The thing is, Hot Tub Time Machine has an incredible deck of cards in its favor: it capitalizes off of the 80's retro craze, it has terrific actors (John Cusack, Craig Robinson, Rob Corddry), it utilizes time travel, and it has a great setting (
a popular ski lodge).
By the way, I was raised up in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, home of Preway, which many of you are familiar with because of their 1950's and 1960's freestanding fireplace / stoves, so
popular for that Scandinavian
ski lodge look.