Discussion
I was talking to Mrs GMan about some films that I'd seen when I was younger!
Can anyone remember Trancers? With the watch that slows time down, but speeds Jack Deth up. Think it was called a fast minute.
What about Invasion USA?
Also the Mad Mission films?
Also there was one film I can't remember the name of, I think Grace Jones was in it, and it was about a nightclub/stripclub and vampires, two guys from college go and visit it, one of them ends up being a vampire at the end, it's a bit of a comedy too.
Can anyone remember Trancers? With the watch that slows time down, but speeds Jack Deth up. Think it was called a fast minute.
What about Invasion USA?
Also the Mad Mission films?
Also there was one film I can't remember the name of, I think Grace Jones was in it, and it was about a nightclub/stripclub and vampires, two guys from college go and visit it, one of them ends up being a vampire at the end, it's a bit of a comedy too.
The GMan said:
Also there was one film I can't remember the name of, I think Grace Jones was in it, and it was about a nightclub/stripclub and vampires, two guys from college go and visit it, one of them ends up being a vampire at the end, it's a bit of a comedy too.
Vamp, but I remember it for Deedee Pfeiffer (Michelle's younger sister)
I love '80s movies, and not for the 'cheesiness' either, but for certain moments of boldness and fun that directors nowadays just don't have the guts to do. There seem to be several 'cues' that make a movie essentially '80s:
-A tracking shot of Chicago/New York/LA/Vegas at night, taken from a low-flying helicopter.
-Guitars with whammy-bars and sustain on overload.
-A car driving through heavily neon-lit streets at night - either a '59 Cadillac Eldorado, Ferrari Testarossa or Lamborghini Countach. Bad guys always wear black leather jackets that match their 911 Flatnose SE turbos.
-People in bar-room brawls have mullets and use pool cues (nowadays they all seem to be skinheads with guns)
-DRY ICE! preferably coming up from a drain down an alleyway
-It's always dark, full of moody lighting effects.
-If there's a car chase, only two cars are involved (since the '90s they've just turned into explosive wrecking sprees that just aren't as fun)
-The female lead will be wearing clothes all the way through. Every time there's a close-up shot of her, the diamonds she's wearing glitter like crazy.
-The male lead will, unlike films from the '90s, probably be rich, have an appartment that you'd like to live in and a car that you'd like to drive, he'll smoke, and take swigs of whisky before driving off.
Brilliant, eh?
-A tracking shot of Chicago/New York/LA/Vegas at night, taken from a low-flying helicopter.
-Guitars with whammy-bars and sustain on overload.
-A car driving through heavily neon-lit streets at night - either a '59 Cadillac Eldorado, Ferrari Testarossa or Lamborghini Countach. Bad guys always wear black leather jackets that match their 911 Flatnose SE turbos.
-People in bar-room brawls have mullets and use pool cues (nowadays they all seem to be skinheads with guns)
-DRY ICE! preferably coming up from a drain down an alleyway
-It's always dark, full of moody lighting effects.
-If there's a car chase, only two cars are involved (since the '90s they've just turned into explosive wrecking sprees that just aren't as fun)
-The female lead will be wearing clothes all the way through. Every time there's a close-up shot of her, the diamonds she's wearing glitter like crazy.
-The male lead will, unlike films from the '90s, probably be rich, have an appartment that you'd like to live in and a car that you'd like to drive, he'll smoke, and take swigs of whisky before driving off.
Brilliant, eh?
v8thunder said:
I love '80s movies, and not for the 'cheesiness' either, but for certain moments of boldness and fun that directors nowadays just don't have the guts to do. There seem to be several 'cues' that make a movie essentially '80s:
-A tracking shot of Chicago/New York/LA/Vegas at night, taken from a low-flying helicopter.
-Guitars with whammy-bars and sustain on overload.
-A car driving through heavily neon-lit streets at night - either a '59 Cadillac Eldorado, Ferrari Testarossa or Lamborghini Countach. Bad guys always wear black leather jackets that match their 911 Flatnose SE turbos.
-People in bar-room brawls have mullets and use pool cues (nowadays they all seem to be skinheads with guns)
-DRY ICE! preferably coming up from a drain down an alleyway
-It's always dark, full of moody lighting effects.
-If there's a car chase, only two cars are involved (since the '90s they've just turned into explosive wrecking sprees that just aren't as fun)
-The female lead will be wearing clothes all the way through. Every time there's a close-up shot of her, the diamonds she's wearing glitter like crazy.
-The male lead will, unlike films from the '90s, probably be rich, have an appartment that you'd like to live in and a car that you'd like to drive, he'll smoke, and take swigs of whisky before driving off.
Brilliant, eh?
Do you remember the black flat nose Porsche the bad guy drove in Condor Man? Crap film but cool car!
v8thunder said:
-The female lead will be wearing clothes all the way through. Every time there's a close-up shot of her, the diamonds she's wearing glitter like crazy.
Also, she won't always sleep with the male lead, and she will be wearing big shoulder pads.
Don't forget cheesy synth soundtrack, cops in suits (usually brown), suit jackets with sleeves rolled up...
jimothy said:
scatman said:
gonna show her a number 2 tonight
I was waiting for someone to crack that one...
Heh!
Also LOTS of hairspray. Watched the first three Hellraiser films again last week - plenty there!
And let's not forget the old school technology, like the green-screen pc's in Wall Street.....
-The only people with tattoos will be bad guys
-There will always be a couple of plucky kids in basketball tops providing comic relief
-The female lead/villain's girl will drive a white Mercedes-Benz 500SL. It will ALWAYS have the roof down.
-Another perfect '80s movie car - Chevrolet Corvette C4.
-Lighting effect: neon signs reflecting on puddles of water.
-Am I the only person who thinks animatronic special effects (as opposed to over-slick computer-generated abso-bloody-lutely everything) look cool in a kind of charming, human-error way?
-There will be no gay characters, no lesbian kisses and no 'interaction' between anyone under 18 (OK, My Beautiful Laundrette is the exception but that broke the mould in quite a few ways).
-There will always be a couple of plucky kids in basketball tops providing comic relief
-The female lead/villain's girl will drive a white Mercedes-Benz 500SL. It will ALWAYS have the roof down.
-Another perfect '80s movie car - Chevrolet Corvette C4.
-Lighting effect: neon signs reflecting on puddles of water.
-Am I the only person who thinks animatronic special effects (as opposed to over-slick computer-generated abso-bloody-lutely everything) look cool in a kind of charming, human-error way?
-There will be no gay characters, no lesbian kisses and no 'interaction' between anyone under 18 (OK, My Beautiful Laundrette is the exception but that broke the mould in quite a few ways).
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