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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with today’s Behind the Scenes Pic!
Hope you are all fully recovered from your Halloween festivities. I know I’m not, but I’m slowly rejoining the land of the living.
So, I teased on the last BTS o’ the day that today’s picture would celebrate the big Disney/Lucasfilm merger and I was being a little sneaky, but I’m no liar, goddamnit! Today’s image features Phil Tippett hard at work bringing to life the incredibly fun and creepy Dark Overlord creature from the much maligned Howard the Duck flick produced by Mr. Lucas.
I happen to love Howard the Duck, but I fully understand 99% of that comes from nostalgic feelings. I don’t care, though. The movie has hot punk rock Lea Thompson, scary Jeffrey Jones, quack-sound-making Tim Robbins, duck boobies and feather boners. I’m pretty sure it’s fucking awesome.
So, enjoy the pic. Thanks to Dave Sword and the PEG for this awesome shot. Click to enlargen!
If you have a behind the scenes shot you’d like to submit to this column, you can email me at quint@aintitcool.com.
Tomorrow’s pic will probably be something Star Wars so you guys don’t feel all ripped off.
-Eric Vespe
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Readers Talkback
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That monster gave me nightmares as a kid!
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Nov. 2, 2012, 6:46 p.m. CST
Friggin LOVED Howard the Duck. It would be BITCHIN CAMARO if he showed up in the Guardians of the Galaxy all hell would break lose.
by Gus
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Duck boobies!
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Nov. 2, 2012, 6:51 p.m. CST
this part of the movie was awesome. in fact the whole movie was pretty entertaining and lea thompson was hot.
by DarthBlart
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Nov. 2, 2012, 6:53 p.m. CST
1980s Lea Thompson and Phil Tippett override a lot of crazy stuff...
by Bill C.
...this movie is proof of that.
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Nov. 2, 2012, 6:54 p.m. CST
Remember watching it with my Dad and just thinking it was a kids film with slightly rude jokes ... He was surprised but cool with it!
by GINGE_MUPPET
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Nov. 2, 2012, 7:05 p.m. CST
Very fitting: our first intimation that Lucas had lost it.
by Gabe Athouse
I'm hoping this means Marvel can finally do a Howard the Duck/Man-Thing movie that those characters deserve. No, really.
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if they thought this film was anything but a piece of shit, even at a young age. Really? A whole generation of retards think this was good movie making? Jeez. You don't even have to be a fan of the classic Gerber existential, philosophical comic book Howard. This was a terrible, boring movie fan of the comic or not. Just epic fail all around. And stop with the Jeff Jones love too. He's a fucking pedophile, douche bags.
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Nov. 2, 2012, 7:11 p.m. CST
Actually, I had a pretty sweet childhood, and Howard the Duck was awesome when I was 8 years old.
by Stifler's Mom
Don't act like you were advanced enough to critique this movie when you were a kid. You were a fucking booger-eater just like everybody else once.
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I don't have much love for the movie itself, but this design really fascinated me as a child. I remember wasting notebook paper trying to capture its essence. I don't remember how much notebook paper, but it was a lot. Whether my childhood was shitty or not doesn't really matter anymore...
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Nov. 2, 2012, 7:14 p.m. CST
Now that Lucas has stepped down, the tide is turning. So people now like Howard The Duck, huh? Does this mean...
by Jay
In 10 or so years after the new trilogy has come out, people will be saying the prequels are underrated? Although to be fair I actually think Ep 3 is...
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Nov. 2, 2012, 7:16 p.m. CST
I remember my mom put this movie in for us as a kid until the duck tits showed up, then a scream of shock filled the room.
by Chris
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Get a hot-as-hell redhead to play Beverly,CGI up a decent cigar smoking pantsless Howard,and adapt some of the original Steve Gerber storylines from the comics...after all,nothing has changed since the 70's. Howard the Duck was some timeless social satire,and the time is right for the ducks return!!!!!!
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He was debuting Starship Troopers 2 at a 24hr sci-fi fest in Columbus' Arena Grand theater. After he invited everyone to enjoy the movie he walked past me where I stood in the side aisle. I had a cocktail in my hand as I said: "I loved Howard the Duck, by the way." He smiled and chuckled. It made me happy; just like the movie.
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I've seen it once. Even that was too many.
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...Willow? Who owns that? That would be prime material for a Disney remake.
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tongue in the cigarette lighter.
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They oughta adapt Howard meets KISS. You know Gene would sign off on it.
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Nov. 2, 2012, 8:34 p.m. CST
I don't know why people hate this movie so much, but then again-
by sonnyfern
-I haven't seen it since I was a kid, but my memory serves me good I think and if it serves me good, then that means this movie is all kindsa awesome.
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Nov. 2, 2012, 8:34 p.m. CST
I don't know why people hate this movie so much, but then again-
by sonnyfern
-I haven't seen it since I was a kid, but my memory serves me good I think and if it serves me good, then that means this movie is all kindsa awesome.
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Because tits on a duck are funny. Sometimes it doesn't pay to over think a movie about a anthropomorphic duck that chomps on cigars, travels through space, has a quasi-relationship with Marty McFly's mother, and battles a Dark Overlord. www.nonipplesonthesuit.com
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Nov. 2, 2012, 9:32 p.m. CST
I remember watching this at home one night on pay tv as a kid because the movie guide said it contained brief nudity
by Bobo_Vision
Only to find out that the nudity was an image of playduck magazine featuring a duck with big tits. Wasn't a total loss.
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That's all.
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Howard The Duck is actually pretty decent as far as wildly overproduced 80's fantasy films go. It's far from great, but it's lightly amusing throughout, frizzy-hair Lea Thompson is sex on (great) legs, and the visual effects were top-notch for the day (the "Overlord" stop-motion monster at the end is superb). Plus a lush John Barry score and fun Thomas Dolby songs and Tim Robbins embarassing the fuck out of himself. What's not to like? Howard gets a bum rap as far as "worst movie ever" candidates go.
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From IMDB's "memorable quotes": "No one laughs at a master of Quack Fu!" I certainly didn't. I grew up collecting all the HTD comics and magazines. In 1985 I saw the poster advertising that George Lucas -- Yes! The STAR WARS George Lucas! -- was adapting the comics to a feature film. I anticipated that film for an entire year. In 1986, I took my hot girlfriend (now wife of 24 years) to see it in the theater. The movie was a disaster from start to finish. I think I tried to watch it on Netflix recently. It remains a disaster from start to finish -- not even any nostalia value! I still have faith, though. Disney should create the definitive version of Star Wars episodes I-III. Just CGI Howard's ass in to replace Jar-Jar!
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Nov. 2, 2012, 10:26 p.m. CST
As a kid, I loved Howard the Duck. In hindsight, I still find it kind of amusing.
by Baked
Sometimes a movie is worth watching just for the experience of having been able to explain why it's bad to someone. Condoms and duck tits, though...fucking 80's...
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was that condom in Howard's wallet. That's a duckie rubber.
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Loved it when I watched it on VHS with college friends. Loved it when I bought the $5.00 DVD in the Wal-Mart crack bin. Loved it when I watched it with my pre-teen kids. Love the Gerber comic, love the Grant Morrison Scorpion Loa connection. Would love to see a cameo in Guardians Of the Galaxy. Love the MAX mini-series where Howard spends most of his time as a rat. Love the fact that it was in theaters at the same time as the Transformers Movie and one of the Witwicks said "shit." All the Howard haters are dry masturbators. My now teenage kids watch it voluntarily every once in a while so apparently it will live forever. They don't put any Star Wars or Indiana Jones or LOTR in unless I make them. Make of that what you will.
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Nov. 2, 2012, 11:55 p.m. CST
They don't put any Star Wars or Indiana Jones or LOTR in unless I make them. Make of that what you will. - mockingbuddha
by Bobo_Vision
You force your kids to watch Star Wars and Indiana Jones against their will, and they'd rather watch Howard the Duck? Not to be offensive, but I think your kids might need to be placed in special ed.
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Nov. 3, 2012, 12:47 a.m. CST
HOWARD THE DUCK is responsible for one of my saddest vacation memories.
by Nintendarth
I went on the Universal Studios Tour during the exact same time HOWARD THE DUCK hit the box-office and tanked like a rock. During the tour, at about the halfway point, the poor schlub driving the tram paused and said -Hey, you know, speaking of classic movies, look up at this wall covered with giant replicas of our most classic movie posters and, why, look, there's HOWARD THE DUCK up there.- He said it with absolutely NO life, no vitality, no energy, no enthusiasm. He literally sounded sad to have to say it. Then, he continued in that same tone, weak-voiced... and getting weaker and quieter by the second as he went. -You know, I went to see that movie, HOWARD THE DUCK? And ... it ... it was ... really good. And ... you and your whole .... family should go, because .... you'll like it. Because it has a lot of fun action, sci-fi, adventure, and ... ... thrills.- And this point, my mom looked at my dad with this sad head-shake and my dad looked back and shook his head at me. Then, my mom looked at me (I was just a little kid and only now understand what was going on) and I shook my head, too, not comprehending but wanting to be part of the family unit. To this day, it's one of the saddest memories of my vacation trips because from that point on the whole tram ride felt like a death march.
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Fact
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...the sadder the movie-remembering landscape gets for me. I'm just gonna toot my own horn. Even as a kid, I knew this thing was rank. (Remember that word?) I also later knew that Return of the Jedi was retarded, that all the Indiana Jones sequels were weak (Doom didn't even have the well-rounded Indy in it, it was played by Harrison without any of Kasdan's subtlety; Crusade was a daddy-was-mean-to-me piffle of a picture without any of the Nazi scope of Raiders). I was always very in tune when they weren't getting characters right, when the story was developed solely to provide a mattress for big action set pieces, etc. Nostalgia really needs to stomped on, sometimes.
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I am not...repeat..NOT...afraid to admit that I loved the film "Howard The Duck"!! I remember first watching the film on VHS back in the heyday of when VCRs were all the rage and in the early to mid-80ies cutting edge home entertainment technology! I was in the Air Force and stationed over in Germany. I remember renting this movie from the local BX (Base Exchange) and watching it with my German girlfriend at the time....even though there was much german beer consumed (which has a MUCH high alcohol content then amamerican beer)...I enjoyed the movie! My girlfriend was like "What kind of crazy american movie is THIS?!!"...and whenever the topic of cheesy-guilty pleasure 80ies movies comes up? Howard The Duck is always at the top of my list too!
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I loved your story. Thanks. Even if it's not true, that is great.
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Nov. 3, 2012, 8:56 a.m. CST
It has it's moments - Smog Inspection, Duck-ka-bob
by Lao_Che_Air_Freight
The diner sequence is fun, Jennings is a blast, the monster at the end is groovy. But as a fan of the comics (I have the full HTD run and that big Treasury edition somewhere in storage), it was a pretty horrible filmgoing experience, and I saw it opening midnight at the Uptown in D.C. from the front row balcony.
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...on a $1 double feature with Ferris Bueller's Day Off (those were the days!). I've always enjoyed it for what it is, but then I loved reading (if not totally understanding) my dad's HOWARD comics. Found the whole run in a 25-cent bin in the early 90s and gave no second thought to snatching 'em all up. And even if you hate the HOWARD movie, you have to admit that Hollywood just doesn't have the balls to attempt something as different as this anymore...
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Nov. 3, 2012, 10:38 a.m. CST
Yeah an actual howard the duck from the comics cigar chomping flawless cameo of him squabbling with mega skunk or whatever would be ok.
by UltraTron
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He's my boyfriend!
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He's my boyfriend
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Can't get my That's disgusting! quote in... Lea Thompson is awesome. And this is a great campy fun film.
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Disney buys Lucasfilm and suddenly Howard The Duck was a good movie?!?!? What is wrong with you people?!?!? Steve Gerber is rolling over in his grave...
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Nov. 3, 2012, 12:49 p.m. CST
Not to be offensive, but I think your kids might need to be placed in special ed.
by Mockingbuddha
My boy IS in special ed. I let both my kids decide for themselves what they like, much of it is utter crap imo, just like many people say of HTD. Not to be offensive, but you masturbate way too much to not be using lotion. That kind of damage can be permanent.
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I was able to realize Howard the Duck was 100% shit.
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Nov. 3, 2012, 1:37 p.m. CST
The fact that lea Thompson was completely prepared to fuck an alien duck has always been this movie's saving grace along with the duck tits
by UltraTron
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Sometimes when making off-hand insults they end up hitting a little too close to home, so sorry about what I said about your kids. Having said that, you should be careful about criticizing everyone who doesn't share your and your kids taste in movies, especially when referring to a really shitty movie. You open yourself up to retalliation and become fair game. Make sure you can take it or don't do it. And I always use lotion. It heightens the sensation. Thanks for the tip and your concern.
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Nov. 3, 2012, 4:34 p.m. CST
Howard the Duck was never a 'good' movie, it just holds alot of nostalgia for us who watched it as a kid...
by The_guy_in_the_rated_R_movie
It's a movie about a talking Duck, what kid didn't watch it when it came out? I have very fond memories of this film, especially Lea Thompson, one of my first crushes....her and the Asian chick Daniel San hooks up with in Karate Kid II.
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Hail cesareo !!!
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It's cool man, I knew what I was getting into. I made my kids fair game when I mentioned them. I appreciate your apology. My boy is making good progress. I don't really want to defend my kid's taste what with the Disney Channel crap and liking Star Wars prequels better than OT, but their liking HTD shows it will survive into the future! Also, I like it. Re: my kids: Maybe they don't watch OT Star Wars, Indiana Jones, or LOTR because they know I be putting them in again soon. Re: masturbation: Good thing about the lotion, that guy on Workaholics said that 100% of serial killers whack it dry.
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Nov. 3, 2012, 8:19 p.m. CST
Dear Jeebus some of you have grown into such cynical a-holes
by lowpassat
If you watched this as a kid and didnt think it was atleast mildly entertaining then I would argue you were the one that had a crappy childhood. A great fun campy 80's movie with Lea Tompson in her underwear and all you can do it bitch about it?
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Nov. 3, 2012, 8:34 p.m. CST
I remember seeing this in the theater and being amazed that this comic character had a movie but not Spider-man!
by MST3KPIMP
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Does Marvel own the rights now or what? WILLOW still sucks a cock!
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Nov. 3, 2012, 10:30 p.m. CST
Funny that audiences rejected a talking duck movie...
by Nasty In The Pasty
...but only four years later, they wholeheartedly accepted a movie about pizza-scarfing ninja turtles.
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Fucked a gay guy (AllTheRightMoves) Tried to fuck her own son (BackToTheFuture) Anal raped by Russians (RedDawn) Fucked a Duck (HowardTheDuck) Fucked everything with two legs (CasualSex) Fucked a cop (TheWildLife)
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I watched this as a kid. It was stupid dreck then, and it's stupid dreck now. Of your list of descriptors, "great fun campy 80's movie," it was only (a) 80s and (b) a movie. Other than that, it committed the cardinal sin of any entertainment: it was boring. Even with underwear Thompson. Which is just further testament to how dumb this movie was.
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Nov. 4, 2012, 8:40 a.m. CST
The comics were good; its fascinating by how much the movie missed the mark
by Crimson Dynamo
I would like to see Howard redone at some point. Now that Disney owns Marvel, maybe they can go back to the original pantsless design
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Except for Tippet's work, the film was truly godawful.
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Nov. 4, 2012, 12:31 p.m. CST
Does anyone remember Munchies? Baby:Secret of the Lost Legend?
by disastermag
Movies that were supposedly kids' films but had these jarring, adult elements thrown in. It was sort of thing in the eighties. So, I give Howard a pass on the duck boobs.
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Nov. 5, 2012, 9:14 a.m. CST
William Kat was in dat. I saw it twice for some odd reason.
by UltraTron
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Nov. 5, 2012, 9:17 a.m. CST
Pass the duck boobs.. Oh and can you pass the platypus uterus? Thank you. Mmmm. Goood uterus. Did you make this from scratch?
by UltraTron
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Anyone who says they hated this as a kid and people only like it because of nostalgia is probably a cynical arsehole who thinks Chris Nolan is the greatest filmmaker of all time.
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Nov. 5, 2012, 11:43 a.m. CST
That monster, Lea Thompson's ass, and the song over the end credits save this movie from being totally unwatchable.
by Danny Boil
Okay, that's too harsh, but really, this remains one of the weirdest movies EVER made. Tim Robbins gives one of the most annoying performances in the history of cinema. Plus, did anyone else ever notice that they use one shot of guys jumping out of their boat twice, near the end?
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Yeah, I remember that. I remember it well. It was one of the first movies I rented that I regretted; three bucks for a rental , I could've gotten something far better. I saw it again a few years back - my opinion hasn't changed.
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Nov. 6, 2012, 2:52 a.m. CST
Lea Thompson is responsible for a lot of ruined bedsheets during my teenage years.
by ChickenStu
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