Let me put this to do you in details to you that you would understand,
Revenge of the Nerd came out in 1984 when Anima House came out in 1978
Both movies involved Erodes who would become popular in the end and do something right.
First, it started with: Animal House
Starting the late John Baluchi as 'Bluto' and the late Stephen Furst as 'Flounder' in the Delta Tai Chu which are considered losers of the group which would do nothing but start riots and party most of the time.
But the dean had other plans. He wanted them off the campus for good. Having the Omega's (one portrayed by a young Kevin Bacon at the time) take over the campus and throwing the Delta Tai Chu out.
Donald Sutherland was one of the professors in the movie. He was on the side of evil as many of them wanted Delta Tai Chu out for reckless behavior.
At the end of the movie, the Delta Tai Chu gets the last laugh when it comes to a race during their homecoming parade which they ruin.
What I like most about this movie is the hilarity, especially when Baluchi's character, wearing a toga, destroys someone's guitar so an annoying song could end.
How does this compare to Revenge of the nerds?
Well first off, two teenage collage nerds (one played by Robert Carradine) are going to a college and are enrolled in Alpha Betas.
Pissing off the Jocks of the college, calling them: "NERDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
They eventually gent drunk and ruin their campus in the process. They kick out the nerds and they are forced into the gymnasium.
Their coach (played by John Goodman) seems to bully the Dean feeling as if he too was a nerd as well.
Gilbert and Lewis are met up with their buddies, Pointdexter (who has goofy red hair) Booger (who picks his nose), Wormser, Takashi (an Asian nerd) and even a young kid who seems to be in his teenage years.
Ted McGinley portrays the villains of the lead jock who thinks of them as nothing but nerds and doesn't want them to even be a part of society, let alone be in the school.
The nerds soon find love, one of them is actually one of jock's ex- girlfriends who the lead nerd made out with and they eventually, by the end put on a show the blew the competition out of the water.
Even if the jocks didn't agree, the dean finally stood up to John Goodman (who was the coach) and said they can be in the gym.
How do they similar and differ to being college movies?
First off, I feel the plots seem differ by not only writing and sound score but also the situation of story.
Yes it is from the point of view of college students that are misfits, but it seems that, in these situations, the man leads are losers.
They find their way to get to where want to be in life, and to even stay in college as well.
Both Movies are worth a watch that is for sure.
We just lost Bernie Casey from Revenge of the Nerds who portrayed the U.N. Jefferson and was helpful with the Nerds all the way through the end.
A lot of shows now a days are starting to become nerd friendly. Showing losers, even if they are at a school, university or even at camp where they are a pack of losers that end up becoming winners.
These two movies might have started the trend, but it hasn't ended yet.
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