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** "Magic" was a hit to the point where most people who have heard it have no idea it was originally from a motion picture soundtrack. |
** "Magic" was a hit to the point where most people who have heard it have no idea it was originally from a motion picture soundtrack. |
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* [[Critical Research Failure]]: Zeus and Hera claim not to know about human emotions. Y'know, the poster gods for [[Anything That Moves]] and [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]. |
* [[Critical Research Failure]]: Zeus and Hera claim not to know about human emotions. Y'know, the poster gods for [[Anything That Moves]] and [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]. |
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* [[Cult Classic]]: This had the bad fortune to be made while disco was dying, and flopped as a result. These days it's a cult film with women [[Vindicated |
* [[Cult Classic]]: This had the bad fortune to be made while disco was dying, and flopped as a result. These days it's a cult film with women [[Vindicated by Cable|who watched it on cable as young girls]] and gay men who liked the massive amount of camp, music, and the hopeful message in the movie. |
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* [[Ear Worm]]: Horrifyingly. |
* [[Ear Worm]]: Horrifyingly. |
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* [[Fan Yay]] |
* [[Fan Yay]] |
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* [[So Bad It's Good]]: Despite the film's many flaws, it manages to be entertaining. As a double-bill alongside ''Can't Stop the Music'' (another disco musical that toplined the [[Village People]]), it inspired John Wilson to create the Golden Raspberry Awards. Perhaps a telling sign of the film's quality is the fact that he admits to re-watching it once in a while. |
* [[So Bad It's Good]]: Despite the film's many flaws, it manages to be entertaining. As a double-bill alongside ''Can't Stop the Music'' (another disco musical that toplined the [[Village People]]), it inspired John Wilson to create the Golden Raspberry Awards. Perhaps a telling sign of the film's quality is the fact that he admits to re-watching it once in a while. |
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* [[Special Effect Failure]] |
* [[Special Effect Failure]] |
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* [[Vindicated by Cable]]: The movie was trashed by critics but it picked up its core audience on pay cable channels. |
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** Especially in the early 80s era, when HBO (which until 1981 didn't even operate on a 24-hour schedule) had a very small library of movies to air. |
** Especially in the early 80s era, when HBO (which until 1981 didn't even operate on a 24-hour schedule) had a very small library of movies to air. |
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Latest revision as of 10:56, 16 April 2014
- Breakaway Pop Hit: "Magic", "Suddenly", and the title song.
- "Magic" was a hit to the point where most people who have heard it have no idea it was originally from a motion picture soundtrack.
- Critical Research Failure: Zeus and Hera claim not to know about human emotions. Y'know, the poster gods for Anything That Moves and Clingy Jealous Girl.
- Cult Classic: This had the bad fortune to be made while disco was dying, and flopped as a result. These days it's a cult film with women who watched it on cable as young girls and gay men who liked the massive amount of camp, music, and the hopeful message in the movie.
- Ear Worm: Horrifyingly.
- Fan Yay
- Periphery Demographic
- So Bad It's Good: Despite the film's many flaws, it manages to be entertaining. As a double-bill alongside Can't Stop the Music (another disco musical that toplined the Village People), it inspired John Wilson to create the Golden Raspberry Awards. Perhaps a telling sign of the film's quality is the fact that he admits to re-watching it once in a while.
- Special Effect Failure
- Vindicated by Cable: The movie was trashed by critics but it picked up its core audience on pay cable channels.
- Especially in the early 80s era, when HBO (which until 1981 didn't even operate on a 24-hour schedule) had a very small library of movies to air.