pcgoblin wrote:
ASPartOfMe wrote:
FemmeDimanche wrote:
Weird Science. Bland AND borderline misogynistic in an unfunny and uninteresting way.
Most of the what was called teen movies that were the rage during the 1980s were misogynistic by today’s standards. “Weird Science” was relatively mild in that regard.
I thought it was misogynistic back in the eighties. It takes a long time for minds and opinions to change. They still haven't for many people, and they are not all old people either.
It's not a social switch.
Compared to the plethora of slasher films that were all the rage, "Porkys" , "Revenge of the Nerds" etc, it was pretty mild.
A lot of people today put the John Hughes films in that category but the teens of that era generally thought his films unlike most other films marketed to teens then did not talk down to them.
People were complaining about MTV videos back then.
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