They tend to offer cartoonishly simple and violent solutions to complex problems...
You mean like...?
Oh wait! Those were on Hillary's watch.
Posted on 06/22/2023 2:24:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Airplane and Blazing Saddles. Awesome flicks.
Yippie-kay-Yeah, MF-er.
“Excuse me while I whip this out “
I welcome you with a Laurel...and Hardy handshake.
A lot of people missed that.
Welcome to the party pal!!
None of the movies made in the ‘80s would survive the current cancel culture. That’s why we seek them rather than the new ones.
Oh I wouldn’t go so far as to say they were all good... there are a LOT of stinkers, and even a good number of very popular films do not stand up well to the test of time (and no that’s not judging them by woke values).
However, ENTERTAINMENT was certainly the goal, unlike today where ENTERTAINMENT has nothing to do with it at all.
Fubar is good name for a movie about the woke.
They tend to offer cartoonishly simple and violent solutions to complex problems...
You mean like...?
Oh wait! Those were on Hillary's watch.
Same pathologies that were present in the ‘80s are back. Rampant crime. Urban decay. Feckless government unconcerned about real problems that effect real people, with head in clouds in lala land. Administrative state designed to crush the soul out of free men. Schwarzenegger even got with the times and did a mini-series called FUBAR. New stars are coming forward now. Old stars still have some game.
When the word “faggot” flowed freely because faggots had no power and were underground as they are in any functional, healthy society.
Ha! My wife and I watched it the other night on YT. Must’ve seen it 50 times as a kid.
The quality of popular films and music seemed to drop precipitously after about 2006.
What trans fiipino black lesbian half retard satan worshiper in a wheel chair will they cast to replace ahnold for modern audiences?
The answer to his question can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqYJRc0TJkQ
True - but MANY were!
Like Stallone’s Cobra was awful … and though I haven’t seen it in years I bet it’s better than any dreck out in the last 10!
True or not I remember one analysis of the problem with getting America behind our troops in the Vietnam War was that many had now grown up on TV.
A show comes on with a problem, it is fought over and then solved and ended with a validating celebration such as the good guys having a drink and being happy. Same with a movie. All done. But Vietnam wasn’t over quickly and people got impatient.
Is there really nostalgia for 80s action films?
Maybe people just got sick of all the superhero comic book garbage.
Rocky sequel. Also....
Mary, Shuttle Stewardess : [Over Intercom] Attention ladies and gentlemen, please. Would everybody move to the lounge who is not carrying a bomb.
[Everyone on the plane stands up and screams]
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