Cassandra Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 Dr. Demento UHF (The Movie) Airplane Johnny Dangerously Return of the Jedi Empire Strikes Back Lea Thompson Red Storm Rising The Orange Cinedome Movies in theaters that you actually wanted to see Movies nominated for Academy Awards that you actually saw Star Trek 2 Hunt for Red October Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 ?? Some of us encountered Dr Demento in the mid-1970s, and associate him with that decade. That concert was in 1976. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaximander Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 Popular Movies: Wargames Fast Times at Ridgemont High E.T. Raiders of the Lost Ark Excalibur Clash of the Titans Bladerunner Popular Bands and Musicians: Cyndi Lauper Madonna Prince Flock of Seagulls Men at Work U2 The Scorpions Ratt Cars Iron Maiden It was also when I had discovered roleplaying games for the first time even though finding games to actually play in was difficult in my hometown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 I loved the first half of the 80s. Then we moved and everything in my life fell apart. But I still have a lot of fond memories of the good times, so I'll give it a solid B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaximander Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 I admit I liked the early 80s than I did the late 80s. By the late 80s, my tastes were leaning away from pop culture and pop music to more retro styles. I was listening to a lot of late 60s and 70s stuff before they were called classic rock, and I also listened to a lot golden oldies which comprised 50s and early 60s. It was also when my interests starting to expand to include blues, jazz, and classical. I will catch myself enjoying late 80s pop and old school hip hop out of sense of nostalgia even though I did not like those musical styles at the time. By the way, have I ever mentioned that I am huge music lover? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 Mow, the music I liked in the late 90s, is becoming classic rock. My life fell apart upon entering high school in 1990, though I still liked the 1990s, because the 2nd half was awesome for me (college) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 In response to the Incredible Hulk television reference in the other thread (as noted in 1977), I give you 1982's finest: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 Neuromancer Ender’s Game The Dark Tower The Handmaid’s Tale The Belgariad Consider Phlebas Starlord 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 4 hours ago, zslane said: Are we grading it on how much fun we had, or on how good/bad the cultural milestones of the decade were? Because I had a relatively fine time in the 1980s, but it was mostly a cultural wasteland as far as I'm concerned. Mostly the former, but the music I still listen to, and that's culture to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted February 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Old Man said: Neuromancer Ender’s Game The Dark Tower The Handmaid’s Tale The Belgariad Consider Phlebas Oooooo, David Eddings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 To be brutally honest, the eighties were kind of a wasteland for fantasy and SF fiction aside from the start of cyberpunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted February 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2020 This was also discovered in the 80s: Joe Walsh and Iuz the Evil 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted February 15, 2020 Report Share Posted February 15, 2020 6 hours ago, zslane said: Are we grading it on how much fun we had, or on how good/bad the cultural milestones of the decade were? Because I had a relatively fine time in the 1980s, but it was mostly a cultural wasteland as far as I'm concerned. Yes. At least, I am. I don't know about these other folks. I think the city of Berlin might love the 80s more than I do, (but I kinda doubt it ) 12 hours ago, Starlord said: No Thompson Twins? If you look right over there, in the dimmest corner of an otherwise well-lit living room-- right there, just at the end of the couch, you will see a small, square end table. If you move it out of the corner, you will see the carpet beneath that table. Notice that lumpy spot that was hidden by the table? The lumps in the rug? As if something had been... swept under it.....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted February 15, 2020 Report Share Posted February 15, 2020 The music of the 1980s was one of the lowlights for me. There were exceptions, like there are for most things, but for the most part I hated the music of the 1980s. I was glad to see it all get swept away by the Grunge movement (which I didn't especially love per se, but I didn't hate it either, and it was far more tolerable than the punk, New Wave, and pop garbage it replaced). However, if I was going to be tortured by way of music and got to choose between 1980s pop and today's pop, I'd take 1980s pop all day. Today's pop is barely music. A vocal track, a drum machine, a bass pulse, and maybe some occasional ambient synth sounds in the background pretending to be a string section. You'd be hard pressed to find anyone actually playing a musical instrument in today's studio sessions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 15, 2020 Report Share Posted February 15, 2020 You forgot Autotune®. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted February 15, 2020 Report Share Posted February 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Starlord said: This was also discovered in the 80s: The Glaive. For years I wondered why it was categorized as a polearm because of this. Fantastic movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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