As feared, "Everybody Wants Some!!" -- Richard Linklater's spiritual sequel to "Dazed and Confused" set in a Texas college town circa 1980 -- was as weak as the trailer looks. (Just a bunch of bros violently trying to one-up each other in increasingly annoying situations.) When it ended, I described it as "a cautionary tale about the heterosexual lifestyle" while Damian said it was "a public service announcement about the dangers of testosterone." (I'm so glad I'm not a "man.") Some are marveling at its vaguely homoerotic nature to which I say: Save yourself $10-$16.99 (as we paid per ticket on the Upper West Side!) and get all the eye candy you need -- especially of Tyler Hoechlin, who is a walking advertisement for sex -- from the film here.
The film has many problems. But on a more factual level, how common was it for people to have VCRs and all of the "Twilight Zone" episodes recorded in the fall of 1980? I know we were late to the game -- I think 1984 -- but the detail did strike me as off.
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