You think Josh Baskin regretted going back to be being a kid?

No.

Who wants to miss 15 years of life?

Not to mention, he'd be forever years mentally behind his peers...so, people would start to wonder about him when promotion time came.

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No.

Who wants to miss 15 years of life?

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Doesn't matter; Sexed

Hellllll no.

How many times have you thought "if I only knew then what I know now"? Well, he DOES.

He's going to be a fricking king growing up.

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"if I only knew then what I know now"?

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doesn't that expression pertain more to using the knowledge you gained over the years, going back, and using it in your youth? That doesn't really apply to Josh as he just jumped forward.

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doesn't that expression pertain more to using the knowledge you gained over the years, going back, and using it in your youth? That doesn't really apply to Josh as he just jumped forward.

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Yeah it wasn't wisdom through growing pains.

He was still a kid in an adult world.

He comes back as a child, having acted as a child.

this guy gets it..

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When Baskin became an adult, he had no credit background, work history and very little education. And yet he made it remarkably far, career-wise, in a very short amount of time. I would say that, after turning 12 again, his chances of working his way up to an executive position at MacMillan toys by age 30 became very remote. He had his dream job, had a huge Soho apartment and was dating Elizabeth Perkins — even in 1988, I knew that was a pretty good deal. Why anyone would want to return to a life of being mocked at the carnival and hanging out with Billy Kopecki was beyond me. I was living it and could have told you that it sucked.

Over time, movies can trigger reactions that are very different from those we originally experienced. Recently, I re-watched Big in preparation for its 25th anniversary. This time around, all it did was reconfirm that I was right the first time: being an adult is so much better than being 12 years old. And near the end of the movie, Baskin really embraces his role as an adult: he stops spitting out his food and uses less and less of his take-home pay on Silly String. It isn’t until Billy Kopecki calls Josh an “a-hole” that he even thinks about returning to his old self.

The truth is, Billy Kopecki is the a-hole. His friend was living the dream at a toy company and he couldn’t let it go, resorting to peer pressure and expletives. Without Billy Kopecki, right now, Josh Baskin would most likely be the CEO of MacMillan Toys. (I mean, sure, he would have given up 18 years of life. And there’s merit in the argument that every year of life is precious. But Josh could more than make up for those years by jumping on his trampoline and drinking free Pepsi.)

Right now, Josh Baskin would be 36 years old. I imagine that, down at his local tavern every Friday night, after that one last bourbon he didn’t need, Josh would still be telling anyone who’ll listen about the time he had it all — the plum job at MacMillan Toys; the spacious Soho apartment; the trampoline; the wild romance with Elizabeth Perkins (herself finishing up a prison sentence after being spotted dropping off a kidnapped child familiar from the side of milk cartons). No one wants to hear Josh tell those stories anymore. To them, he’s just the crazy guy at the end of the bar who repeats the word “Zoltar” after one too many.

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Plus knowing you have Zoltar in your back pocket, so let's say people finally do catch on that he's a fraud, just hit reset.

At the very least he should have put in some more time at work, stored up a ton of cash after his comic video game hits it big, and then go back.

2 random thoughts about this topic : 1. Would Josh resent his father as he enters his "rebellion teen years". If he wanted a Mustang or Camaro ( some sports car) when he is ready to drive, but his father tells him he can't have one as they can't afford it. He would come back at him and tell him how he was a VP at a major toy company with his own secretary and a huge apartment in Manhattan.
2. Wouldn't the toy company put out notices via the news and other media outlets that their VP is missing? Have his name and picture being posted that he has not been seen since he walked out of a morning meeting? Would his mom notice the picture of the big Josh and maybe actually believe she kicked her son out the house without realizing it? Could mess her up big time.

Dude was living the dream and fricked up... I predict when he grew up he never got the same type of job and was miserable for it. Probably became an alcoholic and went through women like some go through undershirts.

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Imagine if he knocked her up.

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Sequel?