I already knew what Emily's reaction to… certain scenes during the "duck planet" intro would be. All that's left is to sing the theme song: ♪ _Duck Tits! Woo-oo!_ ♪ Tonally and structurally, this movie is a mess, true, but it got tarred with a much worse reputation than it ever deserved. Worse, Studio execs used its poor box office performance as a cudgel to beat down _any_ form of "genre" movie for many, many years afterwards. How was this PG? Well, you have to remember that until mid-1984 there _was_ no rating between R and PG; anything that wasn't hard enough to earn an R was "PG" and, as the initials suggest, it was supposed to be the parents' job to judge whether their kids could or could not handle a specific film. Obviously, parents were _not_ willing to put up with that; they wanted everything neatly categorised for them, so that they could park their kids in front of the TV or in a cinema without ever having to engage the ol' brainbox even for one second - hence PG-13 was born. At the time of this movie, the new rating had only been out for a short while (in movie-production terms) and the industry was still working out what exactly the lines were. "PG" didn't really start to mean what you now understand by it, until some years later.

[@IkeThe9th]

This movie must have been a lost drinking bet between George Lucas and Steven Spielberg - George lost.

[@Rocket1377]

Read the comic books, they are excellent. The technology simply wasn't there to do the character justice. It's like trying to make an X-Men film back in the 80s. The movie also should have been R rated.

[@LostButBroken]

No, just all the cocaine

[@retrofan4963]

@@Rocket1377 Exactly. I collected a lot of old Howard the Duck comics that I still have to this day. The Howard the Duck comic book series is my favorite comic book series of all time. I really enjoy the stories, the characters, and the writing is top-notch. George Lucas wanted to make a Howard the Duck film because he really enjoys the comics and he wanted it to be an animated film, but Universal force George to change his plans from turning an animated film to live action since Universal wanted it to be a big summer block-buster film. If you ask me, the film should've been an animated film.

[@pmalone4]

I'm so glad you two reacted to this! It's actually one of my favorite movies. It's such a great mix of hokey B-movie and epic hard sci-fi.

[@dellcoc]

The Guardians of the Galaxy version is much closer to the comics.

[@ingsve]

You should check out the 80s classic Crocodile Dundee.

[@joelwillis2043]

This came out when I was 5. I probably saw it on HBO by the time I was 7. I watched it whenever it was on. Imagine my shock when I later found out it was considered a flop?!? I thought it was a masterpiece.

[@drewrayg]

Same. And I too think it’s a masterpiece. The fact that I can quote dialogue to this day with ease goes to show how great it is.

[@shainewhite2781]

I love this movie! I have it in my DVD collection. Got this film on my birthday 5 years ago October 2015.

[@yermatedave4930]

If you are interested in checking out the Howard comics, Steve Gerber's 70s run, and the 2010s revival are the best.

[@retrofan4963]

I highly agree :)

[@mvf80]

I lost it when you said “Duck Danglers”!! Haha

[@brandyperry-giotis9962]

Fun fact: My EXTREMELY religious Mother rented this in 1995 for the kids at the family reunion when I was 16. Having already seen it I couldn't contain my laughter when I asked where ALL the kids were and she said, "they're in the basement watching 'A Duck Named Howard'".... When I told her what the movie was about you would've thought I said Satan himself was sacrificing babies in the basement considering the STAMPEDE of Christians I witnessed.... 🤣🤣

[@Mendozer7502]

Emily wasn't ready for the quackiness of the movie!! Lol

[@craig725]

I waTched this so much as a kid. Don’t forget the Blade films are Marvel (if you haven’t seen them)

[@feistse]

Fun reaction! I used to love this movie when I was a kid (still do), to me this is basically "Deadpool (2016)" only released 30 years earlier. The same concept of combining small amounts of seriousness with hilarious insanity and ridiculousness. Some other great older comedies I can recommend for reaction: "Fletch! & Fletch Lives" with Chevy Chase, "Ruthless People" with Danny Devito & Bette Midler, "Moon over Parador" with Raul Julia & Richard Dreyfus, "Clockwise" with John Cleese, "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" with Steve Martin, "Overboard" with Goldie Hawn & Kurt Russel.

[@keithbrown8490]

I saw this movie at the theater when it came out in 1986 ! I own the music soundtrack vinyl LP ! John Barry is one of my favorite film composers.

[@misterkite]

We snuck into Ruthless People which was playing at the same time. I think we made the right decision.

[@dzilla2099]

I probably wore out 4 vhs copies of this movie growing up I love pretty much everything about this movie

[@mickymoist]

I so loved his Cameo in Guardians of the Galaxy! I hope they give him a reboot...

[@nilstiman2474]

And he is in the final battle in Avengers Endgame

[@mcgilj1]

They were set to give him an animated Hulu series but cancelled it

[@retrofan4963]

@@mcgilj1 It's such a shame they cancelled it. I would've love to watch a Howard the Duck animated series since I'm a huge fan of Howard the Duck. I heard it's going to be great with Kevin Smith directing the series and it's going to follow the storyline heavily from the Howard the Duck comics. The fact it's cancelled is really sad. Hopefully they revive that idea to reality one day.

[@doughyguy2663]

The songs the band sang were written by Thomas Dolby ("Blinded Me With Science") and Lea Thompson did her own vocals. I've always liked this movie. I actually saw this when it came out in the movie theater - I was 12 and it was summertime at the Outer Banks. I went out and got the soundtrack afterwards on cassette and listened to it for ages. TBH I didn't remember it having so many dumb jokes (good thing I like dumb jokes) *Also, the thug near the beginning ("A talking duck??") you actually saw him last week. He was the guy Frank Drebin questioned toward the end of the Naked Gun 2 1/2 ("If that's your attitude, just forget it"), an actor named John Fleck. * Also, also ,a little Howard The Duck trivia - his stuff is kind of pre-Deadpool fourth-wall breaking style not-really-serious. He had a bad guy named Dr. Bong (a geneticist whose head was a giant bell) and an ally named Razorback (a dude wearing a giant boar head costume who works as a space trucker because of his mutant ability to 'drive anything') So yeah, it's kind of crazy. * Also, also, also, I know you addressed it in the pinned comment, but this movie isn't *technically* the first Marvel character movie. Maybe "original" character, but Conan the Barbarian has been a Marvel property for around 40 years, with its own continuity, and that film came out in 1982. Technically it was someone else's property (Robert E Howard) but as time has gone on there's more Marvel created content than anything original, so to me he's a Marvel character.

[@TheBernito2]

Howard was the most sarcastic hero in the comics, a thing that is realy hard to do in movies. He also have the wildest adventure, from an unsuccessful run at the presidency of the USA (people assumed he was a little person in a suit, but since he never was born in the US...) adventures with a Conan rip-off, the Hulk and he even has an 'Iron Duck' suit! And quack-fu is a thing he does and allows him to stun and throw opponent larger than himself; in the current MCU only Rocket would be immune!

[@dracoargentum9783]

ooo! a Howard and Rocket team-up! that's what we need!

[@retrofan4963]

Howard the Duck is basically Deadpool before Deadpool existed. I believe until the Deadpool films is when they finally executed a sarcastic Marvel character in a film really well. There's even a comic book where Howard the Duck and Deadpool got combined and form as 1 which result to be Deadpool the Duck. Howard the Duck has a lot of great stories in the comics. The reason for the creation of Quack Fu is because the Howard the Duck comics usually satires of pop-culture of what's going on at the time. And Martial Arts in entertainment media like films is a big deal back in the 70's, so they made a story based around martial arts for Howard(In the 80's film, Howard knowing Quack Fu right when he come to Earth came out of nowhere). Howard is strong and he fought a lot of villains along the way ranging from Proto-rata the financial wizard, a vampire cow known as Hell-Cow, Kidney Lady(Later on in the comics, it turns out she's a witch), the RingMaster and Circus of Crime, to Dr. Bong(Whose Howard's arch nemesis due to trying to take Beverly away from Howard and force her to marry him, and Howard needs to save Beverly from Dr. Bong).

[@suhey34]

The movie so bad it's great. Howard the Duck will always hold a special place in my heart.

[@MWSin1]

There were also two made-for-TV Captain America movies, starring the legendary Reb "Gristle McThornbody" Brown.

[@endless013]

yep. pretty sure 1979 Captain wobbly- plastic- shield beats Howard by a few years

[@robertcherman]

Spiderman 1977? Is this considered Marvel or no. I don't know.

[@MWSin1]

@@robertcherman I think someone had already mentioned the old Spiderman movie, but I didn't see anyone mention Captain America. It is Marvel, in the sense that it is a Marvel character, but none of these are part of the MCU.

[@reginald1817]

The wife is seriously crackin' me the eff up!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jazzycup9274]

This and Adventures in Babysitting (not the remake) were my go to films as a kid for some ungodly reason, love seeing the reactions... Keep being awesome.

[@DonMachado]

Adventures in Babysitting is not a bad choice for a go to - I love that movie.

[@teedawg11]

@@DonMachado Fun fact - Vincent Di'Nafrio ( Pvt. Pyle from Full Metal Jacket ) Played Thor in Babysitting.

[@phil8821]

There's a remake? oh the indignity...

[@teedawg11]

@@phil8821 Seriously? Never heard anything, not sure if I want to.

[@taoist32]

@@teedawg11 D’Onofrio

[@FluxNomad678]

Howard cameos in the end credits of Guardians of the Galaxy.

[@minkua]

I loved and still love this film, is so quintisencially 80's right down to the casual nudity and all round weirdness

[@daryl9434]

You're LegEngs for doing this film. I loved this film as a kid because it was so OTT. An absolute 80's classic.

[@sabalos]

I had such a crush on Lea Thompson as a kid Admittedly more due to Back to the Future than this

[@jesseslack2089]

Same for me but it was this movie more than Back.

[@sonosoloio]

one of my favorite puppet-scifi-comedy-monster movies ever! i saw it for the first time in the 80's and i wasn't happy until i got the dvd 😄

[@geeskin5750]

That ending song sounded like a prince n the revolution reject

[@GrimlarLex]

Weird Science, another film with an 'interesting' change of tone later in the movie.

[@arisucheddar3097]

Drinkiiiiiit

[@mikkj1]

This should be interesting. Edit: Yep. I've always liked this movie - Raiders of the Lost Duck - because it's just so...IT. Good actors acting over the top, ridiculous plot, weird dialogue, a young Lea Thompson, what more could we ask?

[@TBirum1]

This movie gets a 5⭐️ Rating just for Lia Thomas’s “BackSide” Alone. She was a Tasty Treat back in the 80’s

[@wesleyrodgers886]

Dr Strangelove. Worth watching just for Peter sellers. 😊

[@wfly81]

Leah Thompson turn ons: 1 - Her own son 2 - water foul

[@kevinthetruckdriver353]

You're watching Howard The Duck?? Prediction: Will predict Emily will give this movie about a seven point two. Actual: Emily gave it a _._ (4.7).

[@ClayLoomis1958]

Interesting. A 4.7 of 10 is exactly the movie's rating at IMDb too.

[@Ricketik65]

"I wasn't prepared", neither was I, but that was hilarious!

[@brianl8481]

Fun Fact: Howard was in Endgame and was in the final battle.

[@matthewbishop8395]

Yep they mentioned it

[@smokerman81]

I watched this movie so many times as a kid I could recite the entire script on demand start to finish.

[@Rifkinn]

Please try Dragonslayer from the early 80's, great show.

[@kieronball8962]

" Lord Love A Duck " is an old English phrase that Lea Thompson took way too literally! 😁

[@johnjr757]

My mother has been saying that forever. In my 45 years I've never heard anyone else say that before. I always thought it was something she made up. Lol

[@matthewbishop8395]

Actually the phrase is fuck a duck

[@christhegeekbowman]

First came howard the then the punisher in 1989 staring dolph lundgren. You should react to it next.

[@floppsymoppsy5969]

I'm sorry but I looooooooove how the ending just goes balls to the walls b*****t insane! Loved it as a kid. Love the duck lovin'. As a kid I didn't understand the implications for her falling for Howard. I was just like "Just let them be happy"😊

[@merkerb]

Loved this movie as a kid! Always had an affinity for movies that were completely different! That being said, they could have easily cut 15 minutes out of the movie. If they did I feel like it would get an extra point for the score. IMDB scores it 4.7 BTW. Shortened it would easily break into the low 6’s I bet

[@rimreckable]

The diner scene is really the only thing that makes this re-watchable for me.

[@Justin_80]

It may not be a 'good' movie, but I like it, it was fun.