Re: R.I.P.

John Hughes, king of 80s movies.

His influence is still felt in the fact that teen movies today overwhelmingly use cover versions of 80s new wave songs - he made new wave music so synonymous with high school movies that even kids 20 years later think that way.

On the other hand, he cemented the reputations of such once highly respected bands as Simple Minds and OMD as cheese, a fate neither they nor many other Hughes movie bands deserved.

Damn, ya beat me to it. Delete my post, mods!

I remember The Breakfast Club fondly, but I have to this day never seen Sixteen Candles.

While I feel sorry for his family and friends and those who were fans of his work, I never thought he was that great. Too many stereotypes, even when he was trying to break them down, and too much pre-emo teen angst for my taste. And I was in the demographic that should worship him. Some great stuff, to be sure (Planes, Trains..., Ferris), and some good stuff (Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles). But I haven't watched any of his stuff in years, and maybe the newly 40 adult can identify with his ideas better. Time for a reassessment.

In other, worse news -- colonoscopy Monday, and insurance won't pay for shit! (literally and figuratively).

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In other, worse news -- colonoscopy Monday, and insurance won't pay for shit! (literally and figuratively).

Day-um, blasmo! You're making a good investment, though. The Big C is nothing to mess with.

I'm in the Hughes target age range (39), and I really dug everything he was associated with from Nat'l Lampoon's Vacation-She's Having a Baby. I think your assessment is about right, but I still get a kick out of his stuff. If you're looking for it, you'll see a very pronounced Ayn Rand influence in his '80s flicks. I'm crappin' ya negative.

I guess he kind of became a recluse or something the past 10 years or so.

He was also, along with PJ O'Rourke, a member of National Lampoon's writing staff during what could be argued its glory days of the late 70s, early 80s.

Tony Hendra (Ian Faith, manager of Spinal Tap, as well as the author of Father Joe) was part of that crew, too.

Didn't Michael O'Donahue of 70s SNL write for Nat Lamp too?

16 candles is a great movie


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