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aceofspadeshq at gee mail.com CBD: cbd.aoshq at gee mail.com Buck: buck.throckmorton at protonmail.com joe mannix: mannix2024 at proton.me MisHum: petmorons at gee mail.com J.J. Sefton: sefton at cutjibnewsletter.com | My Claim: They Put Out More Good to Great Movies in 1982 Than Hollywood Has Put Out in the Last Fifteen YearsI was looking up First Blood and I clicked on this list of movies from 1982 and was surprised out how good so many were. And how varied! Note the big variety of movie types, different genres, all that.48 Hrs. Annie Barbarosa -- This is the Gary Busey/Willie Nelson western. It looked like a trash movie, but I remember it being really good. And it was very well reviewed. The Beastmaster -- okay, so maybe this wasn't a great movie, but... well, it's kind of a cultural touchstone. Blade Runner -- obviously now considered a masterpiece (though not by me). Conan the Barbarian -- what can you say? Creepshow The Dark Crystal -- both of these movies might have been let-downs, but probably better than most movies considered "good" these days. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid -- this gimmicky Steve Martin comedy was considered a let-down after The Jerk, but... again, I'd put this one up against most comedies in the past 10 years. Deathtrap -- nifty little puzzler. Diner E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Fast Times at Ridgemont High Firefox -- like many Clint Eastwood movies, this was a bit like Clint's acting -- laconic and a bit too understated. Again, though: I gotta think this movie would beat the shit out of most action movies made recently. First Blood -- this is the movie I looked up to set me down this Wikipedia Walk. This is the first real action movie I remember being nuts about. Friday the 13th Part III -- hey man, the kills were in 3-D. Gandhi Halloween III: Season of the Witch-- I know this is weird, and I"m not saying this just to be different, but this is my favorite Halloween movie. Yes, the one without The Shape. Hurry up it's Halloween, Halloween, hurry up it's Halloween, Silver Shamrock... By the way, they did that particular song because they were out of money, could not write their own song, and wanted something free, in the public domain. They picked "London Bridge" and I think the director and producer sang that dumb little ditty, using it as a temp track until they did a more professional version. But they never bothered with the more professional version, and the temp track became the finished track. I, the Jury -- okay, this is probably not a good Mickey Spillaine movie, but this was back when they still made a detective movie or two every year. They haven't done that in 20 years. What's the last detective movie? Who Framed Roger Rabbit? It Came from Hollywood -- just mentioning this one -- this is that movie hosted by John Candy, Gilda Radner, etc., going through the crap horror movies of the 50s. Koyaanisqatsi -- This must have been a good movie, PBS played it like all the time! Missing My Favorite Year Night Shift -- I just rewatched this. I don't know if it completely holds up -- I think you really had to be a child to think that the obnoxious and dopey Billy Blaze was "cool" -- but it's still pretty good. (The Michael Keaton Trillogy of Night Shift/Mr. Mom/Gung Ho has been on the cable channels lately.) An Officer and a Gentleman One from the Heart -- I never saw this and I understand it was a flop but, hey. Coppola doing a big release. Must have had something good about it. Poltergeist Porky's Rocky III -- these last three movies were basically HBO's entire schedule for like two years. I could have also included "Grease 2" as a rash on HBO, also released in 1982, but that would tend to undermine my thesis about 1982 being a good year for movies. The Secret of NIMH Silent Rage -- not a great movie, but Chuck Norris vs an unstoppable silent serial killer patterned on Michael Meyers and Jason Vorhees? It's almost a Marvel Team Up movie. Sophie's Choice Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan -- so good. Also, pretty much never not on HBO. "Dey put kreatyures in our ears, Kepten!" Swamp Thing The Sword and the Sorcerer -- these last two movies are crap but I just want to remind you of them anyway. The Sword and the Sorcerer is that terrible fantasy movie with Lee Horsely as a guy with a three-bladed sword, like a giant Gillette Mach 3 Razor, where each blade can be fired off like a rocket. Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
AltonJackson Posted by: First!!! at April 12, 2019 08:04 PM (KCxzN) 2
All good movies
Posted by: MAC SOG and nothing will happen at April 12, 2019 08:04 PM (P4Pk9) 3
A lot of these movies were 'made' great by access to them via cable.
Repeated watchings increased a lot of appreciation for them. Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 12, 2019 08:06 PM (oVJmc) Posted by: Blutarski at April 12, 2019 08:06 PM (+Tibp) 5
Probably half of these are under development for a reboot, remake, or "gritty" reimagining.
Posted by: brak at April 12, 2019 08:06 PM (PBASO) 6
As I recall Young Doctors in Love was hilarious.
Posted by: WonkishRogue (WR) at April 12, 2019 08:06 PM (18FL1) 7
Tron.....welll...
Posted by: WonkishRogue (WR) at April 12, 2019 08:07 PM (18FL1) 8
3 A lot of these movies were 'made' great by access to them via cable.
And the new avenue of home video, too, I guess. Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 12, 2019 08:07 PM (oVJmc) 9
Huh, wow, out of that list, the only one I've seen is First Blood.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, triumphalist Trumpian at April 12, 2019 08:07 PM (wA4OO) 10
I would include The Road Warrior. It was released in Australia on Dec. 24th 1981 and released in the US some time in May of 1982.
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 12, 2019 08:08 PM (xPl2J) 11
Tron wasn't good. but, well, I guess... it was innovative? Maybe?
Posted by: ace at April 12, 2019 08:08 PM (PbpT7) 12
Preach it, TuCa
Posted by: Pete Seria at April 12, 2019 08:08 PM (7ZQe3) Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 12, 2019 08:08 PM (oVJmc) 14
Had to look up The Last Starfighter release to see if it 1982 qualified. 1984 actually.
Posted by: WonkishRogue (WR) at April 12, 2019 08:08 PM (18FL1) 15
>>>10 I would include The Road Warrior. It was released in Australia on Dec. 24th 1981 and released in the US some time in May of 1982.
OH WOW! I'll put that in! Posted by: ace at April 12, 2019 08:08 PM (PbpT7) 16
FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 08:09 PM (Zz0t1) Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 12, 2019 08:09 PM (oVJmc) 18
Gandhi was an engaging movie, but straight-up propaganda.
If you notice in the opening credits, the film was financed by the government of India. Hmmm. That explains why the first half of the movie hits hard on the notion that the Hindus and the Muzzies were best buddies, united against the British. There was that small unpleasantness after partition, and subsequently three - now bidding for four - wars, but we don't talk about that. Bullshit propaganda. And the movie totally whitewashed Gandhi's freakazoid proclivities, which were staggering. Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 12, 2019 08:09 PM (YqDXo) Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 08:10 PM (Zz0t1) 20
Tucker is going through a list of cities where the 'immigrants' should be taken.
Beacon Hill Upper East Side Kalorama, Washington DC Hysterical! Posted by: Tami at April 12, 2019 08:10 PM (cF8AT) 21
A lot of these movies were 'made' great by access to them via cable.
That's a good point. That and movie rentals. ET and The Dark Crystal were the only ones on the list I actually saw in the theater. I saw the rest on cable when I was older. I had the shit scared out of me watching Poltergeist at my neighbor's long before I was actually ready for scary movies. That damn clown and the tree! Posted by: no good deed at April 12, 2019 08:10 PM (uTY3H) 22
Also Cloak and Dagger (Dabney Coleman) an 84 release. Man my brain is hardwired two years removed.
Posted by: WonkishRogue (WR) at April 12, 2019 08:10 PM (18FL1) 23
There were two very good aspects of Swamp Thing.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 12, 2019 08:11 PM (+y/Ru) 24
I saw the Swamp Thing when it came out. The only thing I remember about it is Adrienne Barbeau's titties.
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 12, 2019 08:11 PM (xPl2J) 25
They make movies now primarily for the Chinese/International market. That's one reason why comedy has degraded -- you cant do snappy, clever wordplay if you need to translate the movie into a dozen languages where the wordplay humor wont translate.
Posted by: Revenant at April 12, 2019 08:11 PM (bD2Jh) 26
Thank you. Come again.
Posted by: gandhi at April 12, 2019 08:11 PM (Dh1wo) 27
The Man with Two Brains.
Posted by: Blutarski at April 12, 2019 08:11 PM (+Tibp) 28
What about The Butterfly with Stacy Keach and Pia Zadora? Best movie of 1982!
Posted by: JuJuBee at April 12, 2019 08:11 PM (aBR7R) 29
>>Tucker is going through a list of cities where the 'immigrants' should be taken.
>>Beacon Hill Upper East Side Kalorama, Washington DC >>Hysterical! My old condo was just out of frame in the Beacon Hill photo. I concur, no way in hell would the liberals there allow it but it would be funny as hell to watch. Posted by: JackStraw at April 12, 2019 08:11 PM (/tuJf) 30
Had to look up The Last Starfighter release to see if it 1982 qualified. 1984 actually.
That's one I wouldn't mind seeing remade with today's SFX so long as they don't SJW it up. Posted by: no good deed at April 12, 2019 08:12 PM (uTY3H) 31
Ah - back when I went to the movies.
Knew some guys who knew the guys on whose characters some characters in Diner were based. From Bal'more. Friend teaches at Clairemont High, where Crowe got his material to do Ridgemont High (I think his mom was the librarian there). So that's my non-connection to those two. Posted by: rhomboid at April 12, 2019 08:12 PM (QDnY+) 32
There were a couple of good things about "Swamp Thing"
Posted by: josephistan at April 12, 2019 08:12 PM (Izzlo) 33
IIRC, 1982 was also the year River Raid came out for the Atari 2600.
'82 was also a banner year for video games. Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 08:12 PM (XAYDB) 34
How great was First Blood. I remember thinking how I couldn't wait to get my hands on an m-60
Posted by: Marcus T at April 12, 2019 08:13 PM (tjEAM) 35
The ones I saw in the theatre are: Diner, One From the Heart, Tootsie, Sophie's Choice, World According to Garp.
Favorites were Garp and One From the Heart. I seem to remember One from the Heart being cheesy noir, but it was my first introduction to Tom Waits, and the soundtrack is still among my favorites. Sophie's Choice is a couple of hours I regret that I'll never get back. Posted by: April at April 12, 2019 08:13 PM (OX9vb) 36
11 Tron wasn't good. but, well, I guess... it was innovative? Maybe?
Posted by: ace at April 12, 2019 08:08 PM (PbpT7) --The Tron arcade video game was awesome. Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 08:13 PM (XAYDB) Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2019 08:13 PM (g/u4p) 38
The nudity in Airplane 2! was actually fairly quality.
The Sword and the Sorcerer was one I saw at the time (also quality nudity upon rewatch) but the sword was little boy cool when I was *cough7cough*. Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 12, 2019 08:14 PM (bQ/du) 39
A lot of these movies were 'made' great by access to them via cable.
The key: Hollywood wasn't then making movies to appeal to the Chinese. Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 12, 2019 08:14 PM (YqDXo) 40
Personal Best was also released in 1982. My first exposure to Lesbian sex.
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 12, 2019 08:14 PM (xPl2J) 41
I saw Garp as a test run with an alternative ending in college. Loved it. Still holds up.
Posted by: Pete Seria at April 12, 2019 08:15 PM (7ZQe3) 42
I remember when HBO = Hey, Beastmaster's On!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 12, 2019 08:15 PM (kQs4Y) 43
Yeah, I think First Blood was the first movie I ever wanted to watch a second time right away.
Great thesis Ace -- I think it's right on. I'd rather watch any movie from 1939 than the insulting crap Hollywood had been cranking out the past decade.
Posted by: ShainS -- PhD candidate in Angry Orange Male studies 44
You'll get no argument from me on this one. I have a *sizeable* video collection and the 1980's are highly represented therein.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at April 12, 2019 08:15 PM (7s3Gx) 45
-The Tron arcade video game was awesome.
Wasted a ton of quarters killing the breakout like core with the bugs. I played that and Galaga and Gauntlet. Posted by: no good deed at April 12, 2019 08:15 PM (uTY3H) 46
I remember being stuck on Tron for a long time. It was a weird mix of tech and gladiator stuff
Posted by: Marcus T at April 12, 2019 08:16 PM (tjEAM) 47
I remember when HBO = Hey, Beastmaster's On!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at A that was funny Posted by: yankeefifth at April 12, 2019 08:16 PM (MTjB1) 48
Airplane II did have a hysterical bit of wordplay -- the And he/Andy -- But he/Buddy testimony scene.
Posted by: ace at April 12, 2019 08:16 PM (PbpT7) 49
Take it from me, THE SWORD AND THE SORCERER is better than any of the Disney STAR WARS films.
Posted by: George Lucas at April 12, 2019 08:16 PM (ydj8f) 50
Let me add an additonal list to this:
Hollywood put out more GREAT movies in 1939 than it put out in the next 80 years put together. - Gone with the Wind - Stagecoach - Wizard of Oz - The Rules of the Game - The Women - Ninotchka - Young Mr. Lincoln - The Four Feathers - Mr. Smith goes to Washington - Wuthering Heights - Gunga Din - The Man in the Iron Mask - The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Beau Geste - Drums Along the Mohawk - Dodge City - Goodbye, Mr. Chips - Destry Rides Again - The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex - Of Mice and Men - The Roaring Twenties - The Hound of the Baskervilles - Son of Frankenstein - Another Thin Man - Dark Victory - Tower of London - Union Pacific - The Rains Came Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2019 08:16 PM (V2Yro) 51
April, I watched Sophies Choice on tv. The whole thing. I could have walked away. I guess that makes me a idiot.
Posted by: Eromero at April 12, 2019 08:17 PM (qBNEP) 52
Tucker is going through a list of cities where the 'immigrants' should be taken.
>>Beacon Hill Upper East Side Kalorama, Washington DC >>Hysterical! My old condo was just out of frame in the Beacon Hill photo. I concur, no way in hell would the liberals there allow it but it would be funny as hell to watch. Posted by: JackStraw at April 12, 2019 08:11 PM (/tuJf) **************** It's hilarious! Posted by: redridinghood at April 12, 2019 08:17 PM (RBOtF) Posted by: Blutarski at April 12, 2019 08:17 PM (+Tibp) 54
I remember when HBO = Hey, Beastmaster's On!
Ha! I can remember watching Marc Singer on Battle of the Network Stars. Posted by: no good deed at April 12, 2019 08:17 PM (uTY3H) 55
45 -The Tron arcade video game was awesome.
Wasted a ton of quarters killing the breakout like core with the bugs. I played that and Galaga and Gauntlet. Posted by: no good deed at April 12, 2019 08:15 PM (uTY3H) --The Atari game Surround was a low-tech version of the Light Cycle Game. Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 08:17 PM (XAYDB) Posted by: ace at April 12, 2019 08:17 PM (PbpT7) 57
Ace: agreed 1982 was an incredible year for movies.
I remember being impressed with Tron when it first came out. I figured it was a "wave of the future" movie, but I had no idea how much so of one. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2019 08:17 PM (miE9U) Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 12, 2019 08:17 PM (bQ/du) 59
I remember when HBO = Hey, Beastmaster's On!
Ha! I can remember watching Marc Singer on Battle of the Network Stars. Posted by: no good deed I also remember Rio Lobo. Rioooooooo Looooooobooooo Posted by: Blutarski at April 12, 2019 08:18 PM (+Tibp) 60
Personal Best was also released in 1982. My first exposure to Lesbian sex. --------- The SCTV parody combined Personal Best, Gallipoli, and Chariots of Fire. Hilarious. Posted by: andycanuck at April 12, 2019 08:18 PM (Dh1wo) 61
Bladerunner is a Masterpiece.
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 08:18 PM (2fs3P) 62
Oh the way John Cougar played
Jack and Diane got laid Guys like us we had it made Those were the days Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 12, 2019 08:18 PM (+y/Ru) 63
I really liked "My Favorite Year". Saw it in a small theater with a very small crowd and was surprised how good it was.
Posted by: Big V at April 12, 2019 08:19 PM (sN665) 64
48 Airplane II did have a hysterical bit of wordplay -- the And he/Andy -- But he/Buddy testimony scene.
Posted by: ace at April 12, 2019 08:16 PM (PbpT7) Macho Grande. Also Shatner: "What the hell is a MAN doing with a bobby pin?" *aide gives skeptical look* Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 12, 2019 08:19 PM (bQ/du) 65
I realize I'm a nobody around here, but I might have to duel Ace on The Beastmaster verdict. I mean, it's got Rip Torn and those Flying, Leathery Bags of People-Dissolving.
That's unmatched talent and original thought right there. Posted by: McLurkerson at April 12, 2019 08:19 PM (H8mJH) 66
Im not gonna lie....the 80s were pretty alright.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 12, 2019 08:19 PM (eIlkN) 67
Mark1971 says it's not on this list because it was released in the end
of December 1981 in Australia, but was only released in the US in May of, yes, 1982. Allowing for a little slopover back into the late 70's: "That skag and his floozy, they're gonna die!" Also, toss in "Salem's Lot". Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at April 12, 2019 08:19 PM (7s3Gx) Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 12, 2019 08:19 PM (Z+IKu) 69
Also My Bodyguard with a young Adam Baldwin.
Posted by: Blutarski at April 12, 2019 08:20 PM (+Tibp) 70
My Favorite Year was hilarious. Of course, O'Toole probably wasn't acting during the drunk scenes.
Posted by: abbynormal at April 12, 2019 08:20 PM (h5Lyp) 71
I played that and Galaga and Gauntlet.
Posted by: no good deed at April 12, 2019 08:15 PM (uTY3H) I played Galaga a ton in college....with my gay friend. Posted by: Tami at April 12, 2019 08:20 PM (cF8AT) Posted by: April at April 12, 2019 08:20 PM (OX9vb) 73
1982 was the first year we got cable. I remember watching Deathtrap on HBO and nearly shit my pants when Michael Caine kissed Christopher Reeve. I was only eleven years old.
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 12, 2019 08:20 PM (xPl2J) 74
>>> realize I'm a nobody around here, but I might have to duel Ace on The Beastmaster verdict. I mean, it's got Rip Torn and those Flying, Leathery Bags of People-Dissolving.
they look like the pods that Spinal Tap got trapped in during one show. Posted by: ace at April 12, 2019 08:20 PM (PbpT7) 75
Galaga? That's new wave stuff. Pong! Now there's a classic
Posted by: Pete Seria at April 12, 2019 08:21 PM (7ZQe3) 76
The best movie out of that crowd was The Verdict with Paul Newman.
Posted by: Vic at April 12, 2019 08:21 PM (mpXpK) 77
The SCTV parody combined Personal Best, Gallipoli, and Chariots of Fire. Hilarious.
Posted by: andycanuck at April 12, 2019 08:18 PM (Dh1wo) SCTV was light years better than SNL. Prove me wrong. Posted by: Tami at April 12, 2019 08:21 PM (cF8AT) 78
9 Huh, wow, out of that list, the only one I've seen is First Blood.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, triumphalist Trumpian at April 12, 2019 08:07 PM (wA4OO) Moron card revoked. Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at April 12, 2019 08:21 PM (t6MX/) 79
65 I realize I'm a nobody around here, but I might have to duel Ace on The Beastmaster verdict. I mean, it's got Rip Torn and those Flying, Leathery Bags of People-Dissolving.
That's unmatched talent and original thought right there. Posted by: McLurkerson at April 12, 2019 08:19 PM (H8mJH) It is actually pretty decent. Odd thing? Actually lower production values than Sword and the Sorcerer. Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 12, 2019 08:21 PM (bQ/du) 80
Was in a discussion with a coworker today who maintains that 1994 is another (almost) 1939:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_in_film Well, Ed Wood and Pulp Fiction, certainly. And maybe The Crow. But yes, the variety is astounding compared to today's. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 12, 2019 08:22 PM (kQs4Y) 81
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid:
"She could be my cleaning woman!" http://tinyurl.com/reinemachefrau So classic. Posted by: Sharkman at April 12, 2019 08:23 PM (Y3hKx) 82
Dayum, that IS an awesome list.And in my guest post to The Bulwark, I plan to explore this list in great detail.
Posted by: GnuBreed, imagining Jonah's self-crotch play at April 12, 2019 08:23 PM (Z4rgH) 83
I'd argue in favor of Blade Runner and The Verdict as being the gems of this year - but a lot were great. And Blade Runner might not be a master piece, but damn it has held up very well in re-viewing. And that's a lot of the test of a great movie.
Posted by: Boswell at April 12, 2019 08:23 PM (32YRo) 84
BTW, the urine-finger/drinking scene in Young Doctors in Love was based on a real-life anecdote from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle whose genius mentor who Holmes was based on at Edinburgh's hospital did it to student doctors there. Don't feel like Bing-ing the guy's name.
Posted by: andycanuck at April 12, 2019 08:23 PM (Dh1wo) 85
Tucker just called AOC Donkey Chompers a Young Pioneer. Heh.
Posted by: Blutarski at April 12, 2019 08:23 PM (+Tibp) 86
I liked "Swamp Thing".
And, sure, "Sword and the Sorcerer" isn't great...or even good...but y'know, I wasn't BORED watching it. It's not predictable. It's barely coherent. Wait, what was I saying? Posted by: moviegique at April 12, 2019 08:23 PM (CcUfv) 87
50 Let me add an additonal list to this:
Hollywood put out more GREAT movies in 1939 than it put out in the next 80 years put together. Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2019 08:16 PM (V2Yro) Agreed. They used to do a lot of movies from classic books. And I love the 30s screwball comedies. Posted by: abbynormal at April 12, 2019 08:23 PM (h5Lyp) 88
Wasn't "The Wrath of Khan" in 1982 too?
Posted by: JAS at April 12, 2019 08:24 PM (KOCKb) Posted by: JackStraw at April 12, 2019 08:24 PM (/tuJf) 90
Just ordered My Cousin Vinny.
$5.99 at Amazon. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2019 08:24 PM (miE9U) 91
Mel Gibson would have never sat still for being relegated to supporting actor in his own Mad Max movie. Back when men were men.
Posted by: trev006 at April 12, 2019 08:24 PM (gt68D) 92
Ooops. I see it now.
Posted by: JAS at April 12, 2019 08:24 PM (KOCKb) 93
All 1977 needed to be a great movie year was Star Wars and Smokey And The Bandit.
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 12, 2019 08:25 PM (xPl2J) 94
>>>BTW, the urine-finger/drinking scene in Young Doctors in Love was based on a real-life anecdote from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle whose genius mentor who Holmes was based on at Edinburgh's hospital did it to student doctors there.
that actually really screamed at me "This is an anecdote that really happened." Like med-school lore. Posted by: ace at April 12, 2019 08:25 PM (PbpT7) 95
A lot of these other movies were just fun - what ever happen to going to a show and being entertained? that's what the whole movie shit was about - totally forgotten by Hollywood shit heads today.
Posted by: Boswell at April 12, 2019 08:25 PM (32YRo) 96
Blade Runner -- obviously now considered a masterpiece (though not by me).Whatever you say, ShelfMaster B.
Posted by: GnuBreed, imagining Jonah's self-crotch play at April 12, 2019 08:25 PM (Z4rgH) 97
I liked "Swamp Thing".
Posted by: moviegique at April 12, 2019 08:23 PM (CcUfv) It had two of the greatest props ever. Posted by: DR.WTF at April 12, 2019 08:25 PM (aS1PU) 98
Agreed... but 1979 gives it stiff competition.
ALIENThe WarriorsThe JerkLife of BrianStar Trek The Motion Picture10MoonrakerThe Muppet MovieApocalypse NowBeing ThereEscape from AlcatrazThe China Syndrome The Amityville HorrorBreaking AwayPhantasmThe Black HoleThe Great SantiniDawn of the DeadNorth Dallas FortyThe In-LawsKramer Vs Kramer And Justice For All Rock and Roll High SchoolAll That Jazz and... umm... 1941. Posted by: Joseph Dickerson at April 12, 2019 08:26 PM (LDV7V) 99
One thing you'll notice is that these were all pretty much mainstream movies, but they are widely varied in terms of content, tone, aesthetic, etc.
And Friday the 13 part 3 was in 3-D, which didn't help it all really...but the shower girl (there's one in every F13, maybe, I can't really back that up...) is Tracie Savage who was cute as a button. Posted by: moviegique at April 12, 2019 08:26 PM (CcUfv) 100
I'd also like to point out that Porky's came out in 1982 for all you wine and cheese snobs.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 12, 2019 08:26 PM (/tuJf) 101
OOPS formatting!
Posted by: Joseph Dickerson at April 12, 2019 08:26 PM (LDV7V) 102
I was going to mention Tender Mercies with Robert Duvall but that came out in 1983.
Fantastic movie. Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 08:26 PM (2fs3P) Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2019 08:27 PM (miE9U) 104
I'll 'third' My Bodyguard.
Posted by: McLurkerson at April 12, 2019 08:27 PM (H8mJH) 105
"Sword and Sorcerer" had a torturer in the dungeon who was sharpening his sword on an emery wheel and told a girl in a cell "Don't worry honey, it stops hurting once you hit the bone!"
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 12, 2019 08:27 PM (kQs4Y) 106
I don't know if this has been brought up, but if we stretch the time line just a smidge, we can all agree that Road Warrior is incredible.
d Posted by: Dinkus Deane at April 12, 2019 08:27 PM (6inoX) 107
BTW, the urine-finger/drinking scene in Young Doctors in Love was based on a real-life anecdote from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle whose genius mentor who Holmes was based on at Edinburgh's hospital did it to student doctors there. Don't feel like Bing-ing the guy's name.
Dr. Joseph Bell Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 12, 2019 08:27 PM (oVJmc) 108
I saw Young Doctor's In Love in the theater during it's theatrical release. Aside from perusing the cast list for some future stars in supporting roles (Kramer!), This movie SUUUUUUCCCKKKED!!!! That's a 5 exclamation point suck. I was a teenager who had just started smoking marijuana, and I didn't laugh once. Ace needs some carbs and gluten if he thinks this stinkbomb is worth a viewing. Again, this movie suuuuuuuccckkks!!!!!
Posted by: Bosley Crowther's pancreas at April 12, 2019 08:27 PM (1mmcA) 109
83 I'd argue in favor of Blade Runner and The Verdict as being the gems of this year - but a lot were great. And Blade Runner might not be a master piece, but damn it has held up very well in re-viewing. And that's a lot of the test of a great movie.
Posted by: Boswell at April 12, 2019 08:23 PM (32YRo) --Same goes for The Thing Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 08:27 PM (XAYDB) 110
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Wasn't "The Wrath of Khan" in 1982 too? Posted by: JAS at April 12, 2019 08:24 PM (KOCKb) ====== Does nobody here read the posts before commenting? j/k -- it's up there under Star Trek II
Posted by: ShainS -- PhD candidate in Angry Orange Male studies 111
97 I liked "Swamp Thing".
Posted by: moviegique at April 12, 2019 08:23 PM (CcUfv) It had two of the greatest props ever. Posted by: DR.WTF at April 12, 2019 08:25 PM (aS1PU) Adrienne and her two Barbeaus. But for a 1982 comic book movie? Well, name a better one. Posted by: moviegique at April 12, 2019 08:27 PM (CcUfv) 112
SCTV was light years better than SNL.
Prove me wrong. Posted by: Tami at April 12, 2019 08:21 PM (cF8AT) Can't be done. Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 08:28 PM (Zz0t1) Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 12, 2019 08:28 PM (oVJmc) Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 08:28 PM (XAYDB) 115
Hey, over here
Posted by: 1993 at April 12, 2019 08:29 PM (bsdd3) 116
SCTV was light years better than SNL.
Prove me wrong. Posted by: Tami Cabbage rolls and coffee! Mmm mmm good! Posted by: The Happy Wanderers at April 12, 2019 08:29 PM (+Tibp) 117
I'll 'third' My Bodyguard.
Posted by: McLurkerson at April 12, 2019 08:27 PM (H8mJH) That was my favorite movie as a kid. It hit home and I wished I had a big friend.......or money to pay for one. Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 08:29 PM (Zz0t1) 118
You know what else was a great year for movies? 1988:
Heathers Beetlejuice Rain Man Die Hard Coming to America Akira Willow Big They Live Bull Durham Who Framed Roger Rabbit? The Naked Gun A Fish Called Wanda Dangerous Liasons Midnight Run Young Guns The Accused Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Twins The Last Temptation of Christ The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Frantic The Great Outdoors Dead Ringers The Dead Pool Bird Scrooged The Vanishing Serpent and The Rainbow Hell Comes to Frogtown Eight Men Out Posted by: josephistan at April 12, 2019 08:29 PM (Izzlo) Posted by: Boswell at April 12, 2019 08:30 PM (32YRo) 120
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid - I really liked that movie. I thought it was clever how they worked in clips from the old movies Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 12, 2019 08:30 PM (RL5Ng) 121
No score yet in the Pens/Islanders game.
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 08:30 PM (2fs3P) Posted by: lizabth at April 12, 2019 08:31 PM (RFh5Y) 123
The Sword and the Sorcerer was one I saw at the time (also quality nudity upon rewatch) but the sword was little boy cool when I was *cough7cough*.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 12, 2019 08:14 PM (bQ/du) The Lead Character Talon (Lee Horsley) made an appearance in Tales of an Ancient Empire. That movie Sword and The Sorcerer was a big money maker, the Producers never made another movie. Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at April 12, 2019 08:31 PM (dKiJG) 124
#84 Brain just kicked in without Bing... Dr Bell.
Posted by: andycanuck at April 12, 2019 08:31 PM (Dh1wo) 125
112 SCTV was light years better than SNL.
Prove me wrong. Posted by: Tami at April 12, 2019 08:21 PM (cF8AT) Can't be done. Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 08:28 PM (Zz0t1) === A funny thing about taste: I love Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara--who was quite the hottie back in the day--and I showed my kids the John Candy "Food Repair Shop" bit...and Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas and yet... SCTV almost never made (or makes) me laugh. SNL did. *shrug* And, weirdly, I found SCTV's leftism grating whereas I barely noticed SNL's (and I was just a dumb kid at the time anyway). *shrugs again* Posted by: moviegique at April 12, 2019 08:31 PM (CcUfv) 126
Well, 2018 had ... that comic book movie, that other comic book movie, and the other comic book movie. Can't top that.
Posted by: Ana Navarro at April 12, 2019 08:31 PM (dYe5S) 127
--Same goes for The Thing
Posted by: logprof Yes - a vast improvement over the classic - rarely seen in movie redos. Spooky and entertaining. Great flick. Posted by: Boswell at April 12, 2019 08:31 PM (32YRo) 128
In the Current Year each movie must have Talent Equity, a PC Narrative, and a Guaranteed Basic Profit Margin. Taking any form of risk violates the Hollywood standard of boring predictability. Consequently they all suck.
Posted by: Kid Tyrone at April 12, 2019 08:31 PM (EgsYa) 129
Posted by: josephistan at April 12, 2019 08:29 PM (Izzlo)
That's a heck of a list. I'm gonna start my OWN dead pool....and put YOU on it. Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 08:31 PM (Zz0t1) 130
Tucker showing a clip of Rep. Bro Fo on Colbert's show. Where is SMOD when you need him? Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 12, 2019 08:31 PM (RL5Ng) 131
Hollyweird is dead to me, its a shit show with creepy actors and weaksauce rehashes. They got to ride their PC go carts right into the scene of the accident they have created. much like 'reporters', there ain't much worth in 'actors' either, any of them.
Posted by: Gmac-Officialy a fossile-Now get offa my lawn at April 12, 2019 08:32 PM (qZdIZ) 132
106 I don't know if this has been brought up, but if we stretch the time line just a smidge, we can all agree that Road Warrior is incredible.
d Posted by: Dinkus Deane at April 12, 2019 08:27 PM (6inoX) ===== We had a movie night at the house in which I was living in '84 (and I'd already seen and loved Road Warrior) -- and I was stoked to learn that there was a prequel called Mad Max (which I hadn't heard of before) and we watched them back-to-back.
Posted by: ShainS -- PhD candidate in Angry Orange Male studies 133
Can anybody name the best selling album of 1982 in the US without Googling it? You'll probably be surprised by what it is.
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 12, 2019 08:32 PM (xPl2J) 134
Re today's crappy movies:
Everything I've seen says, all the good writers now are going to episodic television a lat Netflix. No one really wants to write old-fashioned movies anymore. And in fairness, it's paying dividends. Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, Mad Men... Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2019 08:32 PM (miE9U) 135
Die Hard, the BEST Christmas movie in the whole wide world!!!
Posted by: Cheribebe at April 12, 2019 08:33 PM (fnWQo) Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 12, 2019 08:33 PM (RL5Ng) 137
Well, 2018 had ... that comic book movie, that other comic book movie, and the other comic book movie. Can't top that.
Posted by: Ana Navarro at April 12, 2019 08:31 PM (dYe5S) You forgot Star Wars 8...thousand. Posted by: DR.WTF at April 12, 2019 08:33 PM (aS1PU) 138
I hated ET, but I was dragged out of bed on a Saturday to see a matinee, and all I wanted to do was sleep.
Road Warrior is awesome. So are many of these films. Today there's never anything worth seeing in theaters. Posted by: Beltway Elite at April 12, 2019 08:33 PM (b6kHD) 139
In the Current Year each movie must have Talent Equity, a PC Narrative, and a Guaranteed Basic Profit Margin. Taking any form of risk violates the Hollywood standard of boring predictability. Consequently they all suck.
Posted by: Kid Tyrone at April 12, 2019 08:31 PM (EgsYa) And I say again: must bring in the Chinese buck, or whatever they use now. So simple plot, lots of CGI, explosions, car chases. Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 12, 2019 08:33 PM (YqDXo) 140
To this day, I contend that Star Trek 2:The Wraith of Khan should have won the Oscar for best picture. If the award is supposed to celebrate acting, writing, etc. then ST:2 did it best. Every actor on it made you believe they were who they played especially Shatner. The script was tense and tight with an engaging pace and shocking ending. Nothing was better. Change my mind!
Posted by: rgallego98 at April 12, 2019 08:33 PM (meoYc) 141
>>>Yes - a vast improvement over the classic - rarely seen in movie redos. Spooky and entertaining. Great flick.
Super-tense and gritty in terms of emotion. The absence of any women in the cast helps, because it just focuses on men and their survival instincts (and paranoia, which is just a sometimes-flaky part of survival instincts). Posted by: ace at April 12, 2019 08:33 PM (PbpT7) 142
I remember when HBO = Hey, Beastmaster's On!
That was so true. In college I figured out how to pirate cable TV including HBO and Cinemax, only to watch Beastmaster month after month. Posted by: Eric at April 12, 2019 08:33 PM (a2F+C) 143
Mark, 1982?
My guess is Michael Jackson's Thriller... Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2019 08:33 PM (miE9U) 144
That's a heck of a list.
I'm gonna start my OWN dead pool....and put YOU on it. Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 08:31 PM (Zz0t1) Dead Pool. Damn, you gave it away. Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 12, 2019 08:34 PM (bQ/du) 145
you know, the cultural backdrop was much different than it is now.
you had the Reagan economy. The country was regaining its confidence in every way, especially economically and militarily. equally important there country generally agreed that the soviet union was a threat and a competitor which provided focus. since the 90s, there has been nothing to bind everyone together. now we have gone from having nothing to bind us together to having the zips in the wire actively seeking to destroy the foundations. Posted by: yankeefifth at April 12, 2019 08:34 PM (MTjB1) Posted by: Sharkman at April 12, 2019 08:34 PM (Y3hKx) 147
It would be funny if Ted Danson did a joint commercial with Cigna and Smirnoff.
"Mr. Danson, you really need to cut down on the vodka." Posted by: JAS at April 12, 2019 08:34 PM (KOCKb) 148
>>>Can anybody name the best selling album of 1982 in the US without Googling it? You'll probably be surprised by what it is.
nope... Thriller? No, that's too obvious and that's probably, what, 1983? Posted by: ace at April 12, 2019 08:34 PM (PbpT7) 149
I frequently mutter, "Wake up, Limey fish!" when I pass the office water cooler.
Posted by: Beltway Elite at April 12, 2019 08:34 PM (b6kHD) Posted by: April at April 12, 2019 08:34 PM (OX9vb) 151
133 Can anybody name the best selling album of 1982 in the US without Googling it? You'll probably be surprised by what it is.
Posted by: Mark1971 Michael Jackson - Thriller or was that 1983? Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 08:35 PM (2fs3P) 152
#107 I was going to add the "Joseph" too but brain no work well enough now to guess.
Posted by: andycanuck at April 12, 2019 08:35 PM (Dh1wo) 153
No, not Thriller.
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 12, 2019 08:35 PM (xPl2J) 154
83 I'd argue in favor of Blade Runner and The Verdict as being the gems of this year - but a lot were great. And Blade Runner might not be a master piece, but damn it has held up very well in re-viewing. And that's a lot of the test of a great movie.
Posted by: Boswell at April 12, 2019 08:23 PM (32YRo) --I was too young to catch the Eddie Murphy days of SNL, but I did enjoy the Hartman/Carvey/Hooks/Myers/Miller/Rock years. Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 08:35 PM (XAYDB) 155
did Def Leppard sell big in 1982? High and Dry?
Posted by: ace at April 12, 2019 08:35 PM (PbpT7) 156
>>>Can anybody name the best selling album of 1982 in the US without Googling it? You'll probably be surprised by what it is.
Christopher Cross? Posted by: josephistan at April 12, 2019 08:36 PM (Izzlo) Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 12, 2019 08:36 PM (oVJmc) 158
Can anybody name the best selling album of 1982 in the US without Googling it?
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 12, 2019 08:32 PM (xPl2J) Joan Collins? Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at April 12, 2019 08:36 PM (t+qrx) 159
I would count the reissue of Raiders of the Lost Ark too which was also in 1982.
Posted by: CDR M at April 12, 2019 08:36 PM (K8LFj) 160
Wrath of Khan was also possibly one of the only of the Star Trek movies where Shatner actually disappeared inside Kirk- like in the TV series. He wasn't just Shatner playing Shatner playing Kirk.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 12, 2019 08:36 PM (bQ/du) 161
you know, another thing that made the 80s so great was that somewhere around 82 everyone had finished vomiting the disco 70s and was ready to rally.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 12, 2019 08:36 PM (MTjB1) 162
Why wasn't there an ET2? You know, where ET returns with the invasion force?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 12, 2019 08:36 PM (dNzKv) 163
Synchronicity, The Police?
Posted by: Beltway Elite at April 12, 2019 08:36 PM (b6kHD) 164
SCTV was light years better than SNL. Prove me wrong. Posted by: Tami at April 12, 2019 08:21 PM (cF8AT) No question about that. SCTV was hysterical Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 12, 2019 08:37 PM (RL5Ng) Posted by: ace at April 12, 2019 08:37 PM (PbpT7) 166
Hint: The most popular song on the album mentions the year '82 in the lyrics.
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 12, 2019 08:37 PM (xPl2J) Posted by: Lurking Lurker at April 12, 2019 08:37 PM (FiUMj) 168
-Same goes for The Thing
Posted by: logprof I've told this before but will do so again. The morning after I saw the Thing, I was taking a shower and just day dreaming about the movie. I'd never seen anything like it. I was thinking about the guy who died on the table and whose head dropped to floor and sprouted six legs to scamper away. I reached for a washcloth and a spider dropped to the bottom of the tub. I think I broke the sound barrier getting out of there. Posted by: Blutarski at April 12, 2019 08:37 PM (+Tibp) 169
ace, yup.
Thriller is the only album from 1982 that's an all-time best seller. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2019 08:37 PM (miE9U) 170
Never seen E.T.
Never will. It's a point of honor now. Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 12, 2019 08:36 PM (oVJmc) Heh. I haven't seen it and that's exactly how I feel. Posted by: DR.WTF at April 12, 2019 08:37 PM (aS1PU) 171
Synchronicity, The Police?
Posted by: Beltway Elite at April 12, 2019 08:36 PM (b6kHD) That was released in 1983 Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 12, 2019 08:37 PM (RL5Ng) 172
Creepshow and Creepshow II were great. Cat's Eye was a good horror anthology, IMO.
Posted by: no good deed at April 12, 2019 08:37 PM (uTY3H) 173
Never seen E.T.
Never will. It's a point of honor now. Posted by: Mr. Peebles at A why would you? you spend so much time playing the video game. Posted by: yankeefifth at April 12, 2019 08:37 PM (MTjB1) 174
To this day, I contend that Star Trek 2:The Wraith of Khan should have won the Oscar for best picture. If the award is supposed to celebrate acting, writing, etc. then ST:2 did it best. Every actor on it made you believe they were who they played especially Shatner. The script was tense and tight with an engaging pace and shocking ending. Nothing was better. Change my mind!
Posted by: rgallego98 The Verdict was the best film that year - it's message could be readily acknowledge by everyone who thought an injustice had been done - Newman was top notch. ST Wrath of Khan was the best of the whole ST genre, and everyone was great - but entertaining is not the same as mesmerizing. Posted by: Boswell at April 12, 2019 08:37 PM (32YRo) 175
Thriller was 1983 and 1984 bestselling.
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 12, 2019 08:37 PM (xPl2J) 176
Every time one of those movies from 1988 that I love comes on I think with a start, "oh my god that's 30 years old now?" Happened to me a few days ago with Midnight Run.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2019 08:38 PM (V2Yro) 177
Mark, Asia by Asia?
Somehow I doubt it was the best seller of 1982. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2019 08:38 PM (miE9U) 178
Speaking of SMOD, my prediction is that the end of Game of Thrones will feature SMOD hitting the Earth and killing everyone before anyone can take the Iron Throne.
Since the series should have been called "Everyone Dies, And You're Glad, Since They All Suck", that really seems like the best result we can hope for. Posted by: Sharkman at April 12, 2019 08:38 PM (Y3hKx) 179
"My Claim: They Put Out More Good to Great Movies in 1982 Than Hollywood Has Put Out in the Last Fifteen Years"
I rate this as: True Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 12, 2019 08:38 PM (xJa6I) 180
Pyromania came out in 83 so not Def Leppard
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 08:38 PM (2fs3P) Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 08:38 PM (Zz0t1) 182
1982 best record?
I wanna say it was Toto or something off the wall like Dexy's Midnight Runners... Posted by: moviegique at April 12, 2019 08:38 PM (CcUfv) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 12, 2019 08:38 PM (aKsyK) 184
Thriller was released in 1982, but was not the bestselling album of 1982.
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 12, 2019 08:38 PM (xPl2J) 185
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas; The Verdict; Victor/Victoria; Fast Times at Ridgemont High; Das Boat;
Posted by: CDR M at April 12, 2019 08:38 PM (K8LFj) 186
The mid 80s comedy movies were great when the SCTV guys were involved.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 12, 2019 08:39 PM (dNzKv) 187
Mark, Asia by Asia?
Somehow I doubt it was the best seller of 1982. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2019 08:38 PM (miE9U) Yep. You got it. Posted by: Mark1971 at April 12, 2019 08:39 PM (xPl2J) 188
Ok, I cheated. It was Michael Jackson-Thriller in '82
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 08:39 PM (2fs3P) 189
Was it The Police in '82?
Posted by: CDR M at April 12, 2019 08:39 PM (K8LFj) 190
I've probably only seen half the movies on this list, but First Blood and The Thing are great. And Ace is right, Hollywood has been nothing but crap for a long time now.
Seen 3 new movies in the theater the last 3 years; Dunkirk, 3:17 to Paris and Unplanned. Posted by: Pine Barrens at April 12, 2019 08:39 PM (oh+79) 191
well okay I see where this might get complicated -- Thriller was released relatively LATe in 1982 (November), so it might not have had the biggest sales IN 1982.
Posted by: ace at April 12, 2019 08:39 PM (PbpT7) 192
Okay, two; I also saw Road Warrior.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, triumphalist Trumpian at April 12, 2019 08:39 PM (wA4OO) 193
nope... Thriller? No, that's too obvious and that's probably, what, 1983? Posted by: ace at April 12, 2019 08:34 PM (PbpT7) --Thriller was the best-seeling album *released* in '82, but it was December '82 IIRC. Pyromania? Asia? (I'm fishing.) Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 08:39 PM (XAYDB) 194
Speaking of SMOD, my prediction is that the end of Game of Thrones will feature SMOD hitting the Earth and killing everyone before anyone can take the Iron Throne.
GOT is not located on Earth - but yeah, great ending anyway! My daughter would cry, though Posted by: Boswell at April 12, 2019 08:39 PM (32YRo) 195
OT: If any of our Geeks have any input to Waterfox, tell them their update 2 days ago is a POS, gmail, schwab, multiple news sites are 100 crashing... Posted by: M K Ultra at April 12, 2019 08:40 PM (w3OLr) 196
Huh. Wiki says Asia, by Asia, was the best-selling album of 1982.
Which sucks, because while I love Heat Of The Moment, IMHO the band itself and the entire album aren't much to write home about. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2019 08:40 PM (miE9U) 197
I have not seen a single minute of game of thrones.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 12, 2019 08:40 PM (dNzKv) 198
Mark, Asia by Asia?
Somehow I doubt it was the best seller of 1982. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2019 08:38 PM (miE9U) ---------------------------- Winner, winner Chicken dinner! Posted by: Calm Mentor at April 12, 2019 08:40 PM (6csDQ) 199
All that matters in albums of 1982 is XTC's English Settlement.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 12, 2019 08:40 PM (kQs4Y) 200
yes I see how someone could say it was asia. Billboard calls the asia album the "best performing album in 1982," though.. thriller was released in November and became the best selling album of all time, so I don't really know how you square that circle.
Posted by: ace at April 12, 2019 08:40 PM (PbpT7) 201
Can anybody name the best selling album of 1982 in the US without Googling it? You'll probably be surprised by what it is.
----- I promise this is a guess if it turns out to be right... the Scots Greys bagpipe regimental band playing "Amazing Grace"? Posted by: andycanuck at April 12, 2019 08:40 PM (Dh1wo) 202
Wait, Wikipedia said its "Asia" in 1982. Heat of the Moment was a pretty good song.
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 08:40 PM (2fs3P) Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 12, 2019 08:40 PM (oVJmc) 204
163 Synchronicity, The Police?
Posted by: Beltway Elite at April 12, 2019 08:36 PM (b6kHD) --That was '83 Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 08:40 PM (XAYDB) 205
game of thrones is stupid.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 12, 2019 08:41 PM (MTjB1) 206
1939 was the annus mirabilis of Hollywood.
1982 was a typical year for movies. However, compared to today's output, it appears remarkable. I watched The Natural on TCM the other night. From 1984. A very good, but not great, movie in my opinion. But it occurred to me that I cannot think of many movies in recent years that come close to it in tone, effort, artistry, intent, etc. For some reason, I don't think they could make that movie today. The star power and acting talent simply isn't with us anymore. Posted by: poe at April 12, 2019 08:41 PM (76dsu) 207
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Can anybody name the best selling album of 1982 in the US without Googling it? You'll probably be surprised by what it is. Posted by: Mark1971 at April 12, 2019 08:32 PM (xPl2J) ======= I would have guessed Eagles Greatest Hits (can't remember when it came out but believe it was the Best Selling Album for decades), but then that wouldn't be surprising.
Posted by: ShainS -- PhD candidate in Angry Orange Male studies 208
Pyromania? Asia? (I'm fishing.)
Posted by: logprof Why was every band back then a location? Asia, Kansas, Europe, Boston, etc, etc... Posted by: Boswell at April 12, 2019 08:41 PM (32YRo) 209
all pre-cgi.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at April 12, 2019 08:41 PM (Pg+x7) 210
Hollyweird is dead to me, its a shit show with creepy actors and weaksauce rehashes. They got to ride their PC go carts right into the scene of the accident they have created. much like 'reporters', there ain't much worth in 'actors' either, any of them.
Posted by: Gmac-Officialy a fossile-Now get offa my lawn at April 12, 2019 08:32 PM (qZdIZ) That's why I enjoy Korean movies, they are unPC and I them well written and gritty. Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at April 12, 2019 08:41 PM (dKiJG) 211
The best-selling album of 1982 *should* have been either Thriller, or Freeze Frame by J. Geils Band.
There's not a single clunker on Freeze Frame. EVERYTHING is fantastic! Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2019 08:41 PM (miE9U) 212
So what was the top TV show in 1982?
Posted by: CDR M at April 12, 2019 08:41 PM (K8LFj) 213
>>>204 163 Synchronicity, The Police?
Posted by: Beltway Elite at April 12, 2019 08:36 PM (b6kHD) --That was '83 are you safe miss gradenko? Posted by: ace at April 12, 2019 08:41 PM (PbpT7) 214
I saw most of those movies. Some of them (Trek) more than once.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 12, 2019 08:42 PM (EZebt) 215
I liked MADTV better than either SCTV or Sat. Night.
"STEWART! STEWART!" "Look what I can do!!!" Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2019 08:42 PM (V2Yro) 216
The mid 80s comedy movies were great when the SCTV guys were involved. Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy Going Berserk was kind of hit and miss. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085603 Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 12, 2019 08:42 PM (aKsyK) 217
Can anybody name the best selling album of 1982 in the US without Googling it? You'll probably be surprised by what it is.
Posted by: Mark1971 Beatles re-do...compilation. Posted by: Boswell at April 12, 2019 08:42 PM (32YRo) Posted by: April at April 12, 2019 08:43 PM (OX9vb) 219
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold came out in '82. IMO, there best album.
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 08:43 PM (2fs3P) 220
I was in elementary school in the early 80s. I remember being excited when the next Michael Jackson song was released. He had an effect on young boys, apparently.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 12, 2019 08:43 PM (dNzKv) 221
I liked Koyaanisqattsi or however it's spelled.
I know I know "western civilization bad". Still liked it. Posted by: eleven at April 12, 2019 08:43 PM (NLLmE) 222
All Hail Eris and April, yup.
I never get tired of No Thugs In Our House, which could easily be about the idiot Dems in the House. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2019 08:43 PM (miE9U) Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 12, 2019 08:43 PM (oVJmc) 224
>>Same goes for The Thing
True story. The night I first saw that movie was the night I had Smartfood before it became Smartfood. It was just the next test batch of cheese popcorn back then. And still the benchmark for creepy movies. Posted by: JackStraw at April 12, 2019 08:44 PM (/tuJf) 225
The Year of Living Dangerously with Mel Gibson and Linda Hunt
Posted by: Roy M at April 12, 2019 08:44 PM (wdHQo) 226
162 Why wasn't there an ET2? You know, where ET returns with the invasion force?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 12, 2019 08:36 PM (dNzKv) ====== Don't give Spielberg any ideas!
Posted by: ShainS -- PhD candidate in Angry Orange Male studies 227
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold came out in '82. IMO, there best album.
Posted by: Puddleglum Saw them in concert a couple of years ago, old but still outstanding! Posted by: Boswell at April 12, 2019 08:44 PM (32YRo) 228
210 Hollyweird is dead to me, its a shit show with creepy actors and weaksauce rehashes. They got to ride their PC go carts right into the scene of the accident they have created. much like 'reporters', there ain't much worth in 'actors' either, any of them.
Posted by: Gmac-Officialy a fossile-Now get offa my lawn at April 12, 2019 08:32 PM (qZdIZ) That's why I enjoy Korean movies, they are unPC and I them well written and gritty. Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at April 12, 2019 08:41 PM (dKiJG) Endorsed Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 12, 2019 08:44 PM (xJa6I) 229
Oh you guys moved on to music. N/M
Posted by: eleven at April 12, 2019 08:44 PM (NLLmE) 230
All that matters in albums of 1982 is XTC's English Settlement. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes Listen to the lyrics of "Melt the Guns." Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 12, 2019 08:44 PM (aKsyK) 231
Never seen E.T.
Never will. It's a point of honor now. Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 12, 2019 08:36 PM (oVJmc) I've never seen it either. During the years I was humping for tenure, the only movie - literally, the only one - I saw was "Stripes." Which was epic. Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 12, 2019 08:45 PM (YqDXo) 232
Bertram, that's just XTC being British twits.
I also wish they hadn't recorded "Dear God." Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2019 08:45 PM (miE9U) 233
korean movies? wtf? the sponsors for korean movies are razor blade and bathtub manufacturers.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 12, 2019 08:45 PM (MTjB1) 234
Can anybody name the best selling album of 1982 in the US without Googling it? You'll probably be surprised by what it is.
Posted by: Mark1971 Beatles re-do...compilation. Posted by: Boswell at April 12, 2019 08:42 PM (32YRo) ---------------------------- qdpsteve got it. It was Asia, by Asia. Posted by: Calm Mentor at April 12, 2019 08:45 PM (6csDQ) 235
i remember being in Europe in 1982 and saw a poster for "Mad Max II" as it was called elsewhere.
It was changed to The Road Warrior here because Mad Max wasn't a success in the US Posted by: Avi at April 12, 2019 08:46 PM (kSq2k) 236
I love "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid". Much better than "The Jerk".
Posted by: Darth Randall at April 12, 2019 08:46 PM (/Njku) 237
225 The Year of Living Dangerously with Mel Gibson and Linda Hunt
Posted by: Roy M A great movie. Mel Gibson may be a loon but he was a Tour De Force for quite a few years in the 80s and 90s. Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 08:46 PM (2fs3P) 238
Season of the Witch scarred me for life.
That lady getting her mouth burned off. Yikes. And then a big nasty bug crawls out. Posted by: eleven at April 12, 2019 08:46 PM (NLLmE) 239
That's why I enjoy Korean movies, they are unPC and I them well written and gritty.
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at April 12, 2019 08:41 PM (dKiJG) Check out "Northern Limit Line." Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 12, 2019 08:46 PM (YqDXo) 240
I watched The Natural on TCM the other night. From 1984. A very good, but not great, movie in my opinion. But it occurred to me that I cannot think of many movies in recent years that come close to it in tone, effort, artistry, intent, etc. For some reason, I don't think they could make that movie today. The star power and acting talent simply isn't with us anymore."
The Natural resonates with me quite a bit - when you've gone back, at a later stage of life, and done something that you always should have done, and are successful, of course you feel greatly rewarded - but at the same time you're always aware of the poignancy and loss, all of the years that went by where you missed out on where you were supposed to be. Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2019 08:46 PM (V2Yro) 241
all pre-cgi.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at April 12, 2019 08:41 PM (Pg+x7) Nope. Wrath of Kahn: the genesis planet sequence. I met the president of LucasFilm and he couldn't stop talking about that sequence. ILM did it. He was as proud of that as he could be. Posted by: DR.WTF at April 12, 2019 08:47 PM (aS1PU) 242
I thought E.T. was boring as hell. Hated it.
Posted by: eleven at April 12, 2019 08:47 PM (NLLmE) 243
Listen to the lyrics of "Melt the Guns."
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 12, 2019 08:44 PM (aKsyK) The one song I hate. I always skip over it. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 12, 2019 08:47 PM (kQs4Y) 244
Hey! I kinda like Sword and the Sorcerer.
Posted by: Astrocomical at April 12, 2019 08:47 PM (xujhj) 245
Another of my favorite albums from 1982 is Holly and the Italians. Great version of "For What It's Worth," and I have "We Danced" on my Spotify even now.
Posted by: April at April 12, 2019 08:47 PM (OX9vb) 246
Don't forget "Cat People," which blessed us with full frontal nudity and various kinky stuff from the appropriately named Nastassja Kinski.
Posted by: Geoff Flakey at April 12, 2019 08:47 PM (pPQeR) 247
I like Heat Of The Moment, but their follow up, Only Time Will Tell, is a good song made horrible by the fact that it's way too long, and obviously stretched out. Egos were obviously rampant in that band.
Most albums of that era, if I listen to them, I like them. Asia by Asia is one of the very few exceptions. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2019 08:47 PM (miE9U) Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2019 08:47 PM (V2Yro) 249
Don't give Spielberg any ideas!
Posted by: ShainS -- PhD candidate in Angry Orange Male studies at April 12, 2019 08:44 PM (WqPYg) No, giving Spielberg ideas would be for ETs son to come back and visit Eliot's son, who is a gay, trans, lesbian Palestinian refugee. Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 12, 2019 08:47 PM (dNzKv) 250
178 Speaking of SMOD, my prediction is that the end of Game of Thrones will feature SMOD hitting the Earth and killing everyone before anyone can take the Iron Throne.
Since the series should have been called "Everyone Dies, And You're Glad, Since They All Suck", that really seems like the best result we can hope for. Posted by: Sharkman at April 12, 2019 08:38 PM (Y3hKx) ======= I predict that the only virtuous character (killed early on), Ned Stark, will awaken from a very long, bad dream ... which sets up a future sequel.
Posted by: ShainS -- PhD candidate in Angry Orange Male studies 251
215 I liked MADTV better than either SCTV or Sat. Night.
"STEWART! STEWART!" "Look what I can do!!!" Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2019 08:42 PM (V2Yro) --I think In Living Color had overall maybe lower highs but higher lows than SNL at the time, and I think it being 1/2 hour instead of 1 1/2 hours made it tighter. Homey the Clown and Men On . . . were hilarious. Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 08:48 PM (XAYDB) 252
I love "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid". Much better than "The Jerk".
Posted by: Darth Randall TCM recently ran Pennies from Heaven and I recorded it and watched it yesterday. Other than Jessica Harper's lipstick bosom, meh. Posted by: Blutarski at April 12, 2019 08:48 PM (+Tibp) 253
242 I thought E.T. was boring as hell. Hated it.
Posted by: eleven at April 12, 2019 08:47 PM (NLLmE) You would have loved E.T. - the Video Game. Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2019 08:48 PM (V2Yro) 254
Tom Servo, The Natural is the first movie when I, and apparently a lot of critics, realized: Robert Redford was, at that point, making movies that were more or less giant self-fellating fantasies.
I've never been able to really take that flick seriously. I'd much rather watch Cobb. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2019 08:49 PM (miE9U) 255
178 Speaking of SMOD, my prediction is that the end of Game of Thrones will feature SMOD hitting the Earth and killing everyone before anyone can take the Iron Throne.
I love a happy ending. Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 12, 2019 08:49 PM (YqDXo) 256
I still rewatch "Dogma" on occasion.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2019 08:49 PM (g/u4p) 257
Nothing as funny as Stripes has been released in years.
Posted by: Beltway Elite at April 12, 2019 08:49 PM (b6kHD) Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at April 12, 2019 08:49 PM (1V4qu) 259
You would have loved E.T. - the Video Game.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2019 08:48 PM (V2Yro) Did you dig one up out of that dump in New Mexico? Posted by: DR.WTF at April 12, 2019 08:49 PM (aS1PU) 260
238 Season of the Witch scarred me for life. "
Wasn't Donovan in that? Posted by: Tom Servo If he was they would have set him on fire and pulled him in half with Mack trucks. It was that kind of movie. Posted by: eleven at April 12, 2019 08:49 PM (NLLmE) Posted by: andycanuck at April 12, 2019 08:49 PM (Dh1wo) 262
225 The Year of Living Dangerously with Mel Gibson and Linda Hunt
Posted by: Roy M at April 12, 2019 08:44 PM (wdHQo) I saw and liked that one. I still hear that music in my head sometimes. Posted by: April at April 12, 2019 08:50 PM (OX9vb) 263
First Blood:
What exactly was Stallone's character so angry about? And _whatever_ it was, why take it out on local LE? Dennehy did what I would want my sheriff to do: keep no-good drifters out of town. Stallone did what a-hole drifters do: ignore the law and hurt the locals. Like so many movies, it really doesn't hold up decades later. Just another 70s-80s era "Vietnam Vet goes berserk" cookie-cutter plot. Credit for the line: "He's been trained to eat sh!t that would make a billy-goat puke." Posted by: gp at April 12, 2019 08:50 PM (mk9aG) 264
The original The Thing is a classic because it was a First.
They didnt make scary movies in 1951. Hell it was the era of Hope, Crosby, Doris Day and westerns. I slept with a light on for six months. And I was 22! Posted by: SS at April 12, 2019 08:50 PM (gKuiA) 265
Don't forget "Cat People," which blessed us with full frontal nudity and various kinky stuff from the appropriately named Nastassja Kinski.
Posted by: Geoff Flakey at April 12, 2019 08:47 PM (pPQeR) There's really isn't anything much better than a good set of tits. Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 08:50 PM (Zz0t1) 266
I blame it on the demise of the spirit ditto duplicator. It was that grape smell that made Hollywood.
Posted by: Jimmy Hoffa at April 12, 2019 08:50 PM (e8kgV) Posted by: GWB at April 12, 2019 08:50 PM (7kVu3) Posted by: Boswell at April 12, 2019 08:50 PM (32YRo) 269
Tootsie? Can we pull the camera back to Cleveland?
Tron impressed plenty of people but it was only okay to me when I first watched it. The sequel, never mind. "From Hell's heart I stab at thee!" Oh yeah a winner. "Are you trying to see if I am a lesbian or a Replicant Mr. Deckert?" Has the Netflix Dark Krystal series been broadcast yet? The movie had its moments. Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 08:50 PM (3Fpmk) 270
You would have loved E.T. - the Video Game.
Posted by: Tom Servo Isn't that legendary for being the worst video game Of All Time? Posted by: eleven at April 12, 2019 08:50 PM (NLLmE) 271
256 I still rewatch "Dogma" on occasion.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 12, 2019 08:49 PM (g/u4p) I think Dogma is by far the best Kevin Smith movie. although I confess that Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a very guilty pleasure of mine. Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2019 08:51 PM (V2Yro) 272
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: cynical child porn, abortion advocacy.
Posted by: gp at April 12, 2019 08:51 PM (mk9aG) 273
Why was every band back then a location? Asia, Kansas, Europe, Boston, etc, etc...
Posted by: Boswell at April 12, 2019 08:41 PM (32YRo) ===== Chicago! (formerly Chicago Transit Authority).
Posted by: ShainS -- PhD candidate in Angry Orange Male studies Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt - Cub Fan at April 12, 2019 08:51 PM (ufFY8) 275
Oh, Fagan's "The Nightfly" also came out in 1982. And Kate Bush's "The Dreaming".
It was the 1939 of music! Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 12, 2019 08:51 PM (kQs4Y) 276
The Classified File based on a true story about a Korean kidnapping, interesting story about a Detective and a Psychic.
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at April 12, 2019 08:51 PM (dKiJG) 277
1982 was the year the final Who album was released. 'It's Hard' which had Athena and Eminence Front Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 12, 2019 08:51 PM (XfxTk) 278
No, giving Spielberg ideas would be for ETs son to come back and visit
Eliot's son, who is a gay, trans, lesbian Palestinian refugee. ------- E.T. bomb Jooooos. Posted by: andycanuck at April 12, 2019 08:52 PM (Dh1wo) 279
Isn't that legendary for being the worst video game Of All Time?"
LOL yes! Supposedly tens of thousands of copies ended up in a landfill, along with Atari's hopes of solvency. Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2019 08:52 PM (V2Yro) 280
I thought E.T. was boring as hell. Hated it.
Posted by: eleven Doesn't hold up like Jaws does or Raiders. Posted by: Boswell at April 12, 2019 08:52 PM (32YRo) 281
Barbarosa -- This is the Gary Busey/Willie Nelson The movie took a weird turn when Gary and Willie invaded the Soviet Union Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 12, 2019 08:52 PM (XfxTk) 282
"Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" needs a better description than "gimmicky." That's close but too dismissive. It relied on the "device" of splicing old movies into the storyline. That might be more accurate.
I think it aged well, even if you don't know the old movies being spliced in. And yes it suffered in comparison to The Jerk. Posted by: CJ at April 12, 2019 08:52 PM (5Gqch) 283
Why was every band back then a location? Asia, Kansas, Europe, Boston, etc, etc...
Posted by: Boswell at April 12, 2019 08:41 PM (32YRo) Bread? Anthrax? Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 12, 2019 08:53 PM (dNzKv) 284
Tom Servo, The Natural is the first movie when I, and apparently a lot of critics, realized: Robert Redford was, at that point, making movies that were more or less giant self-fellating fantasies.
Redford held himself out as having played baseball, but there's no mention of it on his Wikipedia page. He was classmates with Don Drysdale, which counts for exactly bupkis. Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 12, 2019 08:53 PM (YqDXo) 285
One From The Heart: That's a _good_ movie?? Hmm. It's got Teri Garr's tits, but it's still a loooong stretch to include it in a "good" list just because the director is famous.
Posted by: gp at April 12, 2019 08:53 PM (mk9aG) 286
You're not Homey the Clown any more! You're Homey the Man!
Posted by: andycanuck at April 12, 2019 08:53 PM (Dh1wo) 287
One from the Heart -- I never saw this and I understand it was a flop but, hey. Coppola doing a big release. Must have had something good about it.
Nastassja Kinski bending over and giving fantastic downblouse. Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 12, 2019 08:53 PM (fuK7c) 288
272 Fast Times at Ridgemont High: cynical child porn, abortion advocacy.
Posted by: gp at April 12, 2019 08:51 PM (mk9aG) Welcome to California! It was very unsentimental and honest about what the fuck was actually happening in some high schools. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 12, 2019 08:53 PM (xJa6I) 289
The Last Starfighter, update the effects in space, but leave Robert Preston alone.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 08:54 PM (3Fpmk) 290
A Sponge? Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt - Cub Fan at April 12, 2019 08:51 PM (ufFY What, me worry? Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 08:54 PM (Zz0t1) 291
Missing on the Wiki list (which is way to short)
The Entity The King Of Comedy Fitzcarraldo (Cuz Road Warrior made the list) Posted by: YIKES! at April 12, 2019 08:54 PM (t6XCL) 292
No, giving Spielberg ideas would be for ETs son to come back and visit Eliot's son, who is a gay, trans, lesbian Palestinian refugee.
****************** I propose ace delete this comment before Spielberg finds it via Google and it actually does get used as a plot in an E.T. sequel. Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at April 12, 2019 08:54 PM (+dsLj) 293
Author Author was one of my favorites from 1982.
Dyan Cannon was a hottie with an infectious laugh, Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 12, 2019 08:54 PM (2DOZq) Posted by: Fiercely heterosexual Corey Booker at April 12, 2019 08:54 PM (ufFY8) 295
TV was really good in 1982, too. Hill Street Blues Cheers The Quest Seven Homos for Seven Brides Square Pegs The Powers of Matthew Star Matt Houston Remington Steele Tales of the Gold [censored because I hate fucking monkeys] Knight Rider Family Ties Ripley's Believe or Not Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at April 12, 2019 08:54 PM (1V4qu) Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at April 12, 2019 08:55 PM (1V4qu) 297
[censored because I hate fucking monkeys]
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at April 12, 2019 08:54 PM (1V4qu) You should learn to broaden your horizons. Posted by: Geoff Flakey at April 12, 2019 08:56 PM (pPQeR) 298
289 The Last Starfighter, update the effects in space, but leave Robert Preston alone.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 08:54 PM (3Fpmk) Robert Preston should have been in more; he's one of my favorite actors from the 50's / 60's. He has a Presence that's just riveting, you can imagine him being the center of attention in any room he walked into, instantly. Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2019 08:56 PM (V2Yro) 299
Life was Great when I was 13. Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at April 12, 2019 08:56 PM (1V4qu) 300
Speaking of the Eighties, here's a killer retro SynthWave earworm courtesy of FM-84 (feat. Ollie Wride): "Don't Want to Change Your Mind":
http://tinyurl.com/y2wrznbx Posted by: Guy Smiley at April 12, 2019 08:56 PM (+/7JY) 301
No, giving Spielberg ideas would be for ETs son
to come back and visit Eliot's son, who is a gay, trans, lesbian Palestinian refugee. Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 12, 2019 08:47 PM (dNzKv) ===== LOL. A bit harsher than I was imagining, but probably closer to the truth.
Posted by: ShainS -- PhD candidate in Angry Orange Male studies 302
Huh. I don't remember that Seven Homos show......
Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 08:56 PM (Zz0t1) 303
YIKES, can't believe I forgot The King Of Comedy!
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2019 08:56 PM (miE9U) 304
>>Had to look up The Last Starfighter release to see if it 1982 qualified. 1984 actually.
Heh, just did, too. Also Big Trouble in Little China ('86) - sucks being 29 and not remembering the 80's so well anymore! Posted by: Lizzy at April 12, 2019 08:56 PM (W+vEI) 305
"Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" needs a better description than "gimmicky."
That's close but too dismissive. It relied on the "device" of splicing old movies into the storyline. That might be more accurate. Could be worse, could watch Woody Allen's What's Up Tiger Lilly Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 08:56 PM (3Fpmk) 306
Bread?
Anthrax? Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 12, 2019 08:53 PM (dNzKv) Black Flag. The Descendants. Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 12, 2019 08:56 PM (Z+IKu) Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 12, 2019 08:56 PM (dNzKv) 308
"The Natural resonates with me quite a bit"
Had some great lines: "Where you from?" "no place special..." "Where you been?" "Around..." Posted by: Boswell at April 12, 2019 08:57 PM (32YRo) Posted by: Glenn John at April 12, 2019 08:57 PM (9GNQV) 310
ET is just Peter Pan.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 12, 2019 08:57 PM (oVJmc) 311
>>I saw and liked that one. I still hear that music in my head sometimes.
Yes! So integral to that movie. And Mel's blue eyes!! Posted by: Lizzy at April 12, 2019 08:57 PM (W+vEI) 312
ET: That's the first one where I noticed that average families in movies were WAY richer than I was, and lived in WAY better places than I ever would. Home Alone was the apogee of that trend.
Posted by: gp at April 12, 2019 08:57 PM (mk9aG) 313
Night Shift holds up for me. One of my most quotable movies. And I laugh just thinking of that last scene when Billy Blaze goes to save Chuck and he falls straight down.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 12, 2019 08:57 PM (2DOZq) 314
YIKES, can't believe I forgot The King Of Comedy!
Posted by: qdpsteve Remember Sandra Bernhardt? Has she fallen off the face of the Earth? Posted by: eleven at April 12, 2019 08:58 PM (NLLmE) 315
Movies used to mean something. Now, they're either SJW crap or just plain crap.
There's no imagination left. Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 08:59 PM (Zz0t1) Posted by: andycanuck at April 12, 2019 08:59 PM (Dh1wo) 317
Hill Street Blues
Cheers The Quest Seven Homos for Seven Brides Square Pegs The Powers of Matthew Star Matt Houston Remington Steele Tales of the Gold [censored because I hate fucking monkeys] Knight Rider Family Ties Ripley's Believe or Not Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at A lol, googled the matt houston opening theme for some reason not too long ago. not good television. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-za9Z6-Gad4 Posted by: yankeefifth at April 12, 2019 08:59 PM (MTjB1) 318
You know what's 40 years old, now? And Justice For All Think about that. "And Justice For All" in 1979 is the equivalent to a movie made in 1939! Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at April 12, 2019 08:59 PM (1V4qu) 319
Remember Sandra Bernhardt? Has she fallen off the face of the Earth? Posted by: eleven at April 12, 2019 08:58 PM (NLLmE) Does anyone really care? Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 08:59 PM (Zz0t1) 320
I don't get it though, are you telling me
Iron Man 1 2 3 Hulk 1 2 3 Thor 1 2 3 Avengers 1 2 3 4 Spider-Man 1 2 3 1b 2b 3b 4 aren't original and awesome movies made in the last 15 years? Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at April 12, 2019 08:59 PM (+dsLj) 321
279 Isn't that legendary for being the worst video game Of All Time?"
LOL yes! Supposedly tens of thousands of copies ended up in a landfill, along with Atari's hopes of solvency. Posted by: Tom Servo at April 12, 2019 08:52 PM (V2Yro) Not supposedly, confirmed youtube.com/watch?v=NHXK2mKtu20 Posted by: josephistan at April 12, 2019 08:59 PM (Izzlo) 322
Home Alone was the apogee of that trend.
Posted by: gp at April 12, 2019 08:57 PM (mk9aG) Rob Reiner loved filming in Winnetka. Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 12, 2019 08:59 PM (dNzKv) 323
John Rambo got tortured in jail.
Posted by: JAS at April 12, 2019 09:00 PM (KOCKb) 324
"A funny thing about taste: I love Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara--who was quite the hottie back in the day--and I showed my kids the John Candy "Food Repair Shop" bit...and Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas and yet"
Comedy Nerd Alert: "Food Repair Shop" was actually from The New Show, Lorne Michaels' failed project when he briefly left SNL in the 80s. Candy did another food emergency bit on SCTV. Neither was great. I love SCTV and appreciate SNL and don't consider them in competition. Posted by: CJ at April 12, 2019 09:00 PM (5Gqch) 325
YIKES, can't believe I forgot The King Of Comedy!
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2019 08:56 PM (miE9U) That came out in 1983 Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 12, 2019 09:00 PM (XfxTk) 326
"Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" needs a better description than "gimmicky." That's close but too dismissive. It relied on the "device" of splicing old movies into the storyline.
- It's a concept movie. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 12, 2019 09:00 PM (+y/Ru) 327
lol, googled the matt houston opening theme for some reason not too long ago. not good television.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-za9Z6-Gad4 Posted by: yankeefifth at April 12, 2019 08:59 PM (MTjB1) But his assistant was HOT! Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 09:00 PM (Zz0t1) 328
The weird guy on Square Pegs was supposed to be a fanook, right? Light in the loafers? A nancy-boy? Or was he just weird.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at April 12, 2019 09:00 PM (+/7JY) 329
Think about that. "And Justice For All" in 1979 is the equivalent to a movie made in 1939!
************** How about the fact that the Back to the Future triology takes place entirely in the past? Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at April 12, 2019 09:00 PM (+dsLj) Posted by: Glenn John at April 12, 2019 09:00 PM (9GNQV) Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 09:01 PM (3Fpmk) 332
eleven, let's hope she has.
Angry freak. Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2019 09:01 PM (miE9U) 333
221 I liked Koyaanisqattsi or however it's spelled.
I know I know "western civilization bad". Still liked it. Posted by: eleven at April 12, 2019 08:43 PM (NLLmE) Yeah, that's the impression I got from it. The ending sequence featured the first Atlas-Centaur test flight on May 8, 1962. It didn't go well. The tracking camera followed the debris all the way down to impact in the ocean. But, long story short, they fixed the bugs, and Atlas-Centaur eventually became a reliable workhorse launch vehicle, with derivatives still flying today. And now you know... The Rest of the Story. Posted by: rickl at April 12, 2019 09:01 PM (sdi6R) 334
I have a ET 2600 cart and manual. I've still got a 2600 too but it doesn't work.
Posted by: freaked at April 12, 2019 09:02 PM (UdKB7) 335
How about the fact that the Back to the Future triology takes place entirely in the past? Oh? Didn't they go to 2055, briefly? Or to 2030? Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at April 12, 2019 09:02 PM (1V4qu) 336
Think about that. "And Justice For All" in 1979 is the equivalent to a movie made in 1939!
Posted by: Soothsayer "You're out of order!" Posted by: Boswell at April 12, 2019 09:02 PM (32YRo) 337
TV was really good in 1982, too.
Herman's Head. Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 12, 2019 08:56 PM (dNzKv) Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter is a classic Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 12, 2019 09:02 PM (+WnPf) 338
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-- Never seen E.T. ... Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 12, 2019 08:36 PM ----------------------- Why the hell not? Posted by: Jim Ignatowsky at April 12, 2019 09:03 PM (RVcmP) 339
Ripley's Believe or Not Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at April 12, 2019 08:54 PM (1V4qu) You're not gonna believe this. Some "ALIEN" killed everybody on my spaceship and I'm the only survivor. Posted by: Ripley's Believe or Not at April 12, 2019 09:03 PM (t6XCL) Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 12, 2019 09:03 PM (2DOZq) 341
I had to check STRANGE BREW opened in 1983, I still find that movie so damn funny.
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at April 12, 2019 09:03 PM (dKiJG) 342
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1982 was the year the final Who album was released. 'It's Hard' which had Athena and Eminence Front Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 12, 2019 08:51 PM (XfxTk) ======== There are about a dozen songs that every time I hear them, I can't help but look like Wayne and Garth listening, bobbing along their heads, and singing to at the top of my lungs in the car. I wasn't a big Who fan, but Eminence Front is near the top of that list.
Posted by: ShainS -- PhD candidate in Angry Orange Male studies 343
There are no Eugene Levys or Rick Moranis anymore. Add Dana carvey to the list.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 12, 2019 09:03 PM (dNzKv) 344
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...and Silver Spoons! Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at April 12, 2019 08:55 PM (1V4qu) The only thing I remember from Silver Spoons is a scene when Ricky & his friend were trying to watch scrambled porn, and his friend's glasses broke. Kate (Erin Gray) walks in on them & Ricky exclaims "It's Kate!" and his buddy shoves his broken glasses back on his face Posted by: josephistan at April 12, 2019 09:03 PM (Izzlo) 345
307 TV was really good in 1982, too.
Herman's Head. Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 12, 2019 08:56 PM (dNzKv) --That's like a decade off. You're banished from the discussion!!!! Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 09:03 PM (XAYDB) 346
"Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" needs a better description than "gimmicky." That's close but too dismissive. It relied on the "device" of splicing old movies into the storyline.
- It's a concept movie. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 12, 2019 09:00 PM (+y/Ru) I thought it was really well done. They must have gone through a ton of film to find the clips to use. Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 12, 2019 09:04 PM (+WnPf) 347
270 You would have loved E.T. - the Video Game.
Posted by: Tom Servo Isn't that legendary for being the worst video game Of All Time? Posted by: eleven I seem to recall a story about some guys searching for that game in the Arizona desert. The rumor was that unsold cartridges were buried there by Atari. Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 09:04 PM (2fs3P) 348
I have a ET 2600 cart and manual. I've still got a 2600 too but it doesn't work.
*smiles smugly* Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 12, 2019 09:04 PM (oVJmc) 349
I had to check STRANGE BREW opened in 1983, I still find that movie so damn funny.
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at April 12, 2019 09:03 PM (dKiJG) Same here. Posted by: DR.WTF at April 12, 2019 09:04 PM (aS1PU) 350
I liked Gandhi a lot, but over the years I've accepted it's an inaccurate hagiography. Plus: all my sympathy for Muslims evaporated sometime around 2001.
I guess the best one out of the list, one that I'm still not ashamed I liked it, is The Verdict. I don't think Lumet ever made a bad movie. Posted by: gp at April 12, 2019 09:05 PM (mk9aG) 351
1984 also gave ups Peter Hyams going ham-handed political with 2010 The Year We Make Contact
Dr. Heywood Floyd and Dr. Curnow talking hot dogs, baseball, and the Astro Dome. Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 09:05 PM (3Fpmk) 352
Oh? Didn't they go to 2055, briefly? Or to 2030?
****************** You must be thinking of The Age of Stupid. Although I wouldn't fault you for thinking that was now. Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at April 12, 2019 09:05 PM (+dsLj) 353
Are we talking abut Metallica ...and justice for all, now?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 12, 2019 09:05 PM (dNzKv) 354
340 You know what 1982 movie does not hold up at all?
Porky's Posted by: Can't resist temptation The scene in the Principles office still makes me laugh. Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 09:05 PM (2fs3P) Posted by: The Man from Athens at April 12, 2019 09:06 PM (QMwOT) 356
Just Bing-ed -- Amazing Grace was 1972 via RCA.
This link was a PDF so I didn't bother opening it but the intro is... In 1972 The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards recorded "Amazing Grace" combining both their Pipes and Drums and Military Band. The arrangement opened with a solo bagpipe which was joined by the Pipe Band and full Military Band. The track quickly rose to number one in the charts in the UK, Ireland, Canada, South Africa and Australia and by 1977 had sold seven million copies. ... Posted by: andycanuck at April 12, 2019 09:06 PM (Dh1wo) 357
If any cobs or ace is around, Jane D'oh done banned herself somehow.
She's drinking Titos waiting for someone to unban her...no hurry she says. Posted by: Tami at April 12, 2019 09:06 PM (cF8AT) 358
Posted by: gp at April 12, 2019 09:05 PM (mk9aG)
The Verdict was very good. Newman can play a likable , down and out guy better than anyone. Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 12, 2019 09:06 PM (2DOZq) 359
I wrote a 'ment here back in 2015 why the real 2015 looked nothing like the "future" we imagined as kids. The reason our real "future," today's Present sucks is: The Leftist Regressive Totalitarians. Instead of flying cars and robots, we're mired in a race war, litigating "reparations," and debating shutting down/banning technology because of a global warming hoax. Instead of having a space ship that can go to Mars or Jupiter, we are Anti-Science and men have "husbands" and men pretend to women. Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at April 12, 2019 09:06 PM (1V4qu) 360
355 Never saw ET.
Glad ai never have. Posted by: The Man from Athens at April 12, 2019 09:06 PM (QMwOT) --Saw it. Never seen Titanic, nor Home Alone. Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 09:06 PM (XAYDB) 361
I can't believe no one has mentioned the TV show Sledge Hammer! yet.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2019 09:07 PM (miE9U) 362
Think about that. "And Justice For All" in 1979 is the equivalent to a movie made in 1939!
Posted by: Soothsayer It's like when I talk to my kids about Springsteen or the Stones, it's like my folks talking to me about Guy Lombardo. Posted by: Blutarski at April 12, 2019 09:07 PM (+Tibp) 363
339
Ripley's Believe or Not Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at April 12, 2019 08:54 PM (1V4qu) You're not gonna believe this. Some "ALIEN" killed everybody on my spaceship and I'm the only survivor. Posted by: Ripley's Believe or Not Meow! Posted by: The Cat at April 12, 2019 09:07 PM (2fs3P) 364
Could be worse, could watch Woody Allen's What's Up Tiger Lilly Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 08:56 PM (3Fpmk) --- Was that...oh yes it was. Worse. Posted by: CJ at April 12, 2019 09:08 PM (5Gqch) 365
The cat was named Jonesy
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 09:08 PM (3Fpmk) Posted by: eleven at April 12, 2019 09:08 PM (NLLmE) 367
Could you imagine making porkys today?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 12, 2019 09:08 PM (dNzKv) 368
361 I can't believe no one has mentioned the TV show Sledge Hammer! yet.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2019 09:07 PM (miE9U) --Not from '82 Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 09:08 PM (XAYDB) 369
Remember Sandra Bernhardt? Has she fallen off the face of the Earth?
Posted by: eleven at April 12, 2019 08:58 PM (NLLmE) Last time I remember seeing her... Hudson Hawk? Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 12, 2019 09:08 PM (bQ/du) 370
359
I wrote a 'ment here back in 2015 why the real 2015 looked nothing like the "future" we imagined as kids. The reason our real "future," today's Present sucks is: The Leftist Regressive Totalitarians. Instead of flying cars and robots, we're mired in a race war, litigating "reparations," and debating shutting down/banning technology because of a global warming hoax. Instead of having a space ship that can go to Mars or Jupiter, we are Anti-Science and men have "husbands" and men pretend to women. Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at April 12, 2019 09:06 PM (1V4qu) Progress! At this rate we'll be colonizing the galaxy in 5 years! Posted by: josephistan at April 12, 2019 09:08 PM (Izzlo) 371
Jane!!!!
Don't go into the light!!!!! Posted by: eleven at April 12, 2019 09:08 PM (NLLmE) Did she walk into the TV? Posted by: DR.WTF at April 12, 2019 09:09 PM (aS1PU) 372
If any cobs or ace is around, Jane D'oh done banned herself somehow.
She's drinking Titos waiting for someone to unban her...no hurry she says. Posted by: Tami at A that will teach her to have sex on her desk. Posted by: yankeefifth at April 12, 2019 09:09 PM (MTjB1) 373
I did a quick word search to see if anyone mentioned it and as it wasnt, might I include the animated movie "The Last Unicorn" from Rankin/Bass, featuring Mia Farrow, Jeff Bridges, Alan Arkin and Christopher Lee as the antagonist? Really whimsical fairy tale with some surprising depth to it.
Posted by: Snark of Greyskulk at April 12, 2019 09:09 PM (+i+0x) 374
Never seen Titanic, nor Home Alone. Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 09:06 PM (XAYDB) Avatar, never saw it. Need a list of big movie hits that the morons could careless about watching. Posted by: YIKES! at April 12, 2019 09:09 PM (t6XCL) 375
Instead of flying cars and robots, we're mired in a race war, litigating "reparations," and debating shutting down/banning technology because of a global warming hoax.
************************ On the upside they did get the Cubs winning the World Series right. Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at April 12, 2019 09:09 PM (+dsLj) Posted by: freaked at April 12, 2019 09:09 PM (UdKB7) 377
In 1972 The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards recorded "Amazing Grace" combining both their Pipes and Drums and Military Band. The arrangement opened with a solo bagpipe which was joined by the Pipe Band and full Military Band.
The track quickly rose to number one in the charts in the UK, Ireland, Canada, South Africa and Australia and by 1977 had sold seven million copies. ... Posted by: andycanuck at April 12, 2019 09:06 PM (Dh1wo) --Is that the version used in Star Trek 2? Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 09:10 PM (XAYDB) 378
The Verdict was very good. Newman can play a likable , down and out guy better than anyone.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation Reggie Dunlop in Slapshot. Now THAT part was a risk. Posted by: Blutarski at April 12, 2019 09:10 PM (+Tibp) 379
Avatar, never saw it.
Need a list of big movie hits that the morons could careless about watching. Posted by: YIKES! at April 12, 2019 09:09 PM (t6XCL) Count me as one who never saw Avatar. Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 12, 2019 09:10 PM (2DOZq) 380
Avatar, never saw it.
Need a list of big movie hits that the morons could careless about watching. Posted by: YIKES! at April 12, 2019 09:09 PM (t6XCL) Never had any desire to see it. And when the left retards started crying over it and how they wished they could go to the planet of blue people or whatever, I knew it was crap. Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 09:10 PM (Zz0t1) 381
Avatar, never saw it.
Need a list of big movie hits that the morons could careless about watching. Posted by: YIKES! at April 12, 2019 09:09 PM (t6XCL) Count me as one who never saw Avatar. Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 12, 2019 09:10 PM (2DOZq) I saw a pirated copy. It still sucked. Posted by: DR.WTF at April 12, 2019 09:11 PM (aS1PU) 382
So it's amazing that 1982 was such an amazing year for movies, but I just noticed about the list. I saw maybe four or five of them in theaters in 1982.
1985-6? is when we all got VHS machines and poured into the local video store to see what there was to watch. I probably saw all of these movies in 86-87. Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 12, 2019 09:11 PM (fuK7c) 383
The 80s is my favorite decade for movies. Also for cars. And girls. And presidents.
Posted by: old5.0 at April 12, 2019 09:11 PM (fZLmu) 384
Porkys: Garbage then; garbage still.
The Thing: A respectable remake. I like the original one better. Tron: Saw it in theater. So very awful. Expected so much more from the Carlos score; big letdown. Posted by: gp at April 12, 2019 09:12 PM (mk9aG) 385
The King Of Comedy. That came out in 1983 Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 12, 2019 09:00 PM (XfxTk) Released Iceland 1982 Posted by: YIKES! at April 12, 2019 09:12 PM (t6XCL) 386
The Verdict was very good. Newman can play a likable, down and out guy better than anyone.
******************** When I was studying to be an attorney I was told this was one of the few movies that accurately depicted what lawyers have to go through to win an actual trial. Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at April 12, 2019 09:12 PM (+dsLj) 387
Trust me. I know what I'm doing.
Posted by: andycanuck at April 12, 2019 09:12 PM (Dh1wo) 388
I tried to watch Avatar, twice. I just couldn't get through 20 minutes of it. I felt bad for the actors. The script was written by some 13 year old girl. It was awful.
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 09:12 PM (2fs3P) Posted by: freaked at April 12, 2019 09:13 PM (UdKB7) 390
Oh yeah The Last Unicorn
Got to hear Peter S. Beagle talk about it. It was a fun little talk even when he was talking about having to deal with the fame and pigeon-holing because that story became a hit. Geez I figured cels of Amalthea would be pricey... https://preview.tinyurl.com/y3xqm7tq Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 09:14 PM (3Fpmk) 391
UHF is so dumb its good. I liked it.
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 09:14 PM (2fs3P) 392
ET was stupid. I saw it when it came out and was very disappointed in the alien. It looked like a turtle without a shell. Flying shell-less turtles. Stupid.
Posted by: freaked at April 12, 2019 09:14 PM (UdKB7) 393
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-- "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" I don't give a F@@@@@@@@@@@K how funny it is. (and it's one of my favorite comedies) I don't give a F@@@@@@@@@@@K what critics say. I don't give a F@@@@@@@@@@@K what anyone else says. Rachel Ward is so freaking hot in that movie, in BW, all else diminishes to nothing. Posted by: irright at April 12, 2019 09:14 PM (RVcmP) 394
Late to the movie party....
Back in the 80s I had a huge Chuck Norris thing going on. Most people do not agree with my personal fave Norris movies but hey! Whatever. That said I didn't see Silent Rage but it sounds a bit like Hero and the Terror. That one came out in 88. Also on my fave Chuck movie list.... Code of Silence. Delta Force Hero and the Terror Firewalker Lone wolf McQuade Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 12, 2019 09:14 PM (myjNJ) 395
Sean Young was a hot piece of ass in 1982.
Posted by: Fritz at April 12, 2019 09:15 PM (LuPts) 396
I was a kid in 82, so the only movie I saw in theaters on this list was The Dark Crystal and ET and I had fond memories of both.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 12, 2019 09:15 PM (jXrK7) 397
When I was studying to be an attorney I was told this was one of the few movies that accurately depicted what lawyers have to go through to win an actual trial.
Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at April 12, 2019 09:12 PM (+dsLj) Im just glad I saw it before my career in the insurance claims business. Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 12, 2019 09:15 PM (2DOZq) 398
Dyan Cannon was a hottie with an infectious laugh,
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 12, 2019 08:54 PM (2DOZq) ======= I read her memoir last year -- she is pretty sharp (as was Rob Lowe in his memoir). I still can't get over Cary Grant being a YUGE dropper of acid.
Posted by: ShainS -- PhD candidate in Angry Orange Male studies 399
The scene in the Principles office still makes me laugh.
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 09:05 PM (2fs3P) We should get a sketch artist and put up Wanted posters That scene is soo damn funny. Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at April 12, 2019 09:15 PM (dKiJG) 400
--Is that the version used in Star Trek 2?
---------- I don't know but good question. I'll check IMDB. Posted by: andycanuck at April 12, 2019 09:15 PM (Dh1wo) 401
Never watched Avatar because it sounded in no way interesting.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 12, 2019 09:15 PM (bQ/du) 402
Not as stupid as Maxine Waters though. Not by a long shot.
Posted by: freaked at April 12, 2019 09:16 PM (UdKB7) 403
My area got HBO in like 1978. You had to have a dish to pick up the reception which was broadcast from the tallest downtown building. They only broadcast from about 7:00 to 11:00 CST.
Anyhoo, a friend of mine had it and word got out that a near pornographic movie with Susan Day was gonna be on so we had a party! I left a more sober and wiser teenage idiot. Posted by: Blutarski at April 12, 2019 09:16 PM (+Tibp) 404
Never watched Avatar because it sounded in no way interesting.
Seven foot tall superfit cat smurfs with bare tits. Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 12, 2019 09:16 PM (fuK7c) Posted by: eleven at April 12, 2019 09:16 PM (NLLmE) 406
that will teach her to have sex on her desk.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 12, 2019 09:09 PM (MTjB1) Hold out for softball shorts pics. Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at April 12, 2019 09:17 PM (t6MX/) 407
tried to watch Avatar, twice. I just couldn't get through 20 minutes of it. I felt bad for the actors. The script was written by some 13 year old girl. It was awful.
Avatar was a direct ripoff of Pocohantas. Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 12, 2019 09:17 PM (dNzKv) 408
391 UHF is so dumb its good. I liked it.
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 09:14 PM (2fs3P) --Great soundtrack as well. Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 09:17 PM (XAYDB) 409
Rachel Ward is so freaking hot in that movie, in BW, all else diminishes to nothing.
Posted by: irright at April 12, 2019 09:14 PM (RVcmP) Makes me want to YouTube the Against All Odds scene, Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 12, 2019 09:17 PM (2DOZq) 410
When did Zapped! come out. That was some cinematic GENIUS right there.
Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 09:17 PM (Zz0t1) 411
IMDB has 'uncredited' for "Amazing Grace".
Posted by: andycanuck at April 12, 2019 09:17 PM (Dh1wo) 412
Never watched Avatar because it sounded in no way interesting.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop It's pretty to look at. But that get's old after a few minutes. Posted by: eleven at April 12, 2019 09:18 PM (NLLmE) Posted by: Blutarski at April 12, 2019 09:18 PM (+Tibp) 414
I actually remember seeing Star Trek II in the theater. The earworm scene scared the crap out of me.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 12, 2019 09:18 PM (bQ/du) 415
Avatar was all about "evil corporations raping the plant". It might have been a decent effects flic if they hadn't thrown that in.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 12, 2019 09:18 PM (jXrK7) 416
Seven foot tall superfit cat smurfs with bare tits.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 12, 2019 09:16 PM (fuK7c) *buzzer* Ohhh, you were missing 'busty'. Busty was what we were looking for. Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 12, 2019 09:19 PM (bQ/du) 417
Avatar was all about "evil corporations raping the plant". It might have been a decent effects flic if they hadn't thrown that in.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 12, 2019 09:18 PM (jXrK7) Dances With Wolves in space. Posted by: DR.WTF at April 12, 2019 09:19 PM (aS1PU) 418
Titanic is not a bad movie, and I don't know why people slam it so much. Among popcorn-munching megahits, it's OK. Not as good as Jaws. Not as good as a couple Titanic-themed movies that came before, like the Webb/Stanwyck movie. But still no good reason to proudly _refuse_ to watch it!
Posted by: gp at April 12, 2019 09:19 PM (mk9aG) 419
Didn't the guy who did Avatar lose to his ex-wife who did Hurt Locker for the Best Picture award?
Posted by: Tami at April 12, 2019 09:19 PM (cF8AT) 420
As a neko-grrl. I do not consider the N'avi to be in anyway feline. I have never seen Avatard because all the super excite hype on how wonderful of a movie it would be turned me instantly off since it sounded exactly like the stuff rabid fan-bois spout off over the latest Marvel comic.
And then I noticed the N'avi are bipedal while every other life form on the planet is hexapedal. Hey James Cameron how does evolution work again? Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 09:19 PM (3Fpmk) 421
I remember many years ago when Sean Young was on the Howard Stern Show. She's a wacko.
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 12, 2019 09:19 PM (xPl2J) 422
Oh yeah, and the smurf cats did it by plugging their tails together or some shit.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 12, 2019 09:20 PM (jXrK7) 423
415 Avatar was all about "evil corporations raping the plant". It might have been a decent effects flic if they hadn't thrown that in.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 12, 2019 09:18 PM (jXrK7) Evil military, from what I have heard as well. And that douchebag had the nerve to mention he made a mistake in how he portrayed the marines in Aliens on the director's commentary. Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 12, 2019 09:20 PM (bQ/du) 424
Didn't the guy who did Avatar lose to his ex-wife who did Hurt Locker for the Best Picture award?
Posted by: Tami Ouch. Posted by: eleven at April 12, 2019 09:20 PM (NLLmE) 425
Hey James Cameron how does evolution work again?
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 09:19 PM (3Fp And they're blue. On a green planet. Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 12, 2019 09:20 PM (2DOZq) 426
I actually remember seeing Star Trek II in the theater. The earworm scene scared the crap out of me.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 12, 2019 09:18 PM (bQ/du) My parents were big Star Trek movie fans. They took us to the drive in to see II, I think. It was a double feature and John Carpenter's The Thing was the opener. I was a little young for that one.....I think they actually regretted that decision. Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 09:20 PM (Zz0t1) 427
417 Avatar was all about "evil corporations raping the plant". It might have been a decent effects flic if they hadn't thrown that in.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 12, 2019 09:18 PM (jXrK7) Dances With Wolves in space. Posted by: DR.WTF I heard it described as Dances with Smurfs. Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 09:20 PM (2fs3P) Posted by: Blutarski at April 12, 2019 09:20 PM (+Tibp) 429
I'm gonna say 1984 would give 1982 a run for its money.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 12, 2019 09:21 PM (qYw16) 430
343 There are no Eugene Levys or Rick Moranis anymore. Add Dana carvey to the list.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at April 12, 2019 09:03 PM (dNzKv) ======= Also read a very good Martin Short memoir -- quite funny and an interesting guy.
Posted by: ShainS -- PhD candidate in Angry Orange Male studies 431
I remember going to see The Road Warrior with a college buddy back in 1982: minds blown!
I don't know if the movies were really any better back then (Hollywood has always churned out unimaginative, derivative crap) but it is now occupied by Progressives that would rather hector their audience than make money. Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 12, 2019 09:21 PM (5Yee7) Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 12, 2019 09:22 PM (jXrK7) 433
while every other life form on the planet is hexapedal
When did nekko-android-cat-girls become six legged? Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 12, 2019 09:22 PM (fuK7c) 434
Sean Young was good in a Kiss Before Dying. That was actually a remake but it was a very good movie.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 12, 2019 09:22 PM (2DOZq) 435
Bander, stop thinking about the hexapumas....
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 09:22 PM (3Fpmk) 436
My parents were big Star Trek movie fans. They took us to the drive in to see II, I think. It was a double feature and John Carpenter's The Thing was the opener. I was a little young for that one.....I think they actually regretted that decision.
Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 09:20 PM (Zz0t1) My parents too. And we got the full set of Star Trek III glasses from Taco Bell when that came out. I think my parents still have them. Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 12, 2019 09:22 PM (bQ/du) 437
Anyone remember ON-Tv........
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 12, 2019 09:23 PM (Z+IKu) 438
418 Titanic is not a bad movie, and I don't know why people slam it so much. Among popcorn-munching megahits, it's OK. Not as good as Jaws. Not as good as a couple Titanic-themed movies that came before, like the Webb/Stanwyck movie. But still no good reason to proudly _refuse_ to watch it!
Posted by: gp That movie sucked beyond words. Even Kate Winslet awesome boobies and lesbian sex scene with that butch actress couldn't save that movie. Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 09:23 PM (2fs3P) 439
Zapped and Foul Play were constantly on HBO one Summer. Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at April 12, 2019 09:23 PM (1V4qu) 440
Not as good as a couple Titanic-themed movies that came before, like the Webb/Stanwyck movie. But still no good reason to proudly _refuse_ to watch it!
Posted by: gp at April 12, 2019 09:19 PM (mk9aG) That crappy song is not a good reason? Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2019 09:23 PM (TfwlC) 441
I just did a search for what "neko" means and guess what I got?
Pron. Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 12, 2019 09:22 PM (jXrK7) Animae porn, at that. Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 09:23 PM (Zz0t1) 442
I'll be back in about 5 mins.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 12, 2019 09:24 PM (jXrK7) 443
Anyone remember ON-Tv........
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 12, 2019 09:23 PM (Z+IKu) What's On TV? Posted by: DR.WTF at April 12, 2019 09:24 PM (aS1PU) 444
When I was studying to be an attorney I was told this was one of the few movies that accurately depicted what lawyers have to go through to win an actual trial. Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at April 12, 2019 09:12 PM (+dsLj) You're paid to win! Posted by: Avi at April 12, 2019 09:24 PM (kSq2k) 445
That movie sucked beyond words. Even Kate Winslet awesome boobies and lesbian sex scene with that butch actress couldn't save that movie.
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 09:23 PM (2fs3P) Not that butch. *pause* The visuals of the ship are amazing. Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 12, 2019 09:24 PM (bQ/du) 446
Bander, stop thinking about the hexapumas....
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 09:22 PM (3Fpmk) Do hexapedal hexapumas have hexagonads? Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2019 09:24 PM (TfwlC) 447
Anyone remember ON-Tv........
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 12, 2019 09:23 PM (Z+IKu) I mentioned this the other day. My dad was trying to build a descrambler for it. We used to sneak downstairs after they went to Adults ONly to watch scrambled porn. Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 09:24 PM (Zz0t1) 448
Damn, 4-1 Blue Jackets
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 09:24 PM (XAYDB) Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 09:25 PM (3Fpmk) 450
My grandparents had On TV. At the time it was the only pay TV available in our area.
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 12, 2019 09:25 PM (xPl2J) 451
Also read a very good Martin Short memoir -- quite funny and an interesting guy.
Posted by: ShainS -- PhD candidate in Angry Orange Male studies at April 12, 2019 09:21 PM (WqPYg) Read David Spade's short memoir. It's an easy and funny read. I think he must be a silent conservative . Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 12, 2019 09:25 PM (2DOZq) 452
>>>Never watched Avatar because it sounded in no way interesting.
-------------------- Seven foot tall superfit cat smurfs with bare tits. Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 12, 2019 09:16 PM (fuK7c) Never wanted to bang a cat. Posted by: Braenyard having a 29+ moment at April 12, 2019 09:25 PM (lfmil) 453
I remember that song "ain't gonna bump no mo with six leg women."
Posted by: freaked at April 12, 2019 09:25 PM (UdKB7) 454
Titos?
Posted by: Tami at April 12, 2019 09:06 PM (cF8AT) I drink vodka on ice.... no additives... Posted by: MarcusZ1967 at April 12, 2019 09:25 PM (ndVm0) 455
What's On TV?
Posted by: DR.WTF at April 12, 2019 09:24 PM (aS1PU) There's a penguin on the telly. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 12, 2019 09:25 PM (TfwlC) 456
Holy shit, now Columbus up 5-1
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 09:25 PM (XAYDB) 457
Doug and Bob McKenzie movie reviews. Blowed up real good! Also Johnny LaRue!
SCTV was best-- fight me! Posted by: free tibet at April 12, 2019 09:25 PM (CL76w) 458
My dad was trying to build a descrambler for it. We
used to sneak downstairs after they went to Adults ONly to watch scrambled porn. Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 09:24 PM (Zz0t1) In Los Angeles we got On TV's scrambled porn on channel 52. Posted by: Mark1971 at April 12, 2019 09:25 PM (xPl2J) 459
When I was studying to be an attorney I was told this was one of the few movies that accurately depicted what lawyers have to go through to win an actual trial.
Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen They offered to settle for if I remember $210,000 which would neatly have paid Newman $70,000 which was a king's ransom at the time. That's what I remember. Posted by: Blutarski at April 12, 2019 09:26 PM (+Tibp) 460
Never wanted to bang a cat.
Posted by: Braenyard having a 29+ moment at A no one is blaming you, you did what you had to. Posted by: yankeefifth at April 12, 2019 09:26 PM (MTjB1) 461
Would you prefer a megane neko hime nyah?
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 09:26 PM (3Fpmk) 462
I hated the whole class warfare angle of Titanic, but there was something I hated worse.
You're in the North Atlantic where it's cold enough for icebergs to murder your ship. Iceberg water pours into the ship. Yet everyone can walk through the hallways hip deep in the icewater without getting cold. It's only after they're out looking for lifeboats that the water makes them feel cold and turn blue and die. Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 12, 2019 09:26 PM (fuK7c) 463
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-- I just did a search for what "neko" means and guess what I got? Pron. Posted by: sniffybigtoe at April 12, 2019 09:22 PM (jXrK7) --------------------- Animae porn, at that. Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 09:23 PM -------------------------------------------- Taste our wafers. TASTE THEM!! Posted by: neko (or necco, whatever) at April 12, 2019 09:27 PM (RVcmP) Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 09:28 PM (3Fpmk) 465
Necco stands for New England Confectionary Company
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 12, 2019 09:28 PM (xPl2J) 466
"no way out" was fun.
Posted by: JAS at April 12, 2019 09:28 PM (KOCKb) 467
There are neither superhero nor Star Wars movies, all of these movies were obviously flops.
Posted by: mugiwara at April 12, 2019 09:28 PM (kVT3g) 468
My dad was trying to build a descrambler for it. We used to sneak downstairs after they went to Adults ONly to watch scrambled porn.
Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 09:24 PM (Zz0t1) Hahaha...yup. You could see half a screen but if you positioned the channel selector just right it would come in clear with no lines and Wow....free pron over the airwaves. America is a great country. Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 12, 2019 09:28 PM (Z+IKu) 469
I just looked up a complete list of movies released in 1982, and another of my favorites is on there--again, primarily for music: Diva. This was a really good movie, and gave me a little bit of appreciation for opera.
Posted by: April at April 12, 2019 09:28 PM (OX9vb) 470
She was gettin' down, that chick was gettin' down
She wanted to bump some more, but I told her, no You done knocked me down once You done knocked me down once Posted by: freaked at April 12, 2019 09:29 PM (UdKB7) 471
Neko Case was hawt back in the day.
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 09:29 PM (XAYDB) 472
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 12, 2019 09:26 PM (fuK7c)
We have a cold bath at my club that's set at 55 degrees. I can stay in it only 5 minutes tops . Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 12, 2019 09:29 PM (2DOZq) 473
That movie sucked beyond words. Even Kate Winslet awesome boobies and lesbian sex scene with that butch actress couldn't save that movie.
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 09:23 PM (2fs3P) More engine room pr0n would have saved the movie! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 12, 2019 09:29 PM (wCCjE) 474
BONUS: Neko Case sang in a band called the New Pornographers.
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 09:29 PM (XAYDB) 475
She threw the jewel into the sea. Bitch. She didn't own it. After the asshole got the insurance claim paid, the Insurance company owned it.
Posted by: JAS at April 12, 2019 09:29 PM (KOCKb) 476
In Los Angeles we got On TV's scrambled porn on channel 52.
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 12, 2019 09:25 PM (xPl2J) I think Chitcagoland was UHF 44. Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 09:29 PM (Zz0t1) 477
Rachel Ward is so freaking hot in that movie, in BW, all else diminishes to nothing.
Posted by: irright at April 12, 2019 09:14 PM (RVcmP) -- Juliet Forrest: What are you doing? Rigby Reardon: Adjusting your breasts. You fainted and they shifted all out of whack. Posted by: CJ at April 12, 2019 09:30 PM (5Gqch) Posted by: kbdabear at April 12, 2019 09:31 PM (0Ntuf) 479
Boobs are fun.
Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 09:31 PM (Zz0t1) 480
1984:
The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Amadeus Bachelor Party Beverly Hills Cop Blame it on Rio Children of the Corn Conan the Destroyer Dune Footloose Ghostbusters Gremlins Indiana Jones Temple of Doom Karate Kid Muppets Take Manhattan (shaken for CBD's liking) The Natural The Neverending Story Nightmare on Elm Street Police Academy Purple Rain Red Dawn Repo Man Revenge of the Nerds Romancing the Stone Splash The Terminator This is Spinal Tap The Toxic Avenger Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 12, 2019 09:31 PM (qYw16) 481
Titanic is awful. It's pretty boring. And I think Zane's portrayal as villain rubs a lot of men the wrong way; his fiance is banging some homeless guy from steerage because feelings, but Zane is the heavy. Uh huh.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 12, 2019 09:32 PM (H5knJ) 482
I'm STILL fapping to Phoebe Cates' swimming pool scene Posted by: kbdabear at April 12, 2019 09:31 PM (0Ntuf) I'm reasonably sure you're not alone. Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 09:32 PM (Zz0t1) 483
Cannery Row, The Year of Living Dangerously, Victor Victoria, The Man from Snowy River, Still of the Night, Evil Under The Sun, Kiss Me Goodbye, The Final Option, Author! Author!, Night Crossing, Tag, The Assassination Game, The Grey Fox. Hammett, That Championship Season all from 1982.
Posted by: Locke Common at April 12, 2019 09:32 PM (RZQqA) 484
They ain't Mentos....
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 09:28 PM (3Fpmk) They are ghost peppers.... Posted by: MarcusZ1967 at April 12, 2019 09:32 PM (ndVm0) 485
Pheobe Cates - Gremlins and Date With an Angel
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 09:32 PM (3Fpmk) 486
475 She threw the jewel into the sea. Bitch. She didn't own it. After the asshole got the insurance claim paid, the Insurance company owned it.
Posted by: JAS at April 12, 2019 09:29 PM (KOCKb) Not to mention a stone of historical significance. Bitch should be given the chair. Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 12, 2019 09:32 PM (bQ/du) Posted by: Blutarski at April 12, 2019 09:33 PM (+Tibp) 488
Posted by: Locke Common at April 12, 2019 09:32 PM (RZQqA)
Cannery Row. I really, really like that movie. Debra Winger, Nick Nolte. Posted by: DR.WTF at April 12, 2019 09:34 PM (aS1PU) 489
I haven't seen Young Doctors In Love since...well, the 1980s. Funny stuff.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at April 12, 2019 09:34 PM (rJUlF) 490
I've never seen Saving Private Ryan.
Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 09:34 PM (Zz0t1) 491
I have never watched Pulp Fiction all the way through. Never cared for it. Loved Jackie Brown.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 12, 2019 09:35 PM (bQ/du) 492
The hype was what turned me off from ever seeing Titanic or Avatar. Should have followed my gut instinct on the hype with the Force Awakens too.
Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at April 12, 2019 09:35 PM (+dsLj) 493
490 I've never seen Saving Private Ryan.
Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 09:34 PM (Zz0t1) But Shaving Rianne's Privates? Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at April 12, 2019 09:35 PM (t6MX/) 494
1982 two degrees to my 2019 favorite show , Bob's Burgers.
Phoebe Cates married to Kevin Kline who plays Mr Fischoeder on Bob's Burgers, Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 12, 2019 09:36 PM (2DOZq) 495
But Shaving Rianne's Privates?
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at April 12, 2019 09:35 PM (t6MX/) Sad, but no. Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 09:36 PM (Zz0t1) 496
I have never watched Pulp Fiction all the way through. Never cared for it. Loved Jackie Brown.
*************** Pulp Fiction is one of those movies you could listen by audio only just to write down all the lines you plan to use in real life. "ENGLISH, MOTHERFUCKER, DO YOU SPEAK IT?" Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at April 12, 2019 09:36 PM (+dsLj) 497
That is a tasty burger.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 12, 2019 09:37 PM (qYw16) 498
Lets see, remember sering the following in the theater:
48 hours Blade Runner Creepshow Diner ET Fast Times at Ridgemont High (several times) Firefox (meh, seemed hokey even then) Gandhi (yeah, brainwashing) My Favorite Year An Officer And A Gentleman Poltergeist Porky's Sophie's Choice STII:TWOK The Thing Tootsie Tron The Verdict Road Warrior Which is more non-animated films than I've paid to see in a theater in the past ten years. In particular, I don't do superhero. Posted by: JEM at April 12, 2019 09:37 PM (8Wb+m) 499
Yes Flo, you are wearing an apron. You dress like a maid. You will be thought to be a maid/
Posted by: JAS at April 12, 2019 09:38 PM (KOCKb) 500
I can NOT believe Ace did not namecheck "Zapped!" from that glorious cinematic season.
I mean sure, the cast of Young Doctors in Love was an impressive ensemble, but did it have EITHER Scott Baio OR Willie Ames of Eight is Enough fame? Why fuck no, it did not. It's like I don't even know you anymore. Posted by: Mister Christopher (in Atlanta yo) at April 12, 2019 09:39 PM (XOi3t) 501
492 The hype was what turned me off from ever seeing Titanic or Avatar. Should have followed my gut instinct on the hype with the Force Awakens too.
Posted by: Froderick Wonkensteen at April 12, 2019 09:35 PM (+dsLj) I bought Avatar.. good sf and cgi. Seen the last ending of Titanic... blue people? Posted by: MarcusZ1967 at April 12, 2019 09:39 PM (ndVm0) 502
Fans in Tampa booing.
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 09:39 PM (XAYDB) 503
Unobtainium? Never saw Avatar.
Posted by: JAS at April 12, 2019 09:41 PM (KOCKb) 504
Bitter Clinger, you forgot 2010 in that list.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 09:41 PM (3Fpmk) 505
Damn it, I home this game does not pre-empt the Hoosli national anthems.
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 09:42 PM (XAYDB) 506
"Halloween III" is memorable mainly because it stars Stacey Nelkin, the hottest babe of that era. Holy cr*p, she was smokin.
Posted by: Harvey Holroyd at April 12, 2019 09:42 PM (Pnd/Z) 507
373 I did a quick word search to see if anyone mentioned it and as it wasnt, might I include the animated movie "The Last Unicorn" from Rankin/Bass, featuring Mia Farrow, Jeff Bridges, Alan Arkin and Christopher Lee as the antagonist? Really whimsical fairy tale with some surprising depth to it.
Posted by: Snark of Greyskulk at April 12, 2019 09:09 PM (+i+0x) --- A favorite. Read the book as a kid. The film is very faithful and captures the beauty and terror. Molly Grue seeing the unicorn and saying in effect damn you for showing me how beautiful the world could be. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 12, 2019 09:42 PM (kQs4Y) 508
Unobtainium? Never saw Avatar.
The galaxy was running out of the Illudium Phosdex Shaving molecule. Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 09:42 PM (3Fpmk) 509
i've always been a western watchin chick and they're what i prefer.
barbarosa was good...but i'll take 'the mountain men' (couple years earlier) as one of my faves. Posted by: trapper's girl at April 12, 2019 09:43 PM (Ncyf9) 510
Cannery Row is a classic with a great cast including narration by John Huston. Beer Milkshake anyone. Also, The Year of Living Dangerously - Mel Gibson Sigourney Weaver - about unrest in 1965 Indonesia with Suharto making his move.
Posted by: Locke Common at April 12, 2019 09:43 PM (RZQqA) 511
*waves to Eris*
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 09:43 PM (3Fpmk) 512
[io]Fans in Tampa booing.
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 09:39 PM (XAYDB) I see a closed door team meeting in their near future. Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 09:43 PM (Zz0t1) Posted by: dartist at April 12, 2019 09:44 PM (K22Va) 514
Go Jets go!!!!
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 09:45 PM (XAYDB) 515
Shit, I'll have to catch the anthems on Youtube
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 09:45 PM (XAYDB) 516
JAS...
Your hash is crackin me up. Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 12, 2019 09:45 PM (myjNJ) 517
The Pirates and Nats are tied at the bottom of the 9th.
The Pens and Islanders tied 1-1 in the 3rd period. Pittsburgh fans are have a nail biting evening. Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 09:45 PM (2fs3P) 518
I was in college in '82 and broke as hell. But I found money to go to those movies. No vcr's yet. You had to go to see.
Posted by: Muad'dib at April 12, 2019 09:46 PM (zMvJD) Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 09:46 PM (Zz0t1) 520
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is one of the best films Steve Martin was ever in, its just constantly hilarious and smart. I don't think it was understood or appreciated properly at the time but its a classic.
And Silent Rage is cheesy but actually a pretty good film for what its worth. Its one of Norris' better films, he did a lot of utter crap. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 12, 2019 09:47 PM (39g3+) 521
JAS...
Your hash is crackin me up. Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 12, 2019 09:45 PM (myjNJ) Yeah. I'd reboot my router should that one show up. Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 09:47 PM (Zz0t1) 522
The 80's were really a revival decade for movies. A lot of movies that were considered low-end back then would be top flight today.
Posted by: WOPR at April 12, 2019 09:48 PM (oJBCt) 523
Oh,and...
Chan Is Missing Eating Raoul Personal Best (okay, okay, it had its moments) The Year of Living Dangerously Posted by: JEM at April 12, 2019 09:48 PM (8Wb+m) 524
Eris, ever read Steven R. Boyett's book Ariel? It's about a boy and his unicorn.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 09:49 PM (3Fpmk) 525
For a brief shining moment, Mel Gibson was the most beautiful human male in creation...The Year of Living Dangerously was the apex of that glory. Oh my.
That is my memory of 1982. Posted by: RedDish at April 12, 2019 09:50 PM (AjwWO) Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 09:50 PM (Zz0t1) 527
Regarding Titanic, I still say the ship was the real star of that movie. Every part of it form bow to stern (literally) was recreated lovingly in great detail.
I saw it the first weekend it was released before all the hype, and that's the sense I had. (But Kate Winslet was rowlrr hawt, which didn't hurt either.) Posted by: rickl at April 12, 2019 09:51 PM (sdi6R) 528
I actually saw most of these but not all at theaters. It may say something that the only one I have on DVD is My Favorite Year. Both hilarious and touching. And so many variations, all good, of How High the Moon.
Posted by: JTB at April 12, 2019 09:52 PM (bmdz3) 529
Personal Best (okay, okay, it had its moments)
Oh it most certainly did! The Year of Living Dangerously Oh, that was brilliantly atmospheric and also young Mel was so gorgeous that it's not even gay to say so. Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 12, 2019 09:52 PM (fuK7c) 530
80 Was in a discussion with a coworker today who maintains that 1994 is another (almost) 1939:
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 12, 2019 08:22 PM (kQs4Y) 1995 was no slouch 12 Monkeys Apollo 13 Babe Braveheart Casino Clueless Crimson Tide Get Shorty Heat Jumanji Leaving Las Vegas Mighty Aphrodite Outbreak Sense and Sensibility To Die For Toy Story Even two bad movies had some watchable boobage, Species and Showgirls Posted by: kbdabear at April 12, 2019 09:53 PM (0Ntuf) 531
What movies of today will people watch in 30 years?
Posted by: Abby at April 12, 2019 09:53 PM (SM/op) 532
Bongino sitting in for Hannity. He actually lets the guests answer the questions. How refreshing.
Posted by: Pete Seria at April 12, 2019 09:53 PM (7ZQe3) 533
Check the movies in 1984...
Posted by: Wodun at April 12, 2019 09:53 PM (7Ml7x) 534
Shit, Blues goal
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 09:54 PM (XAYDB) 535
When did Johnny Dangerously come out?
That movie was greatness. Posted by: Sponge at April 12, 2019 09:50 PM (Zz0t1) Joe Piscopo. What a guy. Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 12, 2019 09:54 PM (Z+IKu) 536
531 What movies of today will people watch in 30 years?
Posted by: Abby at April 12, 2019 09:53 PM (SM/op) They will watch Captain Marvel. Or else. Posted by: kbdabear at April 12, 2019 09:54 PM (0Ntuf) 537
I remember hearing the stories of filming Lethal Weapon where all the girls were hanging outside watching and they had to reshoot the scene of Mel getting up an whizzing because he was buck nude and walked past the open trailer door.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 12, 2019 09:54 PM (39g3+) 538
There is something about movies most people don't know. The eye essentially sees at 12 frames per second. Films are traditionally made at 24 frames per second. That means that you are only seeing half of what is on film. In order to see the whole movie you have to see it at least twice. This is why movies seem somehow different when you see them again.
Posted by: An Observation at April 12, 2019 09:54 PM (KoBpR) 539
Mel Gibson was gorgeous!
Posted by: lin-duh at April 12, 2019 09:55 PM (UUBmN) 540
531 What movies of today will people watch in 30 years?
Posted by: Abby at April 12, 2019 09:53 PM (SM/op) --- Deadpool. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 12, 2019 09:55 PM (kQs4Y) 541
533 Check the movies in 1984...
Posted by: Wodun at April 12, 2019 09:53 PM (7Ml7x) Just watched Amadeus the other night. Posted by: kbdabear at April 12, 2019 09:55 PM (0Ntuf) 542
Even two bad movies had some watchable boobage, Species and Showgirls
Species wasn't awful but Showgirls took really hot women and made them incredibly unpleasant and unsexy to watch. Like Requiem for a Dream had what could have been one of the sexiest scenes in human history but was instead awful and repulsive. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 12, 2019 09:55 PM (39g3+) Posted by: April at April 12, 2019 09:55 PM (OX9vb) Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at April 12, 2019 09:56 PM (7s3Gx) 545
I have to say.... The Thing was my MOST favorite movie!
Posted by: MarcusZ1967 at April 12, 2019 09:56 PM (ndVm0) 546
"what would be the best movies of the last 15 years?" I would not hesitate to nominate The Big Short, right off the top of my head. I'd rewatch that before I'd rewatch any of the 1982 list.
Posted by: gp at April 12, 2019 09:56 PM (mk9aG) 547
Deathtrap was just a copy of Sleuth without the Smiths lyric...
That being said, one could do this for every year 1978-1999. Movies the last 15 years have been horrendous. Posted by: Mark J. Rothermel at April 12, 2019 09:56 PM (m5F46) 548
And the Islanders take a 2-1 lead.
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 09:57 PM (2fs3P) Posted by: rickl at April 12, 2019 09:57 PM (sdi6R) 550
The Big Short, totally agree. That's become very he of my favorites of all time. Right up there with Patton.
Posted by: Pete Seria at April 12, 2019 09:57 PM (7ZQe3) Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 09:57 PM (XAYDB) 552
John Wick was very cool. A guy's movie if ever there was one.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 12, 2019 09:58 PM (bQ/du) 553
(looks to see if the Avs are playin' the Flames there eh)
Posted by: Mister Christopher (in Atlanta yo) at April 12, 2019 09:58 PM (XOi3t) 554
I guess the Penguins want an early start to the golf season.
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 09:58 PM (2fs3P) 555
ONT is up.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 12, 2019 09:59 PM (kQs4Y) 556
Peter Berg, who worked with Markie Mark to make Deepwater Horizon and Patriots Day, is a great up-and-comer. Those two movies are so very good in so many ways.
Posted by: gp at April 12, 2019 09:59 PM (mk9aG) 557
I can probably see the first John Wick movie being watched in the future because it is self-contained and is pretty much all arch-type. Deadpool might not because of how current topics the humor is in it.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 10:00 PM (3Fpmk) 558
Oh, I forgot. I do have Beastmaster on DVD. It fills my annual need for completely over the top.
Posted by: JTB at April 12, 2019 10:00 PM (bmdz3) 559
Scheifele, you can't help the team sitting in the box!
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 10:01 PM (XAYDB) 560
I like Peter Berg's The Rundown, Friday Night Lights, and The Kingdom, up until the end. Moral equivalence preaching ruined it.
Posted by: Mister Christopher (in Atlanta yo) at April 12, 2019 10:01 PM (XOi3t) 561
@418 Titanic is not a bad movie, and I don't know why people slam it so much. Among popcorn-munching megahits, it's OK. Not as good as Jaws. Not as good as a couple Titanic-themed movies that came before, like the Webb/Stanwyck movie. But still no good reason to proudly _refuse_ to watch it!
----------------- Haven't seen it. In my case, it's not a pride thing. I'm just not interested. But you also have to remember the frenzy that people went into at the time. People were going to repeated showings at the theater to see Titanic. And that song was on the radio for a *long* time. That's the sort of thing that tends to make people a bit testy and irritable about a movie. Posted by: junior at April 12, 2019 10:02 PM (Fp6vo) 562
I'm a shooter, and I think John Wick and the Kingsman stuff are pornographic and supremely boring. Those are bad movies, nothing but blood ballets.
Posted by: gp at April 12, 2019 10:03 PM (mk9aG) 563
Test
Posted by: Calm Mentor at April 12, 2019 10:05 PM (6csDQ) 564
If you'd said "better than all the movies since" you'd have been wrong, but... last fifteen years? No question.
It's not surprising, either. It was right around the turn of the century when the foreign box office became more important than the domestic box office. That means the end of clever wordplay (it won't translate), non-obvious cultural touchstones, and complex plots. In other words, everything but the explosions. They just keep making the same Campbell Hero's Journey movie over and over with a different skin. Made a lot of money doing it, too. Even franchises with paint-by-the-numbers plots and characters do well as long as they don't put the SJWs in charge. A lot of people have been talking up Alita Battle Angel over Captain Marvel. Yeah, it's a better movie in the sense the acting was better and the entire thing was well executed. But for all that it's really the same movie when compared to the sorts of things you would have seen in the '80s. Posted by: Ace's liver at April 12, 2019 10:07 PM (h2Bdk) 565
"But you also have to remember the frenzy that people went into at the time."
Yes I do. I watched it on tape a couple years after, not in theater. Again, I won't refuse to watch a movie just because some other people liked it too much or too little. It is not a BAD movie. Porkys, or that John Wick filth, aren't even pimples on Titanic's butt, even with all of Titanic's flaws. Jaws is brilliant. I won't refuse to watch it just because it was an overhyped megahit. Posted by: gp at April 12, 2019 10:07 PM (mk9aG) 566
"If you'd said "better than all the movies since" you'd have been wrong, but... last fifteen years? No question."
Oh c'mon. I'm not going to tally them, but there must be at least one thousand 21st century movies better than Annie or Porky's. Get real. Posted by: gp at April 12, 2019 10:09 PM (mk9aG) 567
Seen 3 new movies in the theater the last 3 years; Dunkirk, 3:17 to Paris and Unplanned.
Go see Apollo 11, particularly if you're not old enough to have seen the real thing. Posted by: An Observation at April 12, 2019 10:26 PM (KoBpR) 568
Red Dawn was also in 1982 I believe.
Posted by: steevy at April 12, 2019 10:33 PM (BXMxN) 569
No sorry it was 84
Posted by: steevy at April 12, 2019 10:34 PM (BXMxN) 570
Don't forget "Cat People," which blessed us with full frontal nudity
and various kinky stuff from the appropriately named Nastassja Kinski. Posted by: Geoff Flakey at April 12, 2019 08:47 PM (pPQeR) There's really isn't anything much better than a good set of tits. Annette O'Toole's quite view worthy rack was also on display in that movie. Posted by: An Observation at April 12, 2019 10:37 PM (KoBpR) 571
The period between the summer of 1986 and the summer of 1988 was the best period.
Aliens Predator Die Hard Robocop Lethal Weapon Posted by: MAGA at April 12, 2019 10:38 PM (I5LRE) Posted by: An Observation at April 12, 2019 10:42 PM (KoBpR) 573
Avi beat me to it but I was going to ask if anyone else had noticed that they switched to calling what we knew simply as "The Road Warrior" to "Mad Max: The Road Warrior." I don't know when that change occurred.
In the original, anyone else catch the goof when the bad guy's severed hand was dangling on a chain hanging from the back of Max's wife's car and I guess the angle wasn't working so you see someone else's hand holding the chain to get the right angle on it? Posted by: Brian448 at April 12, 2019 10:44 PM (vUETX) 574
Oh c'mon. I'm not going to tally them, but there must be at least one thousand 21st century movies better than Annie or Porky's. Get real.
Posted by: gp at April 12, 2019 10:09 PM (mk9aG) Yeah, okay, there have been some movies out in the last fifteen years that are a better than the worst movies of 1982. Not really the point, though, was it? Posted by: Ace's liver at April 12, 2019 11:08 PM (h2Bdk) 575
The original Val Lewton Cat People thank you.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 11:15 PM (3Fpmk) 576
I always loved George Lucas= tag line for *American Graffiti*: *Where were you in >62?* 1. To Kill a Mockingbird 2. How the West Was Won 3. Lawrence of Arabia 4. Lolita 5. Dr. No 6. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 7. The Longest Day 8. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 9. Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation 10. The Manchurian Candidate I=ve seen all the films listed and loved them all, some more than others. They are listed in order of popularity, not my order. Two on the list scared the bejesus out of me and still haunt me, Baby Jane The Manchurian Candidate. Like 1939, 1962 was an excellent year for film. Here are the remaining 40 of the top 50 films from 1962. 11. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 12. Girls! Girls! Girls! 13. The Music Man 14. Cape Fear 15. Hatari! 16. The Miracle Worker 17. Mutiny on the Bounty 18. Vivre Sa Vie 19. Follow That Dream 20. Jules and Jim 21. The Trial 22. Satan Never Sleeps 23. Gypsy 24. The Exterminating Angel 25. Kid Galahad 26. Ivan's Childhood 27. Hell Is for Heroes 28. L'Eclisse 29. Sanjuro 30. That Touch of Mink 31. Knife in the Water 32. Birdman of Alcatraz 33. Carnival of Souls 34. Days of Wine and Roses 35. King Kong vs. Godzilla 36. Harakiri 37. Advise Consent 38. Boccaccio '70 39. Long Day's Journey Into Night 40. Sweet Bird of Youth 41. The Magic Sword 42. Ride the High Country 43. Taras Bulba 44. Damn the Defiant! 45. Il Sorpasso 46. Lonely Are the Brave 47. My Geisha 48. The 300 Spartans 49. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner 50. The War Lover Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:8.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:107%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Posted by: Locke Common at April 12, 2019 11:15 PM (RZQqA) 577
Creepshow is one of those movies where everything comes together perfectly -- casting, music, dialogue, production design, etc. My sister and I have been quoting it at each other for almost four decades.
Posted by: The Chap in the Deerstalker Cap at April 12, 2019 11:23 PM (V38Xw) Posted by: Boswell at April 12, 2019 11:43 PM (32YRo) 579
BTW nobody probably remembers this, but in the original Mad Max, they dubbed Mel Gibson's hideous Australian accent with that same idiot that dubs in every Kung Fu movie!
Posted by: Boswell at April 12, 2019 11:47 PM (32YRo) 580
Also, I recommend Locke Common for the barrel - just saying...
Posted by: Boswell at April 12, 2019 11:49 PM (32YRo) 581
1977 wasn't too shabby either. 82 and 77 could fill up a redbox, and I'd actually want to rent something.
Posted by: Quilp at April 13, 2019 12:16 AM (/pz9j) 582
341 I had to check STRANGE BREW opened in 1983, I still find that movie so damn funny.
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at April 12, 2019 09:03 PM (dKiJG) Eh? Hoser. Posted by: Fox2! at April 13, 2019 12:23 AM (o5H8t) 583
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Haven't seen it. In my case, it's not a pride thing. I'm just not interested. Posted by: junior at April 12, 2019 10:02 PM (Fp6vo) In my case I was a Titanic buff since I was a little kid. Of *course* I'm going to see a new Titanic movie. And I did, the first weekend it was released. Posted by: rickl at April 13, 2019 12:24 AM (sdi6R) 584
"When I was studying to be an attorney I was told this was one of the few movies that accurately depicted what lawyers have to go through to win an actual trial."
The Verdict is a masterpiece. The machinations of trial are too practical for real life, but the internal battle between settling and going for broke is real enough. Posted by: exdemocrat at April 13, 2019 12:31 AM (GmndG) 585
Hey, wasn't "The Beastmaster" the one with Tanya Roberts?
If it wasn't for "Ghandi" it would have probably won best picture that year. Posted by: Sapwolf at April 13, 2019 12:37 AM (PRyLN) 586
I really, really wanted to love Tron. But every time I went to the theater to see it ( I tried 4 times), I fell dead asleep about 30 minutes in. Not even Cindy Morgan in tights could make me keep my eyes open. I was 14 at the time.
They made some cool video games out of it, at least. Posted by: Fortunato at April 13, 2019 04:48 AM (0fJsj) 587
Thought of one too and it also turned out to be 1984. Maybe that is the year we should be examining. haha.
Loved this movie though: "The House of God" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087429/ Posted by: Jeffrey at April 13, 2019 07:50 AM (FsRGZ) 588
Did a search and Entertainment mag at some point made the claim that 1984 was the best movie year ever. The only hit the highlights but it was a great movie year.
Posted by: Jeffrey at April 13, 2019 07:54 AM (FsRGZ) 589
My favorite is Swamp Thing, and I have two good reasons.
Posted by: gobagoo at April 13, 2019 08:36 AM (2Ia/C) 590
Hollywood put out far more GREAT movies, let alone good ones in 1928, than is 1982. That was before the 60's 'cultural revolution' don't ya know.
Posted by: resborzage at April 13, 2019 11:17 AM (tib0D) 591
Just watched Young Doctors in Love. If anyone thinks this is funny and better than Airplane, you voted for Hillary.
Posted by: Corsair at April 13, 2019 12:45 PM (mG9Xb) 592
Graduated high school in '82. Fast Times was perfect. Absolutely perfect.
Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at April 13, 2019 02:20 PM (jWe5r) 593
I almost Never disagree with ACE, but I saw the sword and the sorcerer when I was 13 and I liked it, at least it was better than Shazam!
Posted by: Ed at April 13, 2019 06:44 PM (VFNdN) 594
You left out Shoot The Moon with Albert Finney and Diane Keaton.
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