Rebels and Super Teens

[dotsomething]

Because I watched the director's cut of Donnie Darko last weekend, and discovered again that I love that movie, I've been

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[ivy03]

This is totally unrelated - but I was talking to a friend of mine (veryschway) and mentioned that Batman and Robin comic you told me about that started all the Frank Miller fangirl hate. Where Robin is drawn uber pretty. Ring any bells? What's the title? I'm sure veryschway would love to read it.

[dotsomething]

Batman & Robin All-Star. The first issue is already out and selling, #2 may be out as well but I haven't been to the comics shop this week.

[ivy03]

Thanks! I will pass that along.

[ivy03]

I tend to avoid teen movies for the exact same reasons you seek them out, pretty much. Although I do love those 80s flicks. And I think I love Buffy because the conventions of the horror genre make the teen angst less more palatable - all the dramas are exagerrated to such an extent they lose their uncomfortable closeness to reality.

I think you can definitely put Back to the Future on the list (just the first one). It may be a time travel sf flick, but it's really about "What were my parents like in high school?" Marty is the protaganist, but the movie is not really his story, it's the story of his father and mother. And if you removed the sf elements, that story is straight-up teen drama.

[dotsomething]

Yeah, you'd think the trauma of it would keep me *away*...

I think Back to the Future belongs on the list (since this is my personal list of Ultimate Teen Movies of All Time).

I'm deliberating whether the Goonies should also be there. It's all about the outsider, and it's got the John Hughes model of romance. It's even a teensy bit angsty with Mikey's personal quest for belonging.

[ivy03]

Goonies! That's more preteen, though.