The dad is a big part of what makes this movie work. He is a great and supportive father to Scott, but then the moment when you see him as a wolf too is the funniest reveal possible. The dad even takes care of the bully principal. Great reaction to a movie I enjoyed but had forgotten so much about.
Mr. Howard is one of the best 80s teen movies fathers, especially after the incident at the dance with the principal, and literally scared the piss out of him.
I don't think Teen Wolf is stupid at all. It's charming, funny, sweet, and it makes you feel good. Michael J. Fox is just as charismatic here as he is in Back to the Future. The songs are great. I could go on and on. I will never get tired of revisiting this movie.
And it was popular enough to get a Saturday morning cartoon series made out of it and a sequel. But Michael J. Fox passed, on the sequel so they cast Jason Bateman as Scott's cousin and otherwise left it unchanged; the dad still has a big role, and the Jason Bateman's friends were the exact same guys that Michael J. Fox was friends with but Stiles was recast. It was also the exact same plot as the first movie except it was college instead of high school and boxing instead of basketball).
For the record, "Great Power ~ Great Responsibility" as a Spider-man thing does predate this movie as it was a concept in the comics in the 60s. But it's also a proverbial concept going back to like the 1st century BC and there are myriad variations of it throughout history.
So the reason people don't like critics is because people get the idea that they're telling YOU what to think as opposed to what THEY think of the movie and people don't like being told what to do let alone what to think, despite the fact that everyone does it with their friends and family, "oh don't see that it was awful" 🤷🏻♂️ it's the same thing
Secret Of My Success!!! That and TW were some of my favorites as a kid. I first saw Teen Wolf at my older brother's birthday party. One of his friends noticed that an extra's zipper was down (final scene, on the benches) and they turned around to zip it up. Luckily, it was a vhs so we could rewind it as many times we wanted (as opposed to being on tv). Man, the 80s were the best.
It's a comfort, feel good movie. It's rainy day, you're home from school, sick, and this is on TBS. You watch this and eat chicken noodle soup and life is good.
When I was a little kid, my parents had a recorded VHS tape with this movie and the original Ghostbusters on it. It was my introduction to monster movies & became a tape I plugged in every Halloween. Serious nostalgic fuzzy feelings here! 😊😊
So about the fact that all of the high school actors are in their 20s……. That was the point of the comment about Mick still being in High School was because he “did time”
Omg, my dad recorded all these movies off HBO onto VHS tapes, too. And I am glad for that. But not for how this movie embarrassed me in freshman year because I actually thought the way these kids acted was how I should have acted.
I’m pretty sure Pixar borrowed much of the plot from Teen Wolf for “Turning Red”. Substitute werewolf for red panda and making it about an Chinese mother and daughter in Canada
Michael J. Fox owned teen movies in 1985. He had his show Family Ties and starred in this, Posion Ivy, and the best movie series of all time Back To The Future.
@@kebernet I came here to see if anyone would suggest that one. One of my favs. The soundtrack was awesome and it felt like an alex p keaton movie, yknow?
I am 63. But to answer your question about parties in the 80s, yes almost anything could happen at theses parties. I had on when my parents were away for two days. Fridge was full with case's of beer, told everyone the rules about getting sick. Do it outside of the house, or get kicked out. Thanks for another awesome reaction. Hello from Pa USA 🇺🇸.
The dad still being so incredibly "Dad" even in his wolf form is awesome. The plaid shirt, the glasses, the whole dad thing, but hairier. He's so matter-of-fact about it. The dad in this film is one of those really good dads, who you can tell love their child so much. He's not so much the "Father known best", "Leave it to Beaver" perfect Fatherly-authority-figure. And he's not the "complicated father-son relationship" career father who's too tied up with work, or too emotionally distant, or anything like that. He's a decent guy, who runs a decent business, who loves his son in a healthy way, is there for him to support him, and tries to do good by him. When he growls at the principal, that's hilarious.
Nobody told me about the safety devices in the car surfing and I fell off my car imitating that scene. Fortunately I just got a little road rash for my ignorance.
When he turns into the wolf for the first time during the game. You can see the Principal steps back behind the bleachers, I always thought it was just a fear response. I've never noticed this before that he also puts his hands over his groin, we learn later on that his father made him pee his pants in the past, nice little touch that only took me 30yrs to notice. 🤣
This movie was a huge part of my childhood. My cousins and wore out the vhs tape, along with movies like The Goonies, The Great Outdoors, Robocop, The Lost Boys, and Dragnet, just to name a few. Michael J. Fox was what made this movie so rewacthable. Styles always made you smile, and the soundtrack fun to listen to. Now my kids watch this with me every October. Love this movie.
I absolutely love this movie and have since my childhood! I think Boof just came over to the house to see Scott but since he wasnt there she and the dad prob played basketball to kill time til Scott got home. Thanks for watching and reacting to this classic Shanelle!
Great movie you should also watch The Secret Of My Success. Fyi do you know there is a flasher in the end credits just about when scoot meet his dad there is a strange guy near.
"Dumb fun" is the 100% correct two-word synopsis of this film. Though I did not think so at the time... I was already dumb and thirteen years old back then (and a big MJF fan) Just "fun" then, lol. Love your work Shanelle, keep going! Always a joy to watch. TY for all you do, hope your channel grows and grows.
It's Michael J. Fox...MJF is synonymous with the 80's. He had that charm about him that made his characters likable. Glad you reacted to this movie! *Note - To answer your question at the house party...Stiles told the pair they had to go to the superintendent's house to get a urine sample from him to "test his blood sugar"...just a dare.
Awesome, this is one of the movies of my childhood. It was on heavy rotation on HBO. You should like it, it has a lot of heart. "Sergeant , burn the fields and when you're done with that, burn the house" "There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body."
This film means a lot to me.. it was one of the first films I ever became obsessed with when I was 4-5 years old, still love it to this day.. but Boof and Scott's dad playing basketball is sweet and innocent, not everything is sinister.. it might seem weird to some, but it's really not, especially in this film.. but I'm glad you liked it! I would've kinda been disappointed if you didn't lol..
I agree Boof playing ball with Scott's dad is important. It establishes her degree of familiarity with the family and implies her and Scott have likely been friends since they were little kids, and why he is oblivious to the fact she's into him.
I watched this no less than a million times as a kid. The old liquor store guy was just scared, he wasn't mind controlled. I thiiiiiink the whipped-cream-on-the-ground thing at the party is them trying to pop a balloon between their bodies with their hands tied behind them. Who among us didn't strip down to our undies in front of everyone and get covered in whipped cream at high school parties? The prank about blood sugar was they had to go to the principal's house and ask him to pee in the cup. When you've watched it a million times you can also notice random things like there are some lines that are dubbed that clearly aren't what's being said, 13:22 being one of them. I always wondered what they were actually saying. And I will fight anyone who says Coach Finstock isn't one of the all-time greatest characters in 80s cinema.
I'm glad you enjoyed teen wolf shanelle. Also at 14:12 Michael J Fox done really well to keep his balance on the wet slippery floor scene. First time I saw teen wolf was with my family a week after it's release on VHS because the owner of the video store was a good friend of the family and thats why we were one of the first families to see it so quick.
When you said about the girl and dad playing basketball just to get her at the house haha I remember when I was 14-15yrs,me and my brother came back from playing football with our friends and my mum said two girls "Christina and Emma who were my age " came up and asked if they could wait for me,one of them asked my mum if she could iron my school uniform for the next day,while my mum was ironing clothes haha she did a good job so I just left it that 😊
Critics weren't thrilled about this movie, but it cost a pittance compared to what it made back (boy, studios love that) and it ended up being popular enough to spawn a Saturday morning cartoon; although, come to think of it, I don't remember there being all that much merchandise. The reveal that the dad is also a werewolf gets such a reaction, I think, not just because you aren't expecting it, but because the dad's posture and speech are so matter of fact 'father having a talk with his son' that it's a real contrast to the potential seriousness of the situation and whole notion of what a werewolf is, even in this movie (to say nothing of the vicious, blood-soaked, mythology surrounding the creatures). Well... that, and the fact that they made the father so fluffy and round-cheeked as a werewolf that he brings to mind an oversized ewok; it's hard not to laugh. Besides, who ever pictures a werewolf in chinos and plaid, with a middle-aged paunch? If I had a nickel for every time one of my family has jokingly growled "Give me. A keg. Of beer." over the years, I'd probably be able to buy a keg of beer... if I actually drank beer.
Actually, Jeph Loeb, who co-wrote this film with Matt Weisman, wrote some comic books in the early 2000s, like Superman, Batman, Spider Man: Blue and Hulk: Gray. He was recently at the New York Comic Con this past weekend, and he had a long line of fans at his booth. Pretty good writer.
I had *just* said to my spouse that I'd always thought they should've made a live-action Spider-Man back when Michael J. Fox was young, because he would have made a perfect Peter Parker, when Scott's dad gave that iteration of the "great responsibility" speech.
"What do we do with the cup?"... he's daring him to knock on the neighbor's door and ask him to pee in the cup. To check his bloodsugar for the department of health. 😅
One of my all-timers here! Thanks for watching it! There is a really nice deleted scene w/ Scott and his dad. You should check it out. I can watch this movie anytime. It just makes me feel good. The walk w/ Boof and the talk w/ dad were so good. The music too. :) And BOOF! She was my 80s crush! lol
I somehow managed, without being aware that MJFox was in both, to see this and Back to the Future back to back at the cinemas. Still can't think of either without thinking about the other.
I saw this in theatres when it came out. As a 13-year-old boy, this felt like other teen films of the time -- think Secret Admirer, Real Genius, or Private School -- but with a fantasy twist. It's about a school nobody getting attention and winning the girl. It was only watching it again when I was older that I realised that there's more to it than other films of that type. The coach was played by Jay Tarses, a writer-producer who wrote episodes for Bob Newhart, Tony Randall, and Carol Burnett in the 70s plus a few Muppet movies. My guess is that Boof is a version of Buffy, which is a diminutive of Elizabeth (believed to come from the way some children say Beth).
I saw this at the theater in the summer of 1985 - at the end, when Scott brushes Pamela out of the way to go to Boof, the entire audience cheered out loud. It was a great flick to catch at the theater.
"Stupidly Fun!" Those two words truly encapsulates so many of the 80's teen movies that were, at the end of the day, just a great two hour escape from the rigors of being a teenager during that great decade. I graduated in 1986. So many stupidly fun movies from that time. Thank you for the review! For another great 80's fun teen movie, check out "Better Off Dead" with John Cusack.
The actor who plays the coach is Jay Tarses. I previously saw him in a sitcom called "The Duck Factory," about an animation studio, which also starred Jim Carey as an animator (the first time I ever saw him), and Don Messick, who did the voice of Scooby-Doo and Papa Smurf (the fist time I ever saw him in front of the camera) who played (guess what?) the company's voice actor.
The scene with the dad and Rusty Thorne is one of the best I've seen when you want to find a good example of intimidation in film. It was the perfect balance of being both subtle and extreme at the same time. Granted it does help that those two have a long history and the end result of Rusty pissing his pants again is perfect.
Believe it or not, this was another in a long line of 80s properties that had it's own Saturday Morning Cartoon Spin-off. I actually saw the cartoon before the movie. There, it's not just him and his dad, but his grandparents and a little sister. Had a rocking theme song too that's worth a listen.
🐺👍 If there's any doubt about where this was filmed, just freeze the frame at 21:29. Here in Los Angeles, Fair Oaks is pretty much synonymous with Pasadena as driving south, it eventually becomes the Pasadena freeway. I saw this when it first came out and one of the few things I remember is that the opening shot of Michael J. Fox playing basketball alone was enough to get a big laugh from the audience. By then it was a pretty well-known fact that he's only 5'4 and the incongruity of someone that height choosing basketball as a favorite sport was not lost on anybody. Also, in case you missed it, the lettering on the shirt at 14:34 is an obvious "Back To The Future" reference.
I don't think it is a BTTF reference. Teen Wolf was filmed in November and December of 1984. At that time they were still filming BTTF with Eric Stoltz; Michael J. Fox's first day on BTTF was January 15th 1985 and he only was made aware of the BTTF offer 12 days before that. He was done with Teen Wolf by then.
You weren't supposed to take this movie seriously. Just have fun with it and don't question it too much. And while Pamela is very pretty, Boof would be the girl for me. Everybody needs a friend like Styles too. Great reaction again Shanelle. Keep it up.
I was born in 81 and this was a favorite of mine through the 80s and into the 90s. You're the first person I've seen react to it and when you said the RT score I was shocked. Not by the critic's score, cause they're so constantly wrong, but by the audience score. It's such a fun movie and is quintessential 80's.
Boof playing basketball with Scott's dad isn't weird or inappropriate. Several 80s movies have scenes where teens get guidance from friend's parents or neighbours.
I agree, she read WAY too much into that. I get it, this is the 2020s and we need to treat every adult as a potential pedo, but the 80s were a different era. Besides, it's a small town and Scott and Boof have been friends since they were practically babies. I'm still close to some of my friends from childhood and their parents.
back in the 80s and before , if you grew up with your neighbors since you were a baby or young child it wasnt weird to be around your friends parents they looked out for you as an extended member of the family . sure there were bad people out there but it wasnt as publicized so there wasnt the fear and suspicion of everyone. some would say better safe than sorry but now a days its sad how you cant even talk to kids without someone making accusations, or thinking eww whats going on here ?
Check out The Secret of My Success if you want more Michael J. Fox peak 80’s. Such a classic movie that gets overlooked and I don’t think I’ve seen anyone react to that one.
So, I was a huge Family Ties fan and Michael J Fox fanatic before he blew up. I was obsessd with his comedic timing. There was a very specific thing he used to do on certain punchlines every episode for television that wasn't really utilized in his film work. He had this natural knack to be able to be really still, milk a moment for eager anticipation, at what his pompous acid tongue character Alex would retort back with at some comment said to him he found particularly innane and then just hit the money line with perfect masterclass precision every time. It was his trademark and TV role alter ego's signature stock and trade move to be coiled spring waiting out conversations he found beneath him just so he could smirkly pick his moment to then snap-off mercilessly and dunk hard on them using usually the minimalist amount of words to do and most aloof casual way of delivering brutal punchlines and takedowns. Michael J. Fox had another skill set of manufacturing great loads of manic energy and physicality while unloading exposition dumps simultaneously. Which served him well in the fast paced blocking and choreography of movies where plot and story move at the speed of keep moving, keep moving, next scene, etc. And then he contracted that horrible disease by 1991 so it stripped him of the ability to be able to ever use this very specific skill set ever again. When he returned to TV in '96 for Spin City, he couldn't stand perfectly still anymore by then so he developed tricks and a new comedic body language to conceal the Parkinson's, which it did for a few years. But Family Ties and Teen Wolf are really the only time capsule proof of this comedic super power he used to contain of holding on a line, building comedic anticipation and then wallop with the money line like a boss. FUN FACT: TEEN WOLF was filmed a full year before he filmed Back To The Future. So, even though Wolf was released one month after Future, on film, Michael was actually a full year younger than he is in BTTF. He actually shot Teen Wolf on his Family Ties hiatus between seasons two going into three. It was still a relatively low rated show, but fierce loyal followers. So, Michael wasn't a household name yet. But, big change #1 to happen was that when Family Ties came back for season three, it had a new lead in show: The Cosby Show. And from The Cosby Show's pilot first airing, it immediately skyrocketed to #1 in the Nelson ratings and became over night a pop culture phenomenon. So, Family Ties went from being this great deserving sitcom on the verge of cancellation to instantly the #2 show right after Cosby. This raised Michael's profile considerably. Suddenly, he had offers and quality projects pitched to him. Teen Wolf was really the only thing a TV actor on a low rated series could get at the time. It was also more unusual for a TV actor to do movies. There were definitely harder drawn lines between the two mediums back then. FUN FACT #2: when he was shooting Teen Wolf, he actually saw the talent scouts scouting for Back To The Future and acquiring about it, and wishing so much he could one day be a part of a Speilberg production like that. He had no idea. He would shoot BTTF starting in the first week of January 1985. The film had a release date of July 3rd to meet. He got the script and offering on a Friday and was on set shooting BTTF the following Monday night at the Twin Pines Mall parking lot. He would resume doing Family Ties the following week Monday which is when his life became three months of working both a TV show during the day and shooting a motion picture at night non stop. It's an amazing accomplishment on his part how his performances on those episodes for the entire season three year of Family Ties when he was basically averaging two hours of sleep a night for 100 straight days are flawless and he actually goes up another level becoming an even more confident, stronger comedic performer this season. But, also delivering his iconic work as Marty McFly on the other end of the equation too. He did this with what he admitted was on having zero prep work for the character. He basically played him as Alex P. Keaton, his TV character, but if he had a girlfriend and was actually cool. Legend.
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The dad is a big part of what makes this movie work. He is a great and supportive father to Scott, but then the moment when you see him as a wolf too is the funniest reveal possible. The dad even takes care of the bully principal. Great reaction to a movie I enjoyed but had forgotten so much about.
The coach adds a lot too.
Mr. Howard is one of the best 80s teen movies fathers, especially after the incident at the dance with the principal, and literally scared the piss out of him.
He was also great in Sling blade.
I don't think Teen Wolf is stupid at all. It's charming, funny, sweet, and it makes you feel good. Michael J. Fox is just as charismatic here as he is in Back to the Future. The songs are great. I could go on and on. I will never get tired of revisiting this movie.
He's doing a good Jekyll/Hyde performance with Scott being very insecure and TW being very charismatic.
One of my favorite movies.
And it was popular enough to get a Saturday morning cartoon series made out of it and a sequel. But Michael J. Fox passed, on the sequel so they cast Jason Bateman as Scott's cousin and otherwise left it unchanged; the dad still has a big role, and the Jason Bateman's friends were the exact same guys that Michael J. Fox was friends with but Stiles was recast. It was also the exact same plot as the first movie except it was college instead of high school and boxing instead of basketball).
@@corystanish I got through the sequel once and that was enough. It's just ridiculous and stupid and not in a charming way.
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And "Chubs" (Mark Holt) is a great character in this... And is a hero in his own right.
The "getting lost to popularity" is a theme in a couple 80's movies. I think you would enjoy "Can't Buy Me Love."
For the record, "Great Power ~ Great Responsibility" as a Spider-man thing does predate this movie as it was a concept in the comics in the 60s. But it's also a proverbial concept going back to like the 1st century BC and there are myriad variations of it throughout history.
*_The critics are idiots! Never listen to the critics. This movie is a classic!_*
So the reason people don't like critics is because people get the idea that they're telling YOU what to think as opposed to what THEY think of the movie and people don't like being told what to do let alone what to think, despite the fact that everyone does it with their friends and family, "oh don't see that it was awful" 🤷🏻♂️ it's the same thing
They dont know fun
Secret Of My Success!!! That and TW were some of my favorites as a kid. I first saw Teen Wolf at my older brother's birthday party. One of his friends noticed that an extra's zipper was down (final scene, on the benches) and they turned around to zip it up. Luckily, it was a vhs so we could rewind it as many times we wanted (as opposed to being on tv). Man, the 80s were the best.
It's a comfort, feel good movie. It's rainy day, you're home from school, sick, and this is on TBS. You watch this and eat chicken noodle soup and life is good.
I did that so often in the 80s watching this on my VHS tape!
I had a bunch I did this with. :) Back to the Future, Batman, Who Framed Rodger Rabbit@@hayleyferguson3346
When I was a little kid, my parents had a recorded VHS tape with this movie and the original Ghostbusters on it. It was my introduction to monster movies & became a tape I plugged in every Halloween. Serious nostalgic fuzzy feelings here! 😊😊
Are you me because I had the same thing probably recorded off HBO by my aunt.
I think i had Mannequin and Soul Man on out tape with this…. Great compilation of three “different worlds” romances
So about the fact that all of the high school actors are in their 20s……. That was the point of the comment about Mick still being in High School was because he “did time”
OMG! Me, too!!!
Omg, my dad recorded all these movies off HBO onto VHS tapes, too. And I am glad for that. But not for how this movie embarrassed me in freshman year because I actually thought the way these kids acted was how I should have acted.
The "with great power" quote came from a Spider-Man comic in 1962.
A classic of my childhood. Thanks Shanelle.
Same here. I'm frankly astonished the VHS tape didn't snap from so many watches!
I liked that the movie used the “cursed bloodline/hereditary” to keep the movie lighthearted as opposed to being bitten by another wolf.
I remember seeing this in the theater after a birthday party of a friend at a roller rink when I was 10.
I’m pretty sure Pixar borrowed much of the plot from Teen Wolf for “Turning Red”. Substitute werewolf for red panda and making it about an Chinese mother and daughter in Canada
It wasn't mind control that got him the beer, it was the GLOWING RED EYES.
That seemed obvious to me too 😄
Michael J. Fox owned teen movies in 1985. He had his show Family Ties and starred in this, Posion Ivy, and the best movie series of all time Back To The Future.
Yeah, I don't think you can underestimate the star power from Family Ties.
Also, "Secret of My Success" was a solid little movie.
@@kebernet I came here to see if anyone would suggest that one. One of my favs. The soundtrack was awesome and it felt like an alex p keaton movie, yknow?
I would highly recommend Bright Lights Big City. Terrific film and a terrific dramatic performance.
@Ivy94F Casualties of War is phenomenal and underrated, and Doc Hollywood as well.
@@HL-tf2ot Oh heck yes. With Sean Penn.
Another great Michael J Fox movie to watch for Halloween is the first movie Peter Jackson directed, The Frighteners. That movie is awesome.
I am 63. But to answer your question about parties in the 80s, yes almost anything could happen at theses parties. I had on when my parents were away for two days. Fridge was full with case's of beer, told everyone the rules about getting sick. Do it outside of the house, or get kicked out. Thanks for another awesome reaction. Hello from Pa USA 🇺🇸.
8:25 - "OK, wolf status also give you mind control?" - I think he just scared the crap out of the guy.
The dad still being so incredibly "Dad" even in his wolf form is awesome. The plaid shirt, the glasses, the whole dad thing, but hairier. He's so matter-of-fact about it.
The dad in this film is one of those really good dads, who you can tell love their child so much. He's not so much the "Father known best", "Leave it to Beaver" perfect Fatherly-authority-figure. And he's not the "complicated father-son relationship" career father who's too tied up with work, or too emotionally distant, or anything like that. He's a decent guy, who runs a decent business, who loves his son in a healthy way, is there for him to support him, and tries to do good by him. When he growls at the principal, that's hilarious.
It’s a great theme for teenagers going through physical changes and trying to find their identity. Timeless message
The critics suck. You’ve discovered a whole new world.
Secret Of My Success is another Michael J classic.
Probably my favorite Michael J. Fox movie!
for me what i get from this movie is you should be yourself not what everyone else wants you to be.
Nobody told me about the safety devices in the car surfing and I fell off my car imitating that scene. Fortunately I just got a little road rash for my ignorance.
I was 16, in"85"! And this is pretty close to how we partied.
When he turns into the wolf for the first time during the game. You can see the Principal steps back behind the bleachers, I always thought it was just a fear response. I've never noticed this before that he also puts his hands over his groin, we learn later on that his father made him pee his pants in the past, nice little touch that only took me 30yrs to notice. 🤣
11:12- the inspiration for Monster Energy drinks.
The guy surfing on the van roof reminded me of hood surfing. In our youth we would ride on the hood of a car.
This movie was a huge part of my childhood. My cousins and wore out the vhs tape, along with movies like The Goonies, The Great Outdoors, Robocop, The Lost Boys, and Dragnet, just to name a few. Michael J. Fox was what made this movie so rewacthable. Styles always made you smile, and the soundtrack fun to listen to. Now my kids watch this with me every October. Love this movie.
Movie trivia: The editors messed one of the extras pulling out his no-no part at the final scene as the credits start to roll.
She addresses this in the video and that's a false rumour
I absolutely love this movie and have since my childhood! I think Boof just came over to the house to see Scott but since he wasnt there she and the dad prob played basketball to kill time til Scott got home. Thanks for watching and reacting to this classic Shanelle!
15:25 It seems to me she came over to see his son and just ended up playing with the dad.
Great movie you should also watch The Secret Of My Success. Fyi do you know there is a flasher in the end credits just about when scoot meet his dad there is a strange guy near.
27:05 - Spray bottle? Haven't you ever heard of a bucket? 🤪
"Dumb fun" is the 100% correct two-word synopsis of this film. Though I did not think so at the time... I was already dumb and thirteen years old back then (and a big MJF fan) Just "fun" then, lol.
Love your work Shanelle, keep going! Always a joy to watch. TY for all you do, hope your channel grows and grows.
9:49 - Oh yeah, that's right: you're a prude! 🤣
It's Michael J. Fox...MJF is synonymous with the 80's. He had that charm about him that made his characters likable. Glad you reacted to this movie!
*Note - To answer your question at the house party...Stiles told the pair they had to go to the superintendent's house to get a urine sample from him to "test his blood sugar"...just a dare.
Awesome, this is one of the movies of my childhood. It was on heavy rotation on HBO. You should like it, it has a lot of heart.
"Sergeant , burn the fields and when you're done with that, burn the house"
"There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body."
I have broken them since first seeing this as a kid, but they are good rules to live by.
But by the time you find the tattoo, you're already involved.
Blow drying his hair and dancing in the white suit is a parody of John Travolta and Saturday Night Fever a popular movie in the 80's
19:49 - Yes...EVERYONE needs a Teen Wolf shirt. Always. 😎
This film means a lot to me.. it was one of the first films I ever became obsessed with when I was 4-5 years old, still love it to this day.. but Boof and Scott's dad playing basketball is sweet and innocent, not everything is sinister.. it might seem weird to some, but it's really not, especially in this film.. but I'm glad you liked it! I would've kinda been disappointed if you didn't lol..
I agree Boof playing ball with Scott's dad is important. It establishes her degree of familiarity with the family and implies her and Scott have likely been friends since they were little kids, and why he is oblivious to the fact she's into him.
@@dwhelm84 agree 100%..
31:49 - Oh, so he was also a writer! Agreed, that *IS* kewl!
I watched this no less than a million times as a kid. The old liquor store guy was just scared, he wasn't mind controlled. I thiiiiiink the whipped-cream-on-the-ground thing at the party is them trying to pop a balloon between their bodies with their hands tied behind them. Who among us didn't strip down to our undies in front of everyone and get covered in whipped cream at high school parties? The prank about blood sugar was they had to go to the principal's house and ask him to pee in the cup. When you've watched it a million times you can also notice random things like there are some lines that are dubbed that clearly aren't what's being said, 13:22 being one of them. I always wondered what they were actually saying. And I will fight anyone who says Coach Finstock isn't one of the all-time greatest characters in 80s cinema.
I'm glad you enjoyed teen wolf shanelle. Also at 14:12 Michael J Fox done really well to keep his balance on the wet slippery floor scene. First time I saw teen wolf was with my family a week after it's release on VHS because the owner of the video store was a good friend of the family and thats why we were one of the first families to see it so quick.
When you said about the girl and dad playing basketball just to get her at the house haha I remember when I was 14-15yrs,me and my brother came back from playing football with our friends and my mum said two girls "Christina and Emma who were my age " came up and asked if they could wait for me,one of them asked my mum if she could iron my school uniform for the next day,while my mum was ironing clothes haha she did a good job so I just left it that 😊
Critics weren't thrilled about this movie, but it cost a pittance compared to what it made back (boy, studios love that) and it ended up being popular enough to spawn a Saturday morning cartoon; although, come to think of it, I don't remember there being all that much merchandise.
The reveal that the dad is also a werewolf gets such a reaction, I think, not just because you aren't expecting it, but because the dad's posture and speech are so matter of fact 'father having a talk with his son' that it's a real contrast to the potential seriousness of the situation and whole notion of what a werewolf is, even in this movie (to say nothing of the vicious, blood-soaked, mythology surrounding the creatures).
Well... that, and the fact that they made the father so fluffy and round-cheeked as a werewolf that he brings to mind an oversized ewok; it's hard not to laugh. Besides, who ever pictures a werewolf in chinos and plaid, with a middle-aged paunch?
If I had a nickel for every time one of my family has jokingly growled "Give me. A keg. Of beer." over the years, I'd probably be able to buy a keg of beer... if I actually drank beer.
13:22 - No, it's actually from Spiderman. The comic started in the '60s. The filmmakers were probably fans, no idea.
Actually, Jeph Loeb, who co-wrote this film with Matt Weisman, wrote some comic books in the early 2000s, like Superman, Batman, Spider Man: Blue and Hulk: Gray. He was recently at the New York Comic Con this past weekend, and he had a long line of fans at his booth. Pretty good writer.
@@Madbandit77 I know, I saw that later in the trivia. That's so kewl! Did you get a chance to meet him?
@@TheJamieRamone Unfortunately no. The line was long.
@@Madbandit77 Sorry to hear that.
I had *just* said to my spouse that I'd always thought they should've made a live-action Spider-Man back when Michael J. Fox was young, because he would have made a perfect Peter Parker, when Scott's dad gave that iteration of the "great responsibility" speech.
"What do we do with the cup?"... he's daring him to knock on the neighbor's door and ask him to pee in the cup. To check his bloodsugar for the department of health. 😅
This was always a go-to vhs for me days staying home real or pretend sick from school, gonna be a nostalgic watch!
One of my all-timers here! Thanks for watching it! There is a really nice deleted scene w/ Scott and his dad. You should check it out. I can watch this movie anytime. It just makes me feel good. The walk w/ Boof and the talk w/ dad were so good. The music too. :) And BOOF! She was my 80s crush! lol
5:45 - Good for you! You didn't go straight for "Are we in New York?" 😁
8:29 - Uh, yeah. Or as we used to call it: scaring the shit out of old people. 😁
25:18 - Slyles is like a pre-'90s Parker Lewis.
Between this movie, Back to the Future, and Family Ties, MJF was the man to kid me.
Boff was one of my early crushes.
Real Genius
@@tempsitch5632different actresses but both cute.
I always had a crush on the dark haired girl in sunglasses that was in Scott's cheering section before he became teen wolf.
@@justwatching6186 Whoa. Are we sure ? Have we ever seen them in the same room at the same time ? ;-)
The very first thing I bought on ebay back in the 90's was the Teen Wolf soundtrack on vinyl. Also included a CDr rip of the soundtrack.
I somehow managed, without being aware that MJFox was in both, to see this and Back to the Future back to back at the cinemas. Still can't think of either without thinking about the other.
6:37 - Oh, you noticed that? So subtle it flies under so many radars. 🤪
I saw this in theatres when it came out. As a 13-year-old boy, this felt like other teen films of the time -- think Secret Admirer, Real Genius, or Private School -- but with a fantasy twist. It's about a school nobody getting attention and winning the girl. It was only watching it again when I was older that I realised that there's more to it than other films of that type.
The coach was played by Jay Tarses, a writer-producer who wrote episodes for Bob Newhart, Tony Randall, and Carol Burnett in the 70s plus a few Muppet movies.
My guess is that Boof is a version of Buffy, which is a diminutive of Elizabeth (believed to come from the way some children say Beth).
I would love to see Star Trek reactions from you.
I saw this at the theater in the summer of 1985 - at the end, when Scott brushes Pamela out of the way to go to Boof, the entire audience cheered out loud. It was a great flick to catch at the theater.
I grew up with 3 Michael J. Fox movies on VHS. Back to the Future, The Hard Way, and Teen Wolf. I love this movie! Always watched these with my dad.
Ooo, Hard Way, never even heard of that one. Gotta look it up!
@@TheJamieRamone it's a classic in my house! Hope you enjoy it!
21:23 - Hey, palm trees can grow in Nevada too...and Texas! 😁
This was a fun 80s movie. The next one stars Jason Bateman who is the brother of Justine Bateman that played Michael J Fox's siste in family ties.
Ha ha ha. The teammate Chubby also played Francis in Pee Wee's Big Adventure also had a bit part as the adult Steelwell in a League Of Their Own
"Stupidly Fun!" Those two words truly encapsulates so many of the 80's teen movies that were, at the end of the day, just a great two hour escape from the rigors of being a teenager during that great decade. I graduated in 1986. So many stupidly fun movies from that time. Thank you for the review! For another great 80's fun teen movie, check out "Better Off Dead" with John Cusack.
Amazing that in the same year he was filming this, BTTF, and Family Ties the series at the same time.
This movie was very popular back in the day. Hell it spawned a sequel and a TV series.
And a cartoon series.. And the years later reboot TV series spawned it's own spin off. Oh and the reboot TV series got its own TV (streaming) movie.
The actor who plays the coach is Jay Tarses. I previously saw him in a sitcom called "The Duck Factory," about an animation studio, which also starred Jim Carey as an animator (the first time I ever saw him), and Don Messick, who did the voice of Scooby-Doo and Papa Smurf (the fist time I ever saw him in front of the camera) who played (guess what?) the company's voice actor.
Spider-man predates this movie by decades. The line was a homage
WOAH! After so many requests, finally! Let this be a lesson to you kids: pestering Shanelle works! 🤪
Shanelle might regret this
@@jonathanross149 Nah, she uses us as movie suggestion lackeys so it's pretty much a win-win scenario.
You want a classic 80s movie with Michael J Fox, you must check out the made for TV movie Poison Ivy. He's a camp counselor and it's awesome.
love the reactions your a champ
18:07 - That's why classics are classics. Think about it! 😉
More reactors need to get on this one. I love this movie so much.
High School Musical wishes it were at the level of Teen Wolf. Lol
This is a surprise reaction! Not seen this film in forever!
Shanelle, I've been waiting so, so long for someone to react to "Teen Wolf". Thank you for watching, and for enjoying this movie for what it is.
I’ve always loved this movie. It makes me so happy to see someone else getting as much enjoyment out of it as I always have! 😂
The scene with the dad and Rusty Thorne is one of the best I've seen when you want to find a good example of intimidation in film. It was the perfect balance of being both subtle and extreme at the same time. Granted it does help that those two have a long history and the end result of Rusty pissing his pants again is perfect.
This is one of my favorite basketball ,,
Believe it or not, this was another in a long line of 80s properties that had it's own Saturday Morning Cartoon Spin-off. I actually saw the cartoon before the movie. There, it's not just him and his dad, but his grandparents and a little sister. Had a rocking theme song too that's worth a listen.
🐺👍 If there's any doubt about where this was filmed, just freeze the frame at 21:29. Here in Los Angeles, Fair Oaks is pretty much synonymous with Pasadena as driving south, it eventually becomes the Pasadena freeway. I saw this when it first came out and one of the few things I remember is that the opening shot of Michael J. Fox playing basketball alone was enough to get a big laugh from the audience. By then it was a pretty well-known fact that he's only 5'4 and the incongruity of someone that height choosing basketball as a favorite sport was not lost on anybody. Also, in case you missed it, the lettering on the shirt at 14:34 is an obvious "Back To The Future" reference.
I don't think it is a BTTF reference. Teen Wolf was filmed in November and December of 1984. At that time they were still filming BTTF with Eric Stoltz; Michael J. Fox's first day on BTTF was January 15th 1985 and he only was made aware of the BTTF offer 12 days before that. He was done with Teen Wolf by then.
You weren't supposed to take this movie seriously. Just have fun with it and don't question it too much. And while Pamela is very pretty, Boof would be the girl for me. Everybody needs a friend like Styles too. Great reaction again Shanelle. Keep it up.
A great 80s teen movie with all the tropes is Some Kind of Wonderful.
A classic the dad reveal was great ha ha
With great power comes great responsibility is a Spiderman saying. It first appeared in the comics in 1962.
I was born in 81 and this was a favorite of mine through the 80s and into the 90s. You're the first person I've seen react to it and when you said the RT score I was shocked. Not by the critic's score, cause they're so constantly wrong, but by the audience score. It's such a fun movie and is quintessential 80's.
Boof playing basketball with Scott's dad isn't weird or inappropriate. Several 80s movies have scenes where teens get guidance from friend's parents or neighbours.
I agree, she read WAY too much into that. I get it, this is the 2020s and we need to treat every adult as a potential pedo, but the 80s were a different era. Besides, it's a small town and Scott and Boof have been friends since they were practically babies. I'm still close to some of my friends from childhood and their parents.
back in the 80s and before , if you grew up with your neighbors since you were a baby or young child it wasnt weird to be around your friends parents they looked out for you as an extended member of the family . sure there were bad people out there but it wasnt as publicized so there wasnt the fear and suspicion of everyone. some would say better safe than sorry but now a days its sad how you cant even talk to kids without someone making accusations, or thinking eww whats going on here ?
Check out The Secret of My Success if you want more Michael J. Fox peak 80’s. Such a classic movie that gets overlooked and I don’t think I’ve seen anyone react to that one.
The original "what are you doing stepbro" movie
Teen Wolf walked, so Air Bud could run.
I was 11 when this movie came out. I still watch it at least once a year. I love it.
I'll never apologize for loving this classic. Boof is so solid and sweet, we need more characters with her backbone, loyalty, and honesty.
boof was a babe.
Shanelle, you'll always be an instant thumbs up from me! Excited to see this one!
For the life of me I've never understood why it's always the same 2 teams playing each other in basketball over and over
So, I was a huge Family Ties fan and Michael J Fox fanatic before he blew up. I was obsessd with his comedic timing. There was a very specific thing he used to do on certain punchlines every episode for television that wasn't really utilized in his film work. He had this natural knack to be able to be really still, milk a moment for eager anticipation, at what his pompous acid tongue character Alex would retort back with at some comment said to him he found particularly innane and then just hit the money line with perfect masterclass precision every time. It was his trademark and TV role alter ego's signature stock and trade move to be coiled spring waiting out conversations he found beneath him just so he could smirkly pick his moment to then snap-off mercilessly and dunk hard on them using usually the minimalist amount of words to do and most aloof casual way of delivering brutal punchlines and takedowns. Michael J. Fox had another skill set of manufacturing great loads of manic energy and physicality while unloading exposition dumps simultaneously. Which served him well in the fast paced blocking and choreography of movies where plot and story move at the speed of keep moving, keep moving, next scene, etc. And then he contracted that horrible disease by 1991 so it stripped him of the ability to be able to ever use this very specific skill set ever again. When he returned to TV in '96 for Spin City, he couldn't stand perfectly still anymore by then so he developed tricks and a new comedic body language to conceal the Parkinson's, which it did for a few years. But Family Ties and Teen Wolf are really the only time capsule proof of this comedic super power he used to contain of holding on a line, building comedic anticipation and then wallop with the money line like a boss.
FUN FACT: TEEN WOLF was filmed a full year before he filmed Back To The Future. So, even though Wolf was released one month after Future, on film, Michael was actually a full year younger than he is in BTTF. He actually shot Teen Wolf on his Family Ties hiatus between seasons two going into three. It was still a relatively low rated show, but fierce loyal followers. So, Michael wasn't a household name yet. But, big change #1 to happen was that when Family Ties came back for season three, it had a new lead in show: The Cosby Show. And from The Cosby Show's pilot first airing, it immediately skyrocketed to #1 in the Nelson ratings and became over night a pop culture phenomenon. So, Family Ties went from being this great deserving sitcom on the verge of cancellation to instantly the #2 show right after Cosby. This raised Michael's profile considerably. Suddenly, he had offers and quality projects pitched to him. Teen Wolf was really the only thing a TV actor on a low rated series could get at the time. It was also more unusual for a TV actor to do movies. There were definitely harder drawn lines between the two mediums back then.
FUN FACT #2: when he was shooting Teen Wolf, he actually saw the talent scouts scouting for Back To The Future and acquiring about it, and wishing so much he could one day be a part of a Speilberg production like that. He had no idea. He would shoot BTTF starting in the first week of January 1985. The film had a release date of July 3rd to meet. He got the script and offering on a Friday and was on set shooting BTTF the following Monday night at the Twin Pines Mall parking lot. He would resume doing Family Ties the following week Monday which is when his life became three months of working both a TV show during the day and shooting a motion picture at night non stop. It's an amazing accomplishment on his part how his performances on those episodes for the entire season three year of Family Ties when he was basically averaging two hours of sleep a night for 100 straight days are flawless and he actually goes up another level becoming an even more confident, stronger comedic performer this season. But, also delivering his iconic work as Marty McFly on the other end of the equation too. He did this with what he admitted was on having zero prep work for the character. He basically played him as Alex P. Keaton, his TV character, but if he had a girlfriend and was actually cool.
Legend.
I love this movie and the Teen Wolf cartoon series.
The cartoon was awesome. I miss Saturday morning cartoons.
"GIVE ME A KEG OF BEER!"