I remember seeing this as a kid for the first time in the late 80’s early 90’s and man the visual effects at that time really blew me away. Still some shots hold up today and others not so much. James Horner did a wonderful score and is one of my favorite composer’s.
I'm still traumatized by Antie being killed. My 4 year old self absolutely lost it so my parents went to the video store to rent something else to cheer me up. "An American Tail: Feivel Goes West"....another movie with a scorpion. I cried so much that day.
@@matthill5426 Not only Americans cause I saw it years ago in Europe. First time I ever heard the word "Hoser" and the frequent use of "a" at the end of most sentences.
John Candy and Chevy Chase would've nailed the role and not only was Candy offered the Szalinski role but he was also offered the role of Louis Tully for Ghostbusters which eventually went to Moranis.
Such a great movie, still one of my favorites of all time. The practical effects absolutely sold the entire adventure. I got to go to Disneyland as a kid a few years after this, and they had parts of the set to play on, and it was freakin incredible to see it in real life and feel so tiny.
John Candy also recommended Rick Moranis for Ghostbusters as they had very different takes on the character. Moranis created such a memorable character, they expanded the role just for him and even Candy went on to say his take was better.
Such a classic, I remember getting to see this in the movie theater as a kid. Getting to watch movies at home is great, but having your parents bring you to the theater for a movie you really wanted to see because you've been good was the best. People complain about the theater being expensive, which it is. But you don't go because it's cheap, you go for the experience. Experiencing a movie in the theater was more memorable than watching it on a VHS. :)
Another fun fact: Kristine Sutherland, who played Matt Frewer's character's wife in this movie, would later on go on to portray Joyce Summers, the mother of Buffy Summers in Buffy the Vampire Slayer the series.
I always thought the oatmeal creme pie was an oreo, in my mind.. was also wondering if what they used was originally supposed to be an oreo by nabisco, but with budgeting costs, it went down to Little Debbies oatmeal cream pie.. some food for thought..
@@EntertainmentFan11 Even though I seriously doubt a real ant would have befriended them but instead considered them food for the collective hive mind. I know, I know, just a movie.
This movie makes me want those oatmeal pie cookies. It blew my mind as a kid that he had a whole box to himself, that wouldn't fly in my house at that age.
People think of insects as terrifying, mostly because of biting and\or stinging insects. But, when you magnify them quite a bit, they're quite beautiful. Ants especially so. They look something like a race-car with legs. The ant in that movie was quite an amazing thing to see, even more than the 1950s creature movie THEM!
Plus, Redheads hair can change colors. I've seen that happen with two redheads in my life and yeah, it's weird. My girlfriend's hair changes with the seasons.
@@coreym162 The more sun and chlorine hair can be exposed to the lighter it can become. My brown hair used to turn almost blonde as a kid when I'd be in the pool all day during the summer: www.bustle.com/articles/163122-why-does-hair-get-lighter-in-the-summer-its-not-just-from-the-sun
Exactly. Like he said, for some reason they feel the need to remake every damn movie that doesn't need to be remade. Why can't they just leave good, classic movies be?
@@EntertainmentFan11 It would be like introducing someone to a new pizzeria, and giving them re-warmed leftovers instead of fresh. Hollyweird has imprisoned itself within it's own political correctness prison. Creativity, fresh ideas, and originality are smothered and stifled in such an atmosphere. It's a mental prison, hence they keep rehashing old plots. Comedy is typically making fun of other people's differences and people used to laugh because it didn't bother them but they're programmed to get 'triggered' now. It's also because the entire film industry is losing money. (See above for one of many reasons.)
This film, "jhoney I blew up the baby", and the meh sequel "honey we sh tyrunk ourselves" were fixtures of my childhood during the late 90s, early millennium. I was born in 92, and had MANY GREAT films and shows to see
Loved this one!! So did my 9 month old daughter - she watched the entire video with me! (Not easy to keep her attention that long - nice job, Minty!!) 😊
one of my classic favorite movies of all time, and to finally get to see it in HD is a whole new experience, for those fans who have not rewatched it, among maybe other classics, remastered..
Not sure what he means by "(Honey, we Shrunk Ourselves) it was made on a smaller budget which does show on screen". I was 5 when this movie came out, so I didn't learn till later that this movie didn't get a theatrical release. Which surprised me because this film honestly looks the most polished and the most expensive then the previous movies. For those who remember hating it or never gave it a chance...give it a fresh look and it might surprise you with some awesome set pieces and new unexplored scenarios of being 1/4 of an inch tall.
Fun fact: the name 'grounded' actually ended up as inspiration for obsidian entertainment to make a game based on a similar concept. They also made fallout new Vegas
@@VerisimilitudeFilms1 No, I was fortunate enough to miss that one. Ever hear that the biggest issue with the original Star Wars was Chewbacca wasn't wearing pants? In reality I'm not surprised. I've known for years that studios don't have a clue. I just like to act surprised sometimes I guess.
I loved Honey I shrunk The Kids as a child, as I have always fascination for things smaller than they should be and seeing things from the perspective of something much smaller than a human. I actually liked Honey I Blew Up the Kid too, although just not as much as the original. I have never heard of the TV series either, but if I had, I would have definitely watched it at the time. I'll have to check it out. Could you do 10 Things You Didn't Know About The Flintstones Movie?
I was such a huge weird Al Yachovic fan back in the mid to late ninties then with my younger brother. Had bad hair day, running with scissors, his older alblums like UHF, best hits. One day we were in an old I.D.A. me and my brother found a VHS tape of UHF for say 8.88 CAD in 1998 or 1999. It blew our minds that he was in a film. I was only 13 or 14 at the time and didn't check online (even if there were posting back then). Loved that movie. Had a DVD copy. I should have bought the blu-ray at his maditory fun tour but it was 32 dollars. Though getting two t shirts was a better deal and a pack of wierd all yankovic trading cards for 4.99 was juat a great idea.
Think of the characters of Al on his Ablum greatest hits for the animated style. Have that art style with Al and (MAD magazine front cover character, forgetting the name).
I don't think the title was at all a homage. It sounds more like what a spouse would say after a small blunder. It was the right choice. A minor household mishap resulted in a family adventure.
I always loved oatmeal cookies, but after seeing the kids eat one lying in the yard, I started eating them by taking tiny bites imagining I was small also. I still love them today!
Okay now the intensity of the script and some of those scenes makes more sense if Stewart Gordon was one of the script writers! I loved that movie when I was a kid, mostly because the peril seemed so real. They come home injured and filthy after putting their bodies on the line in a really dangerous adventure!
FYI - re: Marcia Strassman; Marcia is pronounced MAR-sha, not mar-SEE-ya. She played Gabe Kotter's (Gabe Kaplan) wife Julie on the television sitcom "Welcome Back Kotter" from 1975 to 1979, as well as nurse Margie Cutler on "M*A*S*H" from 1972 to 1973.
Not sure why you hadn't heard of the tv series. I loved watching it when I was a kid. Don't let the change in actors put you off. I can't speak for how well it has aged as I haven't watched it in years, and it's definitely a tv show style of writing which shows off glaringly. The series itself consists of far more that just the shrink/enlarge ray, but on other invention Wayne makes... one of which that comes to mind are episodes involving a time machine (with vastly inconsistent effects... as one episode has Wayne stuck in a viking era for something like a month or so and he's perfectly fine, yet another has the daughter spend a few days in the 70s and starts to turn to stone). I also remember something about an alien they meet in a few episodes, and something about a meteorite that Wayne uses to create his inventions, but the details are fuzzy. Overall, it's definitely worth a watch through, if only to see the craziness the writers came up with.
I remember everything about this series. It was filmed in Calgary, Canada starring Peter Scolari, of Bossum Buddies fame in the lead. I was actually his double for three years on the show.
Indeed you did all those shenanigans happened. The alien first showed in the time machine episode actually when they went ro the old west. He made a few other appearances after that as well. He was played by John Micheal Higgins.
One of my favorite Disney live action movies by far! I like the sequels a lot too! I respect that they’re not really for you. This movie has a wonderful charm and lots of great adventure! Wonderful characters too!
Great vid Minty! Always did enjoy this movie. The special effects were great. You are not alone because I didn't know it had a series either, at least I don't remember it.
Just imagine if the director of this had done Ant Man. The TV series wasn't always shrink rays. They some times did other sci-fi things like time travel and adventures to other planets. and it made a few Star Wars references. The Disney Ride could almost be a movie as well.
Hollywood has never been the place to go for "original ideas". Most of the earliest surving silent films were based on stage plays and novels. Honey I Shrunk The Kids is just a late 80's take on ideas that had already been explored in previous films like Dr. Cyclops, The Incredible Shrinking Man, Attack Of The Puppet People, and The Incredible Shrinking Woman. This film, like many others, is good not because it's "original" but because it's well executed. Hollywood releases films every week and the goal is to get audiences to show up and pay to see them. It's a lot easier to market something on the basis of familiarity. Films that aren't based on established IPs are out there, but they require you to take a chance on something and it probably won't be marketed well, so it will require more work on your part. I watched Missing Link recently and it's a good movie, but since it doesn't have an audience with an established IP attached to it, it's done very poorly at the box office and has been pushed out of most theaters. You know what's still playing at my local theater? Dumbo. As much as people love to complain about familiar IPs being constantly used, theatergoers will still usually make them more profitable than "original ideas" and that's ultimately what counts for the major studios that want to actually stay in business.
Jason Samuels hell little shop of horrors (also staring Rick Moranis) a few years before this was a technically a remake of a very low budget movie from 1960 of the same name (the musical was based on that)
Great video, Minty!! This one is definitely a cherished childhood classic of mine. I agree with you on the first sequel, Minty, I liked it, but I never saw it as anything special, & only watched it a handful of times. I only saw Honey We Shrunk Ourselves once, & I definitely remember the TV series, though I never watched it.
"E.T. looks more terrifying to kids than ants." I agree. Also, OMG the Brundlefly! Ugh! That movie still gives me nightmares to this day! KILL IT WITH FIRE! I had no idea this movie spawned a series! You are not alone! Also, I enjoyed the second and third movies but it's always hard to top the first. But I had no idea that was Mila Kunis in the third one! Your reboot comment is totally accurate. Hollywood is so unoriginal these days that's all they can do is remake things. Hopefully they don't resort to rebooting people, too. lol
Considering both the TV series and 3 movies was out when I was growing up, I saw a few episodes of the series mum and dad had on tape before the movie. Kinda funny as the daughter in the series has red hair, and in the movie, she's a blonde. Guess the opposite of the mum character. 😉😂😂😂
HONEY WE SHRUNK OURSELVES was actually the FINAL live-action role for Rick Moranis, who officially retired to take care of his kids......plus, Moranis himself said he'd officially got bored with acting (having wanted to retire since the passing of his wife from cancer not long before or after HONEY I SHRUNK THE KIDS premiering).
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I remember seeing this as a kid for the first time in the late 80’s early 90’s and man the visual effects at that time really blew me away. Still some shots hold up today and others not so much. James Horner did a wonderful score and is one of my favorite composer’s.
Cheers to the practical effects in that era. 💯 respect to Rick for putting family above anything. He was a timeless genius and missed.
He is a legend I was pissed he was attacked in New York city
I'm still traumatized by Antie being killed. My 4 year old self absolutely lost it so my parents went to the video store to rent something else to cheer me up. "An American Tail: Feivel Goes West"....another movie with a scorpion. I cried so much that day.
I'm traumatized by it as well. It made me cry so hard when I was little, and still does. Can't watch the Scorpion scene ever again
“Land Before Time” did it for me as a kid. I feel your pain!
Hahaha lol.
For me it was "Bambi"...
I loved this movie so much when I was little. The special effects was way before it's time. Great movie
"previously worked together on Spaceballs...?"
John Candy and Rick Moranis were lifelong friends my man. They go all the way back to SCTV together.
I can forgive an Australian not being an expert on Canadian T.V. but everyone should at least be aware of Strange Brew.
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I gotta take a leak so bad I can taste it
- Bob McKenzie
@@johnthesavage381 God, I haven't thought about Strange Brew in decades. That the was the movie that introduced Americans to the word "hoser".
I loved SCTV. All way down in Dallas, we were able to watch it as a kid. great show!
@@matthill5426 Not only Americans cause I saw it years ago in Europe. First time I ever heard the word "Hoser" and the frequent use of "a" at the end of most sentences.
All of Rick's roles were iconic. This one was my favorite role for him. Hard to believe the role was not written for him as first choice.
John Candy and Chevy Chase would've nailed the role and not only was Candy offered the Szalinski role but he was also offered the role of Louis Tully for Ghostbusters which eventually went to Moranis.
Such a great movie, still one of my favorites of all time. The practical effects absolutely sold the entire adventure. I got to go to Disneyland as a kid a few years after this, and they had parts of the set to play on, and it was freakin incredible to see it in real life and feel so tiny.
There was a spin off defunct Epcot attraction called "Honey, I Shrunk the Audience".
The show was ok but the adjacent playground was epic
The “mice” and the dog “sneeze” at the end was the worst lol
That was at Disneyland also. I saw it when I was young.
@@NuttyRageGaming Epcot is at Disney World, noob.
I liked it. Of course I went when I was 10 years old.
Happy 30th anniversary to Honey I Shrunk The Kids!😊😁
JacobDreamWorks921. I haven't watch this movies till I was 9!Even back than I was watching Mouse Hunt,Mask of the Phantasm and Cool World!
Wow that long, its as old as me, this is a childhood CLASSIC n his honey i blew up the kid.
Hey, btw, the name "grounded" is an name for a video game
John Candy also recommended Rick Moranis for Ghostbusters as they had very different takes on the character. Moranis created such a memorable character, they expanded the role just for him and even Candy went on to say his take was better.
"The name Grounded was the proposed" huh, so thats where Obsidian got the name from
Such a classic, I remember getting to see this in the movie theater as a kid. Getting to watch movies at home is great, but having your parents bring you to the theater for a movie you really wanted to see because you've been good was the best. People complain about the theater being expensive, which it is. But you don't go because it's cheap, you go for the experience. Experiencing a movie in the theater was more memorable than watching it on a VHS. :)
Another fun fact: Kristine Sutherland, who played Matt Frewer's character's wife in this movie, would later on go on to portray Joyce Summers, the mother of Buffy Summers in Buffy the Vampire Slayer the series.
I thought that looked like her.
And Matt Frewer was Pestilence in Supernatural
Awesome movie a favourite of mine and many other kids in the
Ment to write 80s
Their backyard was dangerous! Fire ants, bees and scorpions oh my!
god forbid a snake, lizard or owl spotted them!!
But there were no Bedbugs in the grass in the film.
This still stands up in 2019. An excellent TV program aired for 3 seasons and also still stands up.
One of my favorites as a kid, and one of the first movies I've ever watched on VHS. Still the best out of the series in my opinion.
Amen. Still a classic. Excellent acting and mind blowing special effects. Most impressive
Used to watch this at my grandparents in Sunbury RIP! I'd give anything to go back to those days...
Sunbury PA? Wow I live near there.
@@flightofthebumblebee9529 Victoria, Australia mate.
I would give anything to go back to 1989 myself. Good Times!!
@@joshbrucemellis6481 did u fuck shit
@@flightofthebumblebee9529 I fucked up shit ha! Does that count?
I remember watching this at the cinema when it was released in '89, and thinking it was a great movie.
I still love this movie, thirty years later.
This takes me back to My childhood.
I always re-watch it.
Loved this movie ! Especially the cookie part 😛
Mine was the part where he almost eats nick.
I always thought the oatmeal creme pie was an oreo, in my mind.. was also wondering if what they used was originally supposed to be an oreo by nabisco, but with budgeting costs, it went down to Little Debbies oatmeal cream pie.. some food for thought..
WHO WOULDN'T WANNA EAT A GIANT COOKIE.
was anyone else traumatized by anty being killed. worst part of the movie.
Joe Blow i am suprised they allowed that in the movie. it wasn't that he died but it was violent. even as a grown man now i am shocked it was allowed.
The scorpion was the worst part, let alone the ant being killed by that thing.
I haven’t seen the film in about 25 years...but the second I saw Antie I remembered he died and how traumatizing it was for me as a kid lol
I cried and have had a personal vendetta against scorpions ever since... Except in Mortal Kombat lol
I cry
I was 7 when antie died. Hated scorpions ever since. Love your video as always minty
You needed more reasons to hate scorpions?
That scorpion gave me nightmares as a kid! Seriously, nope!
@@EntertainmentFan11 Even though I seriously doubt a real ant would have befriended them but instead considered them food for the collective hive mind. I know, I know, just a movie.
Same here dude. I was around 7-8 when this movie released, I still get teary eyed when Antie dies. He saved the kids lives.
Refuse to watch the movie period because of that.
This movie makes me want those oatmeal pie cookies. It blew my mind as a kid that he had a whole box to himself, that wouldn't fly in my house at that age.
People think of insects as terrifying, mostly because of biting and\or stinging insects. But, when you magnify them quite a bit, they're quite beautiful. Ants especially so. They look something like a race-car with legs. The ant in that movie was quite an amazing thing to see, even more than the 1950s creature movie THEM!
The hair thing isn't important because our TV's back then didn't have the best clarity.
Also thanks again Minty
you're only 13, what''s back then for you is a week ago.
@@KingDecahedron LMAO!
I do noticed Blondes like to dyed their hair Red and vice versa.
Plus, Redheads hair can change colors. I've seen that happen with two redheads in my life and yeah, it's weird. My girlfriend's hair changes with the seasons.
@@coreym162 The more sun and chlorine hair can be exposed to the lighter it can become. My brown hair used to turn almost blonde as a kid when I'd be in the pool all day during the summer: www.bustle.com/articles/163122-why-does-hair-get-lighter-in-the-summer-its-not-just-from-the-sun
A reboot would be nothing but a CGI ablution without practical effects.
If they don't include that frickin' scorpion scene, I'll gladly see it. That thing gave me nightmares!
I agree, you just can't get the same feeling with CGI as you can with practical effects.
Exactly. Like he said, for some reason they feel the need to remake every damn movie that doesn't need to be remade. Why can't they just leave good, classic movies be?
@@jeremiahallyn4603 You could say that the remakes are a way to introduce classic films to a new, modern generation.
@@EntertainmentFan11 It would be like introducing someone to a new pizzeria, and giving them re-warmed leftovers instead of fresh. Hollyweird has imprisoned itself within it's own political correctness prison. Creativity, fresh ideas, and originality are smothered and stifled in such an atmosphere. It's a mental prison, hence they keep rehashing old plots. Comedy is typically making fun of other people's differences and people used to laugh because it didn't bother them but they're programmed to get 'triggered' now. It's also because the entire film industry is losing money. (See above for one of many reasons.)
10 things you didn't know about "Clerks."
Oh yes that would be awesome
This film, "jhoney I blew up the baby", and the meh sequel "honey we sh tyrunk ourselves" were fixtures of my childhood during the late 90s, early millennium.
I was born in 92, and had MANY GREAT films and shows to see
I loved the movie when I was young! I never forgot it when I was growing up! It was so cool!
Mee too😘😘
Loved this one!! So did my 9 month old daughter - she watched the entire video with me! (Not easy to keep her attention that long - nice job, Minty!!) 😊
one of my classic favorite movies of all time, and to finally get to see it in HD is a whole new experience, for those fans who have not rewatched it, among maybe other classics, remastered..
Not sure what he means by "(Honey, we Shrunk Ourselves) it was made on a smaller budget which does show on screen".
I was 5 when this movie came out, so I didn't learn till later that this movie didn't get a theatrical release.
Which surprised me because this film honestly looks the most polished and the most expensive then the previous movies.
For those who remember hating it or never gave it a chance...give it a fresh look and it might surprise you with some awesome set pieces and new unexplored scenarios of being 1/4 of an inch tall.
You should do a video on Spaceballs if you haven’t already, such a classic Mel Brooks film!
Oh, yeah. I love that one.
Comb the desert!
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"WE AIN'T FOUND SHIT!"
*What have I done?!* *My brains are going into my feet!*
There's only one man who would DARE give me the raspberry
Rick Moranis was also dynamite in “My blue heaven” with Steve Martin
"I was right in the middle of an anecdote."
“Because you could melt all this stuff”
Fun fact: the name 'grounded' actually ended up as inspiration for obsidian entertainment to make a game based on a similar concept. They also made fallout new Vegas
The Roger Rabbit short was on the videotape too :).
I didn't know about the series either! O_O.
I Really liked this Movie. Good research Minty !
Minty strikes again loved this movie as a kid brings back all those amazing childhood memories minty take a bow my friend cause you ROCK! 👍
I loved part 2. The twins cracked me up and you see how easily and loving Rick is with young children
What twins
@@jygb7092 2 little boys played Adam
Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves! the supportuing cast also Had Allison Mack.
Hmmm, even back then studios were clueless. How do you make an ant look like E.T.?
Brandon Michels Even back then? My friend, that shouldn't be a surprise. Ever seen "Jaws: The Revenge?"
@@VerisimilitudeFilms1 No, I was fortunate enough to miss that one. Ever hear that the biggest issue with the original Star Wars was Chewbacca wasn't wearing pants? In reality I'm not surprised. I've known for years that studios don't have a clue. I just like to act surprised sometimes I guess.
I loved Honey I shrunk The Kids as a child, as I have always fascination for things smaller than they should be and seeing things from the perspective of something much smaller than a human. I actually liked Honey I Blew Up the Kid too, although just not as much as the original. I have never heard of the TV series either, but if I had, I would have definitely watched it at the time. I'll have to check it out. Could you do 10 Things You Didn't Know About The Flintstones Movie?
This movie has one of my favorite film scores; glad to hear it throughout the video
I can still remember crying in the theater after antie got killed.
New subscriber. Been binge watching. Great job on your vlogs.
he has so much content love minty so much he is a good content maker
Welcome to the minty club😁
I can't remember what my first MCA video was...
Thanks to this movie, ever since I was a kid, I have always wanted to sleep inside a giant Lego. And use a cheerio, for an innertube.
This was such a great, great movie!
Loved Rick Moranis ever since watching SCTV as a kid with my sister.
"Take off, ya hoser! Eh?!"
Honey I Blew Up The Kid also had a young Kerri Russell. Thats why I liked watching it.😍
i liked her on married with children.
She still looks great.
Don't forget Amy O'Neil who played the hot blonde daughter in this movie.
Hey Minty. Big fan here. You have reviewed basically all my favorite movies from the 80's. Keep up the good work.
Minty doesn't read his subscribers comments, thats why I'm not subscribing....still view as they are good countdowns 😜
i remember seeing this at the cinema plus the Roger Rabbit feature beforehand! 💕
The tv series was filmed in Calgary Canada! My home city.
Good choice Minty. When this movie came out it blew my mind with creativity and imagination possibilities
As a kid I loved Antie and cried when Antie died; to this day that brave little ant has won its place in my heart
That was right up there with Artax for me
This came out around the time UHF did. Minty once again great review.
Chris L I don’t care what anyone says, UHF was awesome! My brother and I used to beg our parents to rent it again and again on vhs!😆
I was such a huge weird Al Yachovic fan back in the mid to late ninties then with my younger brother. Had bad hair day, running with scissors, his older alblums like UHF, best hits. One day we were in an old I.D.A. me and my brother found a VHS tape of UHF for say 8.88 CAD in 1998 or 1999. It blew our minds that he was in a film. I was only 13 or 14 at the time and didn't check online (even if there were posting back then). Loved that movie. Had a DVD copy. I should have bought the blu-ray at his maditory fun tour but it was 32 dollars. Though getting two t shirts was a better deal and a pack of wierd all yankovic trading cards for 4.99 was juat a great idea.
Think of the characters of Al on his
Ablum greatest hits for the animated style. Have that art style with Al and (MAD magazine front cover character, forgetting the name).
twinkie wiener sandwitch
@@talesfromthelotuspodcast Absolutely love that line! When he's trying to cheer him up!
I don't think the title was at all a homage.
It sounds more like what a spouse would say after a small blunder.
It was the right choice.
A minor household mishap resulted in a family adventure.
This movie is a classic. I still watch it when it shows on cable. Honey I blew up the Kid is a good film as well.
I am loving the new intros, mate! This channel is so crisp. Great job!
I really like "Honey I Blew Up The Kid" a lot but that's mainly because it was the first one I saw.
And everyone has heard of the spinoff series.
I always loved oatmeal cookies, but after seeing the kids eat one lying in the yard, I started eating them by taking tiny bites imagining I was small also. I still love them today!
Okay now the intensity of the script and some of those scenes makes more sense if Stewart Gordon was one of the script writers!
I loved that movie when I was a kid, mostly because the peril seemed so real. They come home injured and filthy after putting their bodies on the line in a really dangerous adventure!
One of my favorite movies!
FYI - re: Marcia Strassman; Marcia is pronounced MAR-sha, not mar-SEE-ya. She played Gabe Kotter's (Gabe Kaplan) wife Julie on the television sitcom "Welcome Back Kotter" from 1975 to 1979, as well as nurse Margie Cutler on "M*A*S*H" from 1972 to 1973.
This was a favorite during my childhood. It's movies like this that really sparked curiosity in science and biology.
I loved this movie as a kid. I totally forgot about the tv series! Wow! Head blown! As always great video Minty!
Music by : James Horner ❤💕💞
Not sure why you hadn't heard of the tv series. I loved watching it when I was a kid. Don't let the change in actors put you off. I can't speak for how well it has aged as I haven't watched it in years, and it's definitely a tv show style of writing which shows off glaringly.
The series itself consists of far more that just the shrink/enlarge ray, but on other invention Wayne makes... one of which that comes to mind are episodes involving a time machine (with vastly inconsistent effects... as one episode has Wayne stuck in a viking era for something like a month or so and he's perfectly fine, yet another has the daughter spend a few days in the 70s and starts to turn to stone). I also remember something about an alien they meet in a few episodes, and something about a meteorite that Wayne uses to create his inventions, but the details are fuzzy.
Overall, it's definitely worth a watch through, if only to see the craziness the writers came up with.
I remember everything about this series. It was filmed in Calgary, Canada starring Peter Scolari, of Bossum Buddies fame in the lead. I was actually his double for three years on the show.
@@johnlinn Very awesome. Did I get any of those details correct? I only remember bits and pieces of the show.
Indeed you did all those shenanigans happened. The alien first showed in the time machine episode actually when they went ro the old west. He made a few other appearances after that as well. He was played by John Micheal Higgins.
Acctually, getting stoned in the 70s was a pretty common thing
Saw it in the theater in 89’ and it totally blew my 9 year old mind. Loved it!
He's totally right, E.T. was terrifying to me as a kid! Still is, lol. I'm glad Antie stayed ant-like.
there's nothing wrong with its sequel, I enjoyed it when it came out and now
You could never be rebooted Minty! Also, I never noticed the TV show, and I loved the movie!
I just love these Top 10 facts! Thanks Minty. Watch 1 every night as i get into bed. My tradition the last few months. Keep them coming!
"Earthquake!!!" "No Worse, Lawnmower."
you rock minty love how every video I can learn something new about the movies I love ever upload thanks and keep it up
Take it with a grain of salt. He fucks things up constantly
Staying with the subject of insects why not do Arachnophobia and The Fly
AdrianC Definitely do The Fly!
One of my favorite Disney live action movies by far! I like the sequels a lot too! I respect that they’re not really for you. This movie has a wonderful charm and lots of great adventure! Wonderful characters too!
I think it's brilliant, casting Rick Moranis. He's a really short guy, but in the context of the movie he's also a towering giant.
MINTY 2020! .....that is just silly!
Minty 1980's! There we go!
My hair goes from red to blond naturally. It was actually very smart of them not to reshoot those scenes.
Same here. If I'm out in the sun too much, my hair gets blond streaks.
But, _now_ I want to know what Disney had against red hair. 🤔
@@LisaBowers well it's believed gingers have no souls
@@tylersmith9868 Oh, that wounded me deep in my sou... Hey, wait a minute!
Yeah my mothers does as well, depending on how much she's been in the sun.
@@Zenkai76 she has no soul when shes been out in the sun?
This movie still holds water, I let my nephews see it and they fell in love with it, that says something about a movie that's 30 years old
Great vid Minty! Always did enjoy this movie. The special effects were great. You are not alone because I didn't know it had a series either, at least I don't remember it.
Remember Lewis Tully in Ghostbusters was written for John Candy and it eventually went to Rick Moranis.
Just imagine if the director of this had done Ant Man.
The TV series wasn't always shrink rays. They some times did other sci-fi things like time travel and adventures to other planets. and it made a few Star Wars references.
The Disney Ride could almost be a movie as well.
Watching this an adult makes me appreciate the movie even more.
Thank you so much Minty! This was my go to movie when I was a kid! I watched it like a million times
I saw this movie and the sequels and the tv show it was one of the few Disney properties I liked besides mighty ducks
Lion King? Aladdin? Little Mermaid? That was all around the same time
Speaking of What about Bob how about a 10 things you didn't know about What about Bob!
Loved that film
Sounds good
i LOVE that movie.
That's a true classic...
He, "Bill Murray " got killed in Zombie Land
This movie was my introduction to Rick Moranis! I still love this one👌
I loved this movie. It was heartbreaking the way Antie died.
Minty great job, can you please do G.I.JOE THE MOVIE CARTOON Please. I would love some info
Totally agree with you about reboots, how about an original idea!
I also agree. It's one thing to get inspired by, but remake everything over again and again? Come on.
Hollywood has never been the place to go for "original ideas". Most of the earliest surving silent films were based on stage plays and novels. Honey I Shrunk The Kids is just a late 80's take on ideas that had already been explored in previous films like Dr. Cyclops, The Incredible Shrinking Man, Attack Of The Puppet People, and The Incredible Shrinking Woman. This film, like many others, is good not because it's "original" but because it's well executed. Hollywood releases films every week and the goal is to get audiences to show up and pay to see them. It's a lot easier to market something on the basis of familiarity. Films that aren't based on established IPs are out there, but they require you to take a chance on something and it probably won't be marketed well, so it will require more work on your part. I watched Missing Link recently and it's a good movie, but since it doesn't have an audience with an established IP attached to it, it's done very poorly at the box office and has been pushed out of most theaters. You know what's still playing at my local theater? Dumbo. As much as people love to complain about familiar IPs being constantly used, theatergoers will still usually make them more profitable than "original ideas" and that's ultimately what counts for the major studios that want to actually stay in business.
Jason Samuels hell little shop of horrors (also staring Rick Moranis) a few years before this was a technically a remake of a very low budget movie from 1960 of the same name (the musical was based on that)
Great video, Minty!! This one is definitely a cherished childhood classic of mine. I agree with you on the first sequel, Minty, I liked it, but I never saw it as anything special, & only watched it a handful of times. I only saw Honey We Shrunk Ourselves once, & I definitely remember the TV series, though I never watched it.
Man, all these movies I loved as a kid and had basically forgotten about...Thanks Minty!
"E.T. looks more terrifying to kids than ants." I agree. Also, OMG the Brundlefly! Ugh! That movie still gives me nightmares to this day! KILL IT WITH FIRE!
I had no idea this movie spawned a series! You are not alone! Also, I enjoyed the second and third movies but it's always hard to top the first. But I had no idea that was Mila Kunis in the third one!
Your reboot comment is totally accurate. Hollywood is so unoriginal these days that's all they can do is remake things. Hopefully they don't resort to rebooting people, too. lol
Considering both the TV series and 3 movies was out when I was growing up, I saw a few episodes of the series mum and dad had on tape before the movie. Kinda funny as the daughter in the series has red hair, and in the movie, she's a blonde. Guess the opposite of the mum character. 😉😂😂😂
HONEY WE SHRUNK OURSELVES was actually the FINAL live-action role for Rick Moranis, who officially retired to take care of his kids......plus, Moranis himself said he'd officially got bored with acting (having wanted to retire since the passing of his wife from cancer not long before or after HONEY I SHRUNK THE KIDS premiering).
Boy I need to watch it again.
Last time I´ve saw it was the late 90´s ^^
I forget about this classic film. Thx MINTY!!!
Suck it.
How does one forget this movie? 🙄
@@sgillman16 considering I haven't watched it in over 20 years, it's not out of the realm of possibility.
@@rogue-like4life WOAH, but how? lol
HONEY WE SHRUNK OURSELVES was 1hr and 10 mins long.
Honey I shrunk the movie, the budget and the popularity.
I love the sunglasses with the reflection of the screen...so professional lol
Love your channel Minty, thanks for your work!