Howard the Duck PG
George Lucas had everything to do with this atrocious adaptation of the underground Marvel comic strip if the sassy horny duck from outer space. (The target audience of 12 year old boys probably didn't read this comic, ever). He later would deny he helped with this crapfest once critics and fans alike ripped it for being insanely stupid. The movie premise, Howard is from a planet populated by ducks, (okay, given that, it's okay), who is thrust to Earth through some kind of transporter, and he befriends a sexy lady, (is that Elisabeth Shue? Oh God no), and they go and tries to stop an alien invasion from space. It could have been a campy take on Marvin the Martian from Looney Tunes, but it turned into a tarred an feathered broken egg. The problem wasn't just turning a duck character no kid under 12 had ever heard of into a cute and sassy character, but that the story just stunk on so many levels. Didn't Lucas and Huyck (the director) know that their target audience wouldn't even get it? Teenagers who were almost old enough to read that comic strip weren't lining up to see it either, because they hated the idea because it was lame, and those who were horny wondered why it was freaking stupid! Even the sex jokes were vapid. Review by Adam Browne
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