![]() Science fiction author Matthew Kressel was appalled by Howard the Duck, but notes that the film does have its defenders. “ works as a comic,” he says, “but then thinking that you could take that and it would work as a live-action movie just takes the kind of egomania you only get after you just made the biggest-selling movie of all time and you think, ‘I can do anything.'” Humor writer Tom Gerencer says that fame had clearly gone to the director’s head. Howard the Duck was produced by George Lucas, hot off the success of the original Star Wars trilogy. “Some of those things could go together, but the kids and the sex comedy part doesn’t work together.” “It’s a really weird combination of a kid’s movie, an Animal House-style sex comedy, and a horror movie,” he says. ![]() Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy host David Barr Kirtley remembers loving Howard the Duck when he watched it as an 8-year-old, but agrees that the movie is a train wreck.
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