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Tag: 1980s

Cult Classics: Better Off Dead

Lane Meyer wishes he were dead. He tries over and over–self-immolation, carbon monoxide poisoning, jumping from a bridge, even hanging. … More

1980s, 1985, Better off Dead, comedy, cult, film, John Cusack, Savage Steve Holland, suicide, teen movie

10 Totally 80’s Horror Flicks For Halloween

If the 1980s in America was a decade about anything, it was one of excess: a supercharged economy afforded artistic … More

1980s, cult 80s horror, Halloween 2019, horror, horror films, nostalgia, retro, Totally 80's

Perfect Movies: Back to the Future

Is this yet another Gen Y/early “Millenial” (ugh) article about the movies people of my age watched as children back … More

1980s, 1985, American culture, Back to the Future, BttF, comedy, Doc Brown, film theory, Gen Y, Marty McFly, nostalgia, Oregon Train Generation, Perfect Movies, Robert Zemeckis, sci-fi, Steven Spielberg

10 More Garbage TV Shows From The 80’s

Television knows how to make great TV…now. Before the present day, however, TV was considered a second-class form of entertainment … More

1980s, awesome garbage, bad television, Blacke's Magic, Fathers And Sons, Gung Ho, Hell Town, Life, Life With Lucy, Maggie Briggs, Misfits of Science, nostalgia, She's The Sheriff, The Highwayman, The Last Precinct, TV

10 Garbage TV Shows From The 80’s

Listen: television is a cesspool. You know, I know it, hell even TV knows it. Instead of the respect, promotion, … More

1980s, Ace Crawford: Private Eye, Automan, B.A.D. Cats, bad TV, Beyond Westworld, Breaking Away, Manimal, Q.E.D., The Devlin Connection, The Phoenix, TV shows, Wizards and Warriors

10 Beloved 80’s Films That Suck

Film culture from the 1980’s is now known for perfecting the blockbuster, creating the teen movie, and churning out tons … More

1980s, bad movies, Beverly Hills Cop, Dirty Dancing, ET: The Extra-Terrestrial, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, film, Footloose, Revenge of the Nerds, Sixteen Candles, The Goonies

Totally 80’s: Sitcoms!

Ah, 1980’s sitcoms. One of the more comforting pop culture artifacts to a nostalgic mind, there were never cozier worlds … More

1980s, 80's sitcoms, ALF, Charles in Charge, Family Ties, Growing Pains, nostalgia, Punky Brewster, retro, Roseanne, Silver Spoons, Small Wonder, television, Who's The Boss?

Totally 80’s: Villains!

What would a movie be without an antagonist? The counterpoint to our hero, villains exist in fiction to provide urgency … More

1980s, 80s villains, Biff Tannen, Clarence Boddicker, Darryl Revok, film, Hans Gruber, Ivan Drago, nostalgia, Predator, Rene Belloq, Terminator, Totally 80's, villains, Xenomorph

Introduction: Totally 80’s!

Flashy, shiny, commercial, and money-driven, the 1980’s in America is now viewed through a powerful nostalgic lens by generations who … More

1980s, American culture, American history, Blockbuster films, film, history, nostalgia, Totally 80's, TV shows

“Did I Do That?” TGIF Revisited: Introduction

  If you had the luck to have spent your childhood in the 1980s and 1990s, you probably have fond … More

1980s, 1990s, ABC, Boy Meets World, Dinosaurs, Family Matters, friday nights, Full House, Perfect Strangers, recap, Step By Step, TGIF, TV

Sleepaway Camp

I never went to camp as a kid. Growing up in Missouri, there was plenty of open space and fresh … More

1980s, analysis, cult classic, culture, film, horror, humor, review, sleepawaycamp, transgender

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