Real Genius (1985)

[angminas]

You came in second place in the "name that movie" game...

by four years (See above).



MotionMan

 

[ScoobMaster]

Wow - so totally did not expect a thread I made 4 years ago to be on the front page, LOL.

Now I suppose I should pull out the DVD for another viewing this holiday weekend! While I am at it, i can watch my other favorite 80s comedy: Better off dead

 

[Paratus]

Do you guys ever have that dream?

 

[TwiceOver]

No one would watch them...personally, I do not like the 'monty python' humor. It's a little boring to me.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

I thought the nerd chic was cute. Plus it had lasers, who doesn't love lasers that can punch holes though buildings and trees.

Speaking of 80s movies and genius, there was an 80s movie where a kid built a real nuclear bomb as a science project and got into all kinds of trouble for it, great flick.

Yeah, with John Lithgow.

In that movie, while the kid is building the bomb in his shed, there's one almost-throwaway line his mom has about how his teeth are all falling out.

I figure there must have been a lot of really dark stuff left on the cutting room floor before they turned that movie into the more-or-less-a-comedy that it ended up. That kid probably had cancer by the end of the movie.

 

[Childs]

Eh - I never really noticed... I was too infatuated with JORDAN. I thought she was cute/hot (I have a thing for short dark hair/dark eyes). Oh Michelle Meyrink, whatever became of you?

If this movie came out now she would be crushing it with all the geek girl roles, although she also did the hot girl roles good too.

Speaking of women from this era, what ever happened to Elizabeth Daily? She was in everything in the 80's playing that ditzy blonde type.

 

[Dude111]

Im glad it didnt come out now!!!

CRAPPY HIP HOP MUSIC would probably be in it and sheeple using SPY PHONES!!!!!!

That movie came out JUST THE RIGHT TIME!!

 

[GagHalfrunt]

A moderately useful necro, I have not seen Real Genius in ages and now feel an urge to fire it up on a double feature with Lavalantula.