"Weird science! Plastic tubes and pots and pans, bits and pieces and magic from the hand!
Weird science! Things I've never seen before, behind bolted doors, talent and imagination!"
-- "Weird Science" by Oingo Boingo
It gave us an Oingo Boingo hit, Robert Downey Jr. as a bully and Anthony Michael Hall facing down a pack of road warriors. It explored the crazy nerd fantasy of fast-tracking their way to sexual activity, while bypassing the need to learn any of those pesky social skills, through good old-fangled scientific know-how. And it gave us Kelly LeBrock standing in a glowing doorway with giant hair and no pants asking what we little maniacs wanted to do first.
It's the beloved John Hughes film Weird Science, and you can watch the whole film for free right here on Fancast. Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Mitchell-Smith are Gary and Wyatt, two nerds who get picked on all the time by guys like Ian (Robert Downey Jr.) and his cronies, while having no idea how to approach the opposite sex. So, using their cutting-edge 1985 technology, they build a magical machine that creates Lisa (Kelly LeBrock), the sexiest woman they've ever seen. Even though she's their creation, the two of them are completely intimidated by her. It turns out she's much more than just a sex object - she becomes their mentor, helping them come out of their shells and actually approach the girls they really like in school. Of course, trouble starts to brew when Wyatt's complete jerk-off older brother Chet (Bill Paxton) starts getting into his face. Seems Chet doesn't like it when it's snowing in his room, but that's definitely not the worst that awaits him.
Sound crazy? It is! That's why you gotta watch Weird Science! And when you're done watching the movie, you can watch full episodes of the TV spinoff version of Weird Science, too!
