Watching John Hughes' Weird Science for the First Time // Reaction & Commentary

This fine Thursday we're Watching John Hughes' Weird Science for the First Time ever and not to be cliche but things got...weird... I don't know about this one you guys!! Is it your favorite in the John Hughes universe? Talk to me!
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[@dialecticalmonist3405]

"Why did we need her clothes ripped off?" You have to understand that in 1985 there weren't a trillion billion million nude pictures and video clips available on the internet. Nudity in movies was a much bigger deal at the time, and you're darn right it would sell more tickets.

[@fighterck6241]

This is actually a really good point. This is the reason Playboy and Penthouse existed and why Cinemax was nicknamed "Skinemax".

[@hulkhatepunybanner]

*The Internet wasn't really available in 1985. All your nudies came from Bulletin Board Services (BBS) that your computer had to dial into.* It might take an hour to get one pic downloaded.

[@lexkanyima2195]

​@@hulkhatepunybannerit would be a revolution

[@kinsmart7294]

Back them you needed gall to get porn. You had to get away from your neighborhood so the newspaper seller your parents knew doesn't rat you out, had to them get into the booth or shop and either ask or pick an playboy while freaking out about people recognizing you and worrying if the dude is gonna refuse to sell it. Then you also worried about the knowing look the attendant was sure to give you And that is just for an playboy! For an VHS imagine what i described times 10

[@dialecticalmonist3405]

@@kinsmart7294 At the local Blockbuster, there was a porn section, but kids couldn't go in there. But there were windows outside the building and they left a small space between the shelving where you could look inside the forbidden zone and see the covers which usually had nudity on the front. It was MESMORIZING for a kid. Lol.

[@AndieO]

"I don't like him" You're not supposed to. He's a grade A jerk. This was a movie to not take too seriously. Kelly LeBrock was a big deal in the 80s. She was the lead in the movie The Lady In Red, and in multiple commercials.

[@SuaveGemini]

"The Woman In Red" with Gene Wilder.

[@michaelmyers3709]

Mrs Steven Seagal

[@TheWaynos73]

Seagal beat her up too. The pig.

[@entertainmenthell2396]

Don't tell people what to take seriously and what not to take seriously. All film makes a statement. And, clearly, this film is a problem. So? Kudos to Shannelle for not accepting this same bullshit all fans of this disgusting, stinky movie accept. Live to question sexism and vile dehumanizing garbage.

[@johnnieangel99]

Danny Elfman and Oingo Boingo Rest in Peace Bill Paxton

[@Greybeardmedic]

Oh yeah, dont discount Bill Paxton (as Chet)... He really takes it up a notch in later movies: Aliens, Twister, Apollo 13, etc...

[@johnnieangel99]

@@Greybeardmedic You said it.

[@MarshaLove0723]

@@Greybeardmedic 'One False Move' is my favorite Bill film.

[@lancemanyun5163]

Loved “one false move” as well. It’s a tough ending tho. His portrayal of Chet made me an instant life long fan.

[@lancemanyun5163]

One other Bill Paxton gem is a song from his 80’s band…. Martini Ranch. Check out the song “ how can the laboring man find time for self culture” Good stuff

[@GypsyCountMatthewA.Zielinski]

The thing to understand about the theme of this movie is that Gary and Wyatt make Lisa thinking they know what they want in a woman and relationships. But they make Lisa so intelligent and able to do anything, that she takes over as a sort of mentor and pushes them out of their comfort zones to be the sort of men that a woman would want, as well as be with the actual sort of girls that they would want to be with in an actual relationship. It's the classic idea of not knowing exactly what you want, and someone else showing you that honest side of yourself you're avoiding, in thought and deed. It's why it's such a classic coming of age story.

[@willarms5510]

And it tells that story in a sugar coated pill style that goes down easy for the target audience who needs to hear it most, haha ;-P

[@entertainmenthell2396]

Wow, that's a gross reply. "Push them to be the sort of men a woman would want"... So, that excuses the film's vicious homophobia? The minute you say expressing hate is necessary to be anything, guess what? You make it impossible to care about the main characters. Plus, the whole film is sexist and sleazy to women. That is not part of a good or decent "coming of age" story. It's using women like objects. That's not coming into anything, that's regressing. Also- who said fighting makes you a better person or more attractive? Did you stop and actually think before you typed that trash out?

[@maxducoudray]

My favorite part of this movie is Kelly LeBrock. You assume certain things when she appears, and she's out of control and bizarre at times, but she never actually gets exploited. She kisses one of them once and that's it. Really she acts like a genie and I think she's a strong female character in a lot of ways.

[@shadycnetwork]

Don't try to make excuses for the snowflake. This is a good movie. I swear every time I see the phrase strong female character I roll my eyes.

[@killinglonliness88]

@@shadycnetwork You've got issues dude.

[@winstonmarlowe5254]

@@shadycnetwork For someone being a keyboard warrior, you sure have a whiny voice.

[@shadycnetwork]

@@winstonmarlowe5254 keyboard warrior? Anything I say online I would have no issue looking you in your beady little eyes and saying directly to your face

[@ll7868]

Adventures In Babysitting. It's not a John Hughes movie but it feels like one.

[@jzero4813]

Definitely. Unlike Weird Science, that's *actually* a good movie - and Albert Collins is in it!

[@ll7868]

@@jzero4813 And a young Vincent D'Onofrio before his role as Private Pyle in Full Metal Jacket.

[@willarms5510]

Adventures In Babysitting. It's not an MCU movie but it feels like one.

[@willarms5510]

@@ll7868 "mistaken"... apparently >.>

[@bystandah9626]

That one was directed by Chris Columbus, who has worked with Hughes a few times if I'm not mistaken.

[@sydhamelin1265]

Something to note about early/mid 80s movies - writers had no idea what computers were, or did, so they end up basically being magic. .

[@disconnexionsdotcom]

I heard they could start a nuclear war.

[@LA_HA]

The First of Clarke's Three Laws

[@timhonigs6859]

I was going to say, this was when computers could do "anything". It was the new genie. On a different tangent, everything has to be seen through 1980s lens. All the stereotypes were in vogue at the time. No, it's not kosher by today's standards, but then again, a lot of 70s and 80s movies fall into the "it hasn't aged well" category.

[@jeffburnham6611]

@@timhonigs6859 but bullying was common with the jocks and popular people, who often targeted geeks and nerds and anyone that didn't fit their idea of being "cool". Knew a lot of guys like character Robert Downey Jr played, and knew a few "Chets" as well.

[@disconnexionsdotcom]

@@timhonigs6859 I get it, but they were still funny. Me and all my black friends thought Anthony Michael Hall's "black voice" was funny. Not unlike the "stewardess I speak Jive" scene in Airplane or Gene Wilder in Silver Streak.. even Dan Ackroyd in Trading Places was hilarious and I can't remember anyone getting offended. Times have definitely changed and a lot of people are too damn uptight. I think a lot of humor comes from stereotyping and that's regarding just about every ethnicity. We all revel in them until it's someone else that we don't approve of doing it.

[@docbearmb]

You can never take things too far. Learn that - Ferris Beuhler said so.

[@Brooklyn_Bleek]

Perfectly said, sir! Also, on that note, please react to Blazing Saddles and a couple episodes of All In The Family, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Sandford & Son and anything else of quality that "goes too far".

[@deaconbluezzz]

Most people younger than Gen X really shouldn't try and watch 80's comedies. They've (unfortunately) been raised to take everything DEADLY serious. Shutting your brain off and just laughing at ridiculousness isn't in their playbook.

[@chrismetafora6565]

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[@sharky1561]

@@deaconbluezzz Just what i was thinkng most of the people who are born after the 80's don't get the humor because the think every movie has to have a meaning,it's entertainment nothing more and nothing less and saying it's like a disney original movie is just insulting for a john hughes movie and a whole generation of movie lovers.this is the last time i watch this reactor,what a negative reaction to a fun movie.Don't watch 80's movies anymore please,just watch the pulp they make today..

[@chrisjfox8715]

@@sharky1561 you do realize that this girl absolutely ADORES John Hughes films, right? It's why it was recommended to her in the first place.

[@TheRustyGuitarist]

She technically never "slept" with either of them. Although I can definitely see how the lines were blurred. Gotta say, this is the first time I've ever seen you not enjoy a film I love. But then I was an 11 year old boy in 1985, and this was a favorite then! Agree, maybe not his best film, for me it is the Breakfast Club, but I still love this one.

[@buzzardbeatniks]

I was a 12 year old girl when this came out and I loved it too. It was just so zany and bizarre. It also seemed a bit subversive and definitely something my parents would disapprove of.

[@russellward4624]

Not even technically. She says how Wyatt fell asleep 10mns into her gymnastics routine. So they never came close to sex. They showered with pants on.

[@michaelmiller6709]

"I feel so weirded out." Well, it is *weird* science, after all.

[@lesmartin9920]

Yes, I was 16 year old boy in 1985 and yes I loved it. Its a movie of one liners.

[@jh5131]

Me and my friends were 12-13 we loved this movie of course

[@teddennison344]

I still drop "I hope this won't affect my teaching job." at appropriate moments, even though absolutely nobody has ever gotten the reference and/or had a clue what I'm talking about.

[@norwegianblue2017]

Same here! Great time to be a teenager.

[@VadulTharys]

"Gimme the Keys I'll drive"

[@nachoman408]

One crazy summer with John Cusack and Demi Moore is an overlooked and under-rated movie! Must watch!

[@captainsplifford]

Love that movie! The totally non-sequel to Better Off Dead (which is absolute genius).

[@andrewsawyer1375]

I agree. Cool part is you can watch Better of Dead then One Crazy Summer or vice versa.

[@tempsitch5632]

It is not underrated. It is very accurately rated. It isn’t good. Better Off Dead on the other hand….

[@captainsplifford]

@@tempsitch5632 I mean, yeah it's terrible, but it's the *best* kind of terrible.

[@johncampbell756]

One Crazy Summer is fun, but not great. Better Off Dead is the same director, but much, much better. Completely insane. The commentary track was useless. No John or Demi, and Bob Goldthwaite was actually sober at the time, so he was the only person who could remember making the movie.

[@spatulasnout]

Being in 8th grade in '85, this was of course the highest of art at the time. I appreciate that it introduced me to 1931 Frankenstein. "It's Alive!" was a pre-Internet meme that even still pops into my head after all these years.

[@entertainmenthell2396]

It may be art, but it's the kind of art found only in toilets.

[@Chicklo11]

Danny Elfman is an absolute treasure. Oingo Boingo is such a great band and as a composer The rest of the soundtrack is a bop as well

[@kiranolan7104]

I'm a girl and have always loved this movie. Not one of John Hughe's better works but imo still a good movie.

[@LA_HA]

Know guys and girls who liked...not loved... this movie and still do. But then, back in the day, the audience didn't get anxiety about everything. They understood the situation the movie was going for and judged accordingly without the drama that rules people's sensibilities now. Talk about sucking the fun out of the room. haha. Whatever, it's not for everyone and that's fine. Neither were the Three Stooges, Alice in Wonderland, and other strange fever dream types of entertainment

[@kiranolan7104]

@@LA_HA It does get a little annoying the way things and people have changed over the years. I try to keep an open mind about where they're coming from but they do take it too far sometimes. It's so much harder to enjoy something when you're so sensitive! It's unfortunate.

[@LA_HA]

@@kiranolan7104 It is. I'm not saying everything has to be liked. But, why Stop the movie to give a lecture about how problematic the guns are? Trust the movie. That's why I said, it sucks the fun out of the room when today's standards are shoehorned into past entertainment. Still, it's very difficult and out of the realm of experience for people now if it's Too different, like this one is. Maybe that's why Dr Seuss was cancelled. haha

[@ThreadBomb]

@@LA_HA But it's just a bad movie.

[@LA_HA]

@@ThreadBomb Yes. To You

[@JonPaulMaki]

Didn't get to see it in the theater, but when we rented it on VHS it became the only movie that has ever had me *actually* rolling on the floor laughing.

[@rodentnolastname6612]

I was 15 when this came out. It shot straight to my pubescent lizard brain.

[@NominePatris]

Exactly! Easy money! Like taking candy from babies...

[@jonathanross149]

It is totally a Gen X boy film

[@Edward.c889]

I was 15 too!

[@catsmom129]

@@jonathanross149 I was a gen x girl and loved it too. Helped that I found Kelly le Brock and RDJ kinda hot.

[@xanderathome]

@@catsmom129 So is my wife and she lives this film

[@sinnizster5038]

Add Can't Buy Me Love to your high-school movie list

[@versetripn6631]

A dance, a STUPID dance!! 🤣

[@disconnexionsdotcom]

Love that movie.

[@versetripn6631]

The Hills Have Eyes, Cyborg and the Road Warrior (Antagonist 'Lord Wez') all rolled into 1 at the Party!! 😎🤣

[@CaturdayNite]

Watched that one for the first time in well over a decade...or two, a few months ago. It surprisingly holds up really well after all these years. "African AntEater Ritual!" "You Shit on my House!"

[@versetripn6631]

@@CaturdayNite that actress died

[@nikigunn]

Bill Paxton is great as Chet.

[@stressfreepaperchase3215]

R.I.P. Bill Paxton. What wasnt this guy in. its like he pops up in so many movies.

[@centuryrox]

@@stressfreepaperchase3215 Yes he was. I thought this movie was the first time I saw him. It was years later when I realized he had a small part in The Terminator.

[@3dartstudio007]

When this came out,, me and my red headed buddy tried EVERYTHING in this instructional video and NONE of it worked. I don't know what we did wrong. SOOO glad to see it again after all these many moons.

[@LearnToRefine]

The blues bar scene was a teen classic ! The "Road Warrior" villains that destroy the party seemed weird even in my teens. But it was all a fun ride through fantasy.

[@entertainmenthell2396]

Nice try but, actually, it's super racist.

[@captainsplifford]

Bill Paxton was *perfect* as Chet. So smarmy and gross. "You're stewed, Buttwad," is one of my most used movie quotes. When I first saw this movie in the '80s, I loved it. And I still do. I always thought that Lisa was sort of like a djinn. She already existed in whatever realm it was, and Gary and Wyatt just freed her. Yes, she initially acted like she was their creation, but she had her own power and personal agency, and she used those powers to make the boys better people, through conflict. Now, as a 44 year old woman, there are definitely things that I find problematic, but I turn those parts of my brain off, because I have such sentimental attachment to this movie.

[@BrianNIL]

Shanelle wondered what Lisa knows. Well, she apparently had the brain of Einstein so she knew whatever he knew lol And I guess her Einstein brain wanted to teach the boys a lesson.

[@Wolvorine]

Agreed, I've always thought that Lisa is basically a genie/djinn (they didn't actually create anything, she merely used their little project/ritual to take a form), which is why she appears to other boys somewhere else at the end. She never actually did anything For Real sexual with them (and probably wouldn't have, anything she did acting like she would was because she knew they were too meek to follow-through). Backing up the Lisa as Djinn angle is that at the beginning of the movie Gary (AMH) outlines a fantasy to Wyatt, and everything Lisa does plays that out in a way that forces them to grow up a little and learn a few things so that by the end of the movie they don't need Lisa or those stupid fantasies anymore. Lisa is entirely self-aware throughout, everything weird that happens is at her behest.

[@badbiker666]

Thank you, captainsplifford! I have never heard of a woman that liked this movie. There's just so much about it that seems DESIGNED to irritate women. I am one of those assholes that likes to point out details in movies that the filmmakers get wrong. I spent 14 years in the military before getting out on a medical, so any movie that attempts to portray a realistic version of a combat situation is, I believe, fair game. I have a very hard time "turning those parts of my brain off," as you so well put it, because those films are trying to make it "real." Not so with this movie. Nothing about it is intended to be realistic. There are no details to nitpick because it is all fantasy. Just wanted to add my two cents and say I enjoyed your comments very much.

[@danielhoehne801]

HA! You mentioned Risky Business! Still waiting on you to watch that! lol

[@porgyt7177]

Yes !!

[@tempsitch5632]

A notch up from regular 80’s “teen” flicks.

[@lawrencewestby9229]

Two other non-John Hughs film comedies from 1985 are "Real Genius" and "Better Off Dead...", the first with Val Kilmer and the latter with John Cusack. The music you said sounded familiar was "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield. It was used in the movie "The Exorcist".

[@josearroyo8008]

$2

[@arandomnamegoeshere]

I'd suggest Real Genius is the classier geeky cousin of Weird Science.

[@jonathanross149]

Real Genius is a moral inparitive

[@timothyhennon1510]

@@arandomnamegoeshere Great description. I've seen a lot of people get the two movies confused with each other. While Weird Science has its moments, IMO Real Genius is by far the superior movie.

[@Ivy94F]

@@timothyhennon1510 Real Genius for sure!!!

[@saimanno4078]

"Back to School" with Rodney Dangerfield and a young Robert Downey Jr as Rodney's son friend.

[@centuryrox]

And Back to School also has Oingo Boingo appearing and performing a major song.

[@krisdavis1050]

Back To School is one of the best Rodney Dangerfield movies. I'd have to say between that one and Easy Money are his 2 best movies.

[@serpentisma]

The son is played by Keith Gordon, who played Arnold Cunningham in "Christine".

[@saimanno4078]

@@serpentisma Never saw "Christine" Not into horror as the rest of the world seems to be.

[@serpentisma]

@@saimanno4078 No worries. Back To School and Christine are really the only two movies I remember him from lol

[@JKM395]

And at 12:20 I quit. What a fun time you gave us on this one.

[@mypl510]

Now you can watch a non Hughes movie that I think is actually better, and funnier, "Better Off Dead"

[@brentottoson6974]

Forever cementing "Two dollars" into the brains of all who've seen it.

[@corystanish]

That's a solid recommendation. I'd also vote for One Crazy Summer as a follow-up.

[@CaturdayNite]

"How you say, Octopus...testicles?" "No, tentacles. NT. Big difference."

[@Fantomex.]

Aw man, I recommended "Less than Zero". My bad dawg

[@tempsitch5632]

@@Fantomex. Haha. Good flick, different level.

[@ll7868]

E=MC2, clock and eyeball was a reference to the old Twilight Zone tv show.

[@jkelley14701]

I consider Lisa to be like combination of a genie and a fairy godmother. The computer coding and rituals and electricity were not the reason that Lisa appeared. Rather she is the fairy godmother that visited to help the boys grow up and stop being so awkward. Also, the movie is a product of the times. Very few regular people knew how computers worked, so that made the computer scenes more believable by way of ignorance. The clothes getting sucked off the girl, revealing her panties, was a very common type of scene. Just look and movies like Animal House, Porky's, and Zapped.

[@chrissmith7584]

Anthony Michael Hall speaking jive is classic

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

"Gimme tha keeeeyyys!" was a catchphrase in high school for a while.

[@SGlitz]

But Barbara Billingsley still is the champ

[@zedwpd]

@@SGlitz except the actors made up their jive for Airplane.

[@Ivy94F]

Mine was ‘EXPLAAAAAAIN IT TO ‘EM!’ Favorite scene!

[@toriboy25]

@@dr.burtgummerfan439 LOL And throughout college for me and my friends.

[@visionaryventures12]

The song was made for the film. This inspired a tv series of the same name.

[@arraymac227]

'what is that music? Halloween?' it is Tubular Bells, which was excerpted in the Exorcist.

[@Wombatzu]

And the "mutants" are cast members from The Road Warrior and the original The Hills Have Eyes.

[@krisdavis1050]

You would of had to have been a kid in the 80's to get the humor and excitement of this movie 100%. The scene with all of the bikers is kind of a mix of characters from The Road Warrior, The Hills Have Eyes and The Warriors

[@themoviebrosreact]

Agree 💯! I saw this in theaters so I totally “get” this movie!

[@contentstarved991]

She should watch the Road Warrior next, since Vernon Wells is in it.

[@VadulTharys]

Funny because the bikers were all from those movies.

[@contentstarved991]

@@VadulTharys and also, the chick was one of the punks in Repo Man, which had Emilio Estives and Harry Dean Stanton.

[@zombiemom7378]

If you haven't seen it yet, Real Genius is totally worth watching!

[@theSpaceAmoeba]

Yes! Second this.

[@nathanhollywoodbrookshire1417]

The best

[@ShawnRavenfire]

Another underrated movie in the same genre is "My Science Project."

[@jonathanross149]

I am glad.there are so many Real Genius fans.

[@jwalk31]

I applaud you on being one of the only reactors to review this movie. I love this movie, always have since I saw back in the 80's .

[@craigvancil4410]

I know Frankenstein is referenced quite a bit but I always thought of her as a rated R Mary Poppins.

[@Waldorf-2020]

That.. is.. 🤯

[@Theomite]

@@Waldorf-2020 ...Fair. That is fair.

[@ShawnRavenfire]

I was thinking the same thing. Also, a little bit of Cat-in-the-Hat.

[@Asmahdan]

Agreed 100%

[@trentbresler3179]

You should really look at this movie as more of a adult version of cat in the hat more than anything else. Lets also Take a moment To appreciate that that was Oingo Boingo singing that song.... The group that Danny Elfman was a part of before he got into sound tracks so maybe that's the reason you liked the song weird science.

[@CraigKostelecky]

I like the Cat in the Hat analogy. I don’t think I’ve ever heard that and it fits very well. Including the “cat” cleaning up before disappearing.

[@BrianNIL]

Not long ago I finally figured out Danny Elfman was not just the front man to Oingo Boingo but also the composer of SO many awesome movie scores (i.e. Batman, Peewee's Big Adventure, The Simpsons theme) and that blew my mind! lol

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

Cat In the Hat, Mary Poppins, tomayto, tomahto...

[@Ivy94F]

Cat in the Hat is PERFECT.

[@0okamino]

What about Thing 1 and Thing 2... oh wait, I see. That makes sense.

[@paulemery2634]

For a all around feel good movie, I highly recommend the 1976 classic, “The Bad News Bears.”

[@johnw8578]

I think that movie will trigger this generation.

[@jonathanross149]

The awesome performance of Tatum O'Neal

[@eurofritz4617]

@@jonathanross149 she is really good, my favorite is Chris Barnes as Tanner Boyle

[@jonathanross149]

@@eurofritz4617 That was one tough kid. I can't believe they remade that film.

[@fmatson]

I have always maintained that The Bad News Bears is absolutely the most realistic sports movie of all time.

[@xmassent]

I was a teenager in 1985 Kelly LeBrock was every boys fantasy after this movie. She also starred in The Woman in Red, co-starring Gene Wilder.

[@kylelewis4685]

I would recommend The Lost Boys....... Not John Hughes but a much better 80's flick....

[@ShawnRavenfire]

Definitely a good movie. Joel Shumacher at his best.

[@bryanparker2925]

One of my Favs

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

@El Vato Jami wouldn't do nudity. We always joked about how she could have great sex with her clothes on.

[@bfdidc6604]

8:56 That music is called Tubular Bells by Michael Oldfield. It was used in The Exorcist.

[@mugz91]

Lol. Well, you're not entirely wrong. I was twelve years old when I saw this. I was most definitely the target audience and I loved it.

[@TumultuousM]

What a cool movie man, i miss this kind of stuff

[@Chicklo11]

Have you seen the film Mannequin Shanelle? It's about a guy who puts together window displays in a department store and one of the mannequins comes alive. Only he can see her acting human though,whereas the rest of the world sees him carrying around a doll

[@willarms5510]

Is Kristy Swanson in the first or the second Mannequin? (We call her The Swansonator). Is Shanelle about to embark on an epic journey to watch every Kristy Swanson film ever made???! (I love all things Kristy Swanson, but I will admit the possibility there might be one or two entries in the catalog not worthy of Shanelle's full attention) >.>

[@Chicklo11]

@@willarms5510 I don't know who that actress is. All I know is the main actress,Kim Catrall

[@Chicklo11]

@@willarms5510 it's the sequel with Kristy Swanson

[@hamilcar682]

Ok breaking down a bit, hopefully this might make you “get” the idea of the movie more. Lisa is -basically- a genie (in the pop-culture sense), She can do and undo almost anything. On that note as well, look at it (in that Hughesian, coming of age, style) like this, they might have “created” Lisa to fulfill all of their angsty teen desires, BUT that’s not why she is actually there. It’s obvious by the end, she can do whatever she wants to. She’s there to pull them out of their shells and get them to see their own potential. Once her jobs done, everything gets fixed and she moves on. Oh, and yes this movie reallllllly drags in some scenes.

[@peterampee-kleisius]

I bet the idea for the movie was "Dude! What if Mary Poppins but hot?"

[@dwaynediamond6431]

Still one of my favourite movies of all time. It did exactly what it was meant to do.

[@entertainmenthell2396]

Be a piece of garbage? You have lousy taste.

[@Phi1618033]

You know how Zack Snyder and Michael Bay make movies that seem like they were written by teenage boys? Well, this movie is intentionally supposed to be a movie written by teenage boys. It is in no way supposed to be taken even remotely seriously.

[@SighDontWantAHandle]

The Weird Science song was done by Oingo Boingo, Danny Elfman's rock band be he moved to Film scores. Now he's more famous for his scores for things like The Simpsons, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Batman, etc . . .

[@tempsitch5632]

I always assumed it was Thomas Dolby. Never looked before.

[@chrisbowling4060]

@@tempsitch5632 Dolby's song was "Blinded Me With Science," which pretty much sounded the same.

[@jasongilbert2379]

Kelly LeBrock use to be married to Steven Seagal.... Another cool movie with old computers is War Games with Matthew Broderick:)

[@aj_macready]

Mainly this was made for teen and preteen boys in 1985 but it was a sizable hit for the era -- a solid double that made over 3x its budget. It was big and dumb and funny to all of us back then. Speaking personally, I was 10 years old when it came out and it was awesome. When I watch it now, I tap into that inner 80s child and enjoy it all over again with no regrets.

[@entertainmenthell2396]

Not a single thing you just said makes a difference. A movie being made a certain type of way? Explains why a movie is unconventional, slower or faster, more wacky or colorful, artier or more of a "popcorn movie." Etc (long list). But... does not excuse intense sexism, racism, homophobia, etc. No excuse for that in the 2020's or 2010's. (Etc.) And it only seems like times were different "back then." Tons of people were smart enough "back then" to criticize movies like this. They just were ignored because people want a license to be discriminating and gross.

[@aj_macready]

@@entertainmenthell2396 this is a very loserly response. Go outside.

[@bookwoman53]

Kelly LeBrock was in a famous 80s commercial for Pantene shampoo. She flips her hair and says “Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful”.

[@derickbrown6363]

HELL YES!!! One of my favorites from John Hughes

[@JKM395]

This is my favorite of the whole bunch. This theme song has been stuck in my head since I was a kid. I was about 8 when I saw this and I think it was the first of Hughes' films that I saw. Anthony was one of my favorite brat packers. I loved him in The Dead Zone, and I think he did both the series and the movie.

[@armaghedron]

I remember seeing a trailer for this movie when I went to see "Ghostbusters". The trailer was made before the PG-13 rating was created so it said that "Weird Science" had a R-rating. "Weird Science" was PG-13 at the time of release though.

[@nathanhiggins860]

You have to think of Lisa not as the fantasy doll but as a genie out of the bottle. Magic powers, self aware, willing to grant wishes but really gives them what they need at the end.

[@deathproofpony]

"Can we... keep this between us? I'd hate to lose my teaching job."

[@christhornycroft3686]

When shallow teenage guys were allowed to be shallow teenage guys.

[@Warlocke000]

You can be deep and hormonal at the same time. 😵

[@CorrectFossa]

Teenage dudes are the same as ever, they’re even still allowed to be shallow and hormonal. It’s just that now they have slimmer chances of getting away with committing acts of violence, which they weren’t supposed to get away with in the first place.

[@markcarpenter6020]

And shallow teen girls could be shallow teen girls.

[@ki11atj49]

@@CorrectFossa uhm nah

[@gildartswinters4984]

"Lisa is a hot name." So is Shanelle.

[@snowfort77]

I needed this so much today! Thank you and much love!

[@jeffcohnphoto]

The theme song is by Oingo Boingo whose lead singer Danny Elfman later went on to compose scores for Tim Burton and half of Hollywood, including writing the theme song for The Simpsons!

[@jonegibson]

Didn't care for it when it was released in 1985 (was a teenage boy at the time). A much better movie involving teens, science and comedy released the same year is the Val Kilmer flick 'Real Genius'

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Right...Lisa's like some kind of techno-genie.

[@RobwLPOC]

You didn't know who Kelly Lebrock is, Kelly Lebrock is the only person Steven Segal has ever beaten up in a real fight....

[@godmagnus]

"Probably a good idea for me to not ask too many questions about tonight." They're talking to the audience 😁

[@bob5074]

Yes, we did have parties like that…

[@davidsumpter4933]

Finally, this one always gets over looked. It is one of my favorite

[@abolishwelfare]

This movie was written for fifteen year old boys. It’s the counterpoint to “Pretty inPink”, a Hughe’s movie for fifteen year old girls.

[@joshb2041]

Shermer High School was also the name of the high school in The Breakfast Club.

[@Kingram417]

You're crazy. This is by far his best movie. This movie is an amazing classic!

[@n0tk0sher]

For good early Downey Jr. : Comedy - Back to School Drama - Less than Zero Both are great.

[@CaturdayNite]

And a little later: Chaplin

[@n0tk0sher]

@@CaturdayNite yeah, definitely.

[@centuryrox]

And for comedy/romance - Only You. Or even Chances Are.

[@n0tk0sher]

"Hark! The herald, angels si hing ... fa lala lala la la la laaaaa" 🎵🎶

[@barrywilson1294]

The mutants were meant to be from the original movie Road Warrior which released before this movie. Years later it’s not so obvious.

[@PigeonSmythe]

And mad max 2 probably more so than the original - they even brought in Vernon Wells who is effectively the co- lead villain from Max 2 - they also paid homage to The Hills have Eyes (1977) - or at least I think that is why they used Michael Berryman.

[@ShortyLongstrokin]

Although this movie builds from the cliches of mad scientist tropes, it turns into a"be careful what you wish for" life lesson, and for that reason I've always seen Lisa as a genie (even appearing from and disappearing into a puff of smoke), and the computer that created her is her lamp.

[@warpig4942]

It's always surprising to me how uptight people have become. It's a fun movie with corny gags and sophomoric humor. It was never meant to win an Oscar or change anyone's life, just to be fun. Lighten up, Francis.

[@johnw8578]

Sad state of the world nowadays.

[@docbearmb]

Anyone who doesn’t know where that line comes from, might not find that movie funny either ( especially when they view it through today’s up their gut lens.) Signed, Sgt. Hulka

[@NominePatris]

Uptight? Or aware how degrading, sexist humor is no longer funny.

[@Reggiela-zc3cc]

@@NominePatris The humor in this movie remains funny. Not everyone is woke and hypersensitive.

[@traceyharris4310]

Yep. Still funny 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@mikemartel3138]

"this movie is betraying my trust"... 🤣😆, Someone is letting their delicate sensibilities get the better of them.. 😆

[@JohnProph]

yep, weird to see someone who can stomach slasher movies actually gag on this one

[@dennismason3740]

The song Weird Science was composed and performed by Oingo Boingo, whose lead singer/composer, Danny Elfman, went on to score most of Tim Burton's first several films, including Pee Wee's big Adventure, Scissorhands...and many t.v. shows and films.

[@bradforddillman7671]

Back when I worked in media, I had a chance to meet Anthony Michael Hall, Iian Michell-Smith and even Vernon Wells (the biker from The Road Warrior). They were all awesome, and Ilan explained he was now a professor at college. I asked him if his students knew about his movies, and he said “some.” Great guys

[@jakehamilton5502]

farce | färs | noun a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations.

[@alanholck7995]

The extreme closeup of the eyes actually gave me Kubrick’s ‘A Clockwork Orange’ vibes. Would love to see you react to it from your film-maker perspective. Very different from anything Hughes did.

[@MoMoMyPup10]

Yeah, porno movies are always good 'reaction' films 😅 I know it's considered a classic but that's a lot to ask for Shanelle.

[@ThreadBomb]

@@MoMoMyPup10 What? Clockwork Orange is not a porno, and it's much less sleazy than Weird Science.

[@alanholck7995]

@@ThreadBomb I wouldn't classify it as porn either; It is the ultra-violence that is the issue.

[@RugNug]

There is no such thing as bad art. Everyone has their niche, and everyone has their fans.

[@hulkhatepunybanner]

*The question "What are we going to do with her?" is the most sincere sentence every teenage boy has muttered.* It's all talk. We really don't know what to do with that.

[@Big_Bag_of_Pus]

Wow. You took this movie way, way, way more seriously than any person I know.

[@thereturningshadow]

Had you lived in the 1980s you would have enjoyed this movie more and not nit-pick it to death with today's way of thinking. In the 80s people thought differently, talked differently and acted differently than anyone does today. People weren't walking around with sticks up their asses just waiting to be offended over stupid shit.

[@Rambo-Gaming]

It was a much better time, in those days.

[@IkeThe9th]

I think I was 13 when this movie came out and by age fourteen I watched this - without permission - on that brand new service called HBO. It’s a cheesy, 1980’s, teens-have-raging-hormones, sci-fi classic but if you saw it - you were part of a secret “cool kid” society in school. Hughes and his actors (like RDJ in this one) actually set a fashion standard that no one ever talks about.

[@gahrie]

The song was written for the movie. The group is Oingo Boingo, and the lead singer scored the movie and wrote the song for it. Danny Elfman left the group and today does soundtracks full time.

[@Klokkwork]

The TV series that this movie spawned, also under the same title 'Weird Science' was pretty enjoyable as I recall. It was a little more sane than the movie. Vanessa Angel played Lisa, and did a great job making the role her own. The rest of the cast made the characters much less annoying (required for a TV adaptation). Michael Manasseri as Wyatt, John Asher as Gary, and Lee Tergesen as Chett. Sadly can't find any streaming services that have it.

[@Lubetube111]

Lolz Tony Stark looking like a 80's nightmare.

[@frankenzion0001]

If I remember correctly, Kelly LeBrock wasn't originally cast as Lisa. Someone else was, but they dropped out and Kelly was brought in as a last-minute replacement. If I also remember correctly, she only had just a few days to learn her lines. I believe this was also her first movie role.

[@MrTech226]

Dr. Ilan Mitchell-Smith (Wyatt) left being an actor in 1991 to went to college led to his new career as College Professor. In 2011, Ilan went back to acting. Ilan still lectures at California State University in Long Beach. He has a Ph.D.

[@EJBing]

Anthony Michael Hall is from my hometown. Years ago I met him at the liquor store I used to work at. Told him I loved him in this movie. We talked and chuckled, then he dropped a bag of cocaine on the floor as he left. 🤣

[@corystanish]

That was a tip!

[@corystanish]

@Marty McFly II That makes him very relatable to me

[@adamsgrad93]

I think this must be better if you remember when it came out. It was a different time and it didn't really age well. But it was great at the time.

[@RedDawnRocker]

This feels so weird in itself, thinking that I was in High School when this came out. I remember going to see this in the cinema late-night one night with a couple of friends when one of their Dads was going through insomnia. The whole cinema was roaring with laughter. It was a very different time than these days. Movies were much more loose and free since the introduction of the PG-13 rating a year or two prior. It was all about creators testing how far they could take their movies without getting bumped up to an R-rating. Oh, and back then, the girls were just as excited with movies like these as we boys were lol. There was no such thing as PC back then. If you ever decided to do a college film series I'd definitely suggest PCU, Accepted or Johnny B. Goode (the last of which stars a bit older Anthony Michael Hall).

[@dmbassett]

you can see the shotgun bend when he hits him on the head. once seen never unseen..

[@CatSamurai99]

Yes, I really liked it. I was a 15 year old boy in 1985.

[@MP-th8po]

loved this movie I was a teen when it came out

[@groundworkcivils7506]

It's a film for teenage boys... And 38 years later it still does the job 👍👍👍

[@MegaForrestgump]

"Who is this Gary Character?" I still repeat this all the time.

[@stevensheard4885]

This movie was a comedy classic when I grew up. Nothing like a Disney Channel movie. You were looking too deep into a movie bout two teenage boys creating a woman with a computer

[@bjgandalf69]

I would suggest that the writers of those Disney movies stole their tropes from John Hughes as this films predates pretty much all of them. I bet if you were to interview these guys, they would admit that movies like "Weird Science" were inspirational to the ideas of their movies, assuming they were being honest.

[@Scopper81]

Thinking about it, Weird Science is one of those movies where you had to be there to really appreciate it. It's deeply embedded in the John Hughes canon, which means that everything about just oozes the 80s. So it might not be one of John Hughes' more timeless efforts.

[@Skeezer66]

In the 80's the movie's #1 demographic group was teenage boys. Also it used to be a 'thing' if the guy lost his virginity to an older woman. There were movies where that was the main plot (Private Lessons, My Private Tutor). VERY different times!

[@isaacraze4301]

The only reason I knew about this movie apart from the theme song was that British band Bastille released the song "Good Grief" in 2016, which samples two of LeBrock's phrases from Weird Science: "So what would you little maniacs like to do first?" and "If you want to be a party animal, you have to learn to live in the jungle. Now stop worrying and go and get dressed."