# Heavy Metal rul3zzz **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2003, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-rul3zzz/197114 "2003-08-23T06:55:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-rul3zzz/197114/1 "2003-08-23T06:55:36Z")
Just caught 1981’s Heavy Metal on cable tonight at a party. Found my way home and was wondering, knee-deep in BÖC _did someone spike my reposado or is this some interesting quasi-philosophy_? Looking over a Yahoo Search (not with-it enough to Google anything), there appears to be a cult following for this movie, even to this day. Shitty animation and all! Reeks of allegory. What say ye? ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-rul3zzz/197114/2 "2003-08-23T08:00:07Z")
**Moderator’s Note:** I say ye this thread belongs in Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-rul3zzz/197114/3 "2003-08-23T08:10:48Z")
Boy-oyoyoyoyoy-innnngg. (Apparently too arcane for Ye Olde Mod. No Debate today – there we must keep to topics like cat claws and pink unicorns.) ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-rul3zzz/197114/4 "2003-08-23T08:25:06Z")
Heavy Metal’s one of those movies that develops a cult following for no apparent reason, I think. Or maybe you had to be there. I saw it and there were some pretty cool sequences (and the music rocked), but I don’t get the whole cult thing around it. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-rul3zzz/197114/5 "2003-08-23T09:53:00Z")
I think it was just the novelty of seeing animated boobies back in the early '80s. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-rul3zzz/197114/6 "2003-08-23T17:32:03Z")
I think there were drugs involved. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-rul3zzz/197114/7 "2003-08-23T17:42:28Z")
Heh heh, boobies. I slept it off. Only 1% allegory. The balance is boobies and swearing. ---
**Author:** ![Mearl\_Dox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Mearl\_Dox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mearl_Dox)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-rul3zzz/197114/8 "2003-08-23T18:07:09Z")
My theory when watching it was that you’d have to be high to appreciate it. Either that or I’m too used to animated boobs and violence now. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-rul3zzz/197114/9 "2003-08-23T19:13:54Z")
Well, I just wonder if any of the target audience at the time actually got the greater message (which is somewhat uncharacteristic for the time, considering the typical anthology flick, like “Cat’s Eye” and “Creepshow,” et al that might’ve been targeted at “H. M.'s” demography) or any of the symbolism. I was far too young at the movie’s release to have been privy to the discussions – albeit likely ganja-infused – resulting from the flick. This post was intended as a study of the youth of the time. Unfortunately, my wings were made of wax. \ ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-rul3zzz/197114/10 "2003-08-23T22:56:19Z")
The B-17 scene was pretty cool.