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"A
charmingly original comedy! Good fun for all!" - Judith Crist
Teen Wolf: What's a high school kid got to do to be popular? Just
let down his hair and howl! Starring Michael J. Fox (Back to the
Future), Teen Wolf is an outrageous comedy about a shy teenager
with more than a changing voice to contend with...he's a budding
young werewolf! And when his new-found powers help him score at
basketball - and with the popular girls - he has some pretty hairy
decisions to make.
He's
off to college and ready for a howling good time!
Teen Wolf Too: Meet a college freshman who's having trouble fitting
into his "genes" - family ones, that is - when he finds
out his uncle and cousin are werewolves...and so is he! Now the
clean-cut science student is the star of the boxing team with
a hair-raising right hook and an animal attraction to his curvy
coeds. Starring Jason Bateman (Necessary Roughness), this four-fang
film is sure to bring out the party animal in everyone!
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| WEBMASTER'S
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My
first impression of this disc makes a pretty easy review: Good print,
nothing else!
But, I guess I should say something more than that, shouldn't I?
Teen Wolf
I've been watching my VHS tape since 1986 and it's gotten rather
worn out. Seeing a new, fresh, non-worn out print on this DVD was
very nice. The print isn't flawless and crystal clear, but it is
certainly better than the VHS print. Also, one has to take into
consideration that the original film probably wasn't crystal clear
itself.
The only special feature that was included for this film was the
Original Theatrical Trailer. I was glad to see that they actually
took the time to find the real trailer and didn't settle for a cheesy
VHS trailer. I hadn't seen the original trailer since it was in
theaters seventeen years ago.
I was disapointed, however, that the deleted scenes were not included
on this disc. These should have been pretty easy to come by, since
they are always re-inserted when the film is shown on television.
(See my Teen Wolf
detailed plot synopsis for descriptions of these deleted
scenes.)
Overall,
I'm happy with this DVD. It's a nice print that's never going to
wear out on me.
Teen
Wolf Too
No offense to Jason Bateman or his dad (he produced the film), but
I never quite warmed up to Teen Wolf Too as much as I did Teen Wolf.
Probably for the obvious reason - Michael J. Fox wasn't in it.
Watching
the film again, though, shows me that the absence of Michael J.
Fox is not the only reason to not like this film very much. First
of all, this may technically be a sequel, but it really feels like
a remake set in college with a cousin playing the lead role instead
of our hero.
Second:
The make-up is even worse than the make-up in the first film, which
wasn't ground-breaking to begin with. In Teen Wolf, the make-up
looked much more 'natural' than the make-up in Teen Wolf Too. When
I watch Teen Wolf Too, I think 'plastic mask.'
Third:
Who is that freak playing Stiles? I mean, come on! If the original
actor wasn't available, don't even use Stiles. One of the best things
about the original Teen Wolf was Stiles. He was a shameless, self-absorbant
jerk and you loved him for it. This 'new' Stiles is just annoying.
As
a completist collector, I guess I'm happy that they included Teen
Wolf Too on the disc. It saves me from having to pay extra for it
on a separate DVD and feeling really silly, that's for sure. But
if it came down to more special features for Teen Wolf and not Teen
Wolf Too at all...well, I think you know which one I would choose.
And
along that vein, I must point out that I think MGM really missed
a great opportunity here. From my experience running this site and
my own observations growing up in the 1980's, this film holds a
special place in a lot of 80's childrens' heart's. They should have
followed the example of Atlantic, who originally released Teen Wolf
to theaters: Ride Back to the Future's coat-tails. Teen Wolf was
filmed and finished first, but someone was using their head and
released it after Back to the Future, ensuring it's success. It
worked.
If
MGM had made a bit more effort and made a special edition Teen Wolf
disc and released it close to the release of the Back to the Future
DVDs (December 17th), they might have repeated history and raked
in the bucks.
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