What’s Aged the Worst?
117-minute runtime; John Amos's once-major presence; Darryl bragging about St. John's tickets; the name Semmi; John Landis's next films; missing hit soundtrack
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- At 117 minutes it is too long; about 105 would be ideal, cutting the first 20 minutes to get to New York.
- John Amos being in the movie was a big deal in 1988 that is hard to explain 33 years later, like other TV dads such as Robert Reed.
- Darryl being excited and bragging about four tickets to a St. John's game has aged poorly.
- Arsenio's character is named Semmi, like a Celtic (ASR "shemiochile") blamed for the team being 13-13 as they tape.
- Soul Glo hurt Eric LaSalle's career until ER; a counterpoint says he made good there, and Shari Headley didn't get enough work afterward.
- LaSalle is outrageously handsome even under the curl, unlike Eddie, whose stardom never relied on looks.
- The bearded O.J. Simpson in Buffalo around 1975 as the most handsome man who ever lived is reaffirmed.
- John Landis's next films after this: Oscar, Innocent Blood and Beverly Hills Cop 3, which is called terrible.
- Beverly Hills Cop 3 was the first movie one participant ever walked out of.
- Eddie doing a third Beverly Hills Cop felt sad; it became almost a Disney film.
- Rewatching Cop 3 on cable confirmed it was bad; after it Landis made The Stupids, Blues Brothers 2000 and Susan's Plan.
- The System's end-credits theme song is called aged worst; others object, calling it a jam played on BET.
- The song wasn't a hit because it wasn't that good. — Bill Simmons
- The soundtrack is a missed opportunity: the only song heard in full is The Greatest Love of All, with no Janet Jackson or Paula Abdul, while other movies had big soundtracks like the Pointer Sisters.
- Nile Rodgers did the music and Michael Jackson, his friend, is nowhere on it; "It's a miss."