Jake Ryan was hot enough, but he didn't feel like a real person to me--more like a reward to Molly Ringwald for surviving her crazy birthday like a trooper. Lloyd Dobler though? Siiiiigh.
::mutters, "I gave her my heart, and she gave me a pen"::
See, Vera? Dress yourself up; you get taken out somewhere fun.
Jayne ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Vonnie K - Jul 25, 2005 2:47:50 pm PDT #6071 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Jesse - Jul 25, 2005 2:50:28 pm PDT #6072 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Lloyd Dobler is the perfect version of the regular guy. Jake Ryan is the perfect version of the perfect guy.
Also, Sixteen Candles came out in 1984 (Say Anything was 1989), so I'm sure that has something to do with its wildly disproportionate impact on my young mind.
§ ita § - Jul 25, 2005 2:51:55 pm PDT #6073 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm sure that has something to do with its wildly disproportionate impact on my young mind.
You were dancing on tables when you watched it?
I didn't see any of these movies at the right time. I'm not sure when I saw Say Anything.
Closer to Grosse Point Blank than most women my age, anyway.
Seemed perfect. I mean, I like Dobler a lot, but I'd leave him for Blank.
Jesse - Jul 25, 2005 2:57:23 pm PDT #6074 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You were dancing on tables when you watched it?
Yes.
No, I actually feel like I saw it twice in the theater, though.
Sean K - Jul 25, 2005 3:02:31 pm PDT #6075 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Plus Claudia Christian as an alien-possessed machine gun-toting stripper.
How could I have forgotten?
Actually, I think we accidentally posted each other's posts, Matt.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 25, 2005 3:03:24 pm PDT #6076 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
"I hate to tell you this but my brother just paid 5 dollars to see your underwear..."
Actually, I think we accidentally posted each other's posts, Matt.
I never thought MacLachlan was all that, so the far more iconic image of Claudia trying to gun everyone down while in stripperwear is what stuck with me.
Dana - Jul 25, 2005 3:03:58 pm PDT #6077 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm not sure when I saw Say Anything.
I think I was 13 or 14. Doomed.
erikaj - Jul 25, 2005 3:05:24 pm PDT #6078 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
"The world is full of guys, Lloyd. Don't be a guy. Be a man." I actually got to tell a male friend this, without calling him Lloyd. I considered buying him a pen, too, but then I would be both Lloyd AND Diane and that's...a little weird.
tiggy - Jul 25, 2005 3:07:30 pm PDT #6079 of 10002
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
Don't you watch Road House, too? Or is that just ita?
no, that's my dad. he's one of those people who doesn't like to watch a movie more than once. Road House? he watches every. time. it's. on! his favorite lines are: "pain don't hurt." and "bet that hurt, didn't it?".
Vonnie K - Jul 25, 2005 3:08:12 pm PDT #6080 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I think I was 13 or 14. Doomed.
I was 19 or 20. Was a late bloomer ergo was just as doomed.