The ’80s Movie Montage Hall of Fame
December 27, 2006
“When a filmmaker has three minutes to transform a hopeless moron/pussy/werewolf into a triumphant hero celebrating a happy ending, there are a couple of options. They could go back and add believable plot points, subtle foreshadowing and nuanced characterization to make the character’s success believable. Or, they could just kick out some motherfuc” — Battleclan.ca
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8 Important Lessons Learned from ’80s Cartoons
December 27, 2006
We’d like to point out that we’re aware of the fact that some of the cartoons listed below did not originate in the ’80s. However, they were on during the ’80s, that’s when we watched them, so they’re ’80s cartoons to us. It’s like when we refer to bedwetting as “late ’90s behavior.” Without further ado…
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Billy Idol sings Winter Wonderland- HILARIOUS!
December 27, 2006
80s rock star apparently thought it was a good idea too kick-start his career again by singing a cover of Winter Wonderland….. no no no… what were you thinking billy??
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Top 20 Christmas movies of the 80s
December 26, 2006
Sure you can remember some of the obvious ones (A Christmas Story, Christmas Vacation), but can you name 20 holiday movies? Here’s the ultimate list of Christmas movies from the 1980s from the award-winning Stuck in the 80s blog.
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Wonder Years Girls Are All Grown Up
December 26, 2006
A collection of current pictures of the actresses that were on the hit ‘80s show “The Wonder Years”.
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Dj Shadow To Release Fan Video For New Single
December 26, 2006
DJ Shadow has chosen an “80s style Nintendo video” for his next single after he gave fans a chance to enter a special competition. The star picked out the winning clip, entitled “Big Pixel” for “This Time (I’m Gonna Try It My Way)” from over 200 entries. Explaining his winning choice DJ Shadow told NME.COM
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Collection of cool old Commodore 64 commercials
December 26, 2006
An interesting collection of commercials from the 80s for the Commodore 64. One of them even compares it to the Apple II with prices - Commodore was around $600, and the Apple was almost $1500!
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Photographs of 80s musicians
December 26, 2006
From the Freakonomics blog comes a photographer of many famous musicians, especially from the 80s: John Cougar Mellencamp, Madonna, Bjork (okay, 90s, too).
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Futurama spoofs Apple’s “1984″ commercial
December 19, 2006
Our enemies will all be eaten by squirrels!
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THE BEST human beatbox that I have ever heard
December 19, 2006
this guy from Estonia is an amazing beat boxer… This is a hilarious video!
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