Better Off Dead... So Weird, But I LOVE It! (Sci-Fi Angle?)

Okay, so I know Better Off Dead... isn't technically sci-fi, but hear me out! It's got this surreal, dreamlike quality that's almost... alternate reality. Like, Lane Meyer's world is just slightly off-kilter from our own, right? The claymation hamburger playing guitar? The racing Japanese brothers who learned English from Howard Cosell? It all screams 'weird world-building' to me, even if it's unintentional. I'm obsessed with the way the movie just throws all these random, bizarre elements together and somehow makes it work. It's like someone started building a normal high school movie and then just decided to inject it with pure, unfiltered strangeness. And Monique, the French foreign exchange student? She's immediately smarter and cooler than everyone else. I always thought that was a nice touch. Like, in this oddball world, being genuinely intelligent and knowing a thing or two makes you a total badass. The ski chase scene with the paperboy is a classic, of course, but I also really dig the quieter moments, like when Lane is just tinkering with his car, trying to escape his own head for a bit. Speaking of that car, I think it only runs when it feels like it. That's an interesting concept for a world where technology is temperamental. Oh! And the 'I want my two dollars!' dude is just pure genius. He's the perfect embodiment of the movie's offbeat humor. Anyway, I feel like there's a lot to unpack in this movie from a world-building perspective, even if it's more accidental than deliberate. Anyone else feel the same way? Or am I just reaching because I wanna justify my love for 80s movies with my sci-fi obsession? Could be both, haha.