Even 1980s movies seem ever so long ago now

[pecksniff]

Mainly because of the lack of PCs and cell phones.

And yet, it's also astonishing how little has changed. Movies dating from as recently as the 1970s seem a glimpse into a different and long-vanished world and culture -- you don't get that impression from anything made in the '80s or later.

 

[Champakian]

I just watch them for the escape from reality
and a period piece is a good way to do that.
Unlike a book, it's nothing much to think about.

Honestly, I don't think we'll ever be Logan's Run or Soylent Green.
Doom and gloom is always based upon the false predicate that holds technology constant.

 

[girlsmiley]

Mainly because of the lack of PCs and cell phones.

And yet, it's also astonishing how little has changed. Movies dating from as recently as the 1970s seem a glimpse into a different and long-vanished world and culture -- you don't get that impression from anything made in the '80s or later.

Would you please fuck up

 

[pecksniff]

I just watch them for the escape from reality
and a period piece is a good way to do that.
Unlike a book, it's nothing much to think about.

Honestly, I don't think we'll ever be Logan's Run or Soylent Green.
Doom and gloom is always based upon the false predicate that holds technology constant.

In the original novel Logan's Run, the maximum permissible age was not 30, but 21. It was never explained how they could maintain a high-tech society with such a limited based of trained expertise.

 

[GothTalk]

The 80's and 90's were a golden era, I just didn't realize it at the time.


Just thought the amazing movies, music and good times would just keep going forever.

 

[pecksniff]

The 80's and 90's were a golden era, I just didn't realize it at the time.


Just thought the amazing movies, music and good times would just keep going forever.

At least we got over the '80s hair.

 

[GothTalk]

At least we got over the '80s hair.

Just like with every decade there was a lot of terrible things about the 80's.

Always have been always will be.

A lot of terrible things.

But the music and film of the 80's was fantastic.

They had some cool cars too.

 

[hobbit.]

ZULU! takes some beating, shame it wasnt a musical.
Topgun wouldve made a great musical, like flashdance with simulated violence.

 

[Earthlyone]

Mainly because of the lack of PCs and cell phones.

And yet, it's also astonishing how little has changed. Movies dating from as recently as the 1970s seem a glimpse into a different and long-vanished world and culture -- you don't get that impression from anything made in the '80s or later.

I think entertainment in general these days, whether it be movies, tv shows or music, tends to get over produced, whereas there is a simplicity and charm about an eighties movie like Turner And Hooch for instance, which is much more enjoyable and memorable than many action comedies today. The charisma of the leading actors carried the movies completely; these days the Boom operator wants his name in lights.

 

[rae121452]

when i was young in the 60's (i was!) we used to laugh at movies from the 50's because they were so dated...in 10 yrs time- to our tender sensibilities-a lifetime. i tried watching 'easy rider' a few years ago, just for nostalgia sake, and wound up turning it off. i think the movies from the 80's have held up better for the most part. but yeah, i find myself thinking, 'a cell phone would have solved that problem...'

 

[Philthy_Phil]

Would you please fuck up

Feeling cunty, smelly?

 

[pecksniff]

when i was young in the 60's (i was!) we used to laugh at movies from the 50's because they were so dated...in 10 yrs time- to our tender sensibilities-a lifetime. i tried watching 'easy rider' a few years ago, just for nostalgia sake, and wound up turning it off. i think the movies from the 80's have held up better for the most part. but yeah, i find myself thinking, 'a cell phone would have solved that problem...'

I'm sure we all think that when seeing any movie whose plot depends on the characters being cut off from communication with the police or whatever.

 

[PaxNurgle]

I think a lot of movies today tend to over-do the special effects- particularly all those "giant fighting robot" movies and all the endless glut of super-hero films. There are times when it seems like the movie was written around the special effects, or (at best) were just there for visual impact rather than story development. Case in point, compare the three "Hobbit" movies to the "Lord of the Rings" movies- the LOTR moves had a lot of great visuals, but it never felt overdone to the point of being a distraction. But the Hobbit movies seem over-produced to me.

There is a certain nostalgia I get when watching some of those classic 80's teen flicks though- "Ridgemont High" and "Ferris Beulers Day Off" for example. I was a couple years too young to really appreciate "Ridgemont" fully until seeing it again when I was actually in high school, while "Ferris Beuler" came out right when I was 15 or 16- perfect timing.

 

[Champakian]

In the original novel Logan's Run, the maximum permissible age was not 30, but 21. It was never explained how they could maintain a high-tech society with such a limited based of trained expertise.

Never read it and I read a lot of Science Fiction in the past.

 

[toeskr]

Feeling cunty, smelly?

Why does a smart woman hate you and luk? Why do you and luk hate her? Hmmm?

 

[rae121452]

Why does a smart woman hate you and luk? Why do you and luk hate her? Hmmm?

the bdsm section has a thread entitled 'do you suck her strap-on?' made me think of you.

 

[jaF0]

80s hair was the best!!!!

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/31/1b/fe/311bfe5caf7189e541f78cdd768eabc6.jpg



(Poor girl did not age well at all.)

 

[Biggs_Darklighter]

In the original novel Logan's Run, the maximum permissible age was not 30, but 21. It was never explained how they could maintain a high-tech society with such a limited based of trained expertise.

It was explained. A supercomputer controlled everything from a remote location.

The book and movie are only superficially similar. Neither can really be called good. Both are just sorta ok.

 

[jaF0]

The ultimate 30 and out plan.

 

[Biggs_Darklighter]

The ultimate 30 and out plan.

Its interesting that in the book people are aware they die but in the movie they are told and believe they are reincarnated.