Message to the writers about Stephen Hawking.

Yeah, I really don't see what he did to deserve this.

I do agree that some of it was in poor taste - mainly the silly physical stuff but did you really expect any better from these kinds of films? They have evolved into quite crude films since the grand daddy of them all, "Airplane!" first came out.

I did like it when Hawkins first came out for the science event and all the kids were waiting for his wise words and he starts saying all this bad stuff and shocking them. It was great to see him having some fun after all the documentaries I've watched involving him.

There is a bit where Leslie Nelson pushes him into the background and he bangs into something and flies out of the chair. I think it's a throwback to a similar scene in The Naked Gun.

I agree, mostly. Crude and offensive.

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I agree, this is one of the things not to be joked about. At that scene I just wanted to stop watching the movie.

i'm at 26, and i saw hawkings been put in multiple ocasions on comedy, due to whats appears to be its actual condition - head drifted on a wheelchair and talking like a computer, like a brain that talks and don't show up any emotion -
this or every scene made up with that, isnt fun. i would be more impressed with the movie if producers agreed first with hawkings to do this type of scenes.

Life must be cruel for ones while others are wasting their lifes producing *beep* movies.

Don't get me wrong. I feel for Hawking. His condition is absolutely heartbreaking, and he's too brilliant a mind to have to deal with it.

But this is a movie . A spoof movie. A spoof movie clearly written for middle schoolers, most of whom have no idea who Stephen Hawking even is. No, having Hawking's computer making random lewd comments was not funny. But the filmmakers, more likely than not, didn't mean to offend. They were just turned on by the almighty dollar, which apparently, is earned nowadays by creating the crudest, raunchiest comedy you can.

I rather liked Baines. We shared the same bootmaker.

Glad to see that others were as put off by these cheap efforts for laughs as I was. This ain't Shakespeare, and there were some good laughs along the way. But nothing was added by this tacky and tasteless portrayal.

I appreciated the earlier poster who made a point of having no problem with the politically incorrect humor but did have a problem with this. I feel the exact same way. Seems like it would've made more sense for the writers/director to cut out this material, if for no other reason, then to eliminate the uneasiness audiences might have about such remarkable disrespect.

I've never met the man, and of course none of these reactions come by way of pity. Just embarrassed that this is what talented people who come together for a project splay out for the world to see, as if proud of their own cleverness.

It's really not all that different from how the carnival barkers of the nineteenth century treated Joseph Merrick (aka The Elephant Man.)

And I'd guess that for about six out of ten people who see this movie, the Hawking material will be the most lasting impression. And certainly not a positive one.

Six out of ten? Maybe I'm being naive.

Just watched this yesterday. I thought almost every scene portraying Stephen Hawking was hilarious.

I think even he would find it funny, and I would only consider second-guessing myself if Hawking himself were offended.

"I want you to be nice... until it's time to not be nice." Patrick Swayze 1952-2009