I remember watching that HBO intro.
It
did make you excited to see the movie.
They changed it 4-5 times throughout the 80's, but it essentially remained the same.
I have a lot of memories from the 1980's and many of them are very vivid. Though I seem to remember more from the second half of the 80's than the first half.
I especially remember when I was first exposed to hard rock & metal.
I borrowed Bon Jovi's "
Slippery When Wet" from a friend and it was all over. I became a huge metalhead after that. My tastes started out with Ratt, Twisted Sister, Poison, Warrant etc...and then progressed into harder and harder stuff.
I still like the 80's hair bands and it's still awesome to crank up a hair metal song while cruising in the car with the windows down.
That was what defined the 80's the most for me...
The music.
Since we're sharing pictures, here's me in 1980 when I was 6 years old.
(see the date at the top left corner)
The two Filipino girls are Grace (far left) & Maria. (far right) The other girl is their cousin Dawn.
Grace & Maria lived up the street from me. Grace & Dawn are 2 years older than Maria and I, who are two months apart.
In this pic, we had gathered at a local park to participate in the MNB Bike Races.
(notice our shirts are all the same)
And here's another from when I was in Jr. High School.
I was in a play called "
Hiding Mr. Hale" and it was set during Revolutionary War times in a one-room schoolhouse.
See the two boys in the front row wearing white?
I'm the one on the right.
And that's Maria to the left in the pink dress. (2nd from left, front row)
Yeah, I didn't hit puberty until I was almost 15 years old.
I have lots of great memories from the 80's.
That era had a certain feel to it that hasn't been duplicated.
And I agree about how this decade hasn't seemed to offer anything really memorable.
But who knows? Maybe 20 years from now we'll look back at these years fondly.
Hindsight really is 20-20.
