How awesome were the 80s!

[Trent]

I was thinking about this this arvo. While there are a lot of things about the 80s that we wish we could permanently erase from history, there were some absolutely fantastic bits of history that people still love today (hence the existence of this board).

The purpose of this thread is to discuss/bath in the nostalgia of those awesome things, share some gems that others might have missed and educate/laugh at those younger than us because they missed all this.

My first entry:

I was thinking today about all those awesome movies the 80s spat out. "They just don't make them like they used to!" is a phrase that is no truer than when applied to 80s movies. From comedies to martial arts, the 80s covered it all with a flair and style that today's movies lack.

The particular movie that triggered all this today was Gleaming The Cube. A skateboarding movie starring Christian Slater as a young rebel skateboarder whose adopted brother is murdered. So young Christian sets out to solve the crime with nothing but his smart arse attitude, frosted tips and his single kick skateboard! What could be better?!


http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc88/Wrxus/9098c4e01e197441ec9dc0af5208b431.jpg

This movie actually features some pretty awesome skateboarding as the stunt guy was the world champion skateboarder at the time.






And that leads me into my next item: 80s style single kick skateboards. They were boats! They were large, heavy and ungainly. And not in the style of today's longboards. These things were the pinnacle of the sport in the day, but the only comparison was those penny boards that were really tiny. Kmart sold them by the thousands and it seemed every kid in Australia got one as standard issue. And for the REALLY cool kid, who was so lofty as to desire a skateboard that actually turned, there was even a version with wings!!! (Although you had to sit down on it).

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc88/Wrxus/45ed8cf07375e7a5edcc5ae927cd6f9d.jpg



Those were the days. I could go on but that's enough for now. Feel free to add your own items of awesome :D

[Starscream77]

Gleaming the Cube!!! I remember that movie, it was brilliant and as an 80's skate kid I loved it
I watched the Goonies with my daughter the other day, another staple of 80's brilliance

[gamblor916]

The 80's were indeed awesome because they gave us these two classics.

http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l356/leducly/10867946_800_zpsf7122b77.jpg http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l356/leducly/kickboxer-original_zps5d306f09.jpg

[TAAUBlaster]

I miss the 80's so much! Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, Beverly Hills Cop. Movies just don't get made like that anymore. Not to mention the cartoons! Transformers, TMNT, Dino Riders, Alias the Jester, The Trapdoor... Man, I wish I was a kid again!

There's a TV show at the moment called "The Goldbergs" which set in the 80's. It just puts a smile on my face every ep with its 80's filled goodness ;)

And the quality of life just seemed better. Kids could actually go outside to play without parents wrapping them in bubblewrap. Kids were allowed to get dirty in the mud! Sure, Mum would chew us out when we came home with muddy clothes, but deep down she knew kids will be kids ;)

The world today needs more of the 80's! :p

[Megatran]

SAMANTHA FOX. You know what I'm talking about......

Thanks for the wonderful memories.

[Trent]

The 80's were indeed awesome because they gave us these two classics.

http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l356/leducly/10867946_800_zpsf7122b77.jpg http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l356/leducly/kickboxer-original_zps5d306f09.jpg

Indeed. We don't have a movie star like Van Damme in this day and age. That guy pumped out some quality fighting movies and inspired dozens more that weren't so good :)

[Trent]

Another bit of childhood nostalgia was this little toy:

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc88/Wrxus/100toys76.jpg~original

Called a Glo Worm, is was a cuddly little thing that took 3x C cell batteries to power one tiny little incandescent bulb in its head that made it glow when you squeezed it. You could have it in any colour as long as it was green and they tended to get a bit warm. I loved mine. It went everywhere with me until it fell apart :(

My wife had one as well when she was a kid and my mother-in-law remembered my wife's many fond memories of it and recently tracked one down for my newborn son. The only example she could find was a MISB one in Argentina :) I might try to replace the bulb with an LED cluster for safety reasons before he can have it :)

EDIT: I'm not quite sure how but I noticed that the Glo Worm in that photo is managing, quite unintentionally I'm sure, to pull off a rather seductive pose :o

[VERT]

I miss the 80's so much! Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, Beverly Hills Cop. Movies just don't get made like that anymore. Not to mention the cartoons! Transformers, TMNT, Dino Riders, Alias the Jester, The Trapdoor... Man, I wish I was a kid again!

There's a TV show at the moment called "The Goldbergs" which set in the 80's. It just puts a smile on my face every ep with its 80's filled goodness ;)

And the quality of life just seemed better. Kids could actually go outside to play without parents wrapping them in bubblewrap. Kids were allowed to get dirty in the mud! Sure, Mum would chew us out when we came home with muddy clothes, but deep down she knew kids will be kids ;)

The world today needs more of the 80's! :p

Everything you just said Blaster. Love the Goldbergs. Sure its time line is messed up but just watching it makes me happy. Though I get in trouble from the wife cause I always play spot the 80s toy....TFs. MOTU you name it. Its in this show.

[lancalot]

going down to the local milkbar and buy redskins and milko for 1 and 2c !!! robotech , transformers ,and voltron on saturday morning cartoons and astroboy and danger mouse at 5 in the afternoons... And videohits on sundays... A-team and knightrider ... for movies it robocop , big trouble in little china , topgun ....

[VERT]

Movies Starwars. Indiana Jones. The Explorers. Goonies. The Adventures of Baron Muchhousen....spelling. Time Bandits. Back to the Future. Ghostbusters. The list goes on and on.

And who can remember going to an actual toy shop and they had toys you actually wanted and they even got new stock too. You could laybuy anything and it was okay. Even if it was just $10

You could play outside or ride a bike. You just had to be home by the time the street lights came on.

[jazzcomp]

Munchausen? Got the dvd :)

[jazzcomp]

SAMANTHA FOX. You know what I'm talking about......

Thanks for the wonderful memories.
Got her poster in my old room :). Another one would be Phoebe Cates ;)

If you guys love skateboards, what about "Rad"?
Reasons to watch BMX movie Rad (http://mpora.com/articles/10-reasons-watch-bmx-movie-rad)

[VERT]

Munchausen? Got the dvd :)

Yeah thats it :)

[kup]

http://img.gamefaqs.net/screens/4/9/a/gfs_82372_1_1.jpg

I have been replaying it recently, something I had not done since I was a little kid. Surprisingly the difficulty is high which can at first put someone off (as many 80s games were focused on practice and reaction skills) but once you get into the groove, it is very addictive and just as enjoyable as any new game.

[Bartrim]

I remember watching this cartoon in the 80's
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm218/Bartrim/tftitle_zps3b2607ae.jpg (http://s297.photobucket.com/user/Bartrim/media/tftitle_zps3b2607ae.jpg.html)

Thought it was pretty cool ;)

[Bartrim]

SAMANTHA FOX. You know what I'm talking about......

Thanks for the wonderful memories.

I remember being a kid watching Tawny Kitane in Whitesnakes filmclip for "Here I go Again" and not having a clue about sex but knowing I wanted to do something with her:o

For me 80's action movies were the best. There are no JCVD's anymore... just sparkly vampires :(

[Sharky]

For me 80's action movies were the best. There are no JCVD's anymore... just sparkly vampires :(

JCVD isnt even JCVD anymore

[Sky Shadow]

I have been replaying it recently, something I had not done since I was a little kid. Surprisingly the difficulty is high which can at first put someone off (as many 80s games were focused on practice and reaction skills) but once you get into the groove, it is very addictive and just as enjoyable as any new game.

I loved Zelda. Played it from beginning to end at least couple of times.

Looking around my room right now, I have Masters of the Universe, Star Blazers, Machine Men, GoBots, Robo Machines, Zoids, My Little Ponies, Sectaurs, Power Lords, Princesses of Power, Godaikins, Battle Beasts, Starriors, G.I Joe, Mazinger, Marshall Bravestarr, M.A.S.K., Micronauts, Microman, Thundercats, Silverhawks, Dino Riders, Centurions, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Doctor Who, Z-Knights, Visionaries, Scitex, Robo Strux, Commandrons, Robotech, Star Wars, Sailor Moon, Special Armored Battalion Dorvack, and I'm not even going to start looking at my CDs.


I remember watching this cartoon in the 80's
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm218/Bartrim/tftitle_zps3b2607ae.jpg (http://s297.photobucket.com/user/Bartrim/media/tftitle_zps3b2607ae.jpg.html)

Thought it was pretty cool ;)

Nice try dude, but keep your filthy Transformers obsession out of this area of the board. :p

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

SAMANTHA FOX. You know what I'm talking about......

Thanks for the wonderful memories.
Ha ha ha. Poker on the commodore 64

Munchausen? Got the dvd :)
Loved that movie. Uma Thurman at her hottest. Arooo

Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken. My wife hates them, but I loves them. The Running Man with Arnie. Gold.

I used to love waking up early on Saturday morning, about 6am. And I would just watch cartoons until 12. Glorious. The only day I woke early (that includes Christam folks ;) ). Even Gem, and the one that had the wrestlers in it.

Monkey Magic. Shaped my views of the world.

[Sharky]

The Running Man with Arnie. Gold.



ahh i love the Running Man one of my Favorite movies of all time,

i just love the one liners in it after the "deaths"

What a pain in the neck. (Sub Zero)

He had to split. (Buzz saw)

What a Hothead (Fireball)

Now that hit the spot. (Killian)

Classic Arnie...

[5FDP]

This...


SAMANTHA FOX. You know what I'm talking about......

This...


going down to the local milkbar and buy redskins and milko for 1 and 2c !!!

And this...


You could play outside or ride a bike. You just had to be home by the time the street lights came on.

:cool:

[Bidoofdude]

Though I wasn't alive in the 80s, I feel some kind of fondness for it, though it's more second hand nostalgia from experiencing media from the time as a small child. All these great cartoons that I watched reruns of non-stop when they were on Boomerang were the highlight of my early childhood (about age 4-6). Watching Transformers G1 sparked my interest in it in 2012. I loved He Man and the MOTU, TMNT, Thundercats and was a big fan of The Smurfs. Man did I love the Smurfs. :p

So many good movies as well. You had Star Wars (well, 5 and 6), TFTM, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, Robocop, etc. All favourites of mine. ;)

Most of my music taste comes from the 70s 80s and early 90s as well. Aerosmith made a great comeback from their 70s style and made all their current hits. Guns N' Roses, my favourite band, formed in '85 and released one of, if not the greatest debut album(album in my opinion) of all time in Appetite for Destruction (1987). AC/DC introduced Brian Johnson, after Bon Scott left us in 1980. Metallica started in 1981, with Ride the Lightning, Kill 'em all, Master of Puppets, etc. Motley Crue were pretty good, though a little less inspired then other bands. Bon Jovi came out in '86 with Slippery When Wet and were/are great.

The video game boom happened as well. All these classic games on the NES were released in the 80s. Super Mario Bros (1,2,3), Contra, Castlevania, Duck Hunt, Legend of Zelda were some of the good ones for me.

There's so much that the eighties offered us. While the 70s (and arguably 60s) had that big boom in popular culture, the 80s defined it and made it permanent.

[TAAUBlaster]

Everything you just said Blaster. Love the Goldbergs. Sure its time line is messed up but just watching it makes me happy. Though I get in trouble from the wife cause I always play spot the 80s toy....TFs. MOTU you name it. Its in this show.

I do the same thing too! Last weeks episode, Adam had Perceptor on his side table ;)

Changed my avatar to reflect my love of the 80's :cool:

[WeallscreamforStarscream]

SHUT THE GATES RIGHT HERE!!

Some of the best cartoon intro's and tunes to get hyped over (well i do anyways lol)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy3RTFFhSYs

every second or so one is crap but them memories:rolleyes:

[jazzcomp]

Test your knowledge of 80's TV shows (http://www.quizfreak.com/how-well-do-you-know-80s-tv-shows/index1.html)

[VERT]

Got 100% on that quiz. But way to easy :)

[jazzcomp]

Yeah, MacGuyver was awesome :)

[VERT]

I loved the A-Team :) Anyone want to buy A-Team figures? Hahaha

[5FDP]

I got 13 out of 14 right. Got no. 7 wrong - Charles in Charge. The photo is crap, I could hardly see Scott Baio in the background and I must admit, I never watched that show. And what, no Family Ties??! That makes Alex P. Keaton angry :mad:

[Bartrim]

Got 14/14. Didn't know all the shows but was able to use process of elimination. Need an 80s cartoon one of those.

[SharkyMcShark]

The Empire Strikes Back
Die Hard
Top Gun
Aliens
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Commando
Predator
Return of the Jedi
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade



Anyone who doesn't like the 80s is an idiot.

[jazzcomp]

I think "That 80's Show" didn't have high ratings.

[Bartrim]

The Empire Strikes Back
Die Hard
Top Gun
Aliens
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Commando
Predator
Return of the Jedi
Indiana Jones and the Lust Crusade



Anyone who doesn't like the 80s is an idiot.

And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

[TAAUBlaster]

The Empire Strikes Back
Anyone who doesn't like the 80s is an idiot.

Truer words were never spoken! :D

[Trent]

When Vampire movies were cool:

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc88/Wrxus/bfe8ca5d697ba98b05e2d433bf6e3ed1.jpg



And the pinnacle of Keeanu's acting (although the sequel was quite good too).

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc88/Wrxus/773c92910f7f2108c506437107a9b4fe.jpg

[GoktimusPrime]

I got 13 right in that quiz. :o

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/G1%20toyplay/g1_1986.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/G1%20toyplay/g1_1988.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/G1%20toyplay/g1_1989.jpg

[Hursticon]

Being able to walk down the street, without concern, saying "Morning/Afternoon/G'day" to strangers you pass by without strange and puzzled looks.

Public fencing that rose no higher than just below the hip and schools that didn't resemble prisons.

Having neighbours who were actually neighbourly and whom you could trust to look over your home, and vice-versa, when you went out - streets often knowing everyone who lived on them.

Being able to stand at the fence of said neighbour and NOT being able to reach over and touch the side of their house.

Homes actually having front and backyards where kids were often found playing.

Residential streets that were more than a single lane wide.

Rotary-dial telephones and when you weren't near one, you couldn't be contacted. ;)

Corner stores & milk bottle deliveries.

Brocky vs. Dick Johnson.

A Country Practise, Neighbours, Hey Hey It's Saturday!, Mick Dundee & Mr. Squiggle!

Smaller towns, less people, longer distances between places, park lands, more wildlife and greater stretches of farm/crown land.

Women in High-cut Swimwear. :D

[Sky Shadow]

Homes actually having front and backyards where kids were often found playing.

And street cricket!

[snaketales]

Indiana Jones and the Lust Crusade


I don't believe I've seen that one but it sounds great! :eek:

:D

[Sky Shadow]

I don't believe I've seen that one but it sounds great! :eek:

:D

It's the sequel to Indiana Bones the Lusty Raiderettes and Indiana Jones and the Trembling Womb. ;)

[SharkyMcShark]

I don't believe I've seen that one but it sounds great! :eek:

:D


It's the sequel to Indiana Bones the Lusty Raiderettes and Indiana Jones and the Trembling Womb. ;)



:eek: :o

[TAAUBlaster]

Being able to walk down the street, without concern, saying "Morning/Afternoon/G'day" to strangers you pass by without strange and puzzled looks.

Public fencing that rose no higher than just below the hip and schools that didn't resemble prisons.

Having neighbours who were actually neighbourly and whom you could trust to look over your home, and vice-versa, when you went out - streets often knowing everyone who lived on them.

Being able to stand at the fence of said neighbour and NOT being able to reach over and touch the side of their house.

Homes actually having front and backyards where kids were often found playing.

Residential streets that were more than a single lane wide.

Rotary-dial telephones and when you weren't near one, you couldn't be contacted. ;)

Corner stores & milk bottle deliveries.

Brocky vs. Dick Johnson.

A Country Practise, Neighbours, Hey Hey It's Saturday!, Mick Dundee & Mr. Squiggle!

Smaller towns, less people, longer distances between places, park lands, more wildlife and greater stretches of farm/crown land.

Women in High-cut Swimwear. :D

Everything is this list is a big +1.

I still remember putting the old, washed milk bottles outside for the milkman when I was a child. And using those foil caps for so many projects in primary school!

Back in the 80's, there was such a sense of community. Like you mentioned, neighbours knew each other, and kept an eye out for each other. That sort of thing just doesn't happen today, and its a real shame. :(
Whether its just people don't care anymore, or they are too worried about being liable if anything happens (theft, damage to property,etc) while you are away, or even too scared (with how seemingly normal people are in fact complete psychos!) its just really a shame that we have lost our close knit communities.

[Bartrim]

It's the sequel to Indiana Bones the Lusty Raiderettes and Indiana Jones and the Trembling Womb. ;)

I think there is actually a XXX Parody called In Dianna Jones and the Temple of Poon.

As far as the 80s go, how about Ghostbusters? A kids movie featuring plenty of smoking, the word "s*it" used countless times and ghost fantasy dreams. Kids movies today are so lame.

[Trent]

It's like the movies of the day aimed at teenagers. They featured plenty of bad language, drug use, violence and gratuitous sex. Imagine if movies like that were released today :rolleyes:

Quite frankly I'm amazed that Hunger Games was released considering it features kids violently murdering each other.

[GoktimusPrime]

Anyone miss cracker night? ;)

So what do we NOT miss from the 80s? My list would be:
* People smoking indoors and just more rampant smoking in general.
* Tobacco advertising.
* People incinerating their rubbish in their backyards.
* No recycling, and those little galvanised metal non-wheelie rubbish bins.
* Star Wars Episode 4.5 (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xn5gsj_the-star-wars-holiday-special_shortfilms) <--- warning: watching this film will hurt your brain

[VERT]

SW Holiday special ROCKS :D;)

[5FDP]

The best was when the cast of Star Wars took over the Muppet Show :cool:

[VERT]

The best was when the cast of Star Wars took over the Muppet Show :cool:
NEED A LIKE BUTTON :D

[Lord_Zed]

The best was when the cast of Star Wars took over the Muppet Show :cool:

You mean this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbiuThZzM0M

It was pretty decent, although Muppet monsters stuffing things in their maws is still my favourite thing about the Muppet Show.

[VGMStudios]

Apart from what had already been said here it seems a lot of people have forgotten about COPS.
This cartoon was really good. Animation was awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxQagE62_zI&sns=em
And MacGyver how could you not watch that!

[Paulbot]

Apart from what had already been said here it seems a lot of people have forgotten about COPS.
This cartoon was really good. Animation was awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxQagE62_zI&sns=em
And MacGyver how could you not watch that!

How could people forget COPS? Fighting crime, in a future time!

However, rewatching that intro, I now notice a similarity to the opening of Batman TAS that came a few years later!

[5FDP]

You mean this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbiuThZzM0M


Yep, that's the one.

[Bartrim]

Silverhawks and Dinosaucers were two old favs from this great decade I remember.

BTW great thread :cool:

[Trent]

Blue Thunder.

[gamblor916]

That was an awesome flick. Especially the scene hovering outside the apartment window :D

I had the old Monogram kit as a kid and now have this in my stash.

http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l356/leducly/IMG_4924_zps28807bbc.jpg

[Starscream77]

A very obscure one but does anyone remember the TV show Manimal?

[jazzcomp]

A very obscure one but does anyone remember the TV show Manimal?
Yup, blond guy that can transform to panther and other animals :)

[Sky Shadow]

A very obscure one but does anyone remember the TV show Manimal?

Yeah, and Automan. :)

[5FDP]

Pfft... forget Blue Thunder - AIRWOLF FTW BABY! :cool:

[GoktimusPrime]

COPS toys were awesome! Pop! Pop! Pop! :D

Bob Hawke was a great Prime Minister to do impersonations of, with his signature croaky voice. ;) I must say, one thing I don't miss from the 80s is the lack of comic book stores. Trying to collect Transformers comics every week/month from local newsagents proved challenging at times as a kid. :o I discovered comic book stores in 1990 and have had a standing order at Phantom Zone since then. :)

[Sky Shadow]

Visionaries are returning (http://news.toyark.com/2014/10/17/hasbro-prepping-return-80s-visionaries-line-142399)!

[Sinnertwin]

Anyone miss cracker night? ;)

So what do we NOT miss from the 80s? My list would be:
* Tobacco advertising.


Mirage wouldn't be the same without his Gitanes logos, nor would Marlboro Wheeljack ;)

[MayzaPrime]

THE FINAL COUNT DOWN!!!!! :D

I am a child of the 80s :p

[Sinnertwin]

THE FINAL COUNT DOWN!!!!! :D

I am a child of the 80s :p

Do you remember when they rereleased that track a while back & they left a letter out of the title?

[jazzcomp]

Visionaries are returning (http://news.toyark.com/2014/10/17/hasbro-prepping-return-80s-visionaries-line-142399)!
Visionaries was dubbed in my local language which made it revolting :(

[Trent]

The old style fish and chip shops.

[Megatran]

The old style fish and chip shops.

Back in the day when 'minimum chips' meant a lot of chips for minimum coin. It would take a bunch of mates to devour it all. Nowadays, minimum chips means, well ..... minimum chips for a lot more coin.

[TAAUBlaster]

The old style fish and chip shops.

Where they weren't afraid to put a butt load of salt on!
I remember one day my friend and bought some from our local shop. The lady at the counter was keeping coversation with us, and the whole time she was just dousing everything in chicken salt. It was the best fish and chips we'd ever had!

Now, every place is so stingy you're lucky even you can even taste the miniscule amount of salt they put on :o

[5FDP]

For any person living in Australia during the 80's, this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXcFDdBxXFs) is an instantly recognisable song / show :cool: This, along with Young Talent Time and Hey Hey It's Saturday, made up my Saturday afternoons :p

[Bartrim]

The old style fish and chip shops.

I remember my video/general store had a massive counter of lollies where you could buy 5 giant Redskins for 2cents.

Yay! We are all old:p

[VERT]

For any person living in Australia during the 80's, this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXcFDdBxXFs) is an instantly recognisable song / show :cool: This, along with Young Talent Time and Hey Hey It's Saturday, made up my Saturday afternoons :p


Oh yeah how could anyone forget that

[Trent]

I remember my video/general store had a massive counter of lollies where you could buy 5 giant Redskins for 2cents.

Yay! We are all old:p

20 cents worth of lollies was more than a healthy amount. And if you managed to get 50 cnets worht then you didn't know what to do with them all :)

[GoktimusPrime]

There was no such thing as Halloween in Australia (other than seeing it on American movies and TV shows etc.). Oh how I miss this.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/10612652_10152875748600407_917606525435761023_n.jp g?oh=823b827cc8903df16f00aaebe59c620d&oe=54EF41CB&__gda__=1420859968_10dac5802d5b28f547294bf87d1dd8a 0

[Gofigure]

I miss the 80's so much! Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, Beverly Hills Cop. Movies just don't get made like that anymore. Not to mention the cartoons! Transformers, TMNT, Dino Riders, Alias the Jester, The Trapdoor... Man, I wish I was a kid again!

There's a TV show at the moment called "The Goldbergs" which set in the 80's. It just puts a smile on my face every ep with its 80's filled goodness ;)

And the quality of life just seemed better. Kids could actually go outside to play without parents wrapping them in bubblewrap. Kids were allowed to get dirty in the mud! Sure, Mum would chew us out when we came home with muddy clothes, but deep down she knew kids will be kids ;)

The world today needs more of the 80's! :p

Every time I watch the goldbergs I experience flashbacks :)

That Goonies episode. Just nailed it. I felt like someone had read my mind, saw my past, then made a tv show!

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

For any person living in Australia during the 80's, this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXcFDdBxXFs) is an instantly recognisable song / show :cool: This, along with Young Talent Time and Hey Hey It's Saturday, made up my Saturday afternoons :p

Didn't realise how many bewbs were in the opening of the Leyland brothers show! Dayum!

Used to watch that all the time. Aw memeeeoooooories...

[Hursticon]

There was no such thing as Halloween in Australia (other than seeing it on American movies and TV shows etc.). Oh how I miss this.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/10612652_10152875748600407_917606525435761023_n.jp g?oh=823b827cc8903df16f00aaebe59c620d&oe=54EF41CB&__gda__=1420859968_10dac5802d5b28f547294bf87d1dd8a 0

I reckon it's a damn shame that Halloween is only catching on now and not back in the 80s, what's wrong with the Ancient British holiday dude? :confused:

[GoktimusPrime]

I reckon it's a damn shame that Halloween is only catching on now and not back in the 80s, what's wrong with the Ancient British holiday dude? :confused:
That's just it - we're not inheriting it as a traditional holiday. We're inheriting it as a modernised and commercialised piece of Americana. I know that holidays like Easter and Xmas have become commercialised too, but at least that's not how it started here. Those were holidays that once meant something to people (and still do to some people), whereas I don't think anyone in Australia who observes Halloween does so for its original religious/spiritual intent; so it just feels completely hollow.

[Sinnertwin]

Alby Mangels FTW :cool:

[Gofigure]

I reckon it's a damn shame that Halloween is only catching on now and not back in the 80s, what's wrong with the Ancient British holiday dude? :confused:

do you know how many times we tried to trick or treat as kids in the '80s? we tried so hard to get it going and snag some lollies off random neighbours will little success.....so dissapointing. Amazing costumes did nothing.

But tonight my 3 year old and 6 year old will be out on the streets dressed as ghosts with dad chasing them around the neighbours yards as a ghostbuster!!!

im getting my childhood dream one way or the other ;) i dont care how strong your feelings are against a 'silly enjoyable escapist non offensive fun little holiday in this time of terrible things happening in the world' event :P

[Megatran]

The Karate Kid. :cool:

[gamblor916]

I miss sword and sorcery movies like Conan the Barbarian, Krull, and Highlander.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

I miss sword and sorcery movies like Conan the Barbarian, Krull, and Highlander.

Ditto. So very ditto

[Trent]

I miss sword and sorcery movies like Conan the Barbarian, Krull, and Highlander.

Don't forget The Sword and the Sorcerer. Triple bladed swords FTW!

[Bartrim]

The Karate Kid. :cool:

That song during the final tournament. 80s inspirational cheese at it's best:D

[drifand]

I had the privilege of having to watch gatchaman series 2, macross, mospeada,
And grew up with Transformers, Mask, starcom, galaxy rangers, brave star, silver hawks, etc.

Wasn't a real fan of master of the universe or thunder cats.

I didn't watch gundam during that time, they never had the anime release back then. I was spoilt for choice in Japanese toy robots as Singapore had a huge variety compared to Australia. I used to collect diaclones cars as I love sports cars and had jazz and sideswipe

Missed the 80s where I felt music is music not half garbage with bad lyrics today.
The play grounds at my place were more adventurous while today they will be banned.

[gamblor916]

I used to go to a great playground. It was a solid 2 storey affair with slides and a pole to slide down. You had to lean over a bit into space to grab the pole and slide down. If you fell it was a fair drop and it was onto bark and dirt. No railings or rubber foam anywhere. Good times.

[drifand]

I used to go to a great playground. It was a solid 2 storey affair with slides and a pole to slide down. You had to lean over a bit into space to grab the pole and slide down. If you fell it was a fair drop and it was onto bark and dirt. No railings or rubber foam anywhere. Good times.

Haha sounds like we had the same play ground.
There were some shaped like a rocket and was 3-4 levels high.
Yes scary but nobody ever died then. Today's playground is just a safety so that you don't sue the government .

[TAAUBlaster]

I'd forgotten about the old playgrounds. A friend a few houses up from me had a full on flying fox in his backyard! Man, that thing was awesome!! We weren't allowed to use it unless his dad was home - so we mobbed him as soon as his car hit the driveway ;)

Playgrounds are all plastic and safety today... Kids need to get hurt occasionally when they are young. It builds character :p

[Sinnertwin]

Some parents are just too sterile these days. I'm suprised they don't have their kids locked in one of them giant, clear plastic spheres.

[Demonac]

I think you guys just miss your youth, not the 80's.

I'm pretty sure my daughter is happier than I was when I was younger.

As to playgrounds with dangerous equipment, fish & chips, friendly neighbours, front & back yards... they still exist. Maybe not if you live in a ghetto, but we still have all of the above where we live. :P

[Ploughmans Lunch]

I dunno, I watched "How to Survive a Plague", a really good doco about AIDS activism in the 80s. 80's was pretty bad sometimes!

[GoktimusPrime]

Some parents are just too sterile these days. I'm suprised they don't have their kids locked in one of them giant, clear plastic spheres.
Oh... they do. Not literally, but figuratively, they do (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/mollycoddle). :rolleyes:


I'm pretty sure my daughter is happier than I was when I was younger.
And I think that our kids are, in general, smarter than we were at their age, thanks in no small part to advances in modern paedagogy. :) I rarely got to present a news item when I was in primary school (I could count the number of times I got to present news from K-6 on one hand). My Kindy age daughter presents a news item once a week at her primary school, and also once a week at her Saturday school. :eek: I also craved opportunities to do creative writing, which was also something I very rarely got to do at school. :(

[Sinnertwin]

I dunno, I watched "How to Survive a Plague", a really good doco about AIDS activism in the 80s. 80's was pretty bad sometimes!

oh yeah. Bravestarr had an episode titled "the price" were a teen boy gets addicted to a drug called spin, overdoses and dies.


And yes, Goki, that mollycoddling has got to go :p

[GoktimusPrime]

I remember StarCom, although I don't think that really took off in Australia (one of my cousins had StarCom toys, videos and books purchased overseas). And I must admit that I still have a big crush on Lynn Minmay (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8dcS3vKWRA). :D

[drifand]

I remember StarCom, although I don't think that really took off in Australia (one of my cousins had StarCom toys, videos and books purchased overseas). And I must admit that I still have a big crush on Lynn Minmay (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8dcS3vKWRA). :D

That's macross not Starcom you were referring? (On minmay)
Starcom toys are everything power used with magnets and astronauts with magnetic boots.

[GoktimusPrime]

I know what star com and macross are. I was having two separate thoughts... probably should've qualified that. :p Another cool thing about star com was the vehicle gimmicks which had self operating parts but didn't require batteries. :)

[Trent]

I forgot about this thread until I remembered this movie:

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc88/Wrxus/03b0cbdfa7ed53cd3ada6f584cedf4ae.jpg

I haven't seen it in at least 20 years but I used to love it.

I bet it hasn't aged well :D

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

Oh man! I did an American Ninja marathon a couple of months back! :D

The first one hasn't aged too badly (for a cheap '80's film), nor has the second, but the third and fourth one... ouch! :eek:

But who cares if it hasn't aged well, it's still full of awesome! :cool:


And I must admit that I still have a big crush on Lynn Minmay (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8dcS3vKWRA). :D

Give me that milf Lisa Hayes! Grrrr!!!!! :p

[millhouse]

I love American Ninja 2: The Confrontation.

The ninja gene. The ninjas who die at the slightest hit. The persistent ninja hanging off a truck.

Awesome guilty pleasure. Find me a blu-ray of it please.

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

Number two had that nice blend of action and comedy!

And I remember when Jackson pulled out his double sword (you dirty feckers!), my friends and I just went nuts!

https://youtu.be/uCQk9TPNdbI?t=1h19m18s

Ah, good times! :D

[jazzcomp]

Give me that milf Lisa Hayes! Grrrr!!!!! :p
Was she a MILF? I don't remember her having a kid.

[Paulbot]

She had an "older" sounding voice and was obviously presented as older and more responsible than Rick, but no Mama.

[BigTransformerTrev]

I just remember the movie 'Weird Science'. Ah the memories...:D

They did a tv show of it in the 90's - it was semi-popular but never took off like Buffy did. Vanessa Angel was smoking on it (and really hot in Kingpin!) - it's scary she is 50 now! :eek: Think she owns her own fashion label or something

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

Was she a MILF? I don't remember her having a kid.

Yeah, I should've used cougar instead of MILF, but for some reason the awesomeness of the '80's killed off my sensibilities at the time of posting! :p


She had an "older" sounding voice and was obviously presented as older and more responsible than Rick, but no Mama.

I think she was five or so years older than Rick was.


I just remember the movie 'Weird Science'. Ah the memories...:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgKczdKdnKM

What a classic! :D

[Gofigure]

oh yeah. Bravestarr had an episode titled "the price" were a teen boy gets addicted to a drug called spin, overdoses and dies.


And yes, Goki, that mollycoddling has got to go :p

Don't remember that and I watched bravestarr religiously back in the 80s

That's pretty full on for a kids show....imagine the kids flipping out that sat morning!

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

Don't remember that and I watched bravestarr religiously back in the 80s

That's pretty full on for a kids show....imagine the kids flipping out that sat morning!

I don't remember that episode either! But looking it up on YouTube, while it does seem a bit full on, it does have that anti-drug message going for it, so it doesn't seem as crazy as it sounds:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkP0bzBFeDc

And remember kids! Winners don't use drugs!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c5xTOg0gV4

Okay... technically not directly the '80's, but close to!

[CHILENO20]

I just remember the movie 'Weird Science'. Ah the memories...:D

They did a tv show of it in the 90's - it was semi-popular but never took off like Buffy did. Vanessa Angel was smoking on it (and really hot in Kingpin!) - it's scary she is 50 now! :eek: Think she owns her own fashion label or something

She was in "Spies Like Us" as well :cool: Man, they were a lifetime ago. Watched "The 80's" specials on Nat Geo the other week, brought back sooo many memories :)

[GoktimusPrime]

Remember watching the original PRE-Agro Cartoon Connection (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxbj4EK-_Vk)? ;)

[5FDP]

Remember watching the original PRE-Agro Cartoon Connection (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxbj4EK-_Vk)? ;)

I looked at the date - 1989, and thought 'no way!'. Surely, you meant post-Agro. I was wrong.

[CHILENO20]

Miss seeing Terasa Livingstone & Holly Brisley on Agro's :)

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

Miss seeing Terasa Livingstone & Holly Brisley on Agro's :)

But that Ann-Maree! There was something about her!

And Agro sure knew how to push her buttons!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPD_RHVFlys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFG5vfDp_Q0

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

For some reason i've been remembering theme tunes from various '80's toons:

Ulysses 31 - Full Theme Song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6NBAZrdjQw).

Galaxy Rangers - No Guts, No Glory (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gla6FVEnJcg).

Mighty Orbots intro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZngB7_SDfik).

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Damn I loved me some Ulysessesssessses.

Found out through twitter that they actually made action figures for that series! WOW!