# Heavy Metal (1981) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [March 11, 2022, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-1981/960871 "2022-03-11T04:39:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-1981/960871/41 "2022-03-13T12:58:37Z")
When I watched it as a younger kid it was one of those movies that made me feel like I was getting away with something. The New York story was my favorite back then. My friends and I probably laughed at the line, “I’m not going to go through this place with my dork hanging out” (paraphrased) for probably two weeks straight. Haven’t seen it maybe more than a decade. I am guessing it doesn’t hold up… ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-1981/960871/42 "2022-03-14T08:13:37Z")
I saw it on its original run when I was a rutting 15-year-old male, and enjoyed it very much. Saw it a few more times in college as a midnight movie. Haven’t seen it in over 30 years, so I’m not sure how I’d feel now. Most of the soundtrack still holds up. I also loved _Wizards_ when I saw it in junior high and numerous times in high school. I watched it again in my late 20s. It did not age well, or maybe I didn’t. Not sure which. The first time I saw _Wizards_, it was on a double-bill with _Fantastic Planet_, which absolutely bored the shit out of 12-year-old me. Given the acclaim that film has, I wonder if I should give it another try. Maybe I was too young to get it, or maybe it really is boring and overrated. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-1981/960871/43 "2022-03-14T14:42:00Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > The first time I saw _Wizards_ , it was on a double-bill with _Fantastic Planet_ Fantastic Planet is a favorite of mine. Oddly, l’d never thought to compare it to Heavy Metal, but I could see doing that double-bill some evening. Whereas Heavy Metal is fun on an adolescent level, Fantastic Planet is damn trippy and surreal. There’s a lot of interesting detail in the background. And a much more serious movie, except that the animation reminds me of Sesame Street - I think they used a similar technique to some of the shorts many of us remember as kids. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-1981/960871.md?page=2)