Footloose "Special Edition" treatment

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I see that Footloose is getting the DVD "Special Edition" for release in September.

http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0 ... &n=1&burl=

I might pick this up merely as a guilty pleasure. [:I]

The comments below the announcement, however, are a funny read. They mimic what others have said on this board about Footloose.

[toe_jam_on_toast]

Wow!!! I recently found 'Footloose' on of my random old videos. I'd taped it from TV when I was younger and it brought back so many memories!!

The bloke watched it with me and actually quite enjoyed it (although he won't admit it in public!)

I think

[pikeprof]

I guess I'm the only poster to this site who thinks this is an okay movie.

I like Lithgow's perfromance (he's one of my favorite actors) and it's mildly implausible-but not that bad.

I dunno I kinda like it.

[EchoBeachBunnyBoy]

I must admit that I have never seen this movie, though I saw it mentioned on one of those VH1 "I Love The 80's" specials. I understand the basic plot of the movie, so when one of the celebrity commentators asked the question about how the kids in the town

[ghosty]

I spent my formative teenage years beneath the Mason-Dixon and attended a Christian school in Virginia. Dancing, along with drinking, was perceived as some sort of abomination against God, despite the new testament depicting Jesus and just about everyone

[phillyidol]

How can anybody forget the famous scene where the two guys play chicken-ON TRACTORS! I've seen guys play chicken in movies before but this was nuts. I must have taken them an hour to reach each other! Most of the people watching would have gone home!

[WoodlandParkPunk]

I just never figured out why Kevin Bacon gets so upset that he throws himself into a dancing rage in an empty warehouse. That has to be lamest scene I have ever witnessed in cinema. His acting was horrible. The movie is so horrendous it is enjoyable.