Streaming Media Alert

[bryant]

Many of us 80s children have fond memories of the first two Savage Steve Holland opuses, Better Off Dead… and One Crazy Summer. John Cusack’s amiable everyman teen demeanor was the perfect foil for Holland’s insane vision. His third movie, How I Got Into College had no John Cusack and generated few fond memories.

But it’s on HBO Go until May 1st. Corey Parker, Lara Flynn Boyle, and a pretty crappy script. Savage Steve didn’t write this one. Philip Baker Hall in a bit part? Nora Dunn and Phil Hartman cameo?

It does explain why Savage Steve Holland never directed another movie. (It’s OK, he has a career in kid’s television.) This is the real, actual, projected onto movie screens trailer that ran in cinema palaces across the nation back in 1989.

Watch on YouTube

When I said “alert,” I meant “warning.”

Mirrored from Population: One.

Comments

[merlinofchaos]

I can't believe I missed that.

Oh wait, yes I can. I also didn't actually like Better Off Dead as much as almost every one of my generational compatriots, so I can see how I would've gouged out my eyes if I had to watch this one.