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March 10, 2009 Set to Officially Become Best Day EVER

post #1 of 74
12/18/08 at 12:17pm
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Howard the Duck is scheduled to be released as a special edition DVD.

I looked for a thread about this, but couldn't find one. I also submitted it as scoop a couple days ago, but apparently it was not deemed newsworthy. However, I felt that this momentous occasion couldn't go unmentioned any longer.

Go ahead...weep tears of joy. I'll join you.

The specs:

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Synopsis
This outrageous, visual effects-filled comedy follows the exploits of a wise-cracking, cigar-chomping duck as he tries to return to his home planet.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Tim Robbins
• Jeffrey Jones
• Lea Thompson
• Chip Zien
• Holly Robinson Peete
• Dominique Davalos

Writers:
• Gloria Katz
• Willard Huyck

Directors:
• Willard Huyck

Product Information
Features:
A Look Back at Howard The Duck
Releasing the Duck
News Featurette
The Stunts of Howard The Duck
The Special Effects of Howard The Duck
The Music of Howard The Duck
Teaser Trailers
Audio:
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:
English, Spanish, French
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post #2 of 74
12/18/08 at 12:19pm
And yet another thing I will not be buying.

Will the commentary consist of "The hell was I thinking?". Will there be an explnation of the point of Ducktits?
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post #3 of 74
12/18/08 at 12:34pm
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Originally Posted by EdHocken View Post
Will the commentary consist of "The hell was I thinking?". Will there be an explnation of the point of Ducktits?
This deserves an answer. More so than WTF happened to Jeffrey Jones.
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post #4 of 74
12/18/08 at 12:35pm
Awesome. I'll be picking this up. It's got Lea Thompson at her hottest. And Jeffrey Jones as THE OVERLORD! Haha.
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post #5 of 74
12/18/08 at 12:37pm
I can't believe that I actually saw this movie in the theaters.
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post #6 of 74
12/18/08 at 12:38pm
I remember hot Leah Thompson. And I remember that lame fucking theme song. And I remember I LOVED this when I was a kid.

Other than that I've completely forgotten everything about it. I'm kind of curious as to whether or not it even needs revisiting.
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post #7 of 74
12/18/08 at 12:40pm
Who knew that Dark Overlord of the Universe meant pedophile in an alien space language. Thank you Jeffrey Jones!
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post #8 of 74
12/18/08 at 12:42pm
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Originally Posted by Martin Savage View Post
Who knew that Dark Overlord of the Universe meant pedophile in an alien space language. Thank you Jeffrey Jones!
What????
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post #9 of 74
12/18/08 at 12:43pm
Jeff = pedophile
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post #10 of 74
12/18/08 at 12:44pm
I gathered that; I guess I'll need to do a google search on this.
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post #11 of 74
12/18/08 at 12:45pm
There you go. I still love him as Rooney, but that's it.
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post #12 of 74
12/18/08 at 12:49pm
He'll always be Rooney and the King in 'Amadeus'.
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post #13 of 74
12/18/08 at 12:53pm
I saw this at a free screening. Even won a t-shirt, which I think sat in the bottom of a drawer for three or four years before being donated to Goodwill, where some poor kid probably ended up getting beat up once a week for wearing it.

I remember being disappointed that there wasn't nearly as much Hot Leah Thompson as I would have liked.
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post #14 of 74
12/18/08 at 12:56pm
Actually, Jeffrey Jones being a pedophiles gives a whole new meaning to Rooney's relentless hunt of Ferris Bueller.

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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post

I remember being disappointed that there wasn't nearly as much Hot Leah Thompson as I would have liked.
Well, there was more of it in Howard the Duck than it Casual Sex.
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post #15 of 74
12/18/08 at 12:58pm
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Originally Posted by Martin Savage View Post
Actually, Jeffrey Jones being a pedophiles gives a whole new meaning to Rooney's relentless hunt of Ferris Bueller.
Martin! You sounded like Dirty Harry just there.
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post #16 of 74
12/18/08 at 12:58pm
DEADWOODDEADWOODDEADWOODDEADWOOD.

Granted, he's like the 20th best thing on that show, but he's still been a part of one of the best things to ever happen on TV.
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post #17 of 74
12/18/08 at 12:58pm
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Originally Posted by Martin Savage View Post
Well, there was more of it in Howard the Duck than it Casual Sex.
There was more of it in Jaws 3D than in Casual Sex.
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post #18 of 74
12/18/08 at 1:01pm
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Originally Posted by Martin Savage View Post
Actually, Jeffrey Jones being a pedophiles gives a whole new meaning to Rooney's relentless hunt of Ferris Bueller.
I've often said it puts a whole new creepy spin on the "Your ass is mine" line.''

And yes, he was great in Deadwood, but then so was every member of the cast, so it's hard to single someone out.
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post #19 of 74
12/18/08 at 1:11pm
If you want hot Lea Thompson, skip this and watch All the Right Moves.
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post #20 of 74
12/18/08 at 3:01pm
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Originally Posted by Barkatthemoon View Post
If you want hot Lea Thompson, skip this and watch All the Right Moves.
This is absolute gospel.

On topic, while much of Howard is dire, I do love Jones' performance and the eventual, stop-motion reveal of the Dark Lord of the Universe.
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post #21 of 74
12/18/08 at 5:01pm


She took my eggs!
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post #22 of 74
12/18/08 at 5:57pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
I saw this at a free screening. Even won a t-shirt, which I think sat in the bottom of a drawer for three or four years before being donated to Goodwill, where some poor kid probably ended up getting beat up once a week for wearing it.
The funny thing is that some Hipster Asshole would have paid you good money for that thing.
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post #23 of 74
12/18/08 at 6:12pm
I really hate to admit this but I went to the premiere of this fowl piece of work. But I sat a couple rows behind John Cusack who punched his fist in the air and cheered a few times throughout the film. Go figure.

I always thought it was funny how heavily attached George Lucas was to this until it started bombing at early screenings and then it was all Huyck/Katz's fault.

Best thing: Lea Thompson's tight ass wrapped in tighter white panties, crawling on her hands and knees, begging for bestiality.

Worst thing: "Cleeeeve-land."

By the way, if there was ever a Lucasfilm that deserved to be Special Edition-ized with new digital effects and re-editing, it was this one. Would anyone really have a problem with them replacing the dwarf in a suit with a full CG Howard? It couldn't possibly make things worse. (I don't think.)
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post #24 of 74
12/18/08 at 6:49pm
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post #25 of 74
12/18/08 at 8:52pm
Schwing!

I think my Howard the Duck t-shirt was actually a regular t-shirt with an iron-on I got somewhere. And I used to air-guitar to the "Howard the Duck" song all the time, and relentlessly pursued the soundtrack, just for that. Man, I was more of a geek than I remember being.

And yeah, I'll probably pick this up. I re-watched it on Encore a few months back, and damned if I didn't record it and watch it from the beginning. I remember walking out going, "Did I like that? Or did it suck? I'm not sure."
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post #26 of 74
12/18/08 at 9:24pm
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Originally Posted by Martianman View Post
Schwing!
Now from your avatar I assumed it would have been "Giggity!".
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post #27 of 74
12/19/08 at 9:53am
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Originally Posted by Hammerhead View Post
Guuuh, aahihgedf.
Jeez, thanks alot Hammerhead, now i gotta wipe all this cum of my monitor.
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post #28 of 74
1/7/09 at 7:06pm
What next? A Special Edition of "The Star Wars Holiday Special"?
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post #29 of 74
1/7/09 at 7:16pm
YouTube video of that scene;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfVjLnTuKpo

I completely blocked off this movie from my memory because I didn't remember that part.
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post #30 of 74
1/8/09 at 12:41am
Ducktits! Woo Hoo!
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post #31 of 74
1/25/09 at 2:00pm
This is what happens when you lose Internet service for a month, you miss out on gems like this.

First poster I ever owned. First comic I collected. Had the novel. Still a fan of Thomas Dolby. Just found the soundtrack online.

Granted, I was seven when I last saw the movie, but damn if I'm not at least considering picking it up for a chuckle...
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post #32 of 74
1/25/09 at 4:31pm
I know it's obvious, but man Lea Thompson's gorgeous in that picture.
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post #33 of 74
1/25/09 at 4:32pm
Movie sucks. Lea Thompson sucks.
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post #34 of 74
1/25/09 at 5:57pm
Can we get Anderson to review this? I can't wait for the eventual 9.8 score.
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post #35 of 74
2/4/09 at 4:50pm
The immortal Chip Zien is in this!

I remember, with brutal clarity, how mad I was for the Howard the Duck collector cards that came out just before the movie. You'd get a few cards with pictures from the film and a stick of pink, flavorless gum in each pack.
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post #36 of 74
2/4/09 at 4:52pm
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Originally Posted by Nick Nunziata View Post
Lea Thompson sucks.
Dare to dream, my man, dare to dream... at least, circa Howard the Duck.
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post #37 of 74
2/4/09 at 4:55pm
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post #38 of 74
2/4/09 at 4:55pm
Whole movie:

http://www.hulu.com/watch/49587/howard-the-duck
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post #39 of 74
2/4/09 at 4:57pm
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Originally Posted by Hammerhead View Post
Ah, memories.
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post #40 of 74
2/4/09 at 5:49pm
Anybody who buys this loses the right to bitch about Lucas raping their anything.
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post #41 of 74
2/11/09 at 4:50pm
This is one of those films that seems to age better in my memory than actually being watched.

I'd check this out on the condition that they include some behind-scenes of Lea Thompson. (and NO, that's not a typo)
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post #42 of 74
2/12/09 at 2:24pm
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Originally Posted by EdHocken View Post
The funny thing is that some Hipster Asshole would have paid you good money for that thing.
I wouldn't pay good money, but I'd wear it. And none of my pants are skinny-legged.
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post #43 of 74
2/12/09 at 2:27pm
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Originally Posted by TzuDohNihm View Post
Can we get Anderson to review this? I can't wait for the eventual 9.8 score.
9.9


Get it right, bitch.
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post #44 of 74
2/12/09 at 2:29pm
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I can't believe this thread is still going.
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post #45 of 74
2/12/09 at 2:37pm
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Originally Posted by Chris Olson View Post
I can't believe this thread is still going.
It's isn't March yet.
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post #46 of 74
2/12/09 at 2:41pm
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Originally Posted by Anderson View Post
It's isn't March yet.
You don't think I know that? Every day since this was announced, I wake up and look at my calendar, only to feel a profound sense of disappointment when I discover that it is not yet March 10.
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post #47 of 74
2/12/09 at 2:43pm
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Originally Posted by Chris Olson View Post
You don't think I know that? Every day since this was announced, I wake up and look at my calendar, only to feel a profound sense of disappointment when I discover that it is not yet March 10.
All things must pass.

I'm just waiting for Thomas Dolby to announce a new tour in connection with the DVD release. Hunger City '09
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post #48 of 74
2/13/09 at 2:26am
Definitely doesn't hold up. It's actually more creepy now that i'm older, which is strange.
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post #49 of 74
2/13/09 at 2:48am
Oh, it's unquestionably bad. There's something off-putting about the way BULLIES keep popping up to harass the heroes for no good reason (this is a staple of Huyck/Katz scripts); Robbins is irritating as hell; the duck suit sucks.

Part of the creep factor is probably due to the adult-oriented elements (duck tits, mini-condom); there aren't quite enough of them for the movie to succeed as an underground entertainment, but they're sufficient to render it inappropriate for wee ones.

On the positive side, the location photography spotlights some undershot areas of San Francisco --including a couple that no longer exist-- and Phil Tippett's stop-motion monster is superb.
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post #50 of 74
3/10/09 at 8:14pm
So, it's March 10th... who rushed out and bought it?
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