redtornado

What are some respectable movies that feature seemingly gratuitous underwear/nudity/fanservice sequences?

I'm not talking about sexploitation or low budget horror flicks, but genuinely respectable and revered movies where a "fanservice" scene pops up unexpectedly.

A couple of examples:

Alice Eve in "Star Trek: Into Darkness"



Sigourney Weaver in "Alien"



Princess Leia in "Return of the Jedi"



and Melanie Griffith vacuuming topless in "Working Girl"

Any others?

hbilly

Tom Welling changing his shirt in The Fog (2005).

Jaymole

Steve Reeves in Ed Wood's Jailbait...for no particular reason, he enters the scene with his shirt off:

Groucho

"Fan service" is something different. That's when you include something as a wink and nod to the fans, like the original Human Torch on display at the World's Fair in Captain America.

Rob V

Any movie with Zac Efron.

dex14

A big week for strange polls I see...

Shannon Nutt

I'm not sure the STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS scene is "fan service". If anything, that was just teenage boy service...most Trekkies/Trekkers hated that.

I think instead of "fan service" you just meant something gratuitous.

A "Fan service" scene would be like the one in MAVERICK where Mel Gibson and Danny Glover seem to recognize one another.

Groucho

Josh-da-man

Fan service usually refers to gratuitous sexual content designed to titillate. I believe the term originated from anime and manga, which would throw in panty shots and shower scenes for the otaku fanboys to drool over.

The concept seems to have broadened to include in-jokes and references, but the general intent of fan service seems more consistent with the OP's post.

Unless, of course, the original Human Torch makes you horny.

GoldenJCJ

It doesn't fit into the OP's criteria as it's not "respectable" but I don't think any discussion about fan service is complete without mentioning Samuel L. Jackson yelling "I'm tired of these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!"

wishbone

hanshotfirst1138

All of Species, which was basically a movie for people too self-conscious to rent softcore porn. Big cast, cool FX, all in the service of what's basically an exploitation movie.

Any scenes with female "characters" in Michael Bay films.

OldBoy

Cuban Fury's Simon Pegg cameo. that was the only part of the movie i enjoyed, however fleeting...

Ash Ketchum

I don't remember the characters in SPECIES climbing Mount Everest, traveling to the Arctic, or discovering America.

hanshotfirst1138

Goddam iPhone autocorrect.

Michael Madsen did explore Marg Helenberger's body .

He and the rest of his squad of genius scientists who can't tell the difference between someone one they change hair color .

RichC2

Naw, those are easter eggs. "Fan service" as I know it has always been gratuitous nudity and/or "scantily clad" scenes of the star.

Of course, this is the definition as spawned from anime viewers and japanese folks.

"fan service

In general, fan service refers to scenes designed to excite or titillate the viewer. This can include scantily-clad outfits, cleavage shots, panty shots, nude scenes (shower scenes especially), etc. Some broader definitions also include things like cool mecha, big explosions, battle scenes, etc. Basically, if it has little plot-redeaming value, but makes the viewer sit up and take notice, it's probably fan service in one form or another."

So it actually covers everything discussed here.

My Other Self

When I read the thread title this is what I assumed it was going to be about.

The Valeyard

Boba Fett showing up in the Star Wars A New Hope Special Edition is "Fan Service."

TomOpus

I'm not sure what "fan service" means now.

I like bewbs

Groucho

And it's exasperated when he pauses and mugs for the camera.

Matt

Sean O'Hara

When Tom Clancy stops the story to explain how night vision goggles work, that's fan service.

When an episode of Chuck stops so the camera can pan over Yvonne Strahovski in a cat suit, that's also fan service.

Then you have this which does both:

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Michael Corvin

Obvious answer: Matthew Mcconaughey seems contractually obligated to remove his shirt in every movie.

devilshalo

Hugh Jackman's ice bucket challenge in Baz Luhrmann's Australia.

Solid Snake

I always find the sexuality hilarious but that clip also reminded me why so much anime is crap in storytelling. I've been in Japan a few times and their schoolgirl obsession is practically pedophile if not already. Older men love their early teen- regular teen females too much.