The 80's and the Future to come.......

[Luchador138]

I was thinking today and realized that a lot of stuff that was great came from the 80's.

Cartoons, movies, and live action T.V. shows. Sure us old folks like me around here remember the A-Team and stuff like that but what about the Future, and what does that say about our lucky childhoods?

Not to dog on the 90's but the 80's had some awesome stuff. I started collecting when my parents bought me my first Star Wars figure, then Transformers, then GI Joe, then Voltron, and so forth.

So what does the future hold?

 

[The ill Jedi]

What does the future hold? Nothing.

All of the awesome ^^^^ has already been created.

 

[Luchador138]

What does the future hold? Nothing.

All of the awesome ^^^^ has already been created.

I know that's what worries me.

 

[vader]

Patrick Swayze in Roadhouse?

 

[Luchador138]

Patrick Swayze in Roadhouse?

Actually you are right in a weird way that movie was so bad that its awesome, I wouldn't mind something like that. But then again its only something really weird I would have in my collection.

Ha Ha to bad thats all the future holds

 

[Kuzeh]

What does the future hold? Nothing.

All of the awesome ^^^^ has already been created.

 

[DinoLast]

Iron Man 2
The Dark Knight sequel
The Green Lantern

 

[Amanaman]

Sometimes I think the 80s hit a peak in original ideas that has yet to be topped. I think the maturing CG graphics of this decade encouraged a lot of remakes.

 

[Luchador138]

Iron Man 2
The Dark Knight sequel
The Green Lantern

Yeah that stuff is all great Dino but in the last decade has anything stood out to you that could top the original Star Wars or Indiana Jones?

 

[Luchador138]

Sometimes I think the 80s hit a peak in original ideas that has yet to be topped. I think the maturing CG graphics of this decade encouraged a lot of remakes.

Love your sig by the way.

 

[DinoLast]

Yeah that stuff is all great Dino but in the last decade has anything stood out to you that could top the original Star Wars or Indiana Jones?

Good point.
I would say Lord of the Rings (not topping, but up there with them), but it's origins are way before Star Wars and Indy.
When it comes to originality I'm struggling.

I would have to say Pixar are the most original movie makers today

 

[Biojex]

flight of the navigator 2

 

[Morbach]

I think great things could come but that's if people stop being lazy and actually put an effort into things instead of giving us what we've seen hundreds of times over.

 

[karamazov80]

In 10-15 years, someone will be posting, "man, no offense to the 2000s, but the 1990s was really the peak of all things awesome. We had Power Rangers, Pokeman, Nintendo 64, Backstreet Boys. Now all we get are Power Rangers sequel movies, sold out Backstreet Boy reunion shows, and Pokeman PFs from Sideshow. I wonder if we will ever see that much innovation and creativity again! People are just getting lazy nowadays."

 

[Darth Waller]

This thread was calling my name!

Hardly a complete list, but the 80s were full of classic movies.

1980
Caddyshack
Empire Strikes Back, The
Flash Gordon
Mad Max

1981
Escape From New York
Raiders of the Lost Ark

1982
Conan the Barbarian
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Poltergeist
Road Warior, The

1983
Return of the Jedi

1984
Beverly Hills Cop
Ghostbusters
Gremlins
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Sixteen Candles
Terminator, The

1985
Back to the Future
Breakfast Club, The
Goonies, The

1986
Aliens
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Platoon
Pretty in Pink
Top Gun

1987
Predator
Robocop

1988
Die Hard
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

1989
Back to the Future II
Batman
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

 

[The Mike]

The 80s are big because we, the children of the 80s, are the ones making the income to spend on stuff right now. In 10 years when the children of the 90s start hitting that stride you'll see a resurgance of stuff from then. What is interesting is the children of now are enjoying many of the same things that we did in the 80s which means that in a few generations it'll all come back again because that is what they knew.

 

[Darth Waller]

Good point, Mike!

 

[W.G]

I totally agree with karamazov80 and The Mike. There are great things in all period but between 2 things people love, most of them will choose the one they have a sentimental link with, like nostalgia.

And don't forget Indiana Jones is inspired by old pulps. It was a retro movie.