This was not supposed to be the topic of my second post, but my heart aches today at the death of Corey Haim.
There are only 2 movies that I have ever watched each day for a good 30 days+ straight then weekly thereafter for a good 3 months--Twilight and The Lost Boys. (And you guys don't know how thankful I was to find out other people watched Twilight daily too.)
I don't know why these 2 particular movies out of all movies out there needed to be ingrained within my brain cells with daily viewings but apparently they did. I do know that the fact that they are both vampire movies is not the reason. This may be their most obvious common denominator, but they are two completely different types of stories. I've never been an "all vamps, all the time" gal. I've never read Anne Rice novels. I don't actively seek out vampire material. I've never been to Transylvania. I would never call myself some vampire buff...(oh that reminds me, I DID love Buffy and Angel, info for another post chickadees and chickadics!)
I was actually too young to see The Lost Boys in the theater but old enough to know I wanted to see Jason Patric! *swoon* My parents had been lent the movie on VHS not really knowing what it was about and popped it in one night. Knowing how strict my parents were about movie ratings, I remember shrinking down low into the recliner hoping, praying, wishing they weren't going to turn it off or tell me it wasn't appropriate for me. They didn't. I sat and watched that movie and loved it every single funny morsel of it and every character! Well I kind of thought the band that played on the boardwalk was a little creepy and sure the next time I ate rice my stomach turned a little at the thought it could be maggots, but otherwise I loved it.
Even though my crushes revolved on Jason and Keifer, I still loved the Coreys. Corey H in Lucas was adorable, too. I was smitten with Corey Haim enough that over the years I always held out hope that he would be given that second chance in Hollywood and make some kind of comeback.
Ultimately fans can be forgiving and embracing of a return--no matter what age! The entertainment biz can overlook a person's past and give them another chance. America loves a comeback story.
Though Corey never got a chance at a successful comeback, I wanted to share some of my fav returns and good examples of fans, the entertainment biz, and America (or the world) opening their arms and saying "Welcome back! We missed you! Kick ass!"
5. Patrick Dempsey--Played that great "Can't Buy Me Love" geek-to-chic lovable character! He got work over the years here and there but his true comeback has been Grey's Anatomy. I've always thought he was a great actor and really glad to see him in this role. He also played a young JFK once and loved his kooky character in With Honors.
4. Duran Duran--Yeah we all loved their songs and movie-like videos in the 80s, (insert your own cheesy "Hungry Like the Wolf" Jacob joke here) but then there were the typical band problems. Once some of that got sorted through, Simon Le Bon put just enough of the band back together to get 2 more awesome hits in the 90s, "Ordinary World" and "Come Undone." These songs held their own amongst a lot of very different-sounding music that was out at that time, and I still love those songs! (Check out the youtube vid for fanfic "The Blessing and The Curse" with "Come Undone." This post is long enough, I'm not going to insert it today.)
3. New Kids on The Block--Talk about a fangirl in the 90s and it had everything to do with these guys! Now I'm not saying their recent comeback has been mass-media-frenzy huge but it was big news at first. I love that they are back touring. I saw them on the Today show--they were as warmly received as Rob! And they get huge credit for still getting out there and doing all that synchronized dancing!!! Who was your fav NKOTB? Mine was Jonathan.
2. Shannon Doherty--I know some of you love her and some of you hate her. I always liked her and thought she got a bad rap. So after she left BH, 90210 I loved that Aaron Spelling gave her Charmed as a second chance but 3 years later, confict. Still, she gets a third chance on 90210, which she did for all the right reasons saying it was her way of thanking her fans. (hey Luke, we want you to thank us like that too!) Now she's got a 4th chance on Dancing with the Stars. I hate the fact that they are promo-ing her as "a bad girl." She's paid for her mistakes. I never really believed she was a b*tch, just maybe didn't listen to her PR people (or fired them) but..... if there was a ever a time to prove me wrong then I predict she might get into it with Pam Anderson and THAT I think that would be one funny mess of a smackdown! And don't worry if that does happen Shannon, someone will have your 5th chance lined up for you somewhere, and I'll probably watch.
1. Robert Downey, Jr.--From irony to iron. His real life mirrored his role in Less than Zero and we all got to watch his heartbreaking appeal to the judge regarding rehab. My fav comeback of his was on Ally McBeal--I loved his character and loved how he played that role so precisely. He completely had me won over! But then he, err..., blew it. Now he's got a better career going than he did in the 80s and I am looking forward to Iron Man 2!
I was just scribbling out this list this am for a future post before I heard the news of Corey so I know I'm missing A LOT of great comebacks.
Feel free to remind me of some good ones and/or your favs in the comments!!!
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