The 80s - reminisce away
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I must have the ghey too. I love 80s films!
M@verick said:
My guilty pleasure has always been kitsch films. I miss an era (probably related to my age at the time) when everything made sense, everything experience was new/cool/exciting, and life seemed easier. The films remind me of that -
The Breakfast Club
The Sure Thing
St Elmos Fire
Ferris Beullers Day Off
The Secret of My Success
Doc Hollywood.
etc etc.
I "miss" those films the most, although technically since I have a definitive collection of them, I dont actually have to miss them. They make me wistful though.
I stand ready to be called a gayer for this.
R.
The Breakfast Club
The Sure Thing
St Elmos Fire
Ferris Beullers Day Off
The Secret of My Success
Doc Hollywood.
etc etc.
I "miss" those films the most, although technically since I have a definitive collection of them, I dont actually have to miss them. They make me wistful though.
I stand ready to be called a gayer for this.
R.
schmalex said:
Hardcastle & McCormick
Airwolf
Blue Thunder
A Team
Dukes of Hazard
Manimal
Chips
Knight Rider
The Fall Guy
Miami Vice
The '80's had some awesome TV!!!!
Whilst I agree they were great shows at the time, unfortunately most don’t stand the test of time well. Try watching one now. I am excluding Blue Thunder and Miami Vice from that list. Airwolf
Blue Thunder
A Team
Dukes of Hazard
Manimal
Chips
Knight Rider
The Fall Guy
Miami Vice
The '80's had some awesome TV!!!!
I ordered the box set of these last week (technically the original was released in 1977, so this is 3 years early but I didnt watch the films till the 80's at which point I thought they were brilliant).
R.
ps - JAYB can you please PM me that John Cusack pic, if you have an original of decent resolution ?, my desktop wallpaper on my laptop is a set of 80's and 90's kitsch film images which change every ten minutes or so - I would like to add that one. Cheers.
R.
ps - JAYB can you please PM me that John Cusack pic, if you have an original of decent resolution ?, my desktop wallpaper on my laptop is a set of 80's and 90's kitsch film images which change every ten minutes or so - I would like to add that one. Cheers.
Cotty said:
schmalex said:
Hardcastle & McCormick
Airwolf
Blue Thunder
A Team
Dukes of Hazard
Manimal
Chips
Knight Rider
The Fall Guy
Miami Vice
The '80's had some awesome TV!!!!
Whilst I agree they were great shows at the time, unfortunately most don’t stand the test of time well. Try watching one now. I am excluding Blue Thunder and Miami Vice from that list. Airwolf
Blue Thunder
A Team
Dukes of Hazard
Manimal
Chips
Knight Rider
The Fall Guy
Miami Vice
The '80's had some awesome TV!!!!
M@verick said:
My guilty pleasure has always been kitsch films. I miss an era (probably related to my age at the time) when everything made sense, everything experience was new/cool/exciting, and life seemed easier. The films remind me of that -
The Breakfast Club
The Sure Thing
St Elmos Fire
Ferris Beullers Day Off
The Secret of My Success
Doc Hollywood.
etc etc.
I "miss" those films the most, although technically since I have a definitive collection of them, I dont actually have to miss them. They make me wistful though.
I stand ready to be called a gayer for this.
R.
*nods*The Breakfast Club
The Sure Thing
St Elmos Fire
Ferris Beullers Day Off
The Secret of My Success
Doc Hollywood.
etc etc.
I "miss" those films the most, although technically since I have a definitive collection of them, I dont actually have to miss them. They make me wistful though.
I stand ready to be called a gayer for this.
R.
You only need to add 'Sixteen Candles' for this to be the gayest post on the thread!
Edited by GC8 on Wednesday 26th October 13:18
NoVetec said:
I was born in '89, but I love most of the music from the decade, and Knight Rider. From what I can gather from people I've spoken to; it seems the '80s was a better time to live than now.
i often think it was better then , but we were mostly kids so didnt have the worrys we have now petrol was cheaper too
Yes I am fond of the 80's also. I walked past a book store the other day and there was a selection of newspapers from 1986, nearly bought one.
I remember Perms on women, and footballers. mars bars being 10p, white ford escort xr3's, duran duran, football cards, cartoons like Ulesses 31 and Jason and the Wheeled Warriors, mint pacers, coloured tyres on a bmx and spokey dokies.
I remember Perms on women, and footballers. mars bars being 10p, white ford escort xr3's, duran duran, football cards, cartoons like Ulesses 31 and Jason and the Wheeled Warriors, mint pacers, coloured tyres on a bmx and spokey dokies.
RV8 said:
Yes I am fond of the 80's also. I walked past a book store the other day and there was a selection of newspapers from 1986, nearly bought one.
I remember Perms on women, and footballers. mars bars being 10p, white ford escort xr3's, duran duran, football cards, cartoons like Ulesses 31 and Jason and the Wheeled Warriors, mint pacers, coloured tyres on a bmx and spokey dokies.
I used to work at a company where the HR Director was the spitting image of Fenella the Wicked Witch from Chorlton & the Wheelies. One of the lads who worked for me changed her profie pic on the intranet to Fenella. Happiness did not ensue.I remember Perms on women, and footballers. mars bars being 10p, white ford escort xr3's, duran duran, football cards, cartoons like Ulesses 31 and Jason and the Wheeled Warriors, mint pacers, coloured tyres on a bmx and spokey dokies.
schmalex said:
I used to work at a company where the HR Director was the spitting image of Fenella the Wicked Witch from Chorlton & the Wheelies. One of the lads who worked for me changed her profie pic on the intranet to Fenella. Happiness did not ensue.
does she just pop up in the office?schmalex said:
Hardcastle & McCormick
Airwolf
Blue Thunder
A Team
Dukes of Hazard
Manimal
Chips
Knight Rider
The Fall Guy
Miami Vice
The '80's had some awesome TV!!!!
It seems we have (had?) similar tastes!Airwolf
Blue Thunder
A Team
Dukes of Hazard
Manimal
Chips
Knight Rider
The Fall Guy
Miami Vice
The '80's had some awesome TV!!!!
Also:
Streethawk
Cover Up
Vegas
Hunter
Automan
Kickstart
Thundercats
Battle Of The Planets
The Professionals
Starsky & Hutch
Monkey
Tiswas (& OTT)
as for the fashion:
Doc Martins with diffeent coloured laces
Fred Perry T-shirts
Stay-pres
Adidas Kick trainers
Luminous socks
I remember when ITV went 'through the night' - great news for insomniac TV addicts (way before Sky TV)
Taping the charts on a Sunday night
Kuwahara BMX bikes
Raleigh Grifter
Raleigh Chopper (before they went all H&S and got rid of T-shifter)
When car reg plates went from suffix to prefix
The Cortina got replaced by the Sierra
Vector W12 poster on my wall
Linda Lusardi
Christ that's my afternoon wasted now...
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