When i was a boy in the late 80s, I used to rent out videos from my local store. One such one was Teen Wolf Too. I seem to remember enjoying it, probably cos it was about boxing and i liked fight films at that age like any boy (my favourite movie series was the Karate Kid). I didn't remember much about it, but must have liked it cos I then rented Teen Wolf, the original, to see where it had come from. Low and behold the main character was Michael J Fox, my favourite actor at the time. Then I fell in love with THAT film, perhaps even forgetting it all started with Teen Wolf Too.
Years later, with newly installed Sky, I see that Teen Wolf Too in on Sci-Fi channel one afternoon. 'I'll watch that, I loved those films when i was a kid, it's like walking down memory lane'. I was shocked at how bad it was (more on this later). Was I that clueless as a kid? Anyway, a week later I saw that the original Teen Wolf was on, and thought 'Hey, let's truly confirm my poor taste as a child'. I was again shocked. Because it was good. Okay, it's not really, it's actually stupid and I still don't know why:
A) Scott/Todd turn into a werewolf. A little explanation is all I ask, not a realistic one, just a little.
B) Scott/Todd just accept what happens to them.
C) No one else goes 'That's a werewolf, that's both freaky and unusual, quick, run!' (Instead they all go 'Yay, go Wolfie! We love you and your furriness!')
D) Why being a werewolf helps you be good at Basketball/Boxing.
Saying all that, Teen Wolf is okay. Its entertaining, has morals, quite amusing, has energetic and sympathetic characters, and Fox's phone in performance is still very likable. I must have watched it so much as a kid, i could remember so many lines. Only the Karate kid matches that.
Teen Wolf Too though, is dreadful. People are saying remake/copy, and i agree, except that's too kind. If it was remade properly, it would be close to having the story of the original. But it's like they took the main plot points of the original and said 'Okay, we got that scene, well let's set it here but make as little effort as possible, i mean we're only remaking Teen Wolf, no one cares if it's good.' The result is a mess of awkward, tired, unfunny scenes that only make sense when you see the original and realise that's what they were trying to achieve. In particular, 'Do you love me' was such a terrible, forced, illogical copy of 'Surf's Up' it was painful. But i'm glad i saw them the wrong way round again, because this really makes Teen Wolf look like Back to the Future.
Oh, and the point of my story is that I then realised my taste as a kid was obviously not that bad, cos I had seen this twice and then stopped. I had watched Teen Wolf again and again, that's why i knew so many lines even now. The only line I could remember in this was: 'Thanks, you got any fries.'
Years later, with newly installed Sky, I see that Teen Wolf Too in on Sci-Fi channel one afternoon. 'I'll watch that, I loved those films when i was a kid, it's like walking down memory lane'. I was shocked at how bad it was (more on this later). Was I that clueless as a kid? Anyway, a week later I saw that the original Teen Wolf was on, and thought 'Hey, let's truly confirm my poor taste as a child'. I was again shocked. Because it was good. Okay, it's not really, it's actually stupid and I still don't know why:
A) Scott/Todd turn into a werewolf. A little explanation is all I ask, not a realistic one, just a little.
B) Scott/Todd just accept what happens to them.
C) No one else goes 'That's a werewolf, that's both freaky and unusual, quick, run!' (Instead they all go 'Yay, go Wolfie! We love you and your furriness!')
D) Why being a werewolf helps you be good at Basketball/Boxing.
Saying all that, Teen Wolf is okay. Its entertaining, has morals, quite amusing, has energetic and sympathetic characters, and Fox's phone in performance is still very likable. I must have watched it so much as a kid, i could remember so many lines. Only the Karate kid matches that.
Teen Wolf Too though, is dreadful. People are saying remake/copy, and i agree, except that's too kind. If it was remade properly, it would be close to having the story of the original. But it's like they took the main plot points of the original and said 'Okay, we got that scene, well let's set it here but make as little effort as possible, i mean we're only remaking Teen Wolf, no one cares if it's good.' The result is a mess of awkward, tired, unfunny scenes that only make sense when you see the original and realise that's what they were trying to achieve. In particular, 'Do you love me' was such a terrible, forced, illogical copy of 'Surf's Up' it was painful. But i'm glad i saw them the wrong way round again, because this really makes Teen Wolf look like Back to the Future.
Oh, and the point of my story is that I then realised my taste as a kid was obviously not that bad, cos I had seen this twice and then stopped. I had watched Teen Wolf again and again, that's why i knew so many lines even now. The only line I could remember in this was: 'Thanks, you got any fries.'