Flight of Navigator Review (no video)
May 12, 2008
Written by:
Mark H. Baker writer
Michael Burton writer
Matt MacManus writer
A young boy chases his dog into the woods, falls in a ravine. He loses consciousness for a few seconds. When we comes to and runs back to his home, he finds that his parents are not there. He is 8 years in the future. He is still 12, but his family and the world are 8 year in the future (1986). How did he get 8 years into the future? And can he return?
This is one of my favorite movies of the 80’s. It plays on the fantasies of a 12 year old boy having control of a highly advanced space craft. The boy is Joey Cramer. Cramer played in a few other 80s movies. Flight of the Navigator has a group of very familiar faces: Cliff De Young, Veronica Cartwright, Howard Hesse, and Sarah Jessica Parker. Paul Rueben actually did a voice over in the film. One thing I noticed is that of the 40 or so credited actors only about 6 have still active and doing movies and TV regularly, so only 15%. I wonder if this means there is only about a 15% chance of the serious actors making it.
Aside from the story, Alan Silvestri’s music to Flight of the Navigator is my favorite thing about the movie. Looking through is extensive body of work, I can see hes done a lot of my favorite movie music: Polar Express, Forest Gump, The Bodyguard, Back to the Future II, Predator, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the Abyss and many others (he’s done over 100 movies).
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Ghostbuster2: 80s Rewind Review
April 19, 2008
Well I guess we’re gonna have to take control!
Bobby Brown’s GhostBusters song stands out to me more than anything else when I recall GhostBusters 2. Not Viggo, or the river of Slime, or Sigourney Weaver and not even the Statue of Liberty Walking through New York City.. Bobby Brown’s song. And the video looks cool too, although it looks more like an ad for New York City tourism.
I have to say it: Ghostbusters 2 is just not as good as part 1. There.. I said it. I do recall that it had way more hype and anticipation than Ghostbusters 1. For one thing, there were no Terror Dogs. After seeing Dan Akroyd (the writer of Ghostbusters) speak on the DVD its easy to see he is the mad genius behind the whole thing. Harold Ramis (co-writer) mentions in the commentary on part 1 that Dan had originally wanted it to be about a future in which “ghost busting” is like a bug exterminator type job, blue collar and common place. Its easy to see that Dan was very much held back in his creativity.
Speaking of commentary, you won’t see that or any other extras on the GhostBusters 2 DVD, which, for me, makes it unbuyable. Correction, it has something on there about the GhostBuster’s cartoon but thats about it (unless you count scene selection).
I always thought the Statue of Liberty bit was corny (unlike the Stay PUft Marshmallow Man in part 1, which was somehow brilliant). The bad guy was kind of cool, but then he’s defeated by “NYC happiness” as soon as he’s about to put his foot in New York City’s collective ass (let me just say - New York City happiness is like saying “holy war” or “compassionate conservative” - a meaning contradiction. The cast was great (you can’t go wrong with Bill Murray & Rick Moranis) but the plot seemed too commercialized for me.
Another thing that really sucked to me was the GhostBusters II Run DMC rap. It is embarrassingly weak especially considering that I idolized these guys after Tougher than Leather.
Whatever is said about GB2, the GhostBusters franchise still captures the imaginations of people all over the world:
Return of the GhosterBusters
GhostBusters 3: Ghostbusters in Hell
GhostBusters Exteme
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Sexy 80s Girl in the Shower
April 12, 2008
staring Rick Ashton
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William Shatner in Commodore Vic-20 commercial
March 24, 2008
Why buy just a video game from Atari when you invest in the wonder computers on the 1980s for under $300 dollars. The Commodore Vic-20. Unlike games it has a real computer keyboard. With the Commodore Vic-20, the whole family can learn computing at home (plays great game too).
Under $300 hundred dollars, the wonder computer of the 1980s, the Commodore Vic-20.
*Coming soon: Commodore brings you Gorf, the wonder arcade game and Omega Race in home version.
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Top 10 Cult Classic Mid-80s Fantasy Adventure Flicks
March 10, 2008
As any nostalgic 25 - 30 year old will tell you the mid-80s were a truly magical cinematic time for any kid to grow up in. Take a trip back..
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[PIC] 1337ness in the 80’s
March 9, 2008
Ducktales, Nintendo Power, Mullets..I miss those days…
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Evolution of Optimus Prime’s Dance [VIDEO]
February 29, 2008
Evolution of Dance tribute by Optimus Prime. Go Optimus, Go Optimus, get busy, get busy, its ya birthday, get busy!
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Ronald Reagan’s response to the Challenger explosion
February 29, 2008
President Reagan’s speech to the nation following the tragic loss of the shuttle Challenger in 1986 is a perfect example of why he was called “The Great Communicator”. I’m no Reagan worshipper, but the man had boat loads of charm. He was a good spoken for what was the last of the Conservatives.
RIP: conservatives
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Apple T-Shirts from the 80s
February 11, 2008
Apple T-Shirts from the ’80s
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1985 Cherry Coke Commercial “Its Outrageoous”
February 6, 2008
Ahh the 80’s…
flash quiz:
what the catch phrase “catch the wave” from the 80’s or 90’s?
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