farmerarmor t1_jdxccow wrote on March 27, 2023 at 9:44 PM

Reply to comment by Smurfy0730 in The Wizard (1989) - anyone have any fond memories of this film? by OneOk2189

Rad woulda definitely made more sense.

invuvn t1_jdyczd8 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 2:13 AM

But bad makes just as much sense as well…you just had to know how to read between the lines!

crashfrog t1_jdz7rps wrote on March 28, 2023 at 7:28 AM

We were saying "bad" for things that were good, in the 80's. It's just a piece of slang that was a little dated by the time they used it in the movie.

AuntieEvilops t1_jdz8at5 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 7:36 AM

Hell, Michael Jackson had a #1 single and #1 album named after its slang meaning. But yes, popular usage was wearing thin by the time "The Wizard" came out.

glennbob81 t1_jdz9fjn wrote on March 28, 2023 at 7:52 AM

Not where I grew up but we didn't get cable until 1990.

Pete_Iredale t1_jebh6t8 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 8:16 PM

Tom Petty's album Full Moon Fever has a song titled Yer So Bad, and there is a poster for the album on the side of an arcade game in the movie. Just a funny coincidence relating to this line of conversation I guess.