I Love The 80s

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-04-12 06:42pm

Is anyone else watching this? I remember the Cabbage Patch Kids and Pound Puppies. It's rather amusing to see all this stuff I vaguely remember (I was very young through most of the 80s, but I remember reruns when I was about 6 or so).

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-04-12 06:49pm

The Dark wrote:Is anyone else watching this? I remember the Cabbage Patch Kids and Pound Puppies. It's rather amusing to see all this stuff I vaguely remember (I was very young through most of the 80s, but I remember reruns when I was about 6 or so).

Yeah, I've watched it before. Funny stuff.

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2003-04-12 07:02pm

I for one did not like the 80s. If there's one thing in this world that I hate, it's big hair bands.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-04-12 07:09pm

Wicked Pilot wrote:I for one did not like the 80s. If there's one thing in this world that I hate, it's big hair bands.

I actually like big hair on women. Big hair on men is an abomination.

seanrobertson · Post by **seanrobertson** » 2003-04-12 07:10pm

Darth Wong wrote:
Wicked Pilot wrote:I for one did not like the 80s. If there's one thing in this world that I hate, it's big hair bands.
I actually like big hair on women. Big hair on men is an abomination.

Kirk? His "hair" was big relative to his...err...well, "natural" hair

I'm teasing. I thought big hair was sexy, too, even though I was just hitting puberty as the decade ended.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-04-12 07:32pm

'80s were t3h 31337! I love the '80s!

salm · Post by **salm** » 2003-04-12 07:41pm

the 80s suck, man!

makeup and hair cuts made hot chicks ugly in the 80s. then they put on jackets with shoulder pads which made the ugly chicks look like ugly guys.

music was a crime.

most movies were total crap.

and we had helmut kohl.

seanrobertson · Post by **seanrobertson** » 2003-04-12 07:50pm

salm wrote:the 80s suck, man!

makeup and hair cuts made hot chicks ugly in the 80s. then they put on jackets with shoulder pads which made the ugly chicks look like ugly guys.

music was a crime.

most movies were total crap.

and we had helmut kohl.

Are you kidding me? Most movies were total crap?

Well, maybe...of course I think most ALL movies, from any time period, are crap. But the 80s had some really, REALLY good ones:

Aliens
Body Heat
Conan the Barbarian
Extreme Prejudice
Full Metal Jacket
Indiana Jones pt. I
Predator
Robocop
The Shining
Southern Comfort
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Star Trek II: TWOK
Terminator
Total Recall

...there were tons of awesome movies in the 80's.

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2003-04-12 08:18pm

THE 80'S RULE!

Of course being a child of the 80's helps some.

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2003-04-12 08:20pm

Though TECHNICALLY a child of the 80's seeing as how I was born in the mid-80's. I WAS however raised by my teenage siblings who did, which is about the closest you can get without living the 80's.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-04-12 08:26pm

I've said it once and I'll say it again; as far as the eighties are concerned,

"I have only one thing to say to you:

I WANNA ROCK!"

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-04-12 08:26pm

Thematic 80s music: Van Halen, AC/DC, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Journey, the Police.

Thematic 90s music: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, U2, Vanilla Ice, Mariah Carey, Soundgarden

Thematic 2000's music: Britney Spears, N Sync, Limp Bizkit

That is a DOWNWARD trend, ladies and gentlemen.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-04-12 08:28pm

Goonies.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-04-12 08:29pm

Darth Wong wrote:Thematic 80s music: Van Halen, AC/DC, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Journey, the Police.

Thematic 90s music: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, U2, Vanilla Ice, Mariah Carey, Soundgarden

Thematic 2000's music: Britney Spears, N Sync, Limp Bizkit

That is a DOWNWARD trend, ladies and gentlemen.

Weren't they all condemned by fundies too?

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2003-04-12 08:30pm

neoolong wrote:Goonies.

GOONIES!!! ALL HAIL THE SWEET KICKASSNESS OF THE GOONIES!!!

salm · Post by **salm** » 2003-04-12 08:39pm

Darth Wong wrote:Thematic 80s music: Van Halen, AC/DC, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Journey, the Police.

Thematic 90s music: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, U2, Vanilla Ice, Mariah Carey, Soundgarden

Thematic 2000's music: Britney Spears, N Sync, Limp Bizkit

That is a DOWNWARD trend, ladies and gentlemen.

hey, take electroninc music. there was no drum and base or trip hop in the 80s. what would i have listened to while smoking pot in the 80s? probably some old reggae which is not half bad, but nothing compared to kid loco

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-04-12 09:15pm

Captain_Cyran wrote:
neoolong wrote:Goonies.
GOONIES!!! ALL HAIL THE SWEET KICKASSNESS OF THE GOONIES!!!

AND I SAW IT ON THE BIGSCREEN! BWAHAHAHA!

Well actually, last term the uni Film Soc. had the original reels for show so they put it on one night. Never seen it on a proper cinema screen, it was jam packed that night.

EDIT: I have not a clue what a "bugscreen" is, I meant "bigscreen" but it seems that typing at 0232 hours after getting up at 0600 is a bad idea.

P.S.

I never noticed how much sexual innuendo was in that film!

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2003-04-12 09:16pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:
Captain_Cyran wrote:
neoolong wrote:Goonies.
GOONIES!!! ALL HAIL THE SWEET KICKASSNESS OF THE GOONIES!!!
AND I SAW IT ON THE BUGSCREEN! BWAHAHAHA!

Well actually, last term the uni Film Soc. had the original reels for show so they put it on one night. Never seen it on a proper cinema screen, it was jam packed that night.

You're one lucky bastard...

LordShaithis · Post by **LordShaithis** » 2003-04-12 09:18pm

Transformers. GI Joe. Return of the Jedi. Screw you naysayers, the 80's rocked!

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-04-12 09:37pm

Darth Wong wrote:Thematic 80s music: Van Halen, AC/DC, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Journey, the Police.

Thematic 90s music: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, U2, Vanilla Ice, Mariah Carey, Soundgarden

Thematic 2000's music: Britney Spears, N Sync, Limp Bizkit

That is a DOWNWARD trend, ladies and gentlemen.

Hey, the 80s had their share of soulless pop. Hair bands, anyone?

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-04-12 09:46pm

Durran Korr wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:Thematic 80s music: Van Halen, AC/DC, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Journey, the Police.

Thematic 90s music: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, U2, Vanilla Ice, Mariah Carey, Soundgarden

Thematic 2000's music: Britney Spears, N Sync, Limp Bizkit

That is a DOWNWARD trend, ladies and gentlemen.
Hey, the 80s had their share of soulless pop. Hair bands, anyone?

And todays music is filled with talentless dicks surrounded by shitloads of bitches.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2003-04-12 09:52pm

Montcalm wrote:
Durran Korr wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:Thematic 80s music: Van Halen, AC/DC, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Journey, the Police.

Thematic 90s music: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, U2, Vanilla Ice, Mariah Carey, Soundgarden

Thematic 2000's music: Britney Spears, N Sync, Limp Bizkit

That is a DOWNWARD trend, ladies and gentlemen.
Hey, the 80s had their share of soulless pop. Hair bands, anyone?
And todays music is filled with talentless dicks surrounded by shitloads of bitches.

wrong! the mainstream mtv crap is mostly telentless dicks. but there´s other music than the crap that´s on mtv.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2003-04-12 10:26pm

Big hair is bad, no matter who its on.

aphexmonster · Post by **aphexmonster** » 2003-04-12 11:09pm

Thematic 80s music: Van Halen, AC/DC, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Journey, the Police.

Thematic 90s music: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, U2, Vanilla Ice, Mariah Carey, Soundgarden

Thematic 2000's music: Britney Spears, N Sync, Limp Bizkit

That is a DOWNWARD trend, ladies and gentlemen.

You picked good artists from two decades, but when you get to the year 2000, you pick the shit of the litter. Whats wrong with Paul Van Dyk, or Static-X, or Powerman5000? If anything, with time music has gotten better as technology has started to influence it more. I guess you forgot to add the backstreet boys while you were on the subject of pop

-monster

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-04-12 11:21pm

aphexmonster wrote:
Thematic 80s music: Van Halen, AC/DC, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Journey, the Police.

Thematic 90s music: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, U2, Vanilla Ice, Mariah Carey, Soundgarden

Thematic 2000's music: Britney Spears, N Sync, Limp Bizkit

That is a DOWNWARD trend, ladies and gentlemen.
You picked good artists from two decades, but when you get to the year 2000, you pick the shit of the litter.

I picked the biggest acts. Those were the bands making monster money and getting all the airtime on the rock stations in their respective eras.

Whats wrong with Paul Van Dyk, or Static-X, or Powerman5000?

Maybe the fact that I've never heard of 'em? You couldn't help but hear about the bands I listed in their respective eras, even if you didn't like them. They were huge. Today, what's big is the stuff I mentioned. This is no doubt due to the consolidation of music companies; today there are only something like four major companies which control all of the radio stations in North America, and maybe a half-dozen major labels. With consolidation and increasing corporate control comes uniformity of product and elimination of risk-taking.

If anything, with time music has gotten better as technology has started to influence it more.

I have never seen any shred of evidence that advanced technology improves the quality of music; it only improves the means of distribution.

I guess you forgot to add the backstreet boys while you were on the subject of pop

I couldn't bring myself to type that name. Ugh.

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