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re: My love letter to 80s cinema

Posted on 7/14/26 at 8:48 pm to
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
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Posted on 7/14/26 at 8:48 pm to
It’s a whiff to not include that movie in the lineup but still cool nonetheless.

Also could’ve easily added Flight of the Navigator, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, The Explorers, Valley Girl …

Fantastic decade.
This post was edited on 7/14/26 at 8:56 pm
Posted by CAD703X
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Posted on 7/14/26 at 9:22 pm to
Was To Love and Die in LA and Blade Runner on that list?
Posted by tigerfan84
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Posted on 7/14/26 at 10:34 pm to
Posted by tigerfan84
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Posted on 7/14/26 at 10:36 pm to
Posted by WinnaSez
Jackson, MS
Member since Mar 2019
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Posted on 7/14/26 at 11:58 pm to
quote:

I was 11 when the 80s started and 21 when they ended. quote: I was 16-26. It was absolutely the peak period of my lifetime for sure. Almost the same --15-25-- and I echo your sentiments. Reagan, then Bush (and bush), MTV, no piercings or tattoos, races got along, great TV and movies, no overconnectivity with computers and cellphones-- life was just plain and simple better then.


I was 13 - 23. The absolute best of times.
Posted by Major Dutch Schaefer
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Posted on 7/15/26 at 7:44 am to
quote:

I was 11 when the 80s started and 21 when they ended.
quote:
I was 16-26. It was absolutely the peak period of my lifetime for sure.

Almost the same --15-25-- and I echo your sentiments. Reagan, then Bush (and bush), MTV, no piercings or tattoos, races got along, great TV and movies, no overconnectivity with computers and cellphones-- life was just plain and simple better then.


14-24 here, echo the words above.
Posted by STigers
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Member since Nov 2022
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Posted on 7/17/26 at 2:36 pm to
The Best Time To Grow Up No Doubt.

I would like to thank this man for that.

quote:

John Wilden Hughes Jr. (February 18, 1950 - August 6, 2009) was an American filmmaker. He is best known for writing, directing, and producing the films Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), Weird Science (1985), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), and Uncle Buck (1989), in addition to writing the films Pretty in Pink (1986), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989),
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
48961 posts
Posted on 7/17/26 at 2:58 pm to
Damn , that's a hell of a run. I knew he had a bunch but all put out there like that...respect!
Posted by i am dan
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Posted on 7/17/26 at 2:59 pm to
That's some amazing editing.
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Posted on 7/17/26 at 3:02 pm to
Good 80s movies would be an awesome S thread.
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