Reminiscing the 1980's: Movies, music, and games.

Logged in as: Guest

Reminiscing the 1980's: Movies, music, and games.

All Forums >> [Non-Gaming] >> Movies, Music, Sports, & Anime Discussion >> Reminiscing the 1980's: Movies, music, and games.

Page: [1] 2 3 4 next > >>

Message

<< Older Topic Newer Topic >>

Reminiscing the 1980's: Movies, music, and games. - Aug.-20th-2008 16:58:26

macalatus

Posts: 2155
Joined: Apr.-30th-2007
Status: offline

As well know, Bionic Commando: Rearmed for the PSN and XBL is a remake of the classic, 1980s game of the game name (ok...it didn't have the word 'Rearmed' with it). Although with updated graphics, the developers did a good job of retaining that 1980s feel to the game with the cheesy 80s-style plotline, characters, dialogue, and music.

In celebration of Bionic Commando: Rearmed, I (being an 80s baby myself) proudly presents N4G: Remembering the 80's. In this thread, we talk about what we do remember or do know about the 80's if you don't remember/born in that era.

I'll start first: Classic movies that we all and still love today

Pre-politics Arnold flicks:
Terminator, Predator, and Commando

Back to the Future

Music: Old Metallica and many classic pop tunes from the era

Games: Mario and Castlevania for the NES

< Message edited by macalatus -- Aug.-20th-2008 17:07:47 >

_____________________________

Proud Veteran of N4G's Great Fanboy War of 2007!!

Post #: 1

RE: Reminiscing the 1980's: Movies, music, and games. - Aug.-20th-2008 17:01:47

smokeymicpot

Posts: 3759
Joined: Jan.-2th-2008
From: Porch Monkeys 4 Life.
Status: online

The first Batman movie was released in the 80's so was Full Metal Jacket, Simpsons started.

I was born at the beginning of the 90's. 1990

< Message edited by smokeymicpot -- Aug.-20th-2008 17:05:13 >

_____________________________

Psn smokeymicpot

(in reply to macalatus)

Post #: 2

RE: Reminiscing the 1980's: Movies, music, and games. - Aug.-20th-2008 17:03:02

B Man

Posts: 3305
Joined: Mar.-28th-2007
From: Northern Virginia
Status: offline

Don't remember much from the 80's as I was born in 85, but I do love Back to the Future, Jaws and Young Guns to name a few movies. Game Wise, Tetris and Mario ring a bell. :)

_____________________________

"Uhh, uhh.. it's not what you think! I was just checking for fleas!"

(in reply to macalatus)

Post #: 3

RE: Reminiscing the 1980's: Movies, music, and games. - Aug.-20th-2008 17:11:59

SmokeyMcBear

Posts: 3399
Joined: Mar.-26th-2007
From: California..the only place to be
Status: online

Yessss... Young Guns was awesome. RoboCop, Rambo, Harry and the Hendersons, there are some classics in the 80's

Watching Saturday morning cartoons.. you know the only time cartoons were on beside 3-4 on weekdays.... GI-Joe, Thundercats, Transformers, The Snorks, Muppet Babies, Duck Tales.. you know Real Cartoons

And I dont care what anyone says, the first time i heard Ice Ice Baby on the radio was awesome.. that song was the ****.

Oh yeah the good ol NES... Kung Fu, RC Pro AM, MegaMan, Contra, Double Dragon, Hogans alley and Duck hunt ( with the gray Gun.. not that crap orange one), and Track and Field with the pad ( i didnt have it.. neighbors did)

< Message edited by SmokeyMcBear -- Aug.-20th-2008 17:14:01 >

_____________________________

(in reply to B Man)

Post #: 4

RE: Reminiscing the 1980's: Movies, music, and games. - Aug.-20th-2008 17:22:46

harry190

Posts: 4861
Joined: Feb.-10th-2008
From: Why do you want to know you BIG pervert
Status: offline

The 80's were the greatest years of our modern era. Best music. We had a similar thread not long ago.

_____________________________

I am your father and your mother.

(in reply to SmokeyMcBear)

Post #: 5

RE: Reminiscing the 1980's: Movies, music, and games. - Aug.-20th-2008 17:25:38

Le-mo

Posts: 6661
Joined: Apr.-15th-2007
From: Seattle, Washington
Status: online

I love the 80's music, it's way better than most of the crap the music industry is dishing out these days.

_____________________________

(in reply to harry190)

Post #: 6

RE: Reminiscing the 1980's: Movies, music, and games. - Aug.-20th-2008 17:27:53

B Man

Posts: 3305
Joined: Mar.-28th-2007
From: Northern Virginia
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: harry190

The 80's were the greatest years of our modern era. Best music. We had a similar thread not long ago.

No wai. 70's music > all else. Today's music brings nothing new to the table, aside from maybe tool and a few others.

_____________________________

"Uhh, uhh.. it's not what you think! I was just checking for fleas!"

(in reply to harry190)

Post #: 7

RE: Reminiscing the 1980's: Movies, music, and games. - Aug.-20th-2008 23:30:23

macalatus

Posts: 2155
Joined: Apr.-30th-2007
Status: offline

Oooohhh....another one of favorite 80's scenes: Cartoons!!

People who spent their childhood in this decade knows about Transformers, GI Joe, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Thundercats, Voltes 5, Dino Riders. Damn...those were, and still are, the best cartoons that I could think of.

_____________________________

Proud Veteran of N4G's Great Fanboy War of 2007!!

(in reply to B Man)

Post #: 8

RE: Reminiscing the 1980's: Movies, music, and games. - Aug.-20th-2008 23:40:17

TwissT

Posts: 4382
Joined: Nov.-25th-2007
From: Toronto, Canada
Status: online

Didn't the Transformers movie come out in the 80's?

_____________________________

quote:

ORIGINAL: KEVERS
Open, I can't fap to your comments if I can't see them.

The Answer is 42
I has 5 $niper $hells

(in reply to macalatus)

Post #: 9

RE: Reminiscing the 1980's: Movies, music, and games. - Aug.-20th-2008 23:45:36

Maddens Raiders

Posts: 1863
Joined: Mar.-26th-2007
From: Deep Below the Earth
Status: online

The best TV show and theme music of all time. Fuggetaboudit

_____________________________

------------------------------------
and another thing.....
...you kept reading!...

(in reply to macalatus)

Post #: 10

RE: Reminiscing the 1980's: Movies, music, and games. - Aug.-20th-2008 23:45:45

macalatus

Posts: 2155
Joined: Apr.-30th-2007
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: TwissT

Didn't the Transformers movie come out in the 80's?

Yup, it did. As a matter of fact, there are some hard-core Transformer fans out there who prefer the animated 1987 movie over the live-action 2007 movie starring Shia Le Beouf, now unfortunately called the "Transformer Kid" due to his role.

**** MADDENS...how could I forget the A-Team! Speaking of shows, does anyone still remember Air Wolf and Knight Rider?

_____________________________

Proud Veteran of N4G's Great Fanboy War of 2007!!

(in reply to TwissT)

Post #: 11

RE: Reminiscing the 1980's: Movies, music, and games. - Aug.-21th-2008 0:06:47

Skerj

Posts: 1782
Joined: Aug.-22th-2007
From: The starry dynamo in the machinery of the night.
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: macalatus

quote:

ORIGINAL: TwissT

Didn't the Transformers movie come out in the 80's?

Yup, it did. As a matter of fact, there are some hard-core Transformer fans out there who prefer the animated 1987 movie over the live-action 2007 movie starring Shia Le Beouf, now unfortunately called the "Transformer Kid" due to his role.

**** MADDENS...how could I forget the A-Team! Speaking of shows, does anyone still remember Air Wolf and Knight Rider?

Last year my friend and I were in the car on the way to the mall and we were having a discussion about Air Wolf and Knight Rider. And I was like "dude, Airwolf was a bootleg Knight Rider, the helicopter didn't even do **** special F*CK AIRWOLF". Then just as I parked, a black helicopter landed on the other side of the parking lot and my friend was like "Holy ****, Airwolf is coming to get you".

In any case, I was born in the early 80s so I'm an 80s baby thus born in the coolest decade ever. My list goes:

Shows:

Macgyver
A-Team
Knight Rider
Transformers
Voltron
M.A.S.K.
Bravestar
Robotech/Macross
Silverhawks
Thundercats
Centurions
Captain N
Heathcliff
Inspector Gadget
Max Headroom
Small Wonders
Golden Girls (Yes I'm serious, Blanche 4life)
Denver the last Dinosaur, he's my friend and a whole lot more.

Alf freaked me out somewhat.

I'll leave it at shows for now, but I got a whole list of music, movies, and games I loved back then.

_____________________________

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

Skerj does the awesome:
2009/09/09 (Awaiting apocalypse)
Tell your kids, and your mom.

(in reply to macalatus)

Post #: 12

RE: Reminiscing the 1980's: Movies, music, and games. - Aug.-21th-2008 0:09:09

Maddens Raiders

Posts: 1863
Joined: Mar.-26th-2007
From: Deep Below the Earth
Status: online

quote:

Golden Girls (Yes I'm serious, Blanche 4life)

I swear I almost totalled my laptop with severe Sprite damage.

_____________________________

------------------------------------
and another thing.....
...you kept reading!...

(in reply to Skerj)

Post #: 13

RE: Reminiscing the 1980's: Movies, music, and games. - Aug.-21th-2008 0:12:07

macalatus

Posts: 2155
Joined: Apr.-30th-2007
Status: offline

Funny you've mentioned MacGuyver because of all the show characters that I could think, MacGuyver is the closest live action figure you have to a video game character. I mean, you're talking about a guy who can make stuff work out of scraps...much the same way video game characters do.

_____________________________

Proud Veteran of N4G's Great Fanboy War of 2007!!

(in reply to Skerj)

Post #: 14

RE: Reminiscing the 1980's: Movies, music, and games. - Aug.-21th-2008 0:13:58

Maddens Raiders

Posts: 1863
Joined: Mar.-26th-2007
From: Deep Below the Earth
Status: online

_____________________________

------------------------------------
and another thing.....
...you kept reading!...

(in reply to macalatus)

Post #: 15

RE: Reminiscing the 1980's: Movies, music, and games. - Aug.-21th-2008 0:16:24

Maddens Raiders

Posts: 1863
Joined: Mar.-26th-2007
From: Deep Below the Earth
Status: online

_____________________________

------------------------------------
and another thing.....
...you kept reading!...

(in reply to macalatus)

Post #: 16

RE: Reminiscing the 1980's: Movies, music, and games. - Aug.-21th-2008 0:19:28

Skerj

Posts: 1782
Joined: Aug.-22th-2007
From: The starry dynamo in the machinery of the night.
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: macalatus

Funny you've mentioned MacGuyver because of all the show characters that I could think, MacGuyver is the closest live action figure you have to a video game character. I mean, you're talking about a guy who can make stuff work out of scraps...much the same way video game characters do.

That's actually what made me want Alone in the Dark so much, I always wanted a Macgyver game and felt that it couldn't be done like it should in the past but now we can (I shall), and AITD looked to start that process. I was seriously a huge Macgyver fan when I was younger, followed by the A-Team and Knight Rider. Those 3 shows with Transformers and Bravestar kept me hooked.

I should have listed TMNT even though I wasn't a HUGE Ninja Turtles fan, I watched it enough to love it. I was never into G.I. Joe except for Cobra, and He-man was ehh except for Skeletor, Orko, and Man-E-Faces. But Transformers was and still is my ****, at one time I had probably every Transformers related merchandise ever until the early 90s. We moved and I left it all with my Grandma and my cousin got his dirty hands on it and destroyed all my stuff. And yes, the animated Transformers movie is leaps and bounds over the movie we got last year. I mean the whole Unicron/Optimus' Death/Rodimus Prime thing was mindblowing. Also, Spike cursed.

Hah remember the GoBots?

_____________________________

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

Skerj does the awesome:
2009/09/09 (Awaiting apocalypse)
Tell your kids, and your mom.

(in reply to macalatus)

Post #: 17

RE: Reminiscing the 1980's: Movies, music, and games. - Aug.-21th-2008 0:24:26

Maddens Raiders

Posts: 1863
Joined: Mar.-26th-2007
From: Deep Below the Earth
Status: online

_____________________________

------------------------------------
and another thing.....
...you kept reading!...

(in reply to macalatus)

Post #: 18

RE: Reminiscing the 1980's: Movies, music, and games. - Aug.-21th-2008 0:30:42

Zhuk

Posts: 1368
Joined: Jul.-5th-2007
Status: offline

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC_Z-ebp9Es

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ16d-qpBEE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI0FbYe3lRE

they just dont make low budget cartoons designed to sell toys like they use to, the 80s were just awesome

...except for Reagan

_____________________________