Howard The Duck?
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Chill everybody, it's Howard The Duck. No need to try and change anybodys mind about it. There are people out there that think a recent best picture winner like "Crash" is probably the worst movie ever made. Or any movie that has ever won a best picture Oscar. They may not truly mean it, but there are people like that.
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Originally Posted by thing-fish24
Howard the Duck is the worst movie ever made.
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Originally Posted by thing-fish24
Howard the Duck is the worst movie ever made.
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It's been so long since I've seen this movie, I think I was a kid at the time. The main thing I remember is Lea Thompson back when she was hot climbing onto the bed with Howard in her underwear. I'd buy it just for that!
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Originally Posted by Dead
thing-fish24, this is a classic example of a threadcrap.
It's tough to use a message board when moderators make ridiculous decisions like this. I was stating a valid opinion. This is different from going into a Citizen Kane thread and calling it "cinema's biggest mistake" (especially since this is Howard the Duck).
In my The Little Shop of Horrors thread, there were several posts that could be considered threadcraps, yet no one responded to them. However, when I attack Howard the Duck, the censors are called in to 'sanitize' the thread? Did I miss something?
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Originally Posted by thing-fish24
Deleting my last post is a classic example of assholeism. Did you actually take a look at what I said before you censored my post? I made a very valid point (are we going to demonize posters for saying that Ed Wood movies are bad?).
It's tough to use a message board when moderators made ridiculous statements like this. I was stating a valid opinion. This is different from going into a Citizen Kane thread and calling it "cinema's biggest mistake" (especially since this is Howard the Duck).
In the The Little Shop of Horrors thread, there were several posts that could be considered threadcraps, yet no one responded to them. However, when I attack Howard the Duck, the censors are called in to whitewash the thread? Did I miss something?
It's tough to use a message board when moderators made ridiculous statements like this. I was stating a valid opinion. This is different from going into a Citizen Kane thread and calling it "cinema's biggest mistake" (especially since this is Howard the Duck).
In the The Little Shop of Horrors thread, there were several posts that could be considered threadcraps, yet no one responded to them. However, when I attack Howard the Duck, the censors are called in to whitewash the thread? Did I miss something?
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Originally Posted by thing-fish24
Are my posts too intelligent for you? 

Originally Posted by cisman
I remember watching this as a kid and was curious if this was every released on DVD or if anyone has heard anything about it ever being released on DVD?
Originally Posted by thing-fish24
Howard the Duck is the worst movie ever made.
Last edited by The Cow; 05-10-06 at 12:26 AM.
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Originally Posted by thing-fish24
Deleting my last post is a classic example of assholeism.
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My only memories of Howard the Duck from when I saw it in the theater as a child: A guy in a terrifying "duck" costume (possibly off-yellow?) looking at pictures of a girl in an only slightly less terrifying naked duck costume. Did he fight a dragon or something? Man, my memories of this movie are freakin' weird.
Since someone mentioned Harry and the Hendersons, my memory of that involves Chewbacca running through the woods.
Man, to be a kid again, when nothing made sense, but in a good way...
Since someone mentioned Harry and the Hendersons, my memory of that involves Chewbacca running through the woods.
Man, to be a kid again, when nothing made sense, but in a good way...
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Originally Posted by thing-fish24
Deleting my last post is a classic example of assholeism. Did you actually take a look at what I said before you censored my post? I made a very valid point (are we going to demonize posters for saying that Ed Wood movies are bad?)
You are talking about the quality (or lack of) of a MOVIE. We have the Movie Talk forum for discussions of the merits of a MOVIE.
This forum (and thread) is discussing the DVD of a movie. Now if you had said "I really don't like this movie, so I would probably not be interested in a DVD release" would have been fine.
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The only thing I remember about this movie is Jeffrey Jones talking like he has something in his throat, and Howard has a duckie condom in his wallet. I'd always cringe at that part when watching it, because my Mom might come in the room.
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Of the cheesy movies I enjoyed as a kid, most of those do not hold up very well. Battle Beyond the Stars is a classic example of this (great to a kid, but horrible to an adult). Howard the Duck wasn't terrible, nor was it great. I do feel they should have stuck with more what the original comics were about rather than trying to make it like ET in the end (where he "dies" then comes back to life). Did Steve Gerber have any input at all in this movie? Of all the 80's movies that need a genuine "reimagining," I'd list this at the top, because Howard the Duck could be great. It'd have to be at least pg-13, if not R to be truly great, but great nonetheless.
That said, there is no reason this should not come to DVD, and with a healthy dose of bonus features. If Supergirl can get a two disc special edition, we need one here as well. I recall so many specials on TV about this movie (yes, it was over hyped), not to mention the music video, and I am sure there are other things in the vault they could put on the DVD.
That said, there is no reason this should not come to DVD, and with a healthy dose of bonus features. If Supergirl can get a two disc special edition, we need one here as well. I recall so many specials on TV about this movie (yes, it was over hyped), not to mention the music video, and I am sure there are other things in the vault they could put on the DVD.
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Originally Posted by calhoun07
That said, there is no reason this should not come to DVD, and with a healthy dose of bonus features.
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Does anyone know why they had to use something like 6 or 7 actors to portray the duck? It seems odd. Obviously they hired someone to do the voice, but why not just one guy in the suit?
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Originally Posted by Living Dead
Does anyone know why they had to use something like 6 or 7 actors to portray the duck? It seems odd. Obviously they hired someone to do the voice, but why not just one guy in the suit?
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Originally Posted by illennium
My only memories of Howard the Duck from when I saw it in the theater as a child: A guy in a terrifying "duck" costume (possibly off-yellow?) looking at pictures of a girl in an only slightly less terrifying naked duck costume. Did he fight a dragon or something? Man, my memories of this movie are freakin' weird.
BTW, some moron suspended my account. Who did I offend, other than people who do not think in a rational and intelligent manner?



