The 80's The Decade That Made Us National Geographic Series narrated by Rob Lowe
#51
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I think Tony Hawk was more of a regional thing in the 1980s. I grew up in the 80s (I graduated high school in 1987) in the northeast and I didn't know who Tony Hawk was until much later. Skateboarding didn't become popular here until well after I was out of college. We never did it as kids. Hacky-sack, yes. Skateboarding, no.
#52
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Re: The 80's The Decade That Made Us National Geographic Series narrated by Rob Lowe
I'll have to check this out on demand. For me the 80s was age 22-31. One big thing no one's mentioned: Live Aid.
MTV was all over the place in the 80s. Remember the original five MTV v-jays?
J.J. Jackson
Martha Quinn
Alan something or other
Mark whats his face
Nina what her name
MTV was all over the place in the 80s. Remember the original five MTV v-jays?
J.J. Jackson
Martha Quinn
Alan something or other
Mark whats his face
Nina what her name
#53
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Re: The 80's The Decade That Made Us National Geographic Series narrated by Rob Lowe
I'll have to check this out on demand. For me the 80s was age 22-31. One big thing no one's mentioned: Live Aid.
MTV was all over the place in the 80s. Remember the original five MTV v-jays?
J.J. Jackson
Martha Quinn
Alan something or other
Mark whats his face
Nina what her name
MTV was all over the place in the 80s. Remember the original five MTV v-jays?
J.J. Jackson
Martha Quinn
Alan something or other
Mark whats his face
Nina what her name
Mark Goodman
Nina Blackwood
They are now DJ's on Sirius XM Radio.
Blackwood was also interviewed during this show.
#54
DVD Talk Limited Edition
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It's kind of funny to look back now, but the 90s almost feels like a complete placeholder of a decade. You have the berlin wall falling right at the end of the 80s, signaling the end of the Soviet Union, while you have 9/11 right around the start of the 00, which signaled the start of the war on terror.
What did the 90s have? The Gulf War, OJ Simpson, Oklahoma City and Columbine. I guess you could throw in grunge and gangster rap.
What did the 90s have? The Gulf War, OJ Simpson, Oklahoma City and Columbine. I guess you could throw in grunge and gangster rap.
-The internet. Sure it was around before, but it exploded in the 90s.
-Palm-sized cell phones
-NAFTA
Our lifestyles would be much different in 1999 compared to 1989.
EDIT: I'm not a gamer, but didn't video games blow up in the 90s? In the 80s, you wouldn't find many 40 year-olds playing video games for hours.
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It is one of the bigger ironies that GW Bush, who would have probably been a very suitable President for 93-01 was President from 01-09 while WJ Clinton was President during the quiet time and yet probably would have done better with less time for BJs and more crises.
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#57
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And yeah, the day of the Reagan shooting was crazy, news-wise. Frank Reynolds (It's Always Sunny?) was a great anchor, but had to deal with conflicting information all day long. It's kind of... interesting how nowadays so much news (accurate or not) comes from Twitter. Back in the 80s, some poor schlub reporter would have to get a story then find an available pay phone to call the story in!
It was mentioned in the the series. As well as We Are The World and Farm Aid.
And I still get goosebumps at the words "tear down this wall".
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#58
DVD Talk Special Edition
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Off the next two days and was planning to watch On Demand, but it isn't listed for me.
??? I have Cox.
Whaaa.
??? I have Cox.
Whaaa.
#59
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You haz Cox?
Skateboarding was huge in the 80s down here as well (Florida), I think it may have been fairly limited at the time though (Florida, Georgia, California type thing).
I mean how did you make it out of the 80s without seeing this gem:
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Skateboarding was huge in the 80s down here as well (Florida), I think it may have been fairly limited at the time though (Florida, Georgia, California type thing).
I mean how did you make it out of the 80s without seeing this gem:
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#60
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I remember skateboarding being pretty big in the 80s. I went to a REAL preppy private school, and the upscale student body made a habit of sneering derisively at skaters at every opportunity. Like it was some growing public menace or something.
These were people who bought Scritti Politti albums...
These were people who bought Scritti Politti albums...
#61
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EDIT: I'm not a gamer, but didn't video games blow up in the 90s? In the 80s, you wouldn't find many 40 year-olds playing video games for hours.
Surprised NES was not mentioned since it was big in the 80's.
I remember almost everything from the 80's that they covered except that Nuclear Holocaust movie the Day After.
Maybe too young for that and never knew the story behind the creation of Tetris or the story of Lyne Cox the swimmer who swam across the Bering Strait and arriving in Russia.
The Challenger explosion was probably the most moving segment in the series.
I remember watching the news coverage at the local barber shop.
It was depressing in the end when they closed with New Years Eve 1990 and U2 Where the Streets Have No Name was playing and the decade was over.
The 80's were awesome and what is wrong with mass consumption and buying expensive goods and trying to attain the high life?
Wish we could have another period like that again.
#62
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What's wrong is that's the period were people started spending beyond their means. Buy all the expensive goods you want if you can afford them. But running up a credit card does not mean you can afford them.
#63
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
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I thought they mentioned it shortly after Pacman, like they talked about Donkey Kong and mentioned it included the character that would transform/save/whatever verb "handheld gaming" (obviously they meant console gaming) and showed Mario.
#64
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They actually showed the Gameboy a good amount when they were talking about Tetris, but I think when they first mentioned Mario it was more in terms of it being the new king of the arcade.