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Anybody prefer Grease 2 to Grease 1?
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Always have. Just prefer the songs and the whole 80s vibe (even though it's supposed to be 1950s 
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But then I watched it when I was older and I remained optimistic when it starts with the fabulous 'Back To School' song. But then things gradually descend into songs about bowling (though with the imaginative title 'Score Tonight' it's not hard to see the real meaning behind it) and then I'd given up hope when it gets to that incredibly annoying 'Do It For Our Country' song in the bomb shelter. *shudder*
A couple of other things that I remember greatly annoyed my Grease-obsessed sister - the T-Birds looking foolish with their leather jackets over their gym clothes and the Pink Ladies suddenly calling themselves "T-Bird chicks, at least 'til grad". When in the first film they came across as a group of bad-ass independent females who hooked up with a T-Bird because they wanted to, not becoming objects bound by some sort of rule.
I still like some of the songs...
as I mentioned, Back To School
Cool Rider
Girl For All Seasons
Who's That Guy? (me and my sister regularly break out into this one for a laugh, but no no no at the Scorpions singing a line)
Reproduction (even though it's a bit silly)
Those, along with Michelle Pfeiffer as Stephanie, are the only things I enjoy from it nowadays. So shave it down to about 30 mins and it's a good film for me.
lol, i remember him in TJ Hooker , 80's series with Heather Lockyear and William Shatner
i do like Grease 2 but prefer Grease better..also Michelle Pffiffer and Maxwell Caulfield are hot together
I also prefer Toy Story 2, Terminator 2 as well as Before Sunset to Before Sunrise
Never heard that one and they seem rather happy together in these photos. Although I have heard that Maxwell Caufield is a douche.
"coooooool rider a coo-coo-coo-coo rider I need a C-o-o-l- r-i-d-e-r"
However Grease 2 while not being in the same league as Grease has it's own charm. It definitely falls into the 'guilty pleasure' category for me.
Why did Frenchie disappear halfway through though? Wasn't her last scene the one where she watches Michael ride his new motorbike, from afar?
Hey, Frenchie's last scene in the second film was when the girls went to see her in the building doing chemistry, Michael is already there saying to Frenchie that he's going to reveal to steph that he's the mystery cool rider. As the girls walk in, one of them wind steph up and say 'your boyfriends here' because they already know that Michael as himself and not the cool rider, has a crush on Stephanie. Michael doesn't have the courage to tell her then though, so he ends up asking steph if she's ever read a superman comic to which steph replies (whilst looking in a pocket mirror, applying her red lipstick) 'not in the last few hours'
Then he walks out. Rhonda has a bandage over her nose and Frenchie says 'Rhonda! You got a nose job?' Rhonda then says 'forget it. I walked into a door'
Then I'm pretty sure that scene ends and that's the last we see of Frenchie.
I'm not sure why she just dissapeared at this point though.
Oh god. How sad am I!? I know this film word for word.
Well Iv tried a couple of times and have never been able to get past the first 30 minutes.
If you watched Grease 2 as a child or young teen without having seen the first film then maybe you have an excuse for preferring it.
Im with you though-it shouldn't have been made-certainly not within 5 years. It could never match the enduring worldwide impact of the original which just worked on every level imo.
No I watched the original Grease first. My mum and dad and had recorded both the first and second one on a video tape and I became obsessed with them both.
Originally I did love the first one more, but maybe I just watched it so much that I moved on to the second one.
I had a total girl crush on Michelle Pfeiffer as the leading pink lady when I was younger.
I do still love the first one. I have both Grease and Grease 2 as books, I have them both on DVD. I have fancy dress costumes for both films. So I don't dislike the first one.
I'm not saying the second one is better, I just like it more. As someone else has said though, i think it may be the 80s vibe that makes me love it and of course Michelle Pfeiffer and Lorna Luft.
The thing is, is people are always saying it could never match the first one. That doesn't mean it should never of been made or that it's totally unwatchable. I feel people just don't want to let themselves love grease 2 because of their loyalty to the first one. Grease 2 is by no means an outstanding film, but it's definitely still entertaining to watch and doesn't deserve the flack it gets.
There was a further scene filmed but cut from the film where Frenchy teaches Michael how to ride the motorcycle.