I watched Howard The Duck this weekend for the first time in years...

The problem with “How Did This Get Made” is that you need to have seen the film, preferably recently. I lucked out on “Howard the Duck”. I’d just seen the film when I found the podcast. The film is god-awful. The podcast is hilarious.

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BlackPhoenix1981@reddit

Never knew about this podcast. Definitely going to check this one out!

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rougekhmero@reddit

Oh man I haven't listened in years but it's absolutely great

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GeetarEnthusiast85@reddit (OP)

I'll try to check it out

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Feisty_Mouse6919@reddit

Please do, you won't regret it... but be forewarned... extremely NSFW content! It's great.

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Feisty_Mouse6919@reddit

They address the duck boobies...

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Lucinda_Jane@reddit

Why does she have breasts? Is she a mammal?

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BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit

Where they come from you don't HAVE to be a mammal!

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Internal_Craft_3513@reddit

Haha so happy that this movie is making a comeback!!! Sooo bad but so good and really embodies the time… Time for the garbage pail kids!

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mlo9109@reddit

Standards were different back then. Most of the shit we watched growing up would never fly today, even "kid" movies. Either they'd be not woke enough (ex. Star Wars, based on the current remakes) or "too woke" (ex. Captain Planet, I already hear the podcast bros bitching in November when the new one comes out). Rewatching old Disney movies when you're old enough to understand the hidden dirty jokes hits differently.

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BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit

OG Star Wars was actually woke though. Baddies were all British accent white guys and good guy rebels were all races, all species, all sexes. Etc.

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BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit

If real boobies could be PG in the 80s, they sure as hell are not gonna go R for duck boobies.

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BlueSnaggleTooth359@reddit

although then again now that I read that....

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big-hero-zero@reddit

Leah Thompson's ass makes this movie watchable.

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darthsokath@reddit

This movie is so awesomely terrible and has a special place in my Xennial heart.

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seffend@reddit

Saaaame.

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WeatherIcy6509@reddit

I've always liked this movie. 😁

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Ms_Rarity@reddit

TBH I was kind of sad Howard the Duck didn't cameo in Deadpool and Wolverine.

It was Marvel's first wide-release theatrical film,* after all. You may want us to forget, Marvel, but the Internet never forgets!

(*There was a theatrical 1944 Captain America film, but Marvel wasn't Marvel yet, so arguably that one doesn't count.)

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boringsuburbandad@reddit

I was about to post about this being the first live action Marvel theatrical film... because Captain America was a serial, not really a 'movie'. Your argument about it not being Marvel yet actually makes more sense.

In any case, anyone who is a fan of the MCU needs to show proper respect to Howard.

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YVRkeeper@reddit

I’ll take some fake duck breasts over the blood and gore violence that is widely accepted under the PG umbrella these days.

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DebiMoonfae@reddit

I likes that movie when I was a kid but when I watched it as an adult I added it to the list of movies I shouldn’t have watched until I was older.

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Unfair-Geologist-284@reddit

I watched that movie more times than I care to admit. Why? I have no idea.

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MNPS1603@reddit

I remember my mom took my brother and I to see this in the theater. I was maybe 9 or 10, brother three years younger. I didn’t really think much of it good or bad, but my mom went on and on for years about it being the worst movie she had ever seen.

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remedialknitter@reddit

I heckin love this movie!! I have loved it since I was little. I was so excited to see a glimpse of him in the new Marvel movies. I wish they'd go ahead and make a new movie of him. I've read all the newer comics they put out with him in the last ten years or so too. I think he's a good level of sassy and weird to fit in well amongst the Guardians of the Galaxy and Avenger folk. I would also accept a team up between Howard the Duck and Squirrel Girl.

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Think_Profit4911@reddit

I’ve heard rumor that Kevin Smith (Clerks, Dogma) is working on a Howard the Duck reboot

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moles-on-parade@reddit

I have to bust your chops just a little bit for bothering to include some of Kevin Smith’s body of work in this of all subs. 😆

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Tacothekid@reddit

This movie is the best movie about a duck from outer space that I've ever seen

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wastedpotential31886@reddit

I too watched this for the first time in like 30 years this weekend and child me did not remember the duck boobs.

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Moist-Cloud2412@reddit

Lol The duck Titties are what I remembered the most😅

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GeetarEnthusiast85@reddit (OP)

TBH, neither did I. That's why I was like "This was rated PG?"

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wastedpotential31886@reddit

Tell me about it. Not my proudest fap.

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OpiumPhrogg@reddit

I believe it was rated PG because it was released before Temple of Doom and that was the movie that caused the creation of PG-13 and R ratings.

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Scrapla@reddit

I remember watching at as a kid when I was home sick with the flu. I can never re watch it without remembering how sick I was especially when that guy started to transform into the alien creature in the diner.

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songbird81@reddit

That terrified me as a kid. I haaated the tongue especially. I watched the movie a million times and always looked away for that part. Unfortunately still burned in my brain though.

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Esseldubbs@reddit

PG-13 wasn't a rating yet, so if you weren't R you were default PG.

There are a ton of PG 80's movies that would be PG-13 now

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Abraxas_1408@reddit

Another cocaine-fueled 80’s fever dream.

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MyCleverNewName@reddit

Duckman > Howard the Duck

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itsagrungething69@reddit

It's Quacktastic!

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InNausetWeTrust@reddit

Yes arguably the worst movie made in the last 40 years

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Motor-Tap4350@reddit

Ahh. When I was an adult, I realized the beasteallity parts

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Joeva8me@reddit

Who care about duck boobs. The opening sequence has some fantastic ones perfect for wearing out the VCR pause button.

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GeetarEnthusiast85@reddit (OP)

gif

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webslingrrr@reddit

I love that movie with all my heart.

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HunnyPuns@reddit

I love this movie so much. :D

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Interesting_Tea_6734@reddit

Cleave-land 😅

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Geekboxing@reddit

I feel like they hadn't completely figured out the then-recent PG-13 rating at that point.

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ApocolypseJoe@reddit

Also, it's as terrible as I remembered it.

So it aged well?🤣🤣

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epidemicsaints@reddit

They really thought that was gonna blow up. Ford Fairlane with Andrew Dice Clay, same problems.

I think for both movies they didn't make it gimmicky enough. Makes them come off as half baked, chickened out.

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Much-Diet1423@reddit

Ford Fairlane, haven’t heard that name in decades lol

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NectarSweat@reddit

I loved it when I was a kid. I tried to watch it again a few years ago and was like WTF?!

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cerialthriller@reddit

I watched BioDome for the first time In 20 years and holy shit was it bad. Only decent think about the movie was that Chasing Amy blasted her in every single one of her scenes

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_Can_i_play_@reddit

Shit still holds up. 👍👍

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TheLastBlakist@reddit

Everyone remembers the duck tits (WooOooo.)

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ramalledas@reddit

I remember the inter-species relationship a bit more

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Apprehensive_Hat8986@reddit

❤ Lea 😍 Thompson 💗

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Loneshark707@reddit

The character's creator had a big hand in developing the script and was on-set for most of it. It's purposely, unapologetically bad, and I love everything about it.

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majorjoe23@reddit

Are you sure about that? Wikipedia says "Though Gerber's schedule generally prevented him from being present during the shooting, he chose to miss the deadline on the first issue of The Spectre so he could watch the final day.^([11])"

Also from Wikipedia: "Gerber read over the script and offered his comments and suggestions." Which doesn't sound like he was really involved in the development at all.

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Loneshark707@reddit

Huh, then I'm probably mis-remembering. If I can find a source that says otherwise, I'll link it.

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Glittering-Most-9535@reddit

Airplane! came out a few years earlier, was rated PG, and had non-animatronic human lady boobies. Because I think at the time they were more literal about the letters P and G, as in there was meant to be a parent there guiding the viewing experience, and covering a kids eyes when there were nipples on screen trying to corrupt their tiny minds.

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Chihlidog@reddit

I can't help myself, Jeffrey Jones is absolutely hilarious in the diner scene. I don't know why I think it's so funny.

"She took my eggs".......

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majorjoe23@reddit

Keep in mind that PG movies regularly had nudity, I believe even some after the PG-13 rating was introduced.

My guess if they figured duck boobies weren't titillating enough (heh) to warrant a higher rating.

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