
Season 1 · Episode 7
Episode 7 - Were 80s movies actually any good?
A Podcast Called Gary · Tom Mann & Adam Etheridge
September 12, 20241h 31mExplicit
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Show Notes
In this episode we ask the question "do 80s movies hold up?". Are they as good as we remember or are they best left in the 80s?
00:00 Intro
01:25 Commando 1985 Arnold Scwarzenegger retrospective
21:58 Back to the Future 1985 retrospective
33:27 Romancing the Stone 1984 retrospective
35:00 Why family films were better in the 80s
38:26 National Lampoon's European Vacation 1985 retrospective
40:53 Ghostbusters 1984 Dan Aykroyd fellatio
42:06 Ghostbusters 1984 retrospective
42:58 Practical effects vs CGI
47:04 Big 1988 Tom Hanks retrospective
55:07 Family movies are a lost art
01:00:58 Filming analogue vs digital
01:04:28 Why don't movie studios invest in original ideas anymore?
01:06:49 Guardians of the Galaxy 2014 James Gunn not original
01:08:22 Toxic fandom
01:09:01 Tedious reboots - lost opportunity
01:10:00 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 retrospective
01:13:12 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 retrospective
01:17:51 Not working out same actor plays different roles
01:18:06 Parenthood 1989 retrospective
01:23:59 Short Circuit 1986 retrospective
01:29:31 D.A.R.Y.L. 1985 retrospective