{"id":37814,"date":"2016-10-05T10:36:04","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T17:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37814"},"modified":"2020-12-20T20:55:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T03:55:53","slug":"revenge-of-the-nerds-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37814","title":{"rendered":"Revenge of the Nerds (1984)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Those nerds are a threat to our way of life!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Poster-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-37818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Poster-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Poster.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nTwo freshmen (Robert Carradine and Anthony Edwards) arrive at college ready to have fun and meet beautiful girls, but quickly find themselves homeless when a group of jocks take over their dorm. Banding together with other outcasts &#8212; including an underage genius (Andrew Cassese), a booger-eating misfit (Curtis Armstrong), a gay African-American (Larry B. Scott), an Asian exchange-student (Brian Tochi), and a bespectacled violin-player (Timothy Busfield) &#8212; they find a house and try to form a new fraternity.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>College<\/li>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Misfits<\/li>\n<li>Revenge<\/li>\n<li>Underdogs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that this &#8220;surprise box-office hit&#8221; may be &#8220;just a silly teen comedy&#8221;, but is a &#8220;standout in [the] raunchy <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1411\"><em>Porky&#8217;s<\/em><\/a> genre because at least you don&#8217;t mind identifying with these characters.&#8221; He argues that while &#8220;there are some funny bits&#8221;, the &#8220;most enjoyment comes simply from hearing Carradine&#8217;s horsy laugh&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Carradine.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Carradine-1024x556.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Carradine-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Carradine-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Carradine-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Carradine-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Carradine-1536x834.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Carradine-497x270.png 497w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Carradine.png 1821w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and complains that &#8220;the bullying tactics of the football players are too cruel to be funny&#8221;. I disagree. Sure, the jocks are cruel and brutish (cartoonishly so): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Bullies.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Bullies-1024x556.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Bullies-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Bullies-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Bullies-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Bullies-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Bullies-1536x834.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Bullies-497x270.png 497w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Bullies.png 1829w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>but they get theirs BIG TIME, and the protagonists &#8212; a resilient, quirky bunch &#8212; eventually have the upper hand. What&#8217;s not to love about THAT? Edwards&#8217; romance with a bespectacled female nerd (Michelle Meyrink) is an especially heartwarming subplot. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Romance.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Romance-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Romance-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Romance-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Romance-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Romance-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Romance-1536x832.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Romance-499x270.png 499w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Romance.png 1841w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This may be the ultimate underdogs-get-their-day flick. Watch for a slimmish John Goodman as the jocks&#8217; coach, and Bernie Casey as the head of Lambda Lambda Lambda, the historically black fraternity the nerds attempt to join. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Casey.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Casey-1024x561.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Casey-1024x561.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Casey-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Casey-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Casey-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Casey-1536x841.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Casey-493x270.png 493w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Revenge-of-the-Nerds-Casey.png 1813w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Many enjoyably humorous moments<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ROTN-Cult-Fun1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ROTN-Cult-Fun1-1024x565.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ROTN-Cult-Fun1-1024x565.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ROTN-Cult-Fun1-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ROTN-Cult-Fun1-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ROTN-Cult-Fun1-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ROTN-Cult-Fun1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ROTN-Cult-Fun2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ROTN-Cult-Fun2-1024x565.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ROTN-Cult-Fun2-1024x565.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ROTN-Cult-Fun2-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ROTN-Cult-Fun2-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ROTN-Cult-Fun2-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ROTN-Cult-Fun2.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ROTN-Cult-Fun3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ROTN-Cult-Fun3-1024x565.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ROTN-Cult-Fun3-1024x565.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ROTN-Cult-Fun3-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ROTN-Cult-Fun3-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ROTN-Cult-Fun3-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ROTN-Cult-Fun3.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a feel-good cult favorite. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cult Movie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0088000\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/index.php?page=review&#038;id=1801\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=5749&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1984\/07\/20\/movies\/campus-nerds.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/film\/revenge-of-the-nerds\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Those nerds are a threat to our way of life!&#8221; Synopsis: Two freshmen (Robert Carradine and Anthony Edwards) arrive at college ready to have fun and meet beautiful girls, but quickly find themselves homeless when a group of jocks take over their dorm. Banding together with other outcasts &#8212; including an underage genius (Andrew Cassese), a booger-eating misfit (Curtis Armstrong), a gay African-American (Larry B. Scott), an Asian exchange-student (Brian Tochi), and a bespectacled violin-player (Timothy Busfield) &#8212; they find&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37814\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37814"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58722,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37814\/revisions\/58722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}