It is unless you're a prude murican. It was marketed as a kids movie in most of europe, because nobody here is afraid of a bit of nudity (can see that at most beaches every year) or sex jokes (back then most countries had full porn on regular TV and shows like Colpo Grosso/Tutti Frutti. Stay innocent, muricans, your imaginary god will not thank you later lol
@@p.phillips2090 I don't know that any of us (cousins and friends) were even older than 10. If my grandmother had known, she would have shut that entire operation down haha
Believe it or not Lea Thompson had a blast making this even though it was terrible. She’s a director now and actually pitched a Howard the Duck MCU film using one of the newest (and very good btw) Howard the Duck comic runs. After getting sent to Earth Howards stories are usually about him being a private detective. Honestly trying to make a “kids film” out of this material was just one of MANY mistakes! Originally Robin Williams was going to voice Howard until he snuck on set and saw that the director was a massive d-bag to everyone on set. He quit right then, saving himself from the embarrassment of this thing!
Why wouldn't she have a blast? A insane movie based on a stupid comic and she got to sing the songs herself. Everybody would've had a great time doing all that stuff she did.
The squirming over the cringe moments in this are priceless. It was the 80s… no parent gave two shits about anything in this flick. Not only did we see this in the theater at 8 years old, we watched it dozens of times on VHS. Another world, another time… in the glorious 80s 😅
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While people constantly drop deuces on Howard, this will always be one of my favorites. The effects were awesome, the comedy was corny and a little too adult, but if you were born in the 80's this was the BEST marvel movie ever made. Besides Lundgrens Punisher of course.
The movie has a high level of absurd humor, which I appreciate. Lea Thompson, Tim Robbins, and the voice actor for Howard, Chip Zien, are giving their performances their all. The tonal shifts of the film, while being completely bonkers, add unexpected elements to the plot.
Howard the Duck is GREAT!! I remember watching it when it came out on VHS and I still love it.. it's wonderfully weird, bad, and cheesy. Then, as I got older, the fact that Lea Thompson would boink a duck gave me hope that I would have a chance with her if her standards were that low.
Holy Crap. I have new respect for Jason and his willingness to torture his loved ones for our entertainment. Jason, you are a sick, sick individual. Never change 😎
Meh, he has never watched the really worst movies of all time like Attack of he Killer Hog, Space Thunder Kids, Manos, Dracula 3D, Story of Chinese Gods, Gamera, Ape, Starcrash 2 and a lot of other actually horrendous movies. He is mostly in the safe waters of "so bad it's fun", except the bad Seagal movie here and there.
@@JasonBrantI think this movie(or whatever the hell it was supposed to be) was crafted for the sole purpose of making you appreciate your life, making it a more efficient and less messy Jigsaw trap(although let's be fair Jigsaw would absolutely use this to torture his victims!)
Howard the Duck was awesome, and it definitely was not intended to be a kids movie or a family friendly movie. Watch the trailer - it wasn't marketed as a wacky, fun animal movie or anything like that. They show him drinking, say he likes to have sex, then talk about his mid-life crisis.
Y'all are terrible. Howard the Duck is a timeless classic. Loved it as a kid in the 80's and still love it as an adult. It is a kids movie because kids weren't so pussified back then.
7:34 Erin and Brian concerned about cross-species love scene I don't think I've ever anticipated a reaction to a scene by you guys so much since I found your channel 😀
I was a kid when this came out and I watched it with my parents. The funny thing is the take away wasn't how sexual or gross it was but how bad it was... even though I was 12.
@@p.phillips2090 Muricans are afraid of sex and semi-nudity. I think if they ever watched european TV in the 90's or go to a beach (most allow nudity and it's seen as aperfectly normal thing) they would get a heart attack. Also the movie was 1/10 of what the comics showed, they were more in line with Fritz the Cat But muricans with their "god" fearing prudery are hilarious as hell. I hope they never change and never stop getting heart attacks once they come over here to Europe and see how we live, lol
Same age as you. Same experience too. I remember the trailer making it seem like "wacky fun" but it was all forced humor...and Howard's animatronics were off-putting.
I had just turned 8 when my dad took my 5 year old brother and I to see this. I had already seen so many R rated movies at that point it didn’t even phase me. I still love it, but I think I loved watching you guys watch it more😂. If I remember correctly 2 of the Universal executives got into an argument that ended in a fist fight over who was the one that green lit the movie. Lucas did it because he had just built Skywalker Ranch and needed the money. Unfortunately it lost money, and he had to start selling stuff to keep afloat. That’s how Steve Jobs ended up buying the CGI division of Lucas Films which would become Pixar.
As a career paramedic, I'm not sure I ever saw three souls leave the body so fast. I saw two guys rethinking their lives in a seminary and one woman headed to the convent. Sorry, but I laughed my bootie off! 😂😂😂
Because it was asked, yes, in the Marvel comic, Howard comes from an alternate Earth from a parallel dimension. His creator, Steve Gerber, said it was a planet of anthropomorphic animals, but writers have tried to retcon it to be just a Duck World. Anyway, after going on an adventure with Man-Thing (don't ask), Howard falls into a chasm in a point between dimensions and ends up on Earth. The comics are full of social commentary and were sometimes used as a mouthpiece for Gerber to let out his frustration on the issues of the day. Howard has palled around with Spider-Man and Son of Satan (again, don't ask) in the comics, and has appeared in all three Guardians of the Galaxy films. Look, comics are like professional wrestling: it's all fake and dumb, but it's entertaining if you're willing to buy into the madness.
Howard has gotten better screentime since this, he was in Avengers Endgame, and Guardians of the Galaxy 3. I gotta sat, I grew up with this, and even though I knew it was a bad film, I always enjoyed it.
I saw this as a kid and loved it. Also it didn't seem pervey if you found ways to see nightmare on elm street and Friday the 13th by this point.😂😂 We just laughed at the ridiculousness and amazed at the special effects.
@@crab-manSorghame Doesn't matter. She's a human and Roger is a rabbit. KIt's still an interspiecies relationship. Not to mention there's numerous other interspecies relationships in other cartoons that no one complained about. Hannah Barbera's Droopy the Dog is popular to human women and he has romance with them. In live action, there's inerspecies relationship in Planet of the Apes and again, no one complained. With all that being said, what's different in Howard the Duck? Nothing.
There are actually a number of Howard comics stories that are actually good. His stories were laced with funny social satire. Stuff this film doesn’t even try to touch on.
Just when I thought I couldn't like Erin any more, she not only does a Macho Man impression, but she actually pronounces it as "ElizaBIT". Beautiful. Oh, and ""Hard Pecker" is the joke of the night. **EDIT** Also, credit to Erin for wearing a "Space Camp" t-shirt, since that's the other movie Lea Thompson did that year. Used to watch it all the time when I was a kid.
You should take a look at the history of the Comic Version as well... It involves Disney threatening to sue Marvel due to the similarities to a certain "Donald", which resulted in changing Howard the Duck into Howard the Mouse for a while, and Disney gave them some directions on the character design they could accept - incl. design of the head and that Howard the Duck HAS to wear trousers most of the time :D
Lea Thompson actually doesn't hate having starred in this movie and appears to be quite proud to have been in something this infamous instead of embarrassed. Also a fun fact, but this movie shares writers with American Graffiti and Temple of Doom. Additionally, George Lucas apparently didn't have much to do with the production as he didn't want to overshadow his friends who both wrote and directed Howard the Duck, but Universal would only green-light the movie if they could use his name to promote it.
@@alaric_ Well, I wouldn't say Lea Thompson and Tim Robbins were A-list at the time Howard the Duck was made, but I get your point. Though personally I have always found spectacular failures like Howard the Duck to be quite fascinating to watch.
As a person that saw this when I was a kid (10 to be exact), i gotta say, it was a true testament to just how much our boomer parents didn't give a flying fook about us Gen Xers and what we were exposed to. And yes, I understand the double irony of that statement given that Jeff Jones is in this movie.
@@JasonBrant hehe yeah, I wish they were even that involved. It was more like me and my godbrother would wake up in the summer, find a note telling us to remember to lock the door if we left to go anywhere and our parents not knowing about a single thing we did or watched all summer long. XD
It's actually entertaining as hell and i think gets a bad rap because it was made by Lucas. There are hundreds of movies worse than this (Mac & Me comes to mind, Space Thunder Kids, most everything done by Godfrey Ho, Attack of the Killer Hog is that one move that gave me a headache because it was so horrible) I watched it recently with a friend who somehow never saw it before and with some beer and whiskey we had a great time actually (altough that was with the german overdub that made it a lot more entertaining)
Disagree. Most movies on this channel are great fun to watch with friends and laugh at the horrible production and writing. This movie has a great director and great actors and is frustratingly still awful boring weird garbage. It's an irritatingly bad movie, not a amusingly bad movie. It's less watchable for that.
That's a no. It's the exact opposite, 90% of the movies on this channel are a great watch if you are into the campy B movie genre. The 10% is the crap like this that is torture to watch. I sincerely hope that the 60 people who upvoted your post DOES NOT SEND any movies in, because their taste SUCKS!
@@mallninja980538% audience viewer score on Rotten Tomatoes says the majority audience viewer thought the film was garbage. And it hasn't aged well since. It's a perverted movie that would NEVER be made in this day and age. Good special effects doesn't equal a quality film. You may disagree, but you opinion is still the unpopular one, regarding Howard the Duck. If you're showing your kids this, you might as well be showing them adult themed Japanese anime too.
The "Duck Coach" was Miles Chapin, an actor who knew producer couple Gloria and Willard, and since this was their first movie on their own and they weren't used to working with actors, they wanted him to help out with the acting side and give feedback on Howard. He told them that with all the special effects and with how many people were involved with making Howard there was no focus on Howard as a character, so he got everyone involved together to talk about how to make Howard work. He was also familiar with what the suit could and couldn't do and was able to tell the producers when he couldn't perform certain actions they wanted. He also acted in the movie as Carter.
I was 11 when this came out. Not quite pervy enough for the brand new PG-13. Remember, Temple of Doom and Gremlins where the reason PG-13 became a thing. The original Clash of the Titans was PG and had full frontal nudity. Given, R rated films back in the day often had action figures and cartoons based on them. Alien, Rambo, Robocop, etc..
Full FRONTAL? I remember baby Perseus being nursed and Mom's butt on the beach Medusa not wearing anything over her reptile (no details) boobs in the dark and Andromeda's backside for a few seconds but.. Nothing full and sexualized Cutting off Medusa's head got them grief from the rating system even though we all heard that story in school.
@@robotrix Perhaps I'm missremembering it. If you want full frontal from a PG there are plenty of others pre 1985. Sheena, 1984, for example. Nowadays you show a woman's nipple, despite context, it's an automatic R rating. Which was my point.
Saw this with my cousin in the theater when it came out. We were the exact intended audience and even had Howard the Duck comics…and I still remember the blank stare on both of our faces when we were leaving and heading back into the mall. “What…the…hell…was…THAT?”
What an amazing piece of cinema history. Just imagine future generations finding out about this astounding piece of art. PG hit differently in the 80's, huh?
You have to feel for Jeffrey Jones. He's very much on the D list when it comes to Hollyweird perverts. Doesn't get the publicity and recognition he deserves.
This takes me back to a summer evening in 1989 when my parents rented Dreamscape and Howard the Duck. It was a very traumatic night for four-year-old Adam. 😂
I watched this when I was a kid. I’ve seen that film 50 times easily. I never thought it was that weird until I watched your reaction. Now, I see it. Still love the flick for childhood memories reasons though.
Saw this in the theaters, and I LOVED IT! It doesn't hurt I share the same name as the hero... I should also clarify it was on a Navy base and we'd all just gotten out of boot camp.
Now I know what it feels like to recover a repressed memory. I had forgotten what happened in this movie...and now I remember. Thank you to the people that sent you copies of this movie. 😐😵💫
As a teenager I thought this movie was awesome. Bizarre, funny and a little be it dirty. Not a kid movie, but in highschool we loved it. Maybe that supposed to be the target.
@@carn9507 It's like comparing Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi: The first, Jeffrey Jones could be the most scary, but he had to train and rehearse a lot to achieve it! The second, Bill Cosby was just a natural talent
Fun Trivia: Steve Gerber, the creator of Howard, was still salty about losing his creation to Marvel decades later, and through some backdoor shenanigans with Savage Dragon, Destroyer Duck and Image Comics he 'spiritually' freed the original Howard and left a soulless clone in his place at Marvel. The original Howard now lives disguised in witness protection under the alias 'Leonard the Duck', while his clone resides in the Marvel Universe.
I don't hate this movie. Watched it a bunch as a kid back in the 80's/90's. It definitely picks up when Jenning starts to turn, and the stop motion on the Dark Overlord is cool. Plus, Lea Thompson.
@@JasonBrant Honestly, it's still not that bad. I guess I'd have to re-watch it in it's entirety to decide. Nostalgia is a very powerful thing. I always loved the monster at the end. However, there is some very questionable scenes in this flick that I really never picked up on when I was a kid, at least that I can remember anyway.
Lea Thompson was so proud of this movie that she pitched a HTD remake for which she would direct to Marvel although they declined however it’s been rumored to have said they loved the pitch.
14:49 Love that you guys ask All the Right Questions: 'Who is this movie for?' being the stellar one. It's not for kids, ,that's for damned sure--unless it's in a twisted, PERVERTED (you called it, Jason) way. It's a 'tribute' to Howard, the 'Duck'. It has a plethora of shout-outs: at 6:50, there's a comparison with E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial, the Spielberg film. And then there are actors used in movies like 'The Shawshank Redemption' and 'Jacob's Ladder', 'Tora! Tora! Tora!', to name just two otter interesting choices. There's VOYEURISM! Attempts at 'titillation'...for children. As Jason asked, 'Where's Pee-Wee?' You won't find him here. Yep. Dementedly vile arrested development, on display for everyone to experience. You don't need Essence of Ipecac, when you can watch this maniacal trash. SO HAPPY THAT GOUGH IS FINALLY DEAD DEAD DEAD. Time to wash with ''Perversion-Away!', viewers.
@@JasonBrant I can't help it, the sheer insanity of the movie combines with the reactions of the people around to make a delicious melange of pure entertainment for me. :-D Watching your confusion just brought me so much joy. There may be something wrong with me....
I will agree that the MPAA kind of rubber stamped this instead of actually watching the movie and it probably deserved a PG-13 rating at the least if not actually an R, but I watched this several times back then and even own it on Blu-ray now. The fact that the movie only got a PG rating is all on the MPAA not George Lucas, it was never intended to be a children's movie...more of a movie for late teens that liked weird genre comic books. Keeping that in mind, it really is no worse than other 80's movies intended for that audience such as Porky's and Heaven Help Us.
I was in Korea for Team Spirit '86 and we saw the first 50 minutes of this on a tourist bus going to see the DMZ/Panmunjom. Somehow, the DMZ seemed less disturbing than duck breasts.
The story of this film is fascinating; it was going to be a very different movie, then "Ghostbusters" became a major hit. All of a sudden, the powers that be decided that Howard should be remade to be as much like "Ghostbusters" as possible; scientists, a major character being possessed, a sex scene with essentially an alien being, music, more sex, etc. It's always a source of amazement to me how little Hollywood wants to take a chance. "Oh, that formula was a major blockbuster? Then we just follow that formula, and it's bound to be a hit!" Never forget that in the end Film only achieves the status of "ART" when a creative team is left alone. Sometimes this still happens; but note how many Academy pictures lately are made OUTSIDE of the big studio system. Should note, for the record; this film is the FIRST Adaptation of Marvel Comics into a major release movie. Predates "Blade" by two years. And the skygina begins......... Lea Thompson has said on numerous occasions that this film almost completely killed her career, but that Howard fans are her favorites, because "it takes an awful lot of bravery to admit you like this movie and defend that statement." Boy, does it ever.
@@kelvinmartinez4770 Yeah, pardon me. It was over 12 years till Blade. The Lundgren "Punisher" was the first Marvel SUPERHERO film, but it was straight to video. It only had a limited release. Interestingly, it was supposed to star Christopher Lambert, but he became injured and had to bow out.
@@kelvinmartinez4770 Yeah, I guess somebody thought of Frank Castle with a Scottish accent and a sword screaming "There can be only One!" or something idiotic like that. I refer back to my statements on Hollywood--"Oh, that actor was in a major hit! So anything we shoehorn him into will be another major hit!"
@@danielvandersall6756 that is sadly how the measure if an actor brings an audience or not. Especially up and coming actors who may not know if a movie will flop cuz they listen to their agents picking their next role
I can’t lie, this was one of my favorite movies growing up, although as an adult I DO understand now that it’s NOT a “kids film”, but let’s face it the 80s were just built different!
I don't understand what planet people live on who think this is bad, it's one of the most charming movies made - superb performance from Jeff Jones! Excellent music and score too, what's not to like.
As a kid I just saw a slapstick adventure with an alien duck-man. The adult humour went right over my head. There was enough wacky/dumb shit distracting from the vulgar stuff to amuse kids _and_ adults.
Rented this on tape when you rented the machine as well... Time and money I will never ever get back. Haven't watched your review yet, it's paused, but without warning Howard's little theme song at the end is taking up free rent in the melon once again. Damn you Jason... back to therapy. lol
23:05 yes, in the same way TMNT went from adult source material to kid's movies, they took an adult aimed property and tried to make it for general audiences.
This was my favorite movie as a young child. I watched it an immeasurable number of times between 1987-92. My Grandfather recorded it on VHS off of HBO for me.
I loved this as a kid, but it definitely isn't a kids movie.
I saw it too as a kid and love it
Mr, my siblings, and cousins loved this movie too. I was 13ish and the oldest. Lol.
It is unless you're a prude murican. It was marketed as a kids movie in most of europe, because nobody here is afraid of a bit of nudity (can see that at most beaches every year) or sex jokes (back then most countries had full porn on regular TV and shows like Colpo Grosso/Tutti Frutti.
Stay innocent, muricans, your imaginary god will not thank you later lol
@@p.phillips2090 I don't know that any of us (cousins and friends) were even older than 10. If my grandmother had known, she would have shut that entire operation down haha
Your childhood must've been traumatic
Believe it or not Lea Thompson had a blast making this even though it was terrible. She’s a director now and actually pitched a Howard the Duck MCU film using one of the newest (and very good btw) Howard the Duck comic runs. After getting sent to Earth Howards stories are usually about him being a private detective. Honestly trying to make a “kids film” out of this material was just one of MANY mistakes! Originally Robin Williams was going to voice Howard until he snuck on set and saw that the director was a massive d-bag to everyone on set. He quit right then, saving himself from the embarrassment of this thing!
Why wouldn't she have a blast? A insane movie based on a stupid comic and she got to sing the songs herself. Everybody would've had a great time doing all that stuff she did.
If I recall correctly, she even appears as herself in one of the comics.
Drugs are bad okay
She has also stated this damn near ended her career.
@@grumblesa10 And that means she didn't have fun filming it?
No animals were harmed during the making of this film. Instead everyone who watched it was harmed....permanently.
Lol!
Nah, it's actually a "so bad it's good" movie and the Dark Overlord was legit scary looking, a really good monster
And the people who acted in it sometimes wake up screaming
Hahahaha
Exactly…..humans animals were harmed during viewing 😩
The squirming over the cringe moments in this are priceless.
It was the 80s… no parent gave two shits about anything in this flick. Not only did we see this in the theater at 8 years old, we watched it dozens of times on VHS. Another world, another time… in the glorious 80s 😅
If we only had a time machine Travis🤪
No wonder we are the last generation that will ever be classed as smart or tough. We have survived the 80's and 90's :)
Hard to top 80s cinema for insanity.
That explains a lot of the issues today
@@ytsn_THE_OG The issues today are that such movies are not made anymore, true...kids are getting dumber and dumber due to that...
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I'm donating. Is it possible to find out whether Tom Hanks did the voice of the one duck who's asking the other duck about his jock itch problem???
I had the pleasure of seeing this in the theater with my dad. 8 years old. I loved every minute of it.
I still think Howard could take Steven "Seafood" Seagal. Plus, Howard's waddle makes sense.
Howard the Duck kills the Marvel universe 🤣
He would whip that ass.
Three words:- Lea. Thompson's. Knickers.
Sixteen year old me had such a crush. That one scene made everything else about the movie worthwhile.
So glad I'm not the only one that enjoyed this film for the correct reasons.
"it's only 12 volts"
12v of DC electricity is no joke..... trust me.
The Lea Thompson bedroom scene was a pivotal moment in my adolescence
Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
While people constantly drop deuces on Howard, this will always be one of my favorites. The effects were awesome, the comedy was corny and a little too adult, but if you were born in the 80's this was the BEST marvel movie ever made. Besides Lundgrens Punisher of course.
I was born in '73...and I loved this as a kid.
I can understand the nostalgia for it.
@@JasonBrant if you wanna see a sci-fi family movie completely fall on its face, cannons "Invaders from Mars" is what you need.
I was born in the 80's. I thought it was bad even as a kid.
The movie has a high level of absurd humor, which I appreciate.
Lea Thompson, Tim Robbins, and the voice actor for Howard, Chip Zien, are giving their performances their all.
The tonal shifts of the film, while being completely bonkers, add unexpected elements to the plot.
Unexpected elements is really true, haha.
This movie is a god damn masterpiece.
amen....
Agreed.
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Howard the Duck is GREAT!!
I remember watching it when it came out on VHS and I still love it.. it's wonderfully weird, bad, and cheesy.
Then, as I got older, the fact that Lea Thompson would boink a duck gave me hope that I would have a chance with her if her standards were that low.
Holy Crap. I have new respect for Jason and his willingness to torture his loved ones for our entertainment. Jason, you are a sick, sick individual. Never change 😎
Meh, he has never watched the really worst movies of all time like Attack of he Killer Hog, Space Thunder Kids, Manos, Dracula 3D, Story of Chinese Gods, Gamera, Ape, Starcrash 2 and a lot of other actually horrendous movies. He is mostly in the safe waters of "so bad it's fun", except the bad Seagal movie here and there.
Cut it some slack it's a kids movie. *Remembers duck boobs
Wait till you see what is coming up 🤣
ShadowAngel - we watched Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny. Cut us some slack.
@@JasonBrantI think this movie(or whatever the hell it was supposed to be) was crafted for the sole purpose of making you appreciate your life, making it a more efficient and less messy Jigsaw trap(although let's be fair Jigsaw would absolutely use this to torture his victims!)
Ed Gale, (little person in the duck suit) was also in the 1988 Chucky suit.
Howard the Duck was awesome, and it definitely was not intended to be a kids movie or a family friendly movie. Watch the trailer - it wasn't marketed as a wacky, fun animal movie or anything like that. They show him drinking, say he likes to have sex, then talk about his mid-life crisis.
Y'all are terrible. Howard the Duck is a timeless classic. Loved it as a kid in the 80's and still love it as an adult. It is a kids movie because kids weren't so pussified back then.
The amount of uncomfortable you guys looked during the "love" scene with Howards was hilarious.
I know right, violence no problem, but the slightest hint of sex and they get massively puritanical....Seems to be a very American trait
@@liamprincetech It probably had something to do with the other participant being an ANIMAL? Just throwing some random ideas here.
@@aleksibovellan9821 sometimes ya gotta go to the barnyard for lovin, I mean family reunions dont happen EVERY weekend
We were less than thrilled. 🤣 Keep your birds away from @liamprincetech.
@@JasonBrant 😂😂😂😂
"The transformation is now complete, I am now SOMETHING...else?!?!"
That line gets me every time.
7:34 Erin and Brian concerned about cross-species love scene
I don't think I've ever anticipated a reaction to a scene by you guys so much since I found your channel 😀
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Same
You mean interspecies erotica
Once she put that in my head...
That costume is honestly more impressive than what it'd look like in CGI if this was made today.
With the right budget and time given I think the CG would be better
I was a kid when this came out and I watched it with my parents. The funny thing is the take away wasn't how sexual or gross it was but how bad it was... even though I was 12.
Right? Same story!
That's because it wasn't all THAT sexual and everyone wasn't trippin' off little sh*t like folks do these days.
@@p.phillips2090 Muricans are afraid of sex and semi-nudity. I think if they ever watched european TV in the 90's or go to a beach (most allow nudity and it's seen as aperfectly normal thing) they would get a heart attack.
Also the movie was 1/10 of what the comics showed, they were more in line with Fritz the Cat
But muricans with their "god" fearing prudery are hilarious as hell. I hope they never change and never stop getting heart attacks once they come over here to Europe and see how we live, lol
Same here, I saw it at 11 and the only impression it made was that it was dumb and boring with a few cool effects at the end.
Same age as you. Same experience too.
I remember the trailer making it seem like "wacky fun" but it was all forced humor...and Howard's animatronics were off-putting.
I had just turned 8 when my dad took my 5 year old brother and I to see this. I had already seen so many R rated movies at that point it didn’t even phase me. I still love it, but I think I loved watching you guys watch it more😂. If I remember correctly 2 of the Universal executives got into an argument that ended in a fist fight over who was the one that green lit the movie. Lucas did it because he had just built Skywalker Ranch and needed the money. Unfortunately it lost money, and he had to start selling stuff to keep afloat. That’s how Steve Jobs ended up buying the CGI division of Lucas Films which would become Pixar.
Cool!
This movie made Lucas sell off assets? 🤣
As a career paramedic, I'm not sure I ever saw three souls leave the body so fast. I saw two guys rethinking their lives in a seminary and one woman headed to the convent. Sorry, but I laughed my bootie off! 😂😂😂
We considered shutting the show down 🤣
Because it was asked, yes, in the Marvel comic, Howard comes from an alternate Earth from a parallel dimension. His creator, Steve Gerber, said it was a planet of anthropomorphic animals, but writers have tried to retcon it to be just a Duck World. Anyway, after going on an adventure with Man-Thing (don't ask), Howard falls into a chasm in a point between dimensions and ends up on Earth. The comics are full of social commentary and were sometimes used as a mouthpiece for Gerber to let out his frustration on the issues of the day. Howard has palled around with Spider-Man and Son of Satan (again, don't ask) in the comics, and has appeared in all three Guardians of the Galaxy films.
Look, comics are like professional wrestling: it's all fake and dumb, but it's entertaining if you're willing to buy into the madness.
Howard the Duck comic books are really great and highly hold up, even to this day. Steve Gerber's best franchise if you ask me.
The tension, from the anticipation of the beastiality, was palpable. I laughed so hard, knowing what was coming.
I still can't wrap my head around it.
I think everyone fell into the fallacy that just because the main character is a duck from a comic book, that it's a kid movie.
What about all the scenes that are clearly meant for kids? Like the hang glider?
Howard has gotten better screentime since this, he was in Avengers Endgame, and Guardians of the Galaxy 3.
I gotta sat, I grew up with this, and even though I knew it was a bad film, I always enjoyed it.
He was in every GotG
That's not better screen time.
old school Howard > modern marvel ez
I caught him in those movies. Quite a character, lol.
I saw this as a kid and loved it. Also it didn't seem pervey if you found ways to see nightmare on elm street and Friday the 13th by this point.😂😂 We just laughed at the ridiculousness and amazed at the special effects.
If Lea Thompson fell for Howard this quick, imagine what happens when she meets Cosmo the Space Dog.
I had to look him up I had to look him up and was disappointed to learn that Cosmo does not fly a little red rocket.
I had to look that up - didn't know that was his name.
No one complained when Jessica falls in love with Roger Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, just saying.
@@retrofan4963 she is animated as well tho, thin line but it crossed uncanny valley
@@crab-manSorghame Doesn't matter. She's a human and Roger is a rabbit. KIt's still an interspiecies relationship. Not to mention there's numerous other interspecies relationships in other cartoons that no one complained about. Hannah Barbera's Droopy the Dog is popular to human women and he has romance with them. In live action, there's inerspecies relationship in Planet of the Apes and again, no one complained. With all that being said, what's different in Howard the Duck? Nothing.
This is still like 500x better than Garbage Pail Kids.
I paid my hard earned allowance to see this movie in the theater back in the day. I loved it.
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There are actually a number of Howard comics stories that are actually good. His stories were laced with funny social satire. Stuff this film doesn’t even try to touch on.
I might have to track some issues down.
Just when I thought I couldn't like Erin any more, she not only does a Macho Man impression, but she actually pronounces it as "ElizaBIT". Beautiful. Oh, and ""Hard Pecker" is the joke of the night. **EDIT** Also, credit to Erin for wearing a "Space Camp" t-shirt, since that's the other movie Lea Thompson did that year. Used to watch it all the time when I was a kid.
Erin is a true gem.
This movie has definitely made me realize there is a difference between a kids movie, and a movie a lot of people saw as kids haha
You should take a look at the history of the Comic Version as well... It involves Disney threatening to sue Marvel due to the similarities to a certain "Donald", which resulted in changing Howard the Duck into Howard the Mouse for a while, and Disney gave them some directions on the character design they could accept - incl. design of the head and that Howard the Duck HAS to wear trousers most of the time :D
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Seriously? That's so insane I believe it.
The most unrealistic thing in this movie, was that the duck condom wasn't a corkscrew sleeve.
Hey, if female ducks can have breast is no surprise the male ducks have penises as straight as an arrow.
Lea Thompson actually doesn't hate having starred in this movie and appears to be quite proud to have been in something this infamous instead of embarrassed.
Also a fun fact, but this movie shares writers with American Graffiti and Temple of Doom.
Additionally, George Lucas apparently didn't have much to do with the production as he didn't want to overshadow his friends who both wrote and directed Howard the Duck, but Universal would only green-light the movie if they could use his name to promote it.
Writers, producer, big part of the actors, duck coach and who knows what else... Top A-list hollywood and this crap is the result?! :D
@@alaric_ Well, I wouldn't say Lea Thompson and Tim Robbins were A-list at the time Howard the Duck was made, but I get your point.
Though personally I have always found spectacular failures like Howard the Duck to be quite fascinating to watch.
I know surprisingly little about Lea Thompson, but she always impresses me. Even in this. She tried to be interested in the horrific duck.
As a person that saw this when I was a kid (10 to be exact), i gotta say, it was a true testament to just how much our boomer parents didn't give a flying fook about us Gen Xers and what we were exposed to. And yes, I understand the double irony of that statement given that Jeff Jones is in this movie.
I can see how parents would think this would be a kids' movie. It has a walking, talking duck. And the child-safe Jeffrey Jones.
@@JasonBrant hehe yeah, I wish they were even that involved. It was more like me and my godbrother would wake up in the summer, find a note telling us to remember to lock the door if we left to go anywhere and our parents not knowing about a single thing we did or watched all summer long. XD
My parents took me to One Flew Over The Cooko's nest when I was 8yo. Not cool. Bit they also took me to Blazing Saddles, Animal House, etc. Very cool.
This movie is pretty bizarre, but you have to admit it's more watchable than 90% of the stuff you'll see featured on this channel.
It's actually entertaining as hell and i think gets a bad rap because it was made by Lucas. There are hundreds of movies worse than this (Mac & Me comes to mind, Space Thunder Kids, most everything done by Godfrey Ho, Attack of the Killer Hog is that one move that gave me a headache because it was so horrible)
I watched it recently with a friend who somehow never saw it before and with some beer and whiskey we had a great time actually (altough that was with the german overdub that made it a lot more entertaining)
Disagree. Most movies on this channel are great fun to watch with friends and laugh at the horrible production and writing. This movie has a great director and great actors and is frustratingly still awful boring weird garbage. It's an irritatingly bad movie, not a amusingly bad movie. It's less watchable for that.
@@Mike-me3sp Double- disagree. This movie was awesome when I was 12, and it's still awesome to inflict on my children & their spouses.
That's a no. It's the exact opposite, 90% of the movies on this channel are a great watch if you are into the campy B movie genre. The 10% is the crap like this that is torture to watch. I sincerely hope that the 60 people who upvoted your post DOES NOT SEND any movies in, because their taste SUCKS!
@@mallninja980538% audience viewer score on Rotten Tomatoes says the majority audience viewer thought the film was garbage.
And it hasn't aged well since.
It's a perverted movie that would NEVER be made in this day and age.
Good special effects doesn't equal a quality film.
You may disagree, but you opinion is still the unpopular one, regarding Howard the Duck.
If you're showing your kids this, you might as well be showing them adult themed Japanese anime too.
The "Duck Coach" was Miles Chapin, an actor who knew producer couple Gloria and Willard, and since this was their first movie on their own and they weren't used to working with actors, they wanted him to help out with the acting side and give feedback on Howard. He told them that with all the special effects and with how many people were involved with making Howard there was no focus on Howard as a character, so he got everyone involved together to talk about how to make Howard work. He was also familiar with what the suit could and couldn't do and was able to tell the producers when he couldn't perform certain actions they wanted. He also acted in the movie as Carter.
I was 11 when this came out.
Not quite pervy enough for the brand new PG-13. Remember, Temple of Doom and Gremlins where the reason PG-13 became a thing. The original Clash of the Titans was PG and had full frontal nudity. Given, R rated films back in the day often had action figures and cartoons based on them. Alien, Rambo, Robocop, etc..
Yep!
The Toxic Avenger even had a doll and a actual kids cartoon. 80's were glorious.
Full FRONTAL? I remember baby Perseus being nursed and Mom's butt on the beach Medusa not wearing anything over her reptile (no details) boobs in the dark and Andromeda's backside for a few seconds but..
Nothing full and sexualized
Cutting off Medusa's head got them grief from the rating system even though we all heard that story in school.
@@robotrix Did you see the edited for TV version? ;)
@@robotrix Perhaps I'm missremembering it. If you want full frontal from a PG there are plenty of others pre 1985. Sheena, 1984, for example.
Nowadays you show a woman's nipple, despite context, it's an automatic R rating. Which was my point.
Saw this with my cousin in the theater when it came out. We were the exact intended audience and even had Howard the Duck comics…and I still remember the blank stare on both of our faces when we were leaving and heading back into the mall.
“What…the…hell…was…THAT?”
I loved this movie as a young kid😂😂😂😂
I’d never admit to that myself.
So did I
Yep
Same
What about as an adult?
In my mind as a kid this movie was totally different. Looking at it as an adult I don't know why my parents let me watch this 😮
I thought the same...😂😂
I saw this in the theatre as a kid. My big brother took me. I remember thinking “what the hell was that”. I was 9
Do you still talk to your bro?
@@JasonBrant actually No. hah. Maybe this has something to do with it
What an amazing piece of cinema history. Just imagine future generations finding out about this astounding piece of art. PG hit differently in the 80's, huh?
26:03 Jasons reaction to Erin messing up and calling him Jim Bob made me choke on the food Im eating! Lmao! 😂🤣
Back when HBO played the same eight movies over and over again, I watched this as a kid so so many times. I loved it.
You have to feel for Jeffrey Jones. He's very much on the D list when it comes to Hollyweird perverts. Doesn't get the publicity and recognition he deserves.
I'm pretty sure he was on Epstein's island 😂
I know I have watched loads of Howard the duck reviews and nobody mentions that 😂. We was worse than Pee Wee 😂
A D-list paedophile
Also can we blame Hentai on Howard the Duck? 🤣
Jones was a convicted pedo
Regardless of the movie's plot or writing...
We can ALL agree that the ending sequence is a MASTERPIECE OF STOP-MOTION.
This takes me back to a summer evening in 1989 when my parents rented Dreamscape and Howard the Duck. It was a very traumatic night for four-year-old Adam. 😂
Dreamscape, I’m surprised Hollywood hasn’t tried to make a remake. The cobra head scene gave me nightmares as a kid
Howard the Duck was never a kids movie. The comic was x-rated as well.
I watched this when I was a kid. I’ve seen that film 50 times easily. I never thought it was that weird until I watched your reaction. Now, I see it. Still love the flick for childhood memories reasons though.
Loved this movie as a kid and I still love it today. The music is great and Howard is awesome. One of my all time favorite movies
Saw this in the theaters, and I LOVED IT! It doesn't hurt I share the same name as the hero...
I should also clarify it was on a Navy base and we'd all just gotten out of boot camp.
Now I know what it feels like to recover a repressed memory. I had forgotten what happened in this movie...and now I remember. Thank you to the people that sent you copies of this movie.
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I love Howard The Duck! Watched it many times growing up.
As a teenager I thought this movie was awesome. Bizarre, funny and a little be it dirty. Not a kid movie, but in highschool we loved it. Maybe that supposed to be the target.
I still don't understand who this was meant for.
FINALLY! The time of the Duck has come ❤
My second favourite childhood trauma
Haha, what's your first?
@@JasonBrant Undoubtedly Ghost Dad with Bill Cosby!
That guy gave me chills way before the trials stared...
@@fwc2047 who is worse? Bill Cosby or Jeffrey Jones? :O
@@carn9507 It's like comparing Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi:
The first, Jeffrey Jones could be the most scary, but he had to train and rehearse a lot to achieve it!
The second, Bill Cosby was just a natural talent
Fun Trivia: Steve Gerber, the creator of Howard, was still salty about losing his creation to Marvel decades later, and through some backdoor shenanigans with Savage Dragon, Destroyer Duck and Image Comics he 'spiritually' freed the original Howard and left a soulless clone in his place at Marvel. The original Howard now lives disguised in witness protection under the alias 'Leonard the Duck', while his clone resides in the Marvel Universe.
As crazy as this movie is , as a kid, I liked this movie 😆
“I thought we were gonna start a fire” is an entirely under appreciated witticism from Brian
I don't hate this movie. Watched it a bunch as a kid back in the 80's/90's. It definitely picks up when Jenning starts to turn, and the stop motion on the Dark Overlord is cool. Plus, Lea Thompson.
3:31 "this is very creative"...."I dont think thats what you meant"....SOLID GOLD
Loved this movie as a kid.
How about now?
@@JasonBrant Honestly, it's still not that bad. I guess I'd have to re-watch it in it's entirety to decide. Nostalgia is a very powerful thing. I always loved the monster at the end. However, there is some very questionable scenes in this flick that I really never picked up on when I was a kid, at least that I can remember anyway.
Only one film truly nailed cartoons meets adult situations and that film is Roger Rabbit. What a masterpiece
ok, i will just say it, i loved this movie when i had it on vhs as a kid, and i still love it lol
Lea Thompson was so proud of this movie that she pitched a HTD remake for which she would direct to Marvel although they declined however it’s been rumored to have said they loved the pitch.
So many quotable phrases in this episode, from all three of you 😂.
I'll never forget seeing this on HBO as a kid. Best part by far was Leah Thompson.
14:49 Love that you guys ask All the Right Questions: 'Who is this movie for?' being the stellar one.
It's not for kids, ,that's for damned sure--unless it's in a twisted, PERVERTED (you called it, Jason) way.
It's a 'tribute' to Howard, the 'Duck'. It has a plethora of shout-outs: at 6:50, there's a comparison with E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial, the Spielberg film. And then there are actors used in movies like 'The Shawshank Redemption' and 'Jacob's Ladder', 'Tora! Tora! Tora!', to name just two otter interesting choices. There's VOYEURISM! Attempts at 'titillation'...for children.
As Jason asked, 'Where's Pee-Wee?' You won't find him here.
Yep. Dementedly vile arrested development, on display for everyone to experience. You don't need Essence of Ipecac, when you can watch this maniacal trash. SO HAPPY THAT GOUGH IS FINALLY DEAD DEAD DEAD.
Time to wash with ''Perversion-Away!', viewers.
This is in my top 5 favourite bad movies of all time. Watched it when it first came out and loved every terrible minute of it!
Top 5? Wow.
@@JasonBrant I can't help it, the sheer insanity of the movie combines with the reactions of the people around to make a delicious melange of pure entertainment for me. :-D
Watching your confusion just brought me so much joy. There may be something wrong with me....
I will agree that the MPAA kind of rubber stamped this instead of actually watching the movie and it probably deserved a PG-13 rating at the least if not actually an R, but I watched this several times back then and even own it on Blu-ray now. The fact that the movie only got a PG rating is all on the MPAA not George Lucas, it was never intended to be a children's movie...more of a movie for late teens that liked weird genre comic books. Keeping that in mind, it really is no worse than other 80's movies intended for that audience such as Porky's and Heaven Help Us.
HOW DARE YOU… OK I’ll give you a break I haven’t even watched the video yet I’m just already prepared for you to crap all over a childhood memory
My apologies.
I love this movie. I refuse to believe anyone can think this movie is bad.
Why is this a kids film? Because it has a duck costume? Are all animated films made for kids?
I was in Korea for Team Spirit '86 and we saw the first 50 minutes of this on a tourist bus going to see the DMZ/Panmunjom.
Somehow, the DMZ seemed less disturbing than duck breasts.
The story of this film is fascinating; it was going to be a very different movie, then "Ghostbusters" became a major hit. All of a sudden, the powers that be decided that Howard should be remade to be as much like "Ghostbusters" as possible; scientists, a major character being possessed, a sex scene with essentially an alien being, music, more sex, etc. It's always a source of amazement to me how little Hollywood wants to take a chance. "Oh, that formula was a major blockbuster? Then we just follow that formula, and it's bound to be a hit!" Never forget that in the end Film only achieves the status of "ART" when a creative team is left alone. Sometimes this still happens; but note how many Academy pictures lately are made OUTSIDE of the big studio system.
Should note, for the record; this film is the FIRST Adaptation of Marvel Comics into a major release movie. Predates "Blade" by two years. And the skygina begins.........
Lea Thompson has said on numerous occasions that this film almost completely killed her career, but that Howard fans are her favorites, because "it takes an awful lot of bravery to admit you like this movie and defend that statement." Boy, does it ever.
Blades by two years? You mean the punisher with Dolph Londren
@@kelvinmartinez4770 Yeah, pardon me. It was over 12 years till Blade. The Lundgren "Punisher" was the first Marvel SUPERHERO film, but it was straight to video. It only had a limited release. Interestingly, it was supposed to star Christopher Lambert, but he became injured and had to bow out.
@@danielvandersall6756 really? Lambert as the Punisher? Back then I could’ve seen Stallone playing Frank Castle… channeling Cobra
@@kelvinmartinez4770 Yeah, I guess somebody thought of Frank Castle with a Scottish accent and a sword screaming "There can be only One!" or something idiotic like that. I refer back to my statements on Hollywood--"Oh, that actor was in a major hit! So anything we shoehorn him into will be another major hit!"
@@danielvandersall6756 that is sadly how the measure if an actor brings an audience or not. Especially up and coming actors who may not know if a movie will flop cuz they listen to their agents picking their next role
This wasn't aimed at children. It's based on the comic book which was pretty irreverent and counter culture for Marvel in the 1970s.
I love this movie!! That Lea Thompsons scene.... 🔥
Lea Thompson was most of the reason I've seen this movie 537 times.....
It’s not Steven seagull…..it’s Steven duck
No it's definitely still Steven Segall.
Is that a duck pun?
It's... something.
@@JasonBrant duck that!now that's a pun.
Owned it as a kid I loved it! creepiest part of this movie is the bad guy is a real life creep
I still love Howard The Duck. One of the greatest movies ever. Don't care what anyone says. SBIG.
I think it's a fun 80's cheese
Just the amount of coke that had to be done. Amazing to me. And actual actors in it.
@@FrunkAsADuck one of them being a convicted p**ophile
I can’t lie, this was one of my favorite movies growing up, although as an adult I DO understand now that it’s NOT a “kids film”, but let’s face it the 80s were just built different!
I don't understand what planet people live on who think this is bad, it's one of the most charming movies made - superb performance from Jeff Jones! Excellent music and score too, what's not to like.
It opens with nudity, which is for some reason something one has to shield kids from.
I love that these guys can still be surprised by bad films.
This movie isn't so much "funny ha-ha" as it is "funny wtf is happening and why is Lea Thompson so into trying to bang a duck person".
More bang for the Duck...
No one complained when Jessica and Roger Rabbit are a pair in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Just saying.
As a kid I just saw a slapstick adventure with an alien duck-man. The adult humour went right over my head. There was enough wacky/dumb shit distracting from the vulgar stuff to amuse kids _and_ adults.
I loved this when I was a kid, disturbing hilarious!
Rented this on tape when you rented the machine as well... Time and money I will never ever get back. Haven't watched your review yet, it's paused, but without warning Howard's little theme song at the end is taking up free rent in the melon once again. Damn you Jason... back to therapy. lol
Honestly it's a better movie than most of the modern MCU movies!
That rift he plays on the keyboard has been cemented in my memory for decades!🤣
I don't know who wrote or green lit this script but they must of had Sifu Seagal approve it lol 😂 I mean what were they thinking!!!! 😂
They were thinking about mountains of cocaine.
23:05 yes, in the same way TMNT went from adult source material to kid's movies, they took an adult aimed property and tried to make it for general audiences.
I was 8-9 years old when this would have been on hbo everyday. Definitely an 80’s PG.
12:29 "That was Tim Robbins, he's was in Jacob's Ladder."
Given what this movie is putting him through, he still is. He still is.
I liked your joke "I thought we were going to start a fire." lol
This was my favorite movie as a young child. I watched it an immeasurable number of times between 1987-92.
My Grandfather recorded it on VHS off of HBO for me.
Preach.....have the DVD. Love this movie no matter what!