![]() ![]() Rappers Saweetie, Kash Doll and Salt-N-Pepa channeled their inner Lola Bunny on “Hoops,” an up-tempo dance track, merged some of the most popular female voices of today and yesteryear. New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne joined 24kGoldn to “Control the World,” while John Legend, Chance the Rapper and Symba soared on “See Me Fly.” Kirk Franklin kicked off the soundtrack with “We Win,” a gospel and Hip-Hop-infused banger supported by rapper Lil Baby and big vocal harmonies of an anointed choir. The 2021 soundtrack offers a new sound, big names, and a dash of nostalgia. Kelly’s motivational – and karaoke go-to for decades – “I Believe I Can Fly.”īusta Rhymes, Method Man, D’Angelo, Quad City DJs, Coolio, Salt-N-Pepa, Jay-Z, Changing Faces, and a few others rapped and crooned the essence of 90s R&B and Hip-Hop on the original’s track list. The original film’s soundtrack birthed timeless classics such as Monica’s iconic ballad “For Your I Will,” Seal’s “Fly Like an Eagle” cover, and R. ![]() And even 30 years later, the guys still rock great heads of hair.Summer Movie Calendar, From ‘Cruella' to ‘The Suicide Squad' It was great to see the next generation, their daughters, carry on the family tradition of bringing humanity into rhythm and harmony. This was a fun nostalgia trip with two middle-aged guys who are only slightly more mature. I wanted to see how their wacky humor held up (it did) and how their charming friendship endured (it’s everlasting). So it feels like a victory, dusting off these characters and rewriting the story to appeal more to a new generation, rather than recycle jokes for an older one. What made us laugh back then would make us cringe today. Johnny and Azi, do you feel vindicated? Have you already seen the new movie?Īzi: I haven’t seen the movie, but I heard an NPR podcast review it, which feels like the perfect encapsulation of how I’ve outgrown the franchise - and which is what the Bill and Ted trilogy has tried to do, pivoting the story to their daughters and wives. (Like the weird sexualization of Bill and Ted’s classmate who becomes Bill’s stepmother.)īut like Bryan, there were tons of funny quotes and scenes that made me laugh, like “Caesar is the salad dressing dude.” It was also funny to see the special effects and what was thought modern in the late 1980s, like the idea that the future would be so influenced by rock ’n’ roll greats.Īnd some of the movie is just perennial teenage humor, like when Bill and Ted pick the number 69 or when Ted says, “Strange things are afoot at the Circle K.” Like, duh, but it’s still hilarious. The movie was honestly the comedic relief I needed in 2020, even if some of the comedy doesn’t hit the most favorable note today, as Bryan said. People still did that in the early ’90s?Ĭhristina: I also laughed at the line about the clean Earth - it’s sad that it was funny, but the irony lands the same. It’s ridiculously aspirational (world peace!) and absurdly low risk.Ĭhristina and Bryan, Does any of this seem familiar? Phone booths? Heavy metal? Keanu Reeves?īryan: My third grade classroom had an out-of-order telephone booth that we would hang out in for silent reading time, but I’ve never used one to make a call. Two kids will write a song that brings peace to the galaxy, but they can’t get through history class. Amazingly, everyone is able to squeeze into the booth.Īzi: Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon and Socrates walk into a mall. They have to pass history class in order to save the future by time-traveling in a phone booth - their version of the DeLorean from “Back to the Future” - to collect a handful of famous historical figures for their class project. Johnny: Bill and Ted are two California slackers with very good heads of hair and big heavy metal dreams. If you weren’t home and someone called, it would just ring and ring. Mullets.Īzi: At home, you shared a landline. Tie-dye shirts, jean shorts and Keds sneakers (at least in South Florida). Thanks to Madonna, just about everyone was trying to figure out how to vogue. So were “Saved by the Bell” and “90210.” Trips to Blockbuster were routine. Mustangs, Miatas and Camaros were popular. ![]()
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