They're back: the revenge of the '80s

UK Times ^ | 3/23/07 | Kevin Maher

[the OlLine Rebel]

"a new outing for pint-sized TV investigator Nancy Drew"


What does Nancy Drew have to do with the '80s? She was born in the '30s, and it wasn't as if there were any big fad in the '80s for her.

Besides, she's not "pint-sized". Whatever.


As for the '80s, I was never and am still not embarrassed by them.

[Jotmo]

I don't know what all was always griping about...Peg was HOT!!!

[Jotmo]

That would be "Al"...not "all".

[txroadkill]

It wasn't about looks.....it was about principle!!!

 

[GraniteStateConservative]

Optimus Prime dolls

Look, British dumbass, they were action figures. Also acceptable: robots (in disguise, of course).

[rmlew]

Look, British dumbass, they were action figures. Also acceptable: robots (in disguise, of course).
Thank you for saying it.

Metroplex, was no doll. It was just poorly made!
As for Optimus Prime, he's an on going calssic. I thin there is still a revamped Transformers morning show on the Cartoon Network with him.

[SunkenCiv]

Why, oh why, was the cultural pinnacle, "Revenge of the Nerds", not even mentioned? I've been let down.

[Lurker]

Why, oh why, was the cultural pinnacle, "Revenge of the Nerds",

Or Nick Cage in "Valley Girl"? or "Airplane"?

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[qam1]

They were in process of doing a remake but then it was scrapped


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[Jedi Master Pikachu]

The '80's did have a lot of decent music. However, it was a low point for other areas of art (especially fashion).

[Berosus]

Yes, I have noticed the same trend since "Happy Days" dominated TV in the 1970s. Fashions, TV shows, etc. enjoy a comeback twenty years later, whether or not they were cool the first time around. In that sense, the only surprise is that these movies didn't appear a few years earlier. Maybe it's because we don't have a good name for this decade yet, and now it's more than halfway over.

[Berosus]

The first time the TMNT fad came around, a gopher tortoise kept crawling into my Florida yard, from the forest across the street. Because the other turtles were named after Italian artists, I named this visitor "Giotto." His/her personality was kind of two-dimensional, like the original Giotto's paintings.

[xcamel]

I had a TGT for years as a pet - she would hibernate in the hall closet in november, and come out in early april.

[LibKill]

Please bring back Al

OK. But definately bring back Kelly!

[Sherman Logan]

GWAR

Wikipedia: "The band is best known for their elaborate sci-fi/horror film inspired costumes; raunchy, obscene, politically incorrect lyrics; and graphic stage performances, which consist of humorous re-enactments of scatology, sadomasochism, necrophilia, pedophilia, paraphilia, bestiality, fire dancing, pagan rituals, satanism or devil worship, executions, battle, torture, malice, rape and physical abuse, racism, anti-Christian messages, suicide, illegal drug use, alcohol abuse, and other controversial violent, political and moral taboo themes.

They further their production in concert by spraying their audiences with imitation blood, semen, urine, pus and other bodily fluids."

Sounds great. Sorry I missed it.

[Ocracoke Island]

The 50s were retro in the 70s - you're right. I remember my sister dressing in 50s style clothes in high school, and my mom was happy to help her choose her clothes. I came of age in the 80s, and the 60s were definitely retro then. Of course, the 70s have been retro for some time now.

Where this gets really interesting - to me, anyway - is in the demographics of it all. The generation that came of age in the 80s is smaller in number and therefore less dominant in general cultural trends than either the 70s generation or the 90s generation. So, 80s retro will be both less prominent and shorter than either 70s retro or 90s retro.

[lesser_satan]

I'm going to be seriously pissed if they don't cast Mr. T for BA's role in the movie. The show never would have got off the ground without him.

[Mr. Silverback]

Not to be a nitpicker, but the Fabulous Thunderbirds were a blues rock band that featured Jimmy Ray Vaughn.

[Mr. Silverback]

There's an ad for the TLC show "What Not To Wear" where a woman is leaving a corporate office with a bright yellow power suit on, complete with shoulder pads, and the guy at the lobby desk asks her where she parked her DeLorean. My wife laughs every time.

[Mr. Silverback]

Sounds great. Sorry I missed it.

ROTFLMBO!