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Finally watching "Stepkids" (1992)..aka that trailer on the Secret of the Ooze VHS

Posted on 8/6/23 at 7:24 pm
Posted by Jack Ruby
Member since Apr 2014
22848 posts
Posted on 8/6/23 at 7:24 pm
.... That no one ever saw. Literally 30 yrs in the making.



Probably saw this trailer 125 times, and never heard saw one second of it outside of this extremely memorable trailer:

LINK

One reason no one ever saw it? They changed the name of the damn movie to "Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even."

Cast is actually quite stacked:

David Srathairn, Ben Savage, and the Cleveland Indians owner from Major League.

Actually a kind of deep dysfunctional family dramedy.
This post was edited on 8/6/23 at 7:26 pm
Posted by TideSaint
Hill Country
Member since Sep 2008
75881 posts
Posted on 8/6/23 at 7:33 pm to
I remember this, too.

Weird they changed the name after releasing the trailer on a wide scale.
Posted by Pilot Tiger
North Carolina
Member since Nov 2005
73162 posts
Posted on 8/6/23 at 7:42 pm to
lol i totally remember that trailer

man it almost never failed that any movie in the late 80's to late 90's had divorce as such a central theme.
Posted by Wayne Campbell
Aurora, IL
Member since Oct 2011
6389 posts
Posted on 8/6/23 at 7:55 pm to
I remember the trailer for “Urban Commando” either on TMNT or Secret of the Ooze.
Posted by Jack Ruby
Member since Apr 2014
22848 posts
Posted on 8/6/23 at 7:57 pm to
The movie was free to rent in Prime. Couldn't believe I even found it.

It actually turns into a "Great Outdoors" semi-ripoff after the first act. Wasn't expecting that at all. Most of what you see in the trailer is all in the first 15 min of the movie.
Posted by Carnifex
Member since Oct 2016
160 posts
Posted on 8/6/23 at 9:02 pm to
Yes, it was super weird they changed the title. I always remembered it being “stepkids”. The trailer was great, never saw the film.
Posted by Jack Ruby
Member since Apr 2014
22848 posts
Posted on 8/6/23 at 9:15 pm to
quote:

never saw the film.


Don't think anybody did, yet everyone saw the trailer. Even if it ever did come on cable later, no one probably knew what the hell the movie was because of the title change.

Suburban Commando, however, I did watch numerous times.

I was frozen today!
Posted by bad93ex
Member since Sep 2018
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Posted on 8/6/23 at 9:46 pm to
Does it have that iconic Pizza Hut commercial?
Posted by SixthAndBarone
Member since Jan 2019
8287 posts
Posted on 8/6/23 at 10:00 pm to
I wanted to see it because of that trailer on the vhs, but could never find it. A couple of years later I found it under the different name. I was so confused.

Wasn’t the Pizza Hut right field commercial on that vhs too? Sadly, I can still sing the song.
This post was edited on 8/6/23 at 10:01 pm
Posted by Jack Ruby
Member since Apr 2014
22848 posts
Posted on 8/6/23 at 10:04 pm to
Pizza Hut commercial is on original TMNT (1990) film VHS, not Secret of the Ooze.

LINK
Posted by VinegarStrokes
Georgia
Member since Oct 2015
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Posted on 8/6/23 at 10:22 pm to
Does anyone remember when Burger King released 4 VHS tapes of the original TMNT animated series? Each tape had an episode from the series and the boxes were different colors

Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 8/7/23 at 4:45 am to
quote:

Pizza Hut commercial is on original TMNT (1990) film VHS, not Secret of the Ooze.



I remember that commercial from The Land Before Time VHS. I must have forgotten that it was on the TMNT VHS.
Posted by ipodking
#StopTalkingAboutWomensSports
Member since Jun 2008
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Posted on 8/7/23 at 5:58 am to
Damn that brings me back

Definitely saw that trailer dozens of times
Posted by Wally Sparks
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2013
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Posted on 8/7/23 at 6:50 am to
quote:

One reason no one ever saw it? They changed the name of the damn movie to "Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even."


Years ago I saw it on TV when I was flipping channels and had wondered why it looked so familiar. Mind was definitely blown.
Posted by Pilot Tiger
North Carolina
Member since Nov 2005
73162 posts
Posted on 8/7/23 at 7:03 am to
quote:

Does anyone remember when Burger King released 4 VHS tapes of the original TMNT animated series?
I had a couple of those

Sky Turtles and April Foolish
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
65147 posts
Posted on 8/7/23 at 7:36 am to
The main actress was also in the first two Home Alone movies and quit acting after Home Alone 2 to pursue a career in martial arts. She was an Olympian on Team USA, competing in judo, in both 1996 and 2000.
This post was edited on 8/7/23 at 7:37 am
Posted by SixthAndBarone
Member since Jan 2019
8287 posts
Posted on 8/7/23 at 9:37 am to
God, I loved watching that commercial just now. Was that Goldberg as the catcher??? I never knew that. Back when you would actually go to Pizza Hut with your baseball team. Life wasn't so bad in the 80s/90s.
Posted by Wally Sparks
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2013
29262 posts
Posted on 8/7/23 at 11:03 am to
quote:

Suburban Commando, however, I did watch numerous times.


The older I get, the more I can relate to Christopher Lloyd's character.
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
150867 posts
Posted on 8/7/23 at 2:05 pm to
quote:

ka that trailer on the Secret of the Ooze VHS

This is my dad. He's 40, looks like he's 30, thinks like he's 20, and acts like he's 10.

I bet I could still recite it from memory.
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
150867 posts
Posted on 8/7/23 at 2:09 pm to
quote:

Does it have that iconic Pizza Hut commercial?

That was the first TMNT. I recorded it years ago and put it on youtube: LINK

Nevermind, I see someone posted it. And yes, that was Goldberg as the catcher.
This post was edited on 8/7/23 at 2:11 pm
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