I knew the 80s were a long time ago when I saw that perfect woman from Weird Science on that horrible celebrity weight loss show last night.
Oh no! The perfect woman got fat?
Always a freak out, when you see an actor from a movie you saw when you were a kid and still thought of as being exactly that same person (because, after all, you're still exactly the same person, right?) and they've gotten fat, or bald, or, you know, old.
Now, granted, she apparently had a rough time of it, but I remember seeing a picture of Margot Kidder (you know, Superman's girlfriend, for god's sake), and it was, like, oh my god, nobody's getting out of here alive...
I remember the Challenger thing. I also remember the Reagan shooting. This was the first time something of that magnitude was on TV...and boy did they KNOW it. My goodness...for something like 3 days straight we kept seeing the same 5-10 seconds of footage over and over and over again. Whew!
The assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald... when I was five.
I'm going to say it. . . I was born in '81, and very much wish that I was born in '71. I'm a pretty big fan of most of the goings on in the 80's, and can excuse most of the baggage. But most of all, given my line of work currently, I would have hit the dot-com boom SQUARE-ON.
So, in ten years or so, if I don't have a couple of Lotuses in the garage and some factories in developing nations, I'm going to blame it on being born too late.
PS=Also saw 2001 when it was in the theaters first run. Thought that was going to be my future. \
I like "classic" ("seasoned" is good too)...one day (not too long from now) that will (I hope) describe me too.
I am more of the "Shuttle generation" of the space program and the "Star Wars generation" (I remember seeing it in the theater like it was yesterday...now I have a 9-year old who wanted to see the last Star Wars episode when it came out because I saw the first when I was 9...some strange, geeky father/daughter bonding thing...Star Wars is on the DVD as a I type this).
I like "classic" ("seasoned" is good too)...one day (not too long from now) that will (I hope) describe me too.
I am more of the "Shuttle generation" of the space program and the "Star Wars generation" (I remember seeing it in the theater like it was yesterday...now I have a 9-year old who wanted to see the last Star Wars episode when it came out because I saw the first when I was 9...some strange, geeky father/daughter bonding thing...Star Wars is on the DVD as a I type this).
I (think) that I saw the splashdown of Gordon Cooper's Mercury capsule. I saw the launches of most of the Gemini-Titan flights. I saw all of the Apollo launches.
I'm thinking of the blonde android guy shutting down at the end of Blade Runner talking to Harrison Ford.
Back in the day I knew the name and biography of all of the Astronauts who flew up through Apollo. I was certain that we'd land on Mars in the 1980's, a moonbase, etc. There was magic, real magic, in the air then.
I (think) that I saw the splashdown of Gordon Cooper's Mercury capsule. I saw the launches of most of the Gemini-Titan flights. I saw all of the Apollo launches.
I'm thinking of the blonde android guy shutting down at the end of Blade Runner talking to Harrison Ford.
Back in the day I knew the name and biography of all of the Astronauts who flew up through Apollo. I was certain that we'd land on Mars in the 1980's, a moonbase, etc. There was magic, real magic, in the air then.
The 70's really, really sucked.
V/R,
Aries 1B
I'm with you, Aries.
I grew up in Huntsville, AL, "Rocket City, USA", where at the dawn of the moon program the feds set up the Marshall Space Flight Center, where the Saturn V was designed and tested.
My dad moved there as part of a great influx of engineers from what were becoming "aero-space" companies (Boeing, in my dad's case).
We lived and breathed Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. I built countless models (I still remember exactly how the inside of the "instrument unit", a three foot high ring on top of the third stage of the Saturn V, looked on the inside.
My grade school days were regularly enlivened by a great generalized shaking and a huge plume of smoke in the distance, which was the result of static testing of the Saturn S1B, and later, Saturn V boosters.
After the tragedy of Apollo 1, Huntsville renamed three high schools Chaffee, Grissom and White.
In the heyday of the space program I don't think any of us would have ever believed that things would just sort of....stop.
I was a kid, of course, so I didn't get the politics of "beating the Russians" and it never occurred to me that once we had done that we would lose the popular will to continue.
We just knew that we would be building more permanent structures on the moon (Clavius base, here we come!), and a nice big "ferris wheel" space station, and then on to Mars!
It was magic, you're right. It seemed we could do anything. It was a long time ago.
The production design of the early scenes in the space station anticipated the look of public spaces such as malls, airports and hotel lobbies, by a good 20 years.
The prominent corporate logos, the directionless lighting, the cool white surfaces and "striking" modular furniture still look surprisingly contemporary.
I also saw "2001" (and also fully expected to live there) when it originally ran in theaters.
In the scene where the guy ("Heywood Floyd"?) calls his daughter back on earth on the video phone, the cost of the call flashers up on the screen when he hangs up.
I remember the original audience laughing because it was so insanely expensive: something like $3.65.
Oh great, you were born two years after I graduated from high school.
The weird thing about growing older is that inside your head your about ten years behind your actual age. I'm just getting a handle on being over thirty.
Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?\t
I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.\t
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.\t
I do not think that they will sing to me."
Thanks for making me feel old, guys. And I was thinking about wearing my parachute pants, a Michael Jackson zipper jacket, some jelly bracelets and a couple of swatch watches to work on Monday.
Or maybe a Don Johnson 3-day beard. Remember how there were electric razors sold for a little while that would shave you to exactly that kind of stubble?
It's really weird. I was always the youngest in any crowd but, slowly, secretly, I've become the oldest. I am 34. I am now the old cool guy. I didn't see it happening.
It's really weird. I was always the youngest in any crowd but, slowly, secretly, I've become the oldest. I am 34. I am now the old cool guy. I didn't see it happening.
I remember the '70s. Beat that.
I'm sorry. There are no old cool guys. There are simply old guys acting in a creepy way because they don't realize their age. It didn't happen slowly. It isn't a secret.
That is what 35 is all about learning.
I mean when you are hanging out with the cool 21 year old girl and you start doing the math, if you don't shudder for second then you truly are creepy.
You know the "whatta great ass and when I was ready to tap it at 18 she was... uh in kindergarten" type reasoning.
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Originally posted by trick fall
I couldn't believe it recently when my two fifteen year old nephews had never heard of the movie Better off Dead. I immediately bought them a copy.
How about any of the "brat pack" movies?
How about any of the "brat pack" movies?
I dunno, I'll have to see if they've ever seen St. Elmo's Fire.
Actually I'm more likely to recommend Less Than Zero.
Originally posted by BRussell
I knew the 80s were a long time ago when I saw that perfect woman from Weird Science on that horrible celebrity weight loss show last night.
Oh no! The perfect woman got fat?
Always a freak out, when you see an actor from a movie you saw when you were a kid and still thought of as being exactly that same person (because, after all, you're still exactly the same person, right?) and they've gotten fat, or bald, or, you know, old.
Now, granted, she apparently had a rough time of it, but I remember seeing a picture of Margot Kidder (you know, Superman's girlfriend, for god's sake), and it was, like, oh my god, nobody's getting out of here alive...
Originally posted by Chris Cuilla
I remember the Challenger thing. I also remember the Reagan shooting. This was the first time something of that magnitude was on TV...and boy did they KNOW it. My goodness...for something like 3 days straight we kept seeing the same 5-10 seconds of footage over and over and over again. Whew!
The assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald... when I was five.
V/R,
Aries 1B
Originally posted by Aries 1B
The assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald... when I was five.
V/R,
Aries 1B
Wow...you're really...uh...umm...nice weather isn't it.
( just funnin' ya A1B )
So, in ten years or so, if I don't have a couple of Lotuses in the garage and some factories in developing nations, I'm going to blame it on being born too late.
Originally posted by Chris Cuilla
Wow...you're really...uh...umm...nice weather isn't it.
( just funnin' ya A1B )
Seasoned?
Classic?
Old?
Saw the Apollo 11 moon landing live too.
V/R,
Aries 1B
PS=Also saw 2001 when it was in the theaters first run. Thought that was going to be my future.
Originally posted by Aries 1B
Seasoned?
Classic?
Old?
Saw the Apollo 11 moon landing live too.
V/R,
Aries 1B
PS=Also saw 2001 when it was in the theaters first run. Thought that was going to be my future.
I like "classic" ("seasoned" is good too)...one day (not too long from now) that will (I hope) describe me too.
I am more of the "Shuttle generation" of the space program and the "Star Wars generation" (I remember seeing it in the theater like it was yesterday...now I have a 9-year old who wanted to see the last Star Wars episode when it came out because I saw the first when I was 9...some strange, geeky father/daughter bonding thing...Star Wars is on the DVD as a I type this).
Originally posted by Chris Cuilla
I like "classic" ("seasoned" is good too)...one day (not too long from now) that will (I hope) describe me too.
I am more of the "Shuttle generation" of the space program and the "Star Wars generation" (I remember seeing it in the theater like it was yesterday...now I have a 9-year old who wanted to see the last Star Wars episode when it came out because I saw the first when I was 9...some strange, geeky father/daughter bonding thing...Star Wars is on the DVD as a I type this).
I (think) that I saw the splashdown of Gordon Cooper's Mercury capsule. I saw the launches of most of the Gemini-Titan flights. I saw all of the Apollo launches.
I'm thinking of the blonde android guy shutting down at the end of Blade Runner talking to Harrison Ford.
Back in the day I knew the name and biography of all of the Astronauts who flew up through Apollo. I was certain that we'd land on Mars in the 1980's, a moonbase, etc. There was magic, real magic, in the air then.
The 70's really, really sucked.
V/R,
Aries 1B
Originally posted by Aries 1B
The 70's really, really sucked.
Oh, you blasphemer!!! Beer Can hats weren't that bad!!!
Originally posted by dmz
Oh, you blasphemer!!! Beer Can hats weren't that bad!!!
Disco and bad cop shows.
Oh, you blasphemer!!! Beer Can hats weren't that bad!!
I love beer can hats and do you remeber Bud Man?
Originally posted by Aries 1B
I (think) that I saw the splashdown of Gordon Cooper's Mercury capsule. I saw the launches of most of the Gemini-Titan flights. I saw all of the Apollo launches.
I'm thinking of the blonde android guy shutting down at the end of Blade Runner talking to Harrison Ford.
Back in the day I knew the name and biography of all of the Astronauts who flew up through Apollo. I was certain that we'd land on Mars in the 1980's, a moonbase, etc. There was magic, real magic, in the air then.
The 70's really, really sucked.
V/R,
Aries 1B
I'm with you, Aries.
I grew up in Huntsville, AL, "Rocket City, USA", where at the dawn of the moon program the feds set up the Marshall Space Flight Center, where the Saturn V was designed and tested.
My dad moved there as part of a great influx of engineers from what were becoming "aero-space" companies (Boeing, in my dad's case).
We lived and breathed Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. I built countless models (I still remember exactly how the inside of the "instrument unit", a three foot high ring on top of the third stage of the Saturn V, looked on the inside.
My grade school days were regularly enlivened by a great generalized shaking and a huge plume of smoke in the distance, which was the result of static testing of the Saturn S1B, and later, Saturn V boosters.
After the tragedy of Apollo 1, Huntsville renamed three high schools Chaffee, Grissom and White.
In the heyday of the space program I don't think any of us would have ever believed that things would just sort of....stop.
I was a kid, of course, so I didn't get the politics of "beating the Russians" and it never occurred to me that once we had done that we would lose the popular will to continue.
We just knew that we would be building more permanent structures on the moon (Clavius base, here we come!), and a nice big "ferris wheel" space station, and then on to Mars!
It was magic, you're right. It seemed we could do anything. It was a long time ago.
About 2001-- it was our future, in a way.
The production design of the early scenes in the space station anticipated the look of public spaces such as malls, airports and hotel lobbies, by a good 20 years.
The prominent corporate logos, the directionless lighting, the cool white surfaces and "striking" modular furniture still look surprisingly contemporary.
I also saw "2001" (and also fully expected to live there) when it originally ran in theaters.
In the scene where the guy ("Heywood Floyd"?) calls his daughter back on earth on the video phone, the cost of the call flashers up on the screen when he hangs up.
I remember the original audience laughing because it was so insanely expensive: something like $3.65.
Originally posted by ShawnJ
I mostly missed the 80's being born in '83.
THANK GOD.
Oh great, you were born two years after I graduated from high school.
The weird thing about growing older is that inside your head your about ten years behind your actual age. I'm just getting a handle on being over thirty.
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.\t
Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?\t
I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.\t
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.\t
I do not think that they will sing to me."
Thanks for making me feel old, guys. And I was thinking about wearing my parachute pants, a Michael Jackson zipper jacket, some jelly bracelets and a couple of swatch watches to work on Monday.
Or maybe a Don Johnson 3-day beard. Remember how there were electric razors sold for a little while that would shave you to exactly that kind of stubble?
Originally posted by ShawnJ
I mostly missed the 80's being born in '83.
THANK GOD.
Holy Siva, YOU'RE A PUPPY SHAWN PATRICK.
It's really weird. I was always the youngest in any crowd but, slowly, secretly, I've become the oldest. I am 34. I am now the old cool guy. I didn't see it happening.
I remember the '70s. Beat that.
Originally posted by Hassan i Sabbah
I remember the '70s. Beat that.
Ok, I didn't have to live in the 70s. There, I beat it.
Originally posted by Hassan i Sabbah
Holy Siva, YOU'RE A PUPPY SHAWN PATRICK.
It's really weird. I was always the youngest in any crowd but, slowly, secretly, I've become the oldest. I am 34. I am now the old cool guy. I didn't see it happening.
I remember the '70s. Beat that.
I'm sorry. There are no old cool guys. There are simply old guys acting in a creepy way because they don't realize their age. It didn't happen slowly. It isn't a secret.
That is what 35 is all about learning.
I mean when you are hanging out with the cool 21 year old girl and you start doing the math, if you don't shudder for second then you truly are creepy.
You know the "whatta great ass and when I was ready to tap it at 18 she was... uh in kindergarten" type reasoning.
Nick