what is your favourite mainstream eighties movie

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vockins wrote:
Nico Adie wrote:Other than those already mentioned, Rocky IV

"He is not human. He is made of iron."

So little dialogue, but boy do they make it count.

You know the driving scene, backed by "No Easy Way Out"?

That's Robert Tepper! I played in a band with his sons from his first marriage! (I'm going to see Randy Fucking Johnson strike out Royals indiscriminately with one of them tomorrow, as a matter of fact) I have slept on his floor many times! He is a great man!

Robert Tepper has stories that will kick your fucking ass! He has partied with David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen! Very hard! Among other events!

I played "Beast of Burden" at a wedding in Montana with Robert Tepper! It was fucking awesome! Robert Tepper has a set of pipes! The wedding band didn't know what hit them! Their mouths hung open! Literally hung open!

Robert Tepper was like a football dad when his sons played Spaceland in Los Angeles! He tore the soundman a new one in the middle of the set! I was crippled with laughter! The soundman left the board, hanging his head in shame! Sorry, soundman, but Robert Tepper knows best! It did sound better with Robert Tepper turning the knobs!

I owe a great debt to Robert Tepper! He made my life better! Seriously! I need to call him and see how he's doing! Probably awesome!


I would like to hear more of these Tepper-related adventures. They're anything but tepid.

Salut!

what is your favourite mainstream eighties movie

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Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:
tmidgett wrote:
Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:Fast Times at Ridgemont High

My favorite line is when Damone says to Jennifer Jason Leigh (in the next room), "This is great tea," before even lifting the glass from the table.


My favorite movie, period.

A perfect film.


The first DVD I ever purchased. No film I have seen more thoroughly captures my adolescence, the cusp of the 1970's/80's. Parts of Over the Edge and Dazed and Confused ring true, but Fast Times covers the whole shebang--except for punk rock.


I have probably written a bunch of shit about FTaRH elsewhere on this site.

But I will add that this film is cast impeccably. Perfectly. Almost as if the person casting it could see into the future.

Whoever cast this film must have become a very successful casting person, if s/he decided to follow that career path.

what is your favourite mainstream eighties movie

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154 wrote:is 'This is Spinal Tap' mainstream enough?

Yeah, definitely.

I saw this movie again recently in a theater. It holds up very, very well.

I appreciated their manager (Ian Faith- all the names are so great) and St. Hubbins' girlfriend (who Ian Faith rips into for dressing like "a bloody Australian's nightmare!") more this time than I did in my previous viewings.

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