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re: Three ’80s movies that capture the decade’s feel that aren't obvious to those too young

Posted on 3/5/24 at 6:59 am to
Posted by Hetfield
Dallas
Member since Jun 2013
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Posted on 3/5/24 at 6:59 am to
Can’t Buy Me Love
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If you would have told me in 1989 that in real life Ronald Miller would eventually be nicknamed McDreamy & then be People Magazine's Sexiest Man alive & that Cindy Mancini would turn into a meth head & die in her 40's I would have laughed at you.
This post was edited on 3/5/24 at 7:16 am
Posted by PhilipMarlowe
Member since Mar 2013
21738 posts
Posted on 3/5/24 at 7:16 am to
quote:

No Retreat No Surrender


I watched this all the time as a youngin. It has quite possible the “greatest“ 80’s training montage of all time.

GOAT.
Posted by Soul Gleaux
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2012
4220 posts
Posted on 3/5/24 at 7:16 am to
RAD
Gleaming the Cube
The Last Dragon
Posted by drizztiger
Deal With it!
Member since Mar 2007
45221 posts
Posted on 3/5/24 at 7:41 am to
quote:

If you would have told me in 1989 that in real life Ronald Miller would eventually be nicknamed McDreamy & then be People Magazine's Sexiest Man alive & that Cindy Mancini would turn into a meth head & die in her 40's I would have laughed at you.
Absolutely the same. That would have been unimaginable.
Posted by genuineLSUtiger
Nashville
Member since Sep 2005
77203 posts
Posted on 3/5/24 at 8:35 am to
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t Cindy Mancini would turn into a meth head & die in her 40's I would have laughed at you.


She actually died of a morphine overdose.
Posted by glassman
Next to the beer taps at Finn's
Member since Oct 2008
117894 posts
Posted on 3/5/24 at 8:36 am to
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The Outsiders


Huh?
Posted by Tangineck
Mandeville
Member since Nov 2017
2789 posts
Posted on 3/5/24 at 8:45 am to
quote:

quote:
The Outsiders



Huh?


I am as confused as you are.
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
60288 posts
Posted on 3/5/24 at 8:49 am to
quote:

Top Gun


quote:

Three ’80s movies that capture the decade’s feel that aren't obvious to those too young
Posted by Wally Sparks
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2013
32518 posts
Posted on 3/5/24 at 9:07 am to
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If you would have told me in 1989 that in real life Ronald Miller would eventually be nicknamed McDreamy & then be People Magazine's Sexiest Man alive & that Cindy Mancini would turn into a meth head & die in her 40's I would have laughed at you.



Ditto
Posted by Wally Sparks
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2013
32518 posts
Posted on 3/5/24 at 9:08 am to
American Flyers
Posted by thegambler
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2012
2056 posts
Posted on 3/5/24 at 9:19 am to
The Goonies
ET
Trading Places
Posted by TheTideMustRoll
Birmingham, AL
Member since Dec 2009
10360 posts
Posted on 3/5/24 at 9:51 am to
Explorers
The Wizard
The Last Starfighter
Posted by TTU97NI
Celina, TX
Member since Mar 2017
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Posted on 3/5/24 at 10:22 am to
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Less than Zero

came to post this one
Posted by TigerintheNO
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
44261 posts
Posted on 3/5/24 at 11:13 am to
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The Outsiders


set in the mid 60s
Posted by Oswald
South of the St. George Buffer Zone
Member since Aug 2011
4197 posts
Posted on 3/5/24 at 11:23 am to
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Can’t Buy Me Love

Came in here to post this.
Posted by A12 Oxcart
On the float out in the Belt
Member since Dec 2022
1045 posts
Posted on 3/5/24 at 12:52 pm to
Some Kind Of Wonderful
Three O'Clock High
Black Rain
Posted by FLTech
Member since Sep 2017
25374 posts
Posted on 3/5/24 at 12:58 pm to
Legend of Bill Jean King
Fast Times

For some reason, these movies just ooooooze with 80s memories
Posted by concrete_tiger
Member since May 2020
7477 posts
Posted on 3/5/24 at 1:05 pm to
gonna mix it up

Revenge of the Nerds
Nightmare on Elm Street
The Goonies
Posted by CU_Tigers4life
Georgia
Member since Aug 2013
9253 posts
Posted on 3/5/24 at 1:06 pm to
Fast Times At Ridgemont High (I'm so wasted!)

Wall Street (Greed is Good)

Rambo: First Blood Part 2 (frick the Ruskies!)


Honorable Mention:

Back to School
Empire Strikes Back
Raiders of the Lost Ark
This post was edited on 3/5/24 at 1:10 pm
Posted by St Augustine
The Pauper of the Surf
Member since Mar 2006
71105 posts
Posted on 3/5/24 at 1:40 pm to
Flight of the Navigator
This post was edited on 3/5/24 at 1:41 pm
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