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Title: blow the 16 candles out Post by: 01101010 on August 06, 2009, 04:02:45 PM http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/06/obit.john.hughes/index.html
:( Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: WayAbvPar on August 06, 2009, 04:39:20 PM If you were a teenager in the 80s he was HUGE. RIP.
Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: Paelos on August 06, 2009, 05:10:28 PM 59, geez. :heartbreak:
Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: Chimpy on August 06, 2009, 05:34:50 PM Well, shit.
RIP Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: stu on August 06, 2009, 06:12:23 PM (http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff26/stuabrtow/Awesome_worried.jpg)
Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: Engels on August 06, 2009, 06:12:40 PM Well, that blows. :cry:
Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: Phildo on August 06, 2009, 07:27:15 PM Bethany: McHenry is pretty far from Jersey, might I ask what brings you guys to Illinois?
Jay: Some fuck named John Hughes. Bethany: "16 Candles" John Hughes? Jay: You know him too? That fucking guy. Made this flick "16 Candles" right? Not bad it's got tits in it, but no bush. Of course Ebert over here don't give a shit about that stuff cause he's all in love with this John Hughes guy and rents every one of his movies. Fucking "Breakfast Club" all these stupid kids actually show up to detention, fucking "Weird Science" where this one chick wants to take off her gear and get down, but aw, no she don't cause it's a PG movie, and then there's "Pretty In Pink" which I can't watch with this tubby muthafucker any more, because everytime we get to the part where the red head hooks up with her dream guy, he starts sobbin' like a little eight-year-old with a skinned knee and shit. And nothing is worse then watching a fat man weep. Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: Strazos on August 06, 2009, 09:03:49 PM (http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff26/stuabrtow/Awesome_worried.jpg) Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: Simond on August 07, 2009, 06:23:00 AM Saw this linked elsewhere: http://wellknowwhenwegetthere.blogspot.com/2009/08/sincerely-john-hughes.html
Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: Sky on August 07, 2009, 07:31:20 AM If you were a teenager in the 80s he was HUGE. Not if you were in a popular underground metal band. The people who used to be into that kind of shit, they're the ones who's parties we'd crash and make off with their beer and women.Jay summed it up pretty well. Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: 01101010 on August 07, 2009, 07:52:23 AM Not if you were in a popular underground metal band. The people who used to be into that kind of shit, they're the ones who's parties we'd crash and make off with their beer and women. Jay summed it up pretty well. THERE ARE MOTORCYCLES IN MY HOUSE, GARY! I think he gave you guys props :grin: Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: Brogarn on August 07, 2009, 08:03:14 AM Saw this linked elsewhere: http://wellknowwhenwegetthere.blogspot.com/2009/08/sincerely-john-hughes.html Wow. Something in my eye... I grew up during the '80's and movies got me through some tough times. Tough times that I discovered from John Hughes that we all go through in some way. It made me feel better. I definitely mourn his passing. Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: HaemishM on August 07, 2009, 08:23:59 AM /sadf
Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: Murgos on August 07, 2009, 08:54:18 AM Save Ferris!!!
Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: 01101010 on August 07, 2009, 09:22:22 AM Saw this linked elsewhere: http://wellknowwhenwegetthere.blogspot.com/2009/08/sincerely-john-hughes.html I got to be a serious John Candy fan and Uncle Buck was one of my long standing favorites. Interesting to see Hughes reference Candy... Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: Yegolev on August 07, 2009, 09:57:16 AM I am shocked that Sky is once again an outlier.
Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: Nevermore on August 07, 2009, 10:56:48 AM If you were a teenager in the 80s he was HUGE. Not if you were in a popular underground metal band. The people who used to be into that kind of shit, they're the ones who's parties we'd crash and make off with their beer and women.Jay summed it up pretty well. You know, John Hughes did a movie about that too. (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mLlzOnL7nec/Rndfna8XxqI/AAAAAAAAAeo/eaB0_6qZZXA/s400/duncan-h.jpg) RIP, John. Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: Sky on August 07, 2009, 10:58:06 AM I am shocked that Sky is once again an outlier. (http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2008/08/06/dd-airguitarcham_0498833269.jpg)Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: Murgos on August 07, 2009, 11:01:07 AM What you guys don't get is Sky's subtle irony here as that is actually a picture of him from when he was with 1984, a Van Halen coverband.
Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: Sky on August 07, 2009, 11:22:58 AM WTF that was last weekend.
UNCHAINED! AND YOU HIT THE GROUND RUNNIN! Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: WayAbvPar on August 07, 2009, 12:57:21 PM If you were a teenager in the 80s he was HUGE. Not if you were in a popular underground metal band. The people who used to be into that kind of shit, they're the ones who's parties we'd crash and make off with their beer and women.Jay summed it up pretty well. You know, John Hughes did a movie about that too. (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mLlzOnL7nec/Rndfna8XxqI/AAAAAAAAAeo/eaB0_6qZZXA/s400/duncan-h.jpg) RIP, John. That may be my favorite scene from any of Hughes' movies. Craig Sheffer was just awesome as the main douche, and Koteas somehow seemed tough. Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: Riggswolfe on August 07, 2009, 10:32:38 PM Two Johns ruled my life in the 80s
John Hughes and John Cusack Thankfully I still have one of them. It's a sad day. I am not sure any film maker will ever again experience what we got to experience. Hollywood movies that actually got us. Btw Sky, you referencing Weird Science or Some Kind of Wonderful? Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: Numtini on August 08, 2009, 08:06:20 AM Quote Two Johns ruled my life in the 80s John Hughes and John Cusack I can't beat that summation. Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: Engels on August 08, 2009, 09:19:53 AM I never got the love for John Cusack. Maybe its a New England thing.
Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: CmdrSlack on August 08, 2009, 10:47:22 AM I never got the love for John Cusack. Maybe its a New England thing. My guess is that if you go to Illinois, there's lots of John Cusack fans there too...being one of them, and since the vast majority of my friends from HS are as well. Anecdotal, I know, so maybe it only applies to Chicago/suburban Chicago. Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: Engels on August 08, 2009, 11:26:29 AM Actually, that makes some sense to me. My sister at Northwestern took me out with her friends to see Gross Point Blank. All her friends had seen it at least one other time, and were absolutely in love with the movie.
Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: CmdrSlack on August 08, 2009, 03:18:59 PM Cusack, Piven, and a few others got their acting starts in Chicago. So it makes tons of sense in that respect. Also, there's a Gross Pointe not too far from the NW campus.
Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: Riggswolfe on August 08, 2009, 11:37:17 PM I never got the love for John Cusack. Maybe its a New England thing. I'm from Oklahoma and pretty much everyone I am friends with enjoys John Cusack. Perhaps it's a nerd thing, I've found that those who were nerds/geeks in High School liked him. Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: stu on August 08, 2009, 11:59:35 PM John Cusack is good at playing intelligent, motivated guys who always seem to be slightly lost and out of their element. I think people can relate to that.
Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: LK on August 09, 2009, 02:18:24 AM John Cusack is what I would call watchable. I've yet to see a movie he's in that was fucking terrible to watch because he was in it.
Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: Brogarn on August 10, 2009, 10:35:54 AM Quote Two Johns ruled my life in the 80s John Hughes and John Cusack I can't beat that summation. Agreed. Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: Surlyboi on August 10, 2009, 10:45:21 AM I was the Ferris Beuller of my high school.
Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: Lakov_Sanite on August 10, 2009, 10:55:49 AM Taking away all the brat pack stuff this guy seems to be responsible for a lot of movies I watched as a kid.
Title: Re: blow the 16 candles out Post by: stu on February 19, 2010, 12:28:32 PM There's a couple good articles on John Hughes written for the current Vanity Fair.
Sweet Bard of Youth (http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/features/2010/03/john-hughes-201003?currentPage=1) The Secret, Pseudonymous, Fiction-Writing After-Career of John Hughes (http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/features/2010/03/john-hughes-on-hudson-201003) |