Scene of the Week: Stargrove

Matt Spector

Espionage movie expert and a lover of the hidden gems in the action movie universe.

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  1. FeRDNYC says:

    Highlights of that scene:

    00:05–00:25 : Pour one out for some absolutely *abysmal* ADR, here. The coach’s endless barrage of cliche (and completely meaningless) commentary may strain credulity on its own merits, but not nearly as much as the fantasy that those words are emanating from anywhere in the remote vicinity of actor Jon Greene’s mouth.

    00:00–01:06 : Speaking of, did Greene and Tommie Lee Bradley have some sort of side-competition going, to see who could force more repetitions of the word “Stargrove” into the first minute of the film? Bradley wins that contest, no question, but Greene still gets an A for effort.

    01:26 — The sound engineer takes pity on the audience, and decides to SPARE us any further awful ADR commentary from Coach Discount Don Stark. There is much rejoicing.

    01:31–01:36 : Is it just me, or is there a good chance that Misshapen Steve Guttenberg and Teenage Michael Chiklis With Hair mess with Stargrove (Staaaar-grove, Star. Grove. STAAAR-Growwve!) primarily as a coping mechanism, to prevent their simmering sexual tension from boiling over into full-on mutual groping? (It could just be me.)

    02:07–02:18 : #NOTSUREIF heavy Porky’s vibe, or… oh, nope, we veered into Revenge of the Nerds. Well, as long as we’ve got our tropes all lined up in a row.

    02:45 : Oh, I bet there’s PLENTY you two can teach him.

    …Also, not really relevant to this particular scene, but you didn’t mention Robert Englund is also in the movie! Neat.

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