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Howard didn't want to have sex

posted 16 years ago by arazi25
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Why can't we see Leah Thompsons boobies but are treated only to a fake pseudo-human female duck's boobies in the beginning of the movie?

To me, that kind of thinking totally killed this movie. It was an insult really..cause a movie this far-fetched and impossible certainly shouldn't have been above at least treating us to some gratuitous nudity.

Howard's home planet was totally like earth..With that being said, he had total knowledge of sex and what it was. Subscribed to Play-Duck magazine, and had a girlfriend..so he knew of sex. Even had used condoms rolled up in his wallet..out of the damn wrapper.

So why was he afraid to have sex with Beverly? He totally was afraid which didn't make any sense because he knew her well enough.

Were the producers so worried about going too far over the top with implied beastiality? If not, at least have let her take her top off.

[–] easytoenvy3 16 years ago

did you ever think that lea tompson who played beverly did not want to do that you know how actors and actress look a script and if they see some thing that they dont like about it they have it changed and it would have been too much if it was to happen

[–] arazi25 16 years ago

That problem is that they implied sex, but never gave it...I didn't want bestiality, but at least give us some nudity from the lead actress. All they gave us was the 'fake female duck' which was totally ludicrous and unfunny.

Beverly rolled around on the bed with the pink panties and attempted to take the top off before Howard got scared... If that actress didn't really want to do it they should have gotten someone that would have. She definently could have been replaced.

This movie was a waste of money.

[–] easytoenvy3 16 years ago

i had to edit this my idiot sisters are teasing me for liking this movie so they typed some things in my comment like the part where it said about bevery if you look at the movie they were not realy a cuple they are realy just friends oh well sorry gentelmen you did not get that treat from one of your favorite trapper keep/poster hotties of the 80's it wouldn't phase me to see her toppless anyway because im a female i only watched the film to see one person the classy the smooth the heroic the brave the charming the one and only howard the duck i love you howard! hey arazi25 lea tompson is a good actress but i did not think that beverly was a good roll for her i think that they should have looked at the selection of female rock singers who were hot at the time and picked one of them and dressed them in the same wardrobe and hair that would have worked but don't select the heavy metal female rock singers

[–] stevenackerman69 15 years ago

Well, it wasn't a real duck we see at the beginning, okay? Maybe they felt that was okay to show. And why Howard didn't want to *beep* Beverly was the fact that he was a duck and she was a human being.

[–] no_gluten_no_wheat 15 years ago

I liked when Lea went through Howard's wallet and saw a condom. Ha! Ha! Nice touch!

[–] atari_saturna 14 years ago

This wouldn't be a problem if not for the fact that lea thompson was very hot in this movie while nothing else was:)

[–] ParabolaofMystery 14 years ago

Uh, that's not correct, at least from my viewpoint. At the bare minimum, the drummer from Cherry Bomb (the redhead who had previously dated Tim Robbins' character) was smoking hot. Actually, I had the hots for the whole band when I was a kid. Now that I'm 'grown up', it's really just the redhead.

[–] digitalboy72 14 years ago

It's irrelevant that we find Lea hot enough to bang because we're human, Howard is a member of a whole other species so I never found it odd that he didn't want Beverly.

Let me put it to you this way, would you want to have sex with a dog or a cat? Of course not (or maybe you do I don't know you ) so why is it so strange that Howard didn't want to have sex with Beverly?

If you expect the unexpected doesn't the unexpected then become the expected?

[–] HoppingBunny 14 years ago

I guess you don't really know the duck's physiology: You should look up.

http://www.physorg.com/news180769252.html

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[–] Pimperator 14 years ago

They were obviously screwing by the end of the film.

[–] ellino_kanadezo 14 years ago

Howard mentioned that it isn't right, because they are of a different species....not that he was afraid to have sex

[–] leesa21855 14 years ago

thanks for the link....kirisute2001..thats the biggest question i had coming from this film lol

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[–] magemaximus 14 years ago

lmao

[–] TalesfromTheCryptfan 7 years ago

In the comics they were a couple and what makes that no different than Vastra and Jenny on Doctor Who? an alien lizard woman married to a human lesbian woman?

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[–] pdemonte987 13 years ago

I think so too.

And he clearly wanted to have sex earlier, but got nervous when she was going to give it to him.

I was turned on. Man, she was HOT. I miss 80's hot.

[–] MyWifeMorganFairchild 13 years ago

Wait...when did Howard not want to have sex? I thought in the bed scene with Lea Thompson bemoaning that fact that she was a single gal, Howard pretty much suggested that maybe she needed to find not a man, but something else which leads to her question about finding love in the animal kingdom and they end up kissing, but even though they wanted to boink each other, the three nerdy scientists interupt and nothing happens.

Anyone want to explain that?

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[–] flurng-1 13 years ago

I just got the "Special Edition" on DVD, which features recent interview with cast an crew, and I gotta say, Lea Thompson STILL gives me a raging boner! MAN, is she hot!!!

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[–] fiatlux-1 12 years ago

I think they didn't show her boobs because the film was supposed be farcical.
So they showed 'alien boobs' instead.
That wasn't a used condom in Howard's wallet. It was just one out of its wrapper.
I remember the consensus among the critics about that issue even! They said it was 'showing people something unsafe, that condoms must be in their wrappers at all times'. Ah the '80s!

There was a lot of flak about this film not being suitable for kids from parents. UM, no it wasn't and who said it was?! Just because it has a duck in it? People were just as silly then as now.
Ditto "Gremlins". To be fair though, "Gremlins" was marketed more to younger people than "Howard the Duck" was.
"Gremlins" was much too frightening for most kids. I was a kid then, and already a seasoned horror film fan, and STILL thought "Gremlins" was too much for some kids.

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