Dan Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 I love that idea, because it gives us the opportunity to cover an entire range of media. Comics, movies, TV, music, toys, pop culture, whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 If anyone else would be interested, is there a particular decade they'd be interested in covering. While I love the idea of doing one of the 50s, I feel like the 80s and 90s would be a better fit since that's when a lot of the contributors grew up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 I mean, it's the question that's plagued humankind since the beginning of time. Do you want to cover Totally Earth-2 or Earth-2 Extreme? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 In seriousness, I would personally lean more towards the 1980s, as that's where most of my nostalgia lies. I recognize, of course, that this is not the case with the majority of contributors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 Hey, I have nostalgia for the end of the Boer war as much as anyone. Wait, you said 1980's. Carry on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Molly Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 Even though I was born in 87, much of the pop culture I was exposed to was from the eighties, which I'm sure I'd the case with most of us here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kscriv Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 I'm more of the 90s guy personally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 I'm more of a 40s guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 Even if not all of us remember living through the 1980s (1985 over here, so I remember a little bit), I'm sure we could cover classic 80s films for 7 days as long as they haven't been covered/ear-marked to be covered in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pan-dub Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 Even if not all of us remember living through the 1980s (1985 over here, so I remember a little bit), I'm sure we could cover classic 80s films for 7 days as long as they haven't been covered/ear-marked to be covered in the near future. We could totally watch 'Mannequin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 Even if not all of us remember living through the 1980s (1985 over here, so I remember a little bit), I'm sure we could cover classic 80s films for 7 days as long as they haven't been covered/ear-marked to be covered in the near future. We could totally watch 'Mannequin' I saw that in the theater! ... okay, I see it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pan-dub Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 I like the idea of Dan hosting a "Revenge against the whippersnappers" quiz where you can lord your 80s dominance over importers to your nostalgia throne. You could call it "Flash DAN-ce"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted June 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 I like the idea of Dan hosting a "Revenge against the whippersnappers" quiz where you can lord your 80s dominance over importers to your nostalgia throne.You could call it "Flash DAN-ce"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 Old jokes I can take, but puns like that are beyond the pale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 Old jokes I can take, but puns like that are beyond the pale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dc20willsave Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 I think the 80s is a good start. I've already been plotting out a TV 101 on the best of 80s TV show intros. Then we can do a different decade next year. I like the idea though of talking culture in addition to just a week on 80s movies. As much as I want to talk Blade Runner for a solid hour, talking about 80s music seems just as fun. I'm more of a 40s guy. Think of all the artsy 80s films though. Ran, Blue Velvet, Once Upon a Time in America. I'm more of the 90s guy personally Kel, with 80s week, think of all the Studio Ghibli films you got access to, saying nothing less of Akira. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Know Who Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 A decade-based, weeklong event is a brilliant idea. I'm in if someone wants do Ran or Branagh's Henry V with me. Otherwise, I've already covered my favorite thing from the 80s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 I'm more of a 40s guy. Think of all the artsy 80s films though. Ran, Blue Velvet, Once Upon a Time in America. Rumble Fish...Diner... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 I'm more of a 40s guy. Think of all the artsy 80s films though. Ran, Blue Velvet, Once Upon a Time in America. Rumble Fish...Diner... Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 You know, I'm almost tempted to try and do a retrospective on the Police Academy franchise. Mind you most of it will be spent talking about the first film and then being followed by me talking about how when I was 10, I loved these films and then I got older and realized how progressively worse each one after 1 got. The last five minutes will just be screaming in response to the very idea of watching Mission to Moscow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 In all seriousness, the first is barely watchable. The rest are mind-numbingly terrible on every conceivable level and get progressively worse until you get halfway through the last one and forget how to speak English. Even the cartoon was better than some of the films, and the cartoon was awful. All that aside, I am very much in for an 80's week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 I like the idea of Dan hosting a "Revenge against the whippersnappers" quiz where you can lord your 80s dominance over importers to your nostalgia throne. You could call it "Flash DAN-ce"!I listen to a fair amount of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me and I like the idea of Dan doing a quiz for a group of millenials. Obviously not me since I'm a pop culture freak but I would be happy to come up with questions. Potential category: Transformer or Go-bot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 I like the idea of Dan hosting a "Revenge against the whippersnappers" quiz where you can lord your 80s dominance over importers to your nostalgia throne. You could call it "Flash DAN-ce"! I listen to a fair amount of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me and I like the idea of Dan doing a quiz for a group of millenials. Obviously not me since I'm a pop culture freak but I would be happy to come up with questions. Potential category: Transformer or Go-bot. Am I Peter Sagal, Tom Modette, or Bill Curtiz in this scenario? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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