Escape to the Movies: Heavy Metal

[Canadamus Prime]

I never saw that one. I did see most of Heavy Metal 2000, of which I thought the plot was intriguing, even though the much of the dialogue was piss poor at best.

Edit: Also Bob, I was also made in 1981 and I just turned 28 a few days ago, so I don't think you could legitimately call yourself a "30 something movie geek".

 

[Cavouku]

It's true, 15, and sometimes I'll find myself tired of boobs. Just because I can see them whenever I want, however I want, whatever I want. I'm already 15 and my interest for sex has waxed and waned.

 

[Communist partisan]

Yust watched the movie for fun and I liked it cos' I never seen a odd movie like that before but I still liked it and wasn't bored.

 

[Spacelord]

I'm afraid that the man is telling the truth.

 

[nolongerhere]

That's right suckers. I was born in 1991. By the time I had any interest in that sort of thing boobs where readily available at the click of a button. God I love this day and age.

*Sob* It just makes you so happy, doesn't it. *Sniff* God bless internet pornography.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Boobs! Well, you took what you could get when you were a newborn that year, eh?

 

[Sosa Star]

That movie got me in alot of trouble when I was a kid. I saw it was animated so I sat down and watched it one summer when I was 5, with my two younger sisters. We asked Mom about some of the words and what people were doing to each other and wound up grounded for a month. I found out years later the only reason it was out was my Dad had gotten drunk and watched it, and left it out where I happened to find it.

Thanks for the good trip down memory lane

 

[IamQ]

I was born in the 90s and I got acces to porn outside the internet.

When I was 8 some of my friends found a tree where some guy had put a whole lot of pages from playboy magazines on every part of that tree.

Shame we didn't bring anything with us from then... Also a shame I wasn't interested in boobs back then. Well, not in the same way as now anyway...

 

[MrsAttila]

Damn, I didn't think I was going to be in the section of those who would get "pissed off"...

but I did, just a little, when he said EVEN Ralph Bakshi...

 

[Dereks]

Maaaan. You're either horribly underestimating this generation or don't know shit about comic books and science fiction.
I am 21 and watched this cartoon only two years ago and it has been on my favs list ever since then.
Saying that the boobs are the only thing that it's worth for - it's pure lie! As it was mentioned before, general perception of science fiction and fantasy was totally different at the time. This movie is a predecessor to lot's of cool sci-fi stuff that came out later on.
Have it ever crossed your mind that 5h Elemnt basically rips off the core idea of first story arc - Harry Canyon?
And then animation itself. You know, "kids today" aren't total retards and do understand that coming up with such kind of design on video at that time took helluva lot creativity and hard work!
Finally, boobs are ALWAYS relevant, disregarding any time or place and deserve same kind of respect!

 

[ShadowKirby]

Back in my days, to pirate music you needed a radio and a tape recorder!

 

[Formica Archonis]

Ah, yes. I remember the days of sneaking downstairs in the middle of the night to watch Cinemax with the sound off.... I was lucky, though. I had C-Band, and after a few years of simulated sex on Skinemax (not that I could tell the difference back then) and a few weird fly-by-night channels (Las Vegas After Dark TV or something, memorable for not featuring Vegas, or dark, just boobs), proper porn finally came back to the big dish (it kinda left for a while). First Playboy and Spice, and then outright for-real hardcore. In retrospect the timing was excellent, since the available porn grew up with me. And then once I'd become a for-real adult (eighteen, adult, HA!) and thought I'd seen it all, the Internet came along and taught me that not only had I not seen it all, but that there was a lot of the all I really didn't want to see.

But enough pervy nostalgia. Just a note, Bob: If you were made in 1981, you're not a thirtysomething yet. I know this not because I can do math, but because I am thirty-nothing and I was born before you. So stop acting all old and stuff while you've still got that 2 digit or us geezers will gang up on you and beat you like the child you are.

 

[GDW]

You, sir, prove again that you and I see eye to eye on nearly everything.

 

[willgreg123]

I'm so happy this was reviewed, as I can finally make a well thought out comment...

Heavy Metal always came off as pretentious to me, it was very educating having it's origins explained, especially since I didn't think to look into it myself.

The only thing I want to put out there is, I'm a fan of Ralph Bakshi's earliest work, how do you feel about his films?

 

[Donrad]

great review, i rented this awhile back... didnt enjoy it that much

 

[quiet_samurai]

Born in 1983 here. You nailed this perfectly in every aspect.

 

[Panda Mania]

Oh sh-

is that all pubescent boys think about? boobs?

*shakes fists at sky* YOU NEVER TOLD HUMANITY WAS SO PATHETIC!! AGH!!

 

[ReverseEngineered]

I never saw the original Heavy Metal, but a bunch of us at the company I work for had an informal movie night and one guy brought Heavy Metal 2000. I knew it was old and full of boobs, but I swear you had to be stoned out of your mind to appreciate it. All of us sat there bored and awkwardly embarrassed, not wanting to be rude and stop the movie, but also not wanting to be anywhere near it. Aside from boobs and a sci-fi setting, I didn't see a single redeeming quality in that movie.

 

[MB202]

Not that I'm gay or anything, but I never saw the appeal of bare nipples.

I'm guessing that MoveiBob isn't going to review The Princess and the Frog. Oh well.