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Stephen Furst playing the 'Bluto' type character ?


yeah this was a hard one for me to swallow...
I get it they wanted to take the guys from Animal House,Porkys and The Hollywood Knights and put them all into one comedy... A great casting idea but these guys were completely miscast..
First Stephen Lang playing of all people a guy name "Gonzer" ??? The ogre type party animal ?... thats a big pill to swallow..
They did the same with the dudes from "Porkys" and "The Hollywood Knights". I was so used to these guys playing the pathetic trolls from there perspective films that it just wasnt effective...
As for Matheson's part I'm sure the director just said "give me Otter" and "Otter" he recieved..Matheson phoned that one in..
I didnt hate this movie, actually i was like 16 when it came out so i kind of remembering liking it back then but in hindsight It was terribly flawed.. Better than "Hot Dog The Movie" I suppose..

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