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The 80's had the flashiest cars of all time.
They were in the movies, on the TV, in video games, and in our dreams.
Gullwing doors, racing vents, targa tops, huge spoilers.
Yes, every over-the-top design was put into action.
EVERYONE had their favorite.
Was it a Ferrari Testarossa? The ...
Ah, yes.
Last night I had the opportunity to watch the late 80's classic buddy movie Tango & Cash (not to be confused with the dog-buddy flick Turner & Hooch ;) ). I say classic very loosely...
What a great concept. Get two of the biggest action stars of the day. Sly Stallone and Kurt ...
KITT, the flame-throwing, river-jumping, talking muscle car from the 80s TV show Knight Rider, is up for sale.
In case you didn't know, there's already a new series of Knight Rider being screened in the States, but we're not talking about that, we're talking oldschool KITT.
Restored to it...
Big hair and hirsute chests are coming back in fashion - even for women.
Warner Bros. has hired videogame veteran Jerry O'Flaherty to helm their forthcoming big-screen CG-animated adaptation of Thundercats.
O'Flaherty will tweak the script with screenwriter Paul Sopocy. He says his film will...
When you think of Alf, you think of the 80s.
He was an institution.
Everything about the show; the jokes, the family, the theme song just oozed 80s style.
But the whole show was Alf (Alien Life Form) himself. Gordon Shumway of the Melmac Orbit Guard; last known survivor of his race.
He...
Teen Wolf is probably my favourite bad movie of all time.
I absolutely loved it as a kid, and I know all the scenes and the entire soundtrack.
With all of its short comings, and plot holes, it just gels with me for some reason, and I know others have said the same.
Somehow Michael J Fox...
The 80s was the boom time for video gaming.
Theyd slowly made their way from Tic-Tac-Toe and Pong super computers into the living rooms of our own homes.
The Atari 2600 especially took the world by storm.
They offered an affordable machine that you could plug into your existing televisi...
Martial arts and Ninja mania swept the world during the 80s due to the popularity of Kung Fu Theater and ninja movies (American Ninja etc.). The Karate Kid became a blockbuster hit film, and raised interest in the arts. The cartoon characters Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles became a widely mass-mark...
The 80s was certainly the era of the rock power ballad.
As the decade went on they only became more popular, and by the end you couldnt release a rock record without a few of them onboard.
It was okay for a guy to love it, because it was his favourite hard rocker getting soft and sad about...
There are certain things that you can identify with if you grew up in a certain era. Certainly the 80's is no exception
Here's a funny list that may bring back some memories.
A few are region-related, so you may not get all of them.
You know you grew up in the 80's if...
1. You had ...
In the 80s, movie soundtracks were big business.
The emotive sounds that accompanied your favourite film could be re-lived time and time again on the official soundtrack.
As we know; everything about the decade is already extremely nostalgic as it is, but nothing brings back those memories...
With the Sarah Connor Chronicles well on its way, why not take a trip back to where it all began.
Action movies were a dime a dozen in the 80s, and B-grade sci-fi thrillers were even more prolific.
Say its 1984 - someone tells you theres a new action sci-fi coming out with the guy from C...
While it still had its cheesy moments, the Wonder Years was a huge step away from the norm of the 80s.
The day to day struggles of Kevin Arnold was universal, no matter what decade you lived in, or what language you spoke, infact I think it was one of the greatest shows ever made.
The amazi...
The 80s WAS the era for teen idols.
Tom Cruise, Matt Dillon, Scott Baio, Jon Bon Jovi, Johnny Depp, Ralph Machio...
Yes this ones for the girls.
Chances are, if you entered a teenage girls bedroom during the 80s - or you infact lived in one you might remember the posters.
The endles...
'Be excellent to each other, and...Party on dudes!'
Ahh...such sage advice from these most excellent of 80s dudes.
Like many people, I used to have a cheer-up movie - a movie that you can put on when youre feeling down and depressed or lonely and it makes you feel a whole lot better.
Well,...
The 80's had the flashiest cars of all time.
They were in the movies, on the TV, in video games, and in our dreams.
Gullwing doors, racing vents, targa tops, huge spoilers.
Yes, every over-the-top design was put into action.
EVERYONE had their favorite.
Was it a Ferrari Testarossa? The Back to the Future Delorean? KITT?
Heres a few gems:
Ferrari Testarossa
911 Turbo
Trans-Am Firebird
Lamborghini Countach
A-Team's GMC G-SeriesVan
80's Batmobile
KITT
80s Corvette
IROC-Z Camaro
Delorean
"The 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California. Less than a hundred were made. My father spent three years restoring this car. It is his love. It is his passion.."
Ah, yes.
Last night I had the opportunity to watch the late 80's classic buddy movie Tango & Cash (not to be confused with the dog-buddy flick Turner & Hooch ). I say classic very loosely...
What a great concept. Get two of the biggest action stars of the day. Sly Stallone and Kurt Russel (Kurt's part was originally cast for Patrick Swayze, but he left to finish making...Roadhouse) and put them in a big budget Lethal Weapon-ish action/one-liner comedy.
Gold.
Well, not actually.
The movie starts off strong with a complete re-enactment of Jackie Chan's Police Story. Sly even asked Jackie if he could steal the 'truck shooting' scene, and Jackie agreed...like he had a choice.
Sly took control of many aspects of the film, including the firing of the cinematographer - because he didn't like the lighting he was being captured in...
The actual director even left for unknown reasons (looking at you Sly!), it was toward the end of filming, and I assume the last acion sequence was done by the second director, because it is baaad.
The movie was actually doing fairly well for its type up to this point.
Then they acquired some-kind of super-SUV military mobile. I can take that to a certain degree. The were in the force and they went down to the special weapons factory where their mate was making some crazy ass weapons - hey, it was the 80's.
But when they went to get Jack Palance, all of a sudden he had his own Mad Max army waiting for them!
Yes, we are talking pick-up's with roof mounted rocket-launchers, cars with rail guns, and monster-trucks!
This was such a bizarre scene to me. Obviously back in the 80's I wouldn't have even noticed it, because that kind of crazy stuff always happened.
But seriously, it was in L.A. and explosions were going off everywhere. Even after the fighting had finished, all these random explosions were going off in the background.
However, it did have a few good scenes.
Like the boys escaping from jail, and sliding down the power lines in the rain.
The young and beautiful Teri Hatcher (Tango's sister) massaging Cash on the couch while Tango listened in and thought something else was going on...
I won't even mention Teri Hatcher's dance scene (LOL), but Kurt Russel in full drag...
and two of the most famous 'baddies' of the time.
First the guy with the ponytail and the terrible British-accent, and the classic jail thug with the HUGE jaw and chin.
Yep, it was a real Lethal Weapon rip (even including an industrial electrocution torture), but it was some good buddy action...for a while.
KITT, the flame-throwing, river-jumping, talking muscle car from the 80s TV show Knight Rider, is up for sale.
In case you didn't know, there's already a new series of Knight Rider being screened in the States, but we're not talking about that, we're talking oldschool KITT.
the coolest photo in the world...
Restored to its debut-season glory, the modified black 1982 Pontiac Trans Am is being offered at $US149,995 at a Dublin auto dealership.
Johnny "Vette" Verhoek of Kassabian Motors has had the car, officially called Knight Industries Two Thousand, on display for about a month.
It is one of four documented "camera cars" used for close-up shots and scenes where David Hasselhoff, who played Michael Knight in the series, was behind the wheel.
Although it cannot achieve the 300 mph speeds that KITT reached, soar 50 feet in the air or throw smoke bombs, key features of the star car are intact.
Perhaps most important, the red scanner light on the nose glows and makes a humming noise.
The car has two working video screens on the dashboard, and the cockpit features buttons that light up in green, yellow and red.Most of the buttons don't do anything, Verhoek said. Nor can the car hold a conversation or drive itself.
The car belongs to Tim Russo of Livermore, a Kassabian customer who figured now was a good time to test the market, with the 25th anniversary of the shows debut coming up.
Some unbelievable replica's are also being made HERE
Martial arts and Ninja mania swept the world during the 80’s due to the popularity of Kung Fu Theater and ninja movies (American Ninja etc.). The Karate Kid became a blockbuster hit film, and raised interest in the arts. The cartoon characters Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles became a widely mass-marketed pop culture phenomenon in the late 1980s.
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