What’s Aged the Worst?
Hello bit; butchery; dated references; effects; limited Stuart; soundtrack; Plummer association
In the discussion (10)
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- The repeated exaggerated hello bit is considered unnatural and unsuccessful.
- Poor butchery and health-code violations undermine the otherwise funny montage.
- The Fish from Barney Miller reference may be lost on younger viewers.
- The Pentaverate’s later adaptation, green-screen effects and beginning of Myers’s difficult reputation are criticized.
- The coffee mug is barely rinsed in dirty water and wiped with a dirty rag; restaurant workers defend the depiction as accurate.
- Later Stuart scenes do not match the first appearance, prompting a wish for a Stuart television series.
- Split-screen limitations separate Myers’s reactions from the other actors trying not to laugh.
- Older references such as Huggy Bear may be less accessible.
- The soundtrack is considered less exceptional than the era allowed, with There She Goes repeated four times; Soul Asylum’s song is liked.
- Plummer’s later Pulp Fiction performance now overshadows her yelling here.