Do you miss the '80s?

[Sky Shadow]

Especially if you had a copy of the Sports Almanac

Or a vague memory of which horses won the Melbourne Cup.

[heroic_decepticon]

Or a vague memory of which horses won the Melbourne Cup.

just make sure you don't have a friend called Biff

[Lord_Zed]

I thought the 90s were more 60s and 70s orientated. Revivals of ABBA, Aerosmith, movies of The Bradey Bunch etc. The biggest bands were Nirvanna and Oasis which have their influences in Neil Young and The Who and The Beatles, The Jam and The Sex Pistols.

The 80s improved into the 90s with Nine Inch Nails, Tool, Bjork, Radiohead... The Simpsons and South Park are the only genre defying shows I can think of. Akira paved the way for the more intelligent anime such as Ghost in the Shell... Pixar had completed their first fully 3D animated shorts paving the way for Toy Story.

Take a look at the last decade and now... Transformers 2007, Rise of Cobra, The A-Team, the 8-bit music scene, Neverwinter Nights* and World of Warcraft, Macross: Frontier, Doctor Who**, Rambo 2008, Rocky Balboa, Aliens Vs Predator...

It's hard not to miss the 80s when we can't escape being reminded of it.


*Yeah D&D started in the mid 70's, but I played it throughout the 80s. **I'm claiming Dr. Who too, Tom Baker was the REAL Doctor.

And after the 70s just about any decade is going to look good... Remember the Bay City Rollers? Neither do I.

I think there were more Genre defying shows than that in the 90's However a lot of them were relegated to cult followings. MTV's various cartoon series Beavis and Butthead, The Head, Liquid Television, Aeon Fluxx and the Maxx all come to mind. Also Klasky Csupo's Duckman although not as popular and mainstream as the big 2, I thought they were in a genre of there own. There are probaly some regular TV shows too, but I've always been more animation oreintated.

But then I wouldn't say the 80's were genre defying at all, rather they were genre defining.

So if we've come full circle with the 80's revival is the 90's revival about to start now?

[G1Optimal]

This thread made me want to go on youtube to watch 80's cartoon intros

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...pe=&aq=8&oq=80

[Sam]

I really enjoyed the 80s, the cartoons (and anime), the toys (especially the LEGO my dad used to buy for me), and generally living a stress-free existence.