memories of the ’80s – Wierd Science

A teen movie that focused more on the boys than girls – the lonely nerds who create the perfect woman came to the screen in Wierd Science.

Directed and written by John Hughes, the film starred Hughes’ fave Anthony Michael Hall as Gary and Ilan Mitchell Smith as Wyatt, two highschool boys who are trying to think up a way to attract the attention of any highschool girls.

Because they’re nerds, they’re targeted by the jocks and after a horrible prank, decide to create the perfect woman on Wyatt’s home computer.

Illegally accessing the government’s mainframe for more memory and attaching a Barbie doll to the computer, a freak electrical storm causes a lightning strike.

When the smoke clears, the perfect woman, Lisa, has arrived – in the form of actress/model Kelly LeBrock, whose first words are “So what would you little maniacs like to do first?“

Lisa helps Gary and Wyatt battle siblings, rivals and peers to become cooler at school, although nothing happens right away for the two nerds, who can’t handle the attention nor the ongoing meddling of Chet, Gary’s older brother, played by Bill Paxton, and the jock Ian, played by Robert Downey Jr.

I vividly remember seeing this movie – with its ridiculous storyline and nerd becomes the hero to save the day plot. But it had its moments of hilarity and because of the power of John Hughes, the one-liners and the musical soundtrack (with title track done by Oingo Boingo) this movie did very well in its release in 1985.

Although its not in the main teen movies as many other well-known John Hughes films such as The Breakfast Club or Sixteen Candles, Wierd Science was another explanation of teen life as only John Hughes could tell.

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~ by Waheeda on January 26, 2012.