Weird Science, a Metaphor for Early American Literature and History?

Weird Science, directed by John Hughes, is a movie from the 1980’s that even for its time would have been considered strange.  While it is unlikely that John Hughes created the movie as a metaphor for early American literature, there are some interesting connections between the two.  The colonists and Wyatt and Gary, the two teenagers, lives revolved around one idea.  Religion was a driving force for the early colonists.  They spent their lives working for God and praying that they would be sent to heaven.  The colonists lives were focused around serving God, partly because it was the norm and partly because they feared the wrath of God.  Wyatt and Gary’s lives revolved around one idea as well, women.  The teenagers did everything to look good in front of girls; however, they always wound up embarrassing themselves.  All they could think about was why they were the losers and why they did not have girlfriends.  The ironic thing is that Wyatt and Gary were terrified of girls; they even trembled whenever they thought how they would approach one.  Wyatt, Gary and the colonists were all in love and in fear of a concept, for the colonists it was God, and for Wyatt and Gary it was women.  The United State of America bursted out from the colonies because the colonists felt that they were not being treated equal to the British; similarly, Wyatt and Gary rebelled and fought against their own standing in society.  Towards the end of the movie, when the party had gone wrong and had been crashed by two bikers and an Indian, Gary and Wyatt finally took a stand for themselves and kicked the unwanted guests out, showing the other teenagers that they were “real”, brave men.  Benjamin Franklins’ and Wyatt’s status in their respective families are strangely similar.  Wyatt’s older brother, Chet,  harassed and bullied Wyatt throughout the movie.  Franklin’s elder brother beat him as well.  Weird Science and early American literature, seemingly polar opposites, are actually quasi similar.