The Breakfast Club cast reunited for the first time in 40 years

John Hughes' seminal high school comedy "The Breakfast Club" celebrated its 40th anniversary this year. As part of that celebration, the film was feted at the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo on Saturday. That's a fitting place for it, as Hughes was synonymous with Chicago and set basically all his films there.

To celebrate the film, Hughes, and the general sense of nostalgia that has permeated American culture, the cast of "The Breakfast Club" reunited for the first time in 40 years for the event. A post shared by C2E2 (@c2e2) Of course, by "the cast" we (by way of C2E2) mean the five members of the titular Breakfast Club, an assortment of teenage stereotypes thrown together into detention. Paul Gleason, who played the principal, wasn't going to be there as passed away in 2006.



Additionally, four-fifths of the club had reunited previously. The only "holdout," such as it was, was Emilio Estevez. Estevez explained himself, saying: It’s obviously the 40th anniversary, and it just felt like it was time.

Somebody told me that Molly said, "Well, does Emilio just not like us?" And that broke my heart. And I went, "No of course I love all of them." And that just made sense, so here I am.

Beyond that, there was much gushing about Hughes, the experience of making the movie, and the sort of genial conversations these convention reunions generate. A post shared by C2E2 (@c2e2) We can at least report, with great relief, that Molly Ringwald doesn't think "The Breakfast Club" should be remade: I personally don’t believe in remaking that movie, because I think this movie is very much of its time. It resonates with people today but I believe in making movies that are inspired by other movies, but build on it and represent what’s going on today.

Anything espousing of a cinematic worldview that is not built solely upon I.P. mining is an opinion that is nice to here.

Sure, Ringwald will go hang out with a few old co-stars and mine nostalgia to give the audience a bit of warmth in the ol' heart, but that can't be the end all and be all of the culture. Although, maybe this means that the '80s-adoring "Psych" can get Estevez to make an appearance in its fourth movie to round out the "Breakfast Club" cast. (h/t The Hollywood Reporter ) Chris Morgan is a Detroit-based culture writer who has somehow managed to justify getting his BA in Film Studies.

He has written about sports and entertainment across various internet platforms for years and is also the author of three books about '90s television..