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Though no one character comes off as completely likable as in some traditional teeny-bopper entertainment, the directors walked a fine line with their characters between "80's Cool" and "80's Geek" The directors could have chosen to just fully make these characters super-cool, which would be a big turnoff if you're watching the movie in some decade OTHER than the 80's, but OC and Stiggs aren't super-cool they are just two teens who entertain themselves, and look kind of hopelessly geeky doing it.