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this movie did not age well

posted 9 years ago by edt-9
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A lot of 1977 references, deep throat, towering inferno, several commercials that were running in 1977, the feel o vision was a reference to the dolby sound system that first came out in 1975, then the blasploitation reference, the enter the dragon parody.

You have to be on your toes to catch the references and from the vantage of 2015 these parodies of pop culture in 1977 are just not very funny, the main reason is that when you make fun of something that is trivial it's hard to see why there is a parody in the first place. In 1977 tho a lot of these things were big but from 2015 it's hard to see what the fuss was.

The best parts of this movie are the really shocking bits, frying a cat, keep a dead child around to play with that sort of stuff. That can still be shocking even if it's not tremendously funny and the movie gets props for being outrageous there. The nude scenes are tame by today's standards, so for instance the newscasters looking in on a sex scene and getting excited, it seems weird why would you care about it.

The best thing about this movie is that it led to the Zuckers eventually making some of the greatest comedy films of the past 50 years with airplane and the naked gun franchise.

It's really impossible for me to put myself back in 1977 but I wonder if I would find it funny back then. It isn't funny now.

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[–] MikeHunt1075 9 years ago

Ehhh shuddup

[–] dalldorfw 9 years ago

How dare this movie from 1977 not be made for audiences of 2015! Take it to Detroit!

[–] DodgersRule 9 years ago

No, not Detroit!!!!

[–] dalldorfw 9 years ago

What was that? This is not a chawade. We must have emotional content. Twy is again, this time with feeeewing...

[–] AngelCake56FJS 9 years ago

90s kid over here, I understood many of the refrences, then again I'm up on my pop culture but even if I wasn't I could still find the humor. There was a joke that apparently went over my head but I still found it funny. It was a refrences to some cereal commercial where the guy mistakes the mom for his girlfriend.

[–] Jiiimbooh 9 years ago

I was born in 1984, and I agree that some of the jokes are dated. However, I don't agree with everything you wrote.

The newscasters looking at the couple I thought was funny and that particular segment is not dated. It could be included in a comedy made today.

A Fistful of Yen was funny, and anyone interested in film and/or martial arts will get it.

The Deep Throat joke was one of the funniest to me. The reference may not be understood by kids today.

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[–] StuOz 8 years ago

The bit where it sends up disaster movies makes the whole thing worthwhile. The voice over guy for this bit is Ron Gans who nails it perfectly!

[–] jackbnimbleharvardblue 8 years ago

"The Conservative and The Liberal arguing" against each other isn't outdated. That's your normal exchange between newscasters on Fox News or CNN only with cussing!

[–] clockworkorange13 8 years ago

I was born in 1987 and understood basically all of the references

[–] modica (4169) 4 years ago

How can a movie made in 1977 not be dated. WTF, I don't understand why people always come up with this dated shit to make them look hip or intelligent. Such a dumb OP.