On the 80s
When I was a kid I loathed the 80s. I mean, like, DURING the 80s I loathed the 80s. I didn't even have a proper frame of reference either, me being born in 1981 and all. I just know that I hated the music and the clothes. The nineties came and ... well, at the time I thought things had gotten better.
But looking back I think 80s styles were better than the early 90s bright day-glow neon styles.
Anyways, the whole point of this post is the realization that I came to today. Ok, ok, so I'm listening to some 80s music (Starship's Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now from Mannequin) and I realize that, yes, I now like 80s music and have for some time. But I don't like it because it's GOOD. There are very FEW 80s tracks that I listen to because they are good music, in fact I'd go so far to say that the reason I listen to 80s music these days is because it's so fucking hilarious and cheesy.
I thought about that for a bit and decided that that was also the reason I like so many 80s movies. Come on, Weekend at Bernie's? Pure bilge, but I'll still watch that goddamn movie whenever it's on TV. Mannequin. Forget about it. If that movie is on TV then I'm there for the next two hours. Come on, Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, that dude who played Hollywood, the old Golden Girl!
Quick note: according to IMDB the director of Mannequin also wrote and directed Mr. Nanny (starring Hulk Motherfucking Hogan) and has since gotten out of making some of the worst MOVIES and is now making some of the worst VIDEOGAMES (Mostly Mortal Kombat spin-offs).
Ok, so a dude working at a big department store (In Philadelphia if memory serves) makes a mannequin who comes to life. Turns out that an old Egyptian princess (who looks like Kim Cattrall??) was cursed many years ago. A curse that turned her into a ... MANNEQUIN. So Andrew McCarthy gets help making some awesome storefront mannequin displays from the princess. Because an ancient Egyptian princess cursed to BECOME a mannequin would be the motherfucking AUTHORITY on contemporary department store display windows.
And I think deep down that is what all men really want -- to fall in love with an ancient Egyptian princes who is cursed to only be human at night ...
And hey, if you think Mannequin was a bad movie, at least it wasn't Mannequin 2: On The Move starring William Ragsdale. Ragsdale you may or may not remember as Herman in the awful Fox shitcom Herman's Head. Apparently he gets his kicks out of starring in shitty sequels to popular but shitty movies. See: Roadhouse 2: Last Call.
But looking back I think 80s styles were better than the early 90s bright day-glow neon styles.
Anyways, the whole point of this post is the realization that I came to today. Ok, ok, so I'm listening to some 80s music (Starship's Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now from Mannequin) and I realize that, yes, I now like 80s music and have for some time. But I don't like it because it's GOOD. There are very FEW 80s tracks that I listen to because they are good music, in fact I'd go so far to say that the reason I listen to 80s music these days is because it's so fucking hilarious and cheesy.
I thought about that for a bit and decided that that was also the reason I like so many 80s movies. Come on, Weekend at Bernie's? Pure bilge, but I'll still watch that goddamn movie whenever it's on TV. Mannequin. Forget about it. If that movie is on TV then I'm there for the next two hours. Come on, Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, that dude who played Hollywood, the old Golden Girl!
Quick note: according to IMDB the director of Mannequin also wrote and directed Mr. Nanny (starring Hulk Motherfucking Hogan) and has since gotten out of making some of the worst MOVIES and is now making some of the worst VIDEOGAMES (Mostly Mortal Kombat spin-offs).
Ok, so a dude working at a big department store (In Philadelphia if memory serves) makes a mannequin who comes to life. Turns out that an old Egyptian princess (who looks like Kim Cattrall??) was cursed many years ago. A curse that turned her into a ... MANNEQUIN. So Andrew McCarthy gets help making some awesome storefront mannequin displays from the princess. Because an ancient Egyptian princess cursed to BECOME a mannequin would be the motherfucking AUTHORITY on contemporary department store display windows.
And I think deep down that is what all men really want -- to fall in love with an ancient Egyptian princes who is cursed to only be human at night ...
And hey, if you think Mannequin was a bad movie, at least it wasn't Mannequin 2: On The Move starring William Ragsdale. Ragsdale you may or may not remember as Herman in the awful Fox shitcom Herman's Head. Apparently he gets his kicks out of starring in shitty sequels to popular but shitty movies. See: Roadhouse 2: Last Call.