Comments | heidi8: Dear John Hughes:

heidi8

Dear John Hughes:

Aug 06, 2009 17:41

You gave me James Spader and Jon Cryer and a litle bit of Robert Downey, New Order songs and Suzanne Vega's Left Of Center, which I played on a cassette tape far too often my sophomore year of high school, and at my sister's bat mitzvah. You gave me something to say back in 2005 when my mom and sister really did forget my birthday, and made me try ( Read more... )

80s, movies

Comments 18

imaginarycircus August 6 2009, 22:17:27 UTC

Damn. He was only 59 years old.

heidi8 August 6 2009, 22:20:29 UTC

Yeah. Fucking sad. Am wearing pink with boots tomorrow.

tartpants August 6 2009, 22:21:24 UTC

I actually like Career Opportunities. Jim Dodge FTW!

roguebitch August 6 2009, 23:27:08 UTC

Amen. Amen, amen, amen.

heidi8 August 7 2009, 00:22:16 UTC

I can't decide what film to watch tonight. I'm leaning towards Pretty In Pink but may go for Ferris instead.

dream_wia_dream August 6 2009, 23:49:53 UTC

I've been feeling bereft getting this piece of news today. And I think you completely summed up why. For all these little pieces of my childhood that were inspired and encouraged by the things John Hughes wrote and directed.

What a week.

heidi8 August 7 2009, 00:24:00 UTC

Oh, your icon!

Hey, do you remember hearing about the original ending to Pretty In Pink? The one where Stef and Duckie get caught snogging behind the gym Where Andi and Duckie dance and Blaise watches and feels like a dick?

I need to try and find the novelization because IIRC it's in there...

ladyrelaynie August 7 2009, 00:57:05 UTC

It is (I have it too).

Poor John Hughes. I think I'll dig some of my old videocassettes out and have a marathon.

tiburons August 6 2009, 23:51:21 UTC

I heard about this and I am saddened. I wasn't born until 1985 so I was just a baby but I watched these movies as teenager and enjoyed just as much. I mean Ducky and his song and dance at the record store to Otis Redding is still a favorite. I love Jon Cryer.

I just wanted to write that I would love to see a list of songs "That Kids These Days Wouldn't Really Get". Even if I wouldn't know half of them I am sure I would enjoy it. :)

heidi8 August 7 2009, 00:25:45 UTC

I think I am going to have to do it - in part because I know I'm not thinking of everything, and in part because there are things in songs from the 50s and 60s that my parents had to explain to me.

But even answering machines! Those were only known, really, for about ten years of human existence, before being replaced by voicemail! And there are songs about them!