What’s Aged the Worst?
Sandusky, Ohio setting; Bo Derek stunt casting; Flashdance jokes; sneaking onto a plane as flight attendants; Herbie Hancock joke; rushed brake-pad reversal
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- The Sandusky, Ohio setting is a tough beat that jumps off the screen; the sign and a few spoken mentions could have been changed, as films have done with the Twin Towers.
- Bo Derek's stunt casting was a big deal in 1995, when she had been like Marilyn Monroe for two years; the equivalent now would be a long-absent Britney Spears, and it no longer translates.
- Jokes about Flashdance have become progressively less funny; producer Craig is joked not to know what Flashdance is.
- Sneaking onto a plane as flight attendants is impossible post-9/11; where they were flying from and to is unclear.
- Too few cameos from the SNL universe is raised, but rebutted: not overloading it makes a better, weirdly sincere movie, and Aykroyd's part drives the story.
- The Herbie Hancock joke is lost on kids who did not get it. — Cousin Sal
- Unsure about Aykroyd's character, with a Coneheads voice and a Mel Kuyper Jr. look, the country-club lunch invite at the end, and the finale where a presumed robber with flares gets to a camera crew.
- Everyone watching local news during a workday and a fake bomb being shrugged off are nitpicked, but it's a comedy.
- After the whole road trip to sell brake pads, the reversal back in Sandusky happens too quickly to process. — Sean Fennessey
- A reply adds that drunk Lowe presses two buttons on a computer and everything goes to hell immediately.