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re: Forgotten great 80's movies you loved
Posted on 4/9/18 at 5:30 pm to Soup Sammich
Posted on 4/9/18 at 5:30 pm to Soup Sammich
It was a huge deal when it aired, but The Day After (1983) has since gone to the dustbin. Maybe since it was a made for tv movie, or just that its appeal was spent when the Cold War “ended”.
Full of big names at the time; Robards, Lithgow, Guttenberg and powermilf JoBeth Williams.
As fun & carefree as the 80’s were, there was always the spectre of fiery holocaust being one bad move away.
Anyway, for anyone that wants to feel some nostaligia, the whole film is on YOUTUBE
Full of big names at the time; Robards, Lithgow, Guttenberg and powermilf JoBeth Williams.
As fun & carefree as the 80’s were, there was always the spectre of fiery holocaust being one bad move away.
Anyway, for anyone that wants to feel some nostaligia, the whole film is on YOUTUBE
This post was edited on 4/9/18 at 5:34 pm
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Posted on 4/9/18 at 5:59 pm to Backinthe615
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It was a huge deal when it aired, but The Day After (1983) has since gone to the dustbin.
Ain't that the truth.
With a 46 rating and a 62% share of the viewing audience during its initial broadcast, it set a record as the highest-rated television film in history—a record it still held as recently as a 2009 report.
Now nobody barely knows anything about it.
But The Day After was bigger than Shogun and V and Lonesome Dove.
It was an event people talked about at school.
Posted on 4/9/18 at 6:07 pm to Backinthe615
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Here’s one that hardly anyone remembers: Looker (1981)
Yep. Screenplay/story by Michael Crichton; probably why it was so cool.
This post was edited on 4/9/18 at 6:15 pm
Posted on 4/9/18 at 6:13 pm to Backinthe615
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As fun & carefree as the 80’s were, there was always the spectre of fiery holocaust being one bad move away.
When Reagan called the USSR the Evil Empire...I remember things getting a little too real.
1983-1984 we had class drills to crawl under our desks in case of a nuclear attack.
Look at the movies that came out between 1982-1984.
War Games
Red Dawn
The Day After
Gorky Park
Atomic Cafe
Posted on 4/9/18 at 6:13 pm to Backinthe615
dp
This post was edited on 4/9/18 at 6:15 pm
Posted on 4/9/18 at 8:47 pm to Soup Sammich
Kid Colter
The dog who stopped the war
Others I'd have listed if not already mentioned:
White water summer
Red dawn
Goonies
Stand by me
The dog who stopped the war
Others I'd have listed if not already mentioned:
White water summer
Red dawn
Goonies
Stand by me
Posted on 4/9/18 at 9:12 pm to browl
Crossroads
Eddie and the Cruisers
Eddie and the Cruisers
Posted on 4/9/18 at 10:30 pm to LSUDAN1
Wildcats
Once Bitten
Howard the Duck
Big trouble in little China
Labamba
Lover boy
Can't buy me love
Lost boys
Major league
Unnecessary Roughness
Once Bitten
Howard the Duck
Big trouble in little China
Labamba
Lover boy
Can't buy me love
Lost boys
Major league
Unnecessary Roughness
This post was edited on 4/9/18 at 10:56 pm
Posted on 4/9/18 at 11:27 pm to buford4LSU
That was then, This is now
Amazon Women on the Moon
Creepshow
Revenge
Mask
And for the bike discussion:
In our hood growing up, the cream bikes were JMC, Hutch, Torker, GT, Haro
The second tier were Redline, Diamond Back, Mongoose
Amazon Women on the Moon
Creepshow
Revenge
Mask
And for the bike discussion:
In our hood growing up, the cream bikes were JMC, Hutch, Torker, GT, Haro
The second tier were Redline, Diamond Back, Mongoose
Posted on 4/9/18 at 11:33 pm to JuiceTerry
quote:
That was then, This is now
That's a great call.
That movie has totally disappeared.
Posted on 4/10/18 at 6:05 am to Tiger Voodoo
I want my two dollars
Posted on 4/10/18 at 8:39 am to Soup Sammich
American Flyers Early Kevin Costner before he went full douchebag. Alexandra Paul topless definite teen stiffy
Posted on 4/10/18 at 8:59 am to LSUDonMCO
Posted on 4/10/18 at 9:41 am to Klingler7
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Comedy : Hollywood shuffle
Say it with me...Winky. Dinky. Dog!"
Posted on 4/10/18 at 9:56 am to tigermeat
Great to see Quest for Fire mentioned. There should be move caveman movies.
And movies about cults. Ticket to Heaven is a good one from 1981.
And movies about cults. Ticket to Heaven is a good one from 1981.
Posted on 4/10/18 at 9:59 am to Backinthe615
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It was a huge deal when it aired, but The Day After (1983) has since gone to the dustbin. Maybe since it was a made for tv movie, or just that its appeal was spent when the Cold War “ended”.
Great movie. At the end of the decade, there was "Day One," an excellent AT&T TV movie about "The Making Of The Atomic Bomb," the latter being the name of Richard Rhodes' great book on the subject. It's a thick history book that's better than most novels, but if you ain't got time for dat, "Day One" is a good substitute. Better in some ways is the BBC mini-series "Oppenheimer," which I think came out in 1980. There was also 1984's "Threads," sort of Britain's "The Day After." The 80's was the decade for good nuclear bomb movies. (Note that I did not mention "Fat Man And Little Boy" or "The Manhattan Project." That was on purpose.)
Posted on 4/10/18 at 10:15 am to Spock's Eyebrow
Angel Heart-fricking great movie and performances by Mickey Rourke and De Niro
Big Red One great WW II Movie
Revenge of the Nerds
Big Red One great WW II Movie
Revenge of the Nerds
Posted on 4/10/18 at 10:55 am to Tackle74
Heaven Help Us
Hot Dog the Movie
Up the Creek
Hot Dog the Movie
Up the Creek
Posted on 4/10/18 at 11:17 am to Soup Sammich
Two films that had stellar casts that were (at the time) fairly unknown.
Posted on 4/10/18 at 11:34 am to Soup Sammich
Superfuzz
Body Heat
Black Rain
8 Million Ways to Die
Puppet Master
52 Pick-Up
Rawhead Rex
C.H.U.D.
Top Secret!
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Body Heat
Black Rain
8 Million Ways to Die
Puppet Master
52 Pick-Up
Rawhead Rex
C.H.U.D.
Top Secret!
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
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