We have some Ferris Bueller haters here in buffista-land, but I still love that movie.

I was sorry to hear John Hughes died - and so young. I was in junior high school when I saw "The Breakfast Club" for the first and high school for "Ferris Bueller", "16 Candles" and "Pretty In Pink" (worst.ending.ever)

My friend and I saw "Some Kind of Wonderful" (also high school) and cried and cried during the movie - she was in love with her male best friend and related just a little too much to the movie.

I feel like this summer, my youth is literally dying off.

I don't like it.

I bet Annie Potts dumped yuppie boy and went back to dressing weird.(I've always been sort of tempted to write a Graduate style fic about her and The Duck, anyways...a year or two in the future or something.)

I always hated Long Duck Dong. Then I heard an interview with the actor who'd played him and I felt terrible for him.

Laga,

what did the actor have to say?

I adore Ferris Bueller beyond all reason and Planes, Trains... is one of my DH's favorite films so we are a John Hughes household.

I laugh about the Annie Potts makeover b/c we have had this conversation before - I never saw it as an antimakeover - I always saw her as just changing her clothing "mood", which I do often.

I really like "Ferris" but I didn't see it till later so it didn't make my childhood list. "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once and a while you might miss it."

what did the actor have to say?

I don't remeber real well but basically he's been taken to task by other Asians his whole life since.

Ferris is awesome.

I still remember the surprise of the post-credit scene. Because it was so unexpected, and yet everyone really was still just sitting there in the theater.

Poor Gedde Watanabe.

He's a fine actor, and has been in lots of other things, but he's been branded with Long Duck Dong.