Comments on: Top 5 Things I secretly miss about the 80s

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:51:28 +0000

Another tough one to draw the line between what is considered the 80’s and possibly went a little into the 90’s. Also tough, cause I don’t remember so much of the 80’s.
5) Great movie sequels. It may be just me, but I feel like there aren’t as many great movie sequels as there were in the 80’s.
4) 80’s rock music - Like Ahad, I miss this as well. You had Def Leppard, Metallica, Foreigner, White Snake, Journey, Eagles, Bon Jovi, etc…I mean seriously, I grew up on this stuff.
3) Like Dave, my vote here is for the De Lorean. I wanted one from the day I saw Back to the Future.
2) Michael Jackson - It may be a surprise, but I was obsessed with him and the whole Jackson family. I nearly had every one of his songs memorized and the dancing he did in the 80’s was just classic stuff
1) MacGyver - I very much wanted to be him and it was a big day when I got my first swiss army knife

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:36:10 +0000

Its tough to pick out what I miss about the 80s. When 1990 came around I was only 7.

5) Nick Game Shows - Double Dare, Finders Keepers. Along with the early 90s ones I can spend all day watching Nick GAS.
4) Baseball Mustaches - I only got to relive this in baseball cards. The 80s mustaches were the coolest.
3) Terrible TV Shows I Watched All the Time - Alf, Small Wonder, and Silver Spoons all come to mind. I wanted to be the Silver Spoons kid, he had all those great toys and a train INSIDE THE HOUSE!
2) USSR - Not so much since there was all that Cold War stuff. I just enjoy the sports rivalry. The Olympics must have been so much better when we were trying to defeat an evil empire.
1) Awesome Movie Soundtracks - While Top Gun may not be one of my favorite movies the music throughout is top notch.

By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:19:48 +0000

5. Cheers - A life goal is to still find a bar where everyone cheers my name like Norm
4. Burma - You may know it as Myanmar, but it will always be Burma to me.
3. Bill Buckner - You know, when he was known for things other than that.
2. Street Fighter 2 - First game I was ever addicted to. Damn you E. Honda!!
1. Movie Montages - They just don’t make them like they used to (see: Top Gun, Rocky, Breakfast Club, Cocktail, Short Circuit)

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:18:35 +0000

5. The Berlin Wall - It’s so hard to tell east Germans from west Germans these days. We used to have a system, and it worked.

4. Kindergarten - If only my work day could still be a half day where I just color any play all day.

3. The De Lorean - They don’t make enough stainless steel bodied, gullwing cars these days.

2. The Apple IIe - You gotta love the 5 1/4 floppy drive and the green monitor…Plus, this baby gave us “The Oregon Trail.”

1. Ronald Reagan - mmmmmmmmmmmmmm…tax cuts for the rich….

By: Ahad

Ahad — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 04:57:13 +0000

Seeing as how I believe I am older than everyone else that posts on hear, you would think that I remember/miss more things about the 80’s. That would be an incorrect assumption. After much consideration I can only really provide 3 solid things rather than the usual 5. Feel free to criticize, but I am going for quality not quantity.

3. 80’s rock music - It doesn’t get much better than Def Leppard.

2. Knight Rider - Forget Baywatch, this is where Hasselhoff became a star. He made showing off the chest hair cool.

1. The A-Team - Greatest show ever.