Grease 2

GREASE 2 IS BETTER THAN GREASE 1!
I don't care what the critics have said!

It could be the fact that I am a Gen-Xer and was like 2 when the original came out so I found it incredibly boring until I was in college and could appreciate the original. 1 is still good, Beauty School Drop Out, Summer Love'n and One that I Want are classics! They even have been re-mixed and are staples at weddings and bars.

Now I must have been around 5 by the time Grease 2 came out on HBO cause that is when I remember seeing it and I LOVED IT! CoolRider, Gonna Score, Do it for America, Reproduction, Girl for All Seasons! I MEAN COME ON! The songs and dance sequels were WAY better that the original. Now I know that I am in the minority on this issue, I was even blown away the other day when my friend Jerri said she was going bowling and I came back and said "Oh yeah? You gonna score tonight? You gonna rock, gonna roll, gonna bop, gonna score?" and she came back "yep... I may even find my C-O-O-L-R-I-D-E-R!" HOLY CRAP! She got my way obscure joke that I didn't think anyone in the world would have gotten!

Secondly the guys and girls were hotter! Maxwell Caulfield (see Empire Records ), Adrian Zmed (see Bachelor Party; TJ Hooker) - who actually does sing in the movie, were total babes! Granted these two guys (or anyone from the cast) really haven't done much since Grease 2, but the movie didn't seem to hurt Michele Pfeiffer's career (she left that one to Batman Returns*). Even in Grease 1, only Olivia and John's careers took off... they were the leading couple in a million horrible 80's love movies! Those actually tanked their careers, until Pulp Fiction for John (now I am off the subject).

So for all you "Coolriders" and "Girl for All Season's" out there, we salute you! Stand up for what you believe in and declare Grease 2 the best of the series! To this day it remains my favorite Grease movie. To totally confess and tell you the truth, it ruined high school for me cause I thought high school was really going to be like that.... all singing and dancing and loving life and school... boy was I disappointed.


*Note: I love the Batman series and hold it up to the highest regard on comic book crossovers, (will do an entire blog dedicated to that soon) but most of the actors regret doing the movies, hence the comment.