Anyone remember Enemy Mine?

[revoltub]

I still remember that Lou Gossett's character called Dennis Quaid's ugly, made me think about relative views at the time.

Poor Quaid. Ugly even on an alien planet.

 

[lostdog000]

loved it when i was a kid too

 

[BisexualMMA]

Poor Quaid. Ugly even on an alien planet.

 

[MadSquabbles500]

Liberal movie before liberalism took hold. Human adopting and raising a child not even of same species. Truly ahead of its time.

 

[emefer]

Zammies

 

[usmctanker242]

I don’t think that’s a good comparison really. Enemy Mine is more of a drama with some important underlying themes. Howard the Duck is just an over the top cheese fest that probably always sucked, we just didn’t realize it as kids.

As Dana White would say, Howard the Duck was never my friend.

I wasn't really comparing the two movies, but just pointing out that I've learned the hard way to not go back and watch those "great" movies from my childhood.

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

I wasn't really comparing the two movies, but just pointing out that I've learned the hard way to not go back and watch those "great" movies from my childhood.

I see. Well, I think this one would hold up better than Howard the Duck. Just because a movie’s older doesn’t mean it will suck. Enemy Mine is a legit good movie. I don’t even have any nostalgia when it comes to that movie because I saw it for the first time in like 2007 when I was already 23.

 

[Bagatur]

one of the few movies that made it to the Soviet big screen back in the day. watched it many times as a kid.

 

[Agent Mulder's Hair]

It really feels like a Trek episode done very well indeed and indeed I think Trek itself arguably took influence from it in the TNG era, how many episodes had a similar kind of setup to this?

 

[Ares Black]

Saw it as a kid and really liked it. Pretty much seems forgotten. The worm monster freaked me tf out as a lad.

Amazing movie.

It's about not being a fucking racist, btw.

 

[moreorless87]

Yep, Final Mission with Picard and Wesley marooned also comes to mind and I'd guess there are probably 2-3 others that take aspects of the premise as well.

 

[Soma]

Loved that movie. Haven't seen it in at least 20 years but I still think about it at least once a week.

 

[Dolomite]

This is an absolute - near universal- truth.

After going back and watching Howard the Duck I've kind of decided not to re-watch those films I loved as a kid anymore. Holy shit was Howard the Duck horrible!

It was horrible. So abhorrent as a matter of fact that it could cause a person to swear off the classics - please don't let that happen.

 

[zell]

Enemy Mine holds up pretty well, I still enjoy it in my 30s. Howard the Duck...maybe it blows but it'll always be near and dear to my heart!

 

[ClubFoot]

Liberal movie before liberalism took hold. Human adopting and raising a child not even of same species. Truly ahead of its time.

At least the baby wasn’t black.

 

[Halifax]

Saw it as a kid and really liked it. Pretty much seems forgotten. The worm monster freaked me tf out as a lad.

We had a thread on this like 2 months ago lol

yeah a lot of us love it

 

[revoltub]

We had a thread on this like 2 months ago lol

yeah a lot of us love it

Missed that one

 

[revoltub]

Amazing movie.

It's about not being a fucking racist, btw.

Yeah looking back seems obvious but as a kid I just saw it as being bros with aliens. Was really into aliens as a kid. Wanted an alien as my bro.