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THE 1980s movie
just spent the evening watching "E.T. — The Extra Terrestrial," and I've got to say this movie brings back so many memories for me. Why's that? Aside from being a great flick, it's set in a time frame that I remember so well it practically transports me back.
The movie literally kick-starts old memories for me. Here are just a few...
So with that in mind, what movie or TV show sends you back in time ... What's your iconic 1980s (or any other era) movie?
The movie literally kick-starts old memories for me. Here are just a few...
- Playing with Star Wars figures.
- It was a time when kids could be left alone for the day.
- Reese's Pieces — Remember how cool they were?
- Kids going out by themselves for Halloween trick-or-treating.
- Kids dressed up as Star Wars characters, because it was cool, not because it was nostalgic. (The Yoda meets E.T. joke)
- Dee Wallace plays the mom. Wasn't she the mom in every 1980s film?
- Pull-tab beer cans! Man it sucked to step on one of those!
- Life in the housing development. Kids everywhere. Houses everywhere. Cable TV.
- Playing "Dungeons & Dragons" with a bunch of kids who could barely figure out the rules.
- "Tom & Jerry" on TV every afternoon!
- "Space Invader" t-shirts were cool, not retro.
- Bragging about your high score on Asteroids.
- The 1980s was the era of the Single, Divorced Mom.
- The start of Drew Barrymore's film career.
- The start of Erika Eleniak's film career. (And let's not forget her stint as a Playboy Bunny and then as a Baywatch babe!)
- Character lightswitch plates! In this movie, Elliot has an Incredible Hulk wallplate. I had a Bozo wallplate!
- Buck Rogers was still in the comic strips, probably thanks to the Buck Rogers TV show.
- C. Thomas Howell played a neighbor kid.
- Speak-n-Spells could be made into interstellar communication devices!
So with that in mind, what movie or TV show sends you back in time ... What's your iconic 1980s (or any other era) movie?
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