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Dark Puck ([info]dark_puck) wrote in [info]i_wank,
@ 2009-03-03 19:27:00


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Current mood:Amazed

Ferris Bueller's Day Off is SERIOUS BUSINESS
Very small, but it's been growing for a few days.

Okay, so a post is made in stupid_free, about a girl who lost a library book and decided she didn't need to pay her fine. But that's not what this is about.

Everything starts out when i_found_jesu posts a macro from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Not recognizing the source, only the face, I comment, asking if that's Matthew Broderick. i_found_jesu replies, "BUELLER...BUELLER...", which leads me to remark that both Ferris Bueller and Matthew Broderick make me want to punch them in the face.

We get in your general "no! how can you not like Ferris!"-type posts, and I explain that Ferris rubs me the wrong way and I consider him a douchebag.

And then, in from left field comes mazzie, wielding the Great Question: "are you 12?"

A dialogue ensues, in which I explain my reasoning for not liking Ferris Bueller and realizing that, oh hay, maybe my dislike of Matthew Broderick stems from my dislike of Ferris! This ends with mazzie going "hence my wondering about your age."

I... am not following, here, but okay!

The next morning, completely out of right field, comes grlathena! She has this to say: "bb, you missed the point of that movie several times over.

Also, "what does my age have to do with it" is probably the second weakest argument on the intertubes, in case you were wondering"

Another dialogue ensues, in which I am accused of reading comprehension fail and I counter with, "And here I thought this was stupid_free, not differing_opinions_on_movies_free."

After some further dialogue, I give up, realizing that there's probably a reason why people like mazzie and grlathena are fans of douchebags like Ferris Bueller.

But it isn't over yet!

lovediamond moves in, pointing out that grlathena is basically acting like a condescending twat. Grlathena continues with her "bb"s and her passive-aggressive "oh i am lolling so hard at you," while lovediamond tries to point out the hypocrisy.

Meanwhile, sawaboof, who, in the interest of full disclosure, is an RL friend of mine from several years back, arrives to comment "And I guess that would make the weakest argument: "are you 12?". Grlathena is not going to let this slide! She has to prove how amusing she finds all those of us who are getting riled up over this!

And all this over a single opinion: "Ferris Bueller is a douchebag."

What. The. Fuck.



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[info]reeve
2009-03-04 03:58 am UTC (link)
You know, I've never understood the love people have for that movie. It's always been fairly mediocre to me *shrug*

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[info]meriel
2009-03-04 03:04 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, same here. I saw it once, I really don't remember anything about it, and I really don't want to see it again. It's just...eh.

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[info]melannen
2009-03-04 04:03 am UTC (link)
But Ferris Bueller *is* a douchebag....

(And the movie was not enjoyable or good. So.)

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[info]sorchar
2009-03-04 04:49 am UTC (link)
THIS. THIS.

And I *liked* Matthew in Ladyhawke.

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[info]rosalita
2009-03-04 04:18 am UTC (link)
I think I'm the only person on the planet who has never seen that movie.

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[info]nam_jai
2009-03-04 04:23 am UTC (link)
But ... but ... the Rhinox wank taught me that it takes the wisdom of age to recognize douchebaggery in fictional characters! Or does that only apply to robots?

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(no subject) - [info]also_not_a_pipe, 2009-03-04 06:20 am UTC
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[info]sisterelwood
2009-03-04 04:34 am UTC (link)
I like Matthew Broderick but I hate Ferris Bueller. I have nothing to add to this conversation but I thought I would state that. To me Broderick will always be adult Simba from The Lion King. xD

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(no subject) - [info]anarchicq, 2009-03-04 04:41 am UTC
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[info]rhrsoulmates
2009-03-04 04:44 am UTC (link)
I couldn't pass up this opportunity but don't worry, I'm not mocking you.

I don't remember hating it when it first came out (yes, I'm that old) but I don't have any particular fondness for it or desire to see it any time soon.

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[info]wolfsamurai
2009-03-04 05:51 am UTC (link)
Our thoughts on Ferris Bueller, let us show you them.

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[info]white_serpent
2009-03-04 06:12 am UTC (link)
But, dude-- the movie is totally worth watching! Mia Sara had a white coat with fringe and boots.

And some people think 80s fashion was horrible.

Hey, I was 12 when that movie came out.

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(no subject) - [info]puipui, 2009-03-04 06:38 am UTC
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[info]sailorcoruscant
2009-03-04 07:19 am UTC (link)
I love the movie, but happily acknowledge that Ferris is a douchebag. I see it as the point of his character.

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[info]microclimate
2009-03-04 07:29 am UTC (link)
Well okay then! Maybe this poster is implying that you are too young to appreciate the greatness of that movie and that only people who were alive when it came out can see its brilliance. Because, as you know, people who were born after a movie was released can't appreciate it because they think it is soooo old.

Which is why I hate "Lawrence of Arabia" so much that it's my favorite movie!

...wait.

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(no subject) - [info]sparkysrevenge, 2009-03-04 11:44 pm UTC
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[info]iris
2009-03-04 08:43 am UTC (link)
My brain mostly just zeroed in on the comment about the travesty that was The Music Man remake and....ohgodyes. sob.

I really like Matthew Broderick in the right part (he makes an amazing Leo Bloom) but he was so very not right for Harold Hill that it hurts me.

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[info]grapefruitzzz
2009-03-04 11:16 am UTC (link)
"And here I thought this was stupid_free, not differing_opinions_on_movies_free."

I like the film (and can see exactly why people wouldn't. Normally I loathe those kinds of arseholes but it worked in a 'magic realism' sense for me. I can see that if you aren't buying the 'heroic docuhe' thing then it's awful. And Cameron has pretty eyes), but this comment is winny win :D

This reminds me of telling Whofen I didn't like "The Girl In the Fireplace". That was fun.

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[info]onyxnoir
2009-03-04 01:15 pm UTC (link)
I LOVE ALL FERRIS BUELLERS!! ♥

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[info]vorpal_blade
2009-03-04 01:36 pm UTC (link)
Now, I love me some Ferris Bueller silliness, but I also wouldn't want to have an actual kid like that or be his teacher, principal, sibling or even girlfriend or best friend (poor Cameron!). It's a fantasy, and it's not everyone's cup of tea. For someone to get all defensive over a person thinking Ferris is a douchebag is insane. People have different tastes and not everyone has to have YOUR taste. Someone needs to get over him/herself.

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[info]doyle
2009-03-04 04:50 pm UTC (link)
I loved the movie when I was 12. Watched again recently and couldn't get over what a massive, massive douchebag Ferris is.

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(no subject) - [info]renata_hpjc, 2009-04-04 03:28 pm UTC

[info]snacky
2009-03-04 05:10 pm UTC (link)
I have noticed there is a difference between movies and reality.

SAVE FERRIS!

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[info]mcity
2009-03-04 07:51 pm UTC (link)
Just imagine what would've happened if it had been Saved By The Bell. You got your Nerd hanging onto the Jerk's coattails, the Jock, the Princess, the Ditz, and the Straw Feminist! There's something wanky in there for everyone!

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(no subject) - [info]sparkysrevenge, 2009-03-04 11:52 pm UTC

[info]moonjaguar
2009-03-04 09:14 pm UTC (link)
I liked Judge Reinhold and the Ferrari but the only way I managed to get through that movie twenty years ago was because I was highly cannabinated.

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[info]caito
2009-03-05 12:26 am UTC (link)
In my head, [info]dark_puck, you look exactly like Jennifer Grey*.


*With her old nose.

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[info]wtf
2009-03-05 01:57 am UTC (link)
I like the movie, but I daresay it's a certain 80s nostalgia and the fact that it's all up ons with the Chicago. ♥

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[info]vitalitat
2009-03-05 05:27 pm UTC (link)
ARE YOU 12?

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[info]reinhardt
2009-03-05 11:01 pm UTC (link)
I never got what the big deal was about Ferris Bueller, one way or the other. I watched a bit of it on cable, thought "This is boring" and changed the channel. As far as 80s high school movies go, I'm more a Fast Times at Ridgemont High type of gal.

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[info]makeshyft
2009-03-06 02:25 am UTC (link)
I still love it. But years of Spin City had the side effect of getting my Alan Ruck wires crossed.

Now I keep wondering when Cameron is going to try to get Sloane to put her hand down his pants, and then make a gay joke.

CURSE YOU, STUART BONDEK!!

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