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Ahhh... Jackie Peters


She was so annoying. And I didn't understand what all the fuss with her was about. Okay, Donna Wilkes can be cute, but I didn't think she looked her best in this movie. All the guys kept looking at her and reacting to her presence as if she were some kind of goddess haha. I just didn't get it. And it always bothered me that at the end, when her and Sean are on the boat alone, she doesn't try to protect him in any way. Just screams like an idiot.

I giggle when I get attacked for my opinion, because it just doesn't make sense

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I thought her hysteria came across as genuine, even if it was a little annoying.

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Yeah, looking back, I'm not sure what the fuss was about. She was considered extremely cute for 70s standards. Looked good in a pantsuit, I guess. I remember having major feelings for her when this came out. Of course I was just a little kid. Then, she showed up on "Hello Larry"....a show which had an audience share of me and about 3 or 4 other people, apparently.

It's funny. I was recently watching this on cable a few weeks ago and my wife commented, "geez, these kids are all butt-ugly!!" I think she was mainly talking about Larry Jr., but Keith Gordon gave her the heebie-jeebies too, I think. Hey, I told her, don't you remember? That was what made the 70s glorious! Today, they'd all look like supermodels.

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Only Tina and Lucy were hot.

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I thought Marge was the prettiest. Not many pictures of her though. She's the sail boat girl who gets eaten in front of Sean.

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Thank you for mentioning Marge! I liked her, too. It sucks that they killed her off! And she didn't even get enough screen time! Jackie's screaming got really annoying to me, also. I don't blame Larry Vaughan Jr. for getting on her case for "freaking out". I thought he was kind of a bossy, bratty kid in the movie, at first.

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Brooke Peters for me

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This. Also Marge.

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Consider me one of those 3 or four other people. However I was in it for Kim Richards. What a dish she was

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If I was in their sailing party I would have thrown Jackie overboard as shark food. While it was quite realistic, her constant hysteria got to be very annoying. I imagine all the guys were looking at her purely because she was somebody new and it was a fairly small community (notice the absence of cliques, and even nerdy Timmy was an accepted part of their group).

I don't think the kids in Jaws 2 were ugly though. All the girls were pretty in realistic ways (although Tina was "Miss Amity"). And some of the guys were cute (especially Mike and Patrick). For the most part, they looked like a regular bunch of kids. If you look at the crap that comes out these days (like the remake of Piranha) everybody is a wannabe model, caked in make-up with perfect teeth and a boob implants (and that even applies to some of the male actors). They don't look like kids anymore, they look like manufactured dummies.

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Lucy was gorgeous. When she's hugging her boyfriend just after Brody appears on the scene, her eyes are incredible. She looks very seventies in a Marilyn Burns type way..very beautiful and sexy! When I saw this years ago I had a complete girl crush on her!

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Jackie was the *beep* I'm sorry. Her eyes were just GORGEOUS!!! And even tho I'd throw out that damn suit she 1st appeared in, she was fly as hell. And her in that tight short shorts red outfit at the end? C'mon y'all she was the hottest *beep* in the crew, EXCEPT Lucy. Lucy had that I'm not even trying Marsha Brady sweet sexy look. I was always in love with her.
As for Jackies histera, I'm in the minority but I loved it. It was absolutely neccasary. And maybe I just love a good screamer in horror movies but I rewind that last attack on the boat when everyone is falling off together all the time because of how much I LOVE her scream and how scared she looks being the last one left on the boat with Sean.

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Jackie was the *beep* I'm sorry. Her eyes were just GORGEOUS!!! And even tho I'd throw out that damn suit she 1st appeared in, she was fly as hell. And her in that tight short shorts red outfit at the end? C'mon y'all she was the hottest *beep* in the crew, EXCEPT Lucy. Lucy had that I'm not even trying Marsha Brady sweet sexy look. I was always in love with her.
As for Jackies histera, I'm in the minority but I loved it. It was absolutely neccasary. And maybe I just love a good screamer in horror movies but I rewind that last attack on the boat when everyone is falling off together all the time because of how much I LOVE her scream and how scared she looks being the last one left on the boat with Sean.

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I had just assumed that the guys were all star-struck by Jackie because they thought she was Mickey Dolenz.

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Hahahaha at the above! I just died a little laughing.

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At one time, I thought she was Alice from the first two Friday the 13th movies.

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"And it always bothered me that at the end, when her and Sean are on the boat alone, she doesn't try to protect him in any way. Just screams like an idiot."

I always think the same thing whenever I watch the ending to this movie.

I mean, come on sweetheart ... I get that you're scared but how do you think the 10 year old sitting right next to you feels? At least try to remain calm and comfort the kid.

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That burnt orange pantsuit she wears in her opening scene is hideous! Everyone else is in t shirts and shorts and Jackie's got on a long sleeved pantsuit with long pants in July. Plus, as one of the guys said "she has tits like a sparrow".

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"Do you have to talk like that?"

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What are you, my mother? Shut up and gimme a hand with my jib... er, THE jib!

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She was the most annoying person in cinema history. I understand being scared but screaming like that is just stupid. Why the hell do people scream like that for? I don't get it. I hated her with a passion. I think her screaming is what brought such a low rating compared to the first one. She should of died!

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Good ole Sparrow Tits. Part of it is the new girl factor. Especially in a small town like that where they have known each other for a long time and might see each other more as siblings/platonic friends and not romantic couples a lot of the time. For the guys she is new blood. Plus she does scream alot, if she does that in bed it just might make up for the Sparrow Tits.

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Jackie was BAE! But not as much as Lucy soft quiet Christian ass! Now SHE was GORGEOUS!!!!
But I loved Jackie. Her screaming was the best of any horror scream in the 70s. I loved it more then Jamie Lee Curtis scream.

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