80's icons on the move!

[Brock]

I cannot stand 80's hair/glam metal.  But the new wave and early punk was awesome.  I love Blondie and Devo.  And "Rock Lobster" is one of the best songs of all time.

I would love to see "Small Wonder" again.

And a "Goonies 2" is in the works, with all the original cast.

[Mofo Rising]

John wrote:
>
> >Robotech finally has a decent looking video game coming out
> in the States.
>
>  More info please? What systems and what type of game will it
> be?

Here's a quick page about the game for the X-Box.

It's also being released on PS2, GC and GBA.  I've never really payed attention to Robotech, but the game looks good enough that I'll be picking it up on the Gamecube.

[Susan]

>>I would love to see "Small Wonder" again.<<

It could only ever be a horror movie - that girl gave me the creeps.

i always liked "Voyagers" - yeah it only last liked what..1-2 seasons because hexum accidentally killed himself with a blank gun. The kid was a dork, but the concept of the show was cool. I remember I only ever missed one episode and i was furious. Things I should be embarassed to admit? Well, not as much as I admit having a crush on the star of "BJ and the bear"! And i was a dance fever junkie. ;-p

But about Voyagers - We got a mini history lesson but I always liked time travel shows (including quantum leap). i'd love to just simply see the show in rerun - it's been ages. I remember the sci-fi channel once showed a snipped commercial of a bunch of shows I presumed they had rights to airing..one included "Voyagers". After contacting the network it turns out it wasn't on their schedule, i doubt it ever was. ye bastards! It might be neat to see it redone as a show (i don't think i could stomach a movie)

[Lee]

Thanks Steven. I think I just jumped the gun. I just thought of something else that needs to come back. Max Headroom(sp?)! You gotta love a show that weird!

[we NEED to support the 80's]

we need to support the 80's who else will

[John]

>Here's a quick page about the game for the X-Box.

 Looks great, thanks.

>It's also being released on PS2, GC and GBA. I've never really payed attention
>to Robotech, but the game looks good enough that I'll be picking it up on the
>Gamecube.

 All systems I don't own, and no computer port. Figures! :(

>It could only ever be a horror movie - that girl gave me the creeps.

 I liked Small Wonder. At least the first season, before it lost whatever small bit of wit it had and turned all the characters into complete morons.

>i always liked "Voyagers" - yeah it only last liked what..1-2 seasons because

 It was one season, 20 episodes.

>hexum accidentally killed himself with a blank gun. The kid was a dork, but the

 Actually, Voyagers was made in 1982 and he killed himself on the set of Cover Up in 1984 and was replaced by Anthony Hamilton.

 I'm not so sure it was an accident though. He intentionally put the blank-filled gun to his head and pulled the trigger.

>was furious. Things I should be embarassed to admit? Well, not as much as I
>admit having a crush on the star of "BJ and the bear"! And i was a dance fever

 Greg Evigan also from My Two Dads and more recently Earthquake in New York and some horror movie I'm too lazy to look up the title of.

>been ages. I remember the sci-fi channel once showed a snipped commercial >of a bunch of shows I presumed they had rights to airing..one >included "Voyagers". After contacting the network it turns out it wasn't on their

 I think they did air it for a while. I know SOME channel was airing it a few years ago.

[Susan]

>>I'm not so sure it was an accident though. He intentionally put the blank-filled gun to his head and pulled the trigger. <<

I'm sure it was an accident, his career was on the rise. His death certificate states it was an "accidental discharge of firearm", it was a prop gun with blanks, I bet alot of people think (or at least thought) those were harmless. He was probably goofing around. UNLIKE jason lee's death which is all too suspicious...as I can't imagine how real bullets ended up in any of those guns by accident.

[Lee]

ME!!!! I'm all for supporting the 80's!!! I'll take it over alot of the crap we got in the 90's.

[John]

>UNLIKE jason lee's death which is all too suspicious...as I can't imagine how
>real bullets ended up in any of those guns by accident.

 The official ruling is that it was part of a prop bullet that had been used for a closeup scene showing the gun being loaded. Part of it came off in the gun, and when the blank was fired, it was propelled out the barrel.

[Cullen]

Babydoll wrote:

"I would to see the these shows ( no remakes the originals)

"Battle of The Planets"

Battle of the Planets has been released on DVD in all of its glory.  It includes the original version (Gatchaman ), Battle of the Planets , and the latest version, G-Force

Be warned:  any fond memories of the series you might have will be ruined by watching these DVDs.   Battle of the Planets is almost painfully bad at times.


Gatchaman, on the other hand, is a fairly decent show, worth picking up the DVD for alone.


G-Force I can't sit through.  For what its worth.
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Incidentally, Battle of the Planets has been remade already as a short anime series called, I believe Gatchaman 95 .  It was released in the States as just Gatchaman.

[Pete B6K]

>A-Ha(where the hell did they go?

>Morten Harket, Pal Waatakkr, and Mags better known as a-ha are better known for their 80s music but they made music up to now and they are one of my favorite bands. They need to come back to the US and play a few shows (they haven't since 1987 on their first tour)

A-ha ARE back. And I want them to go away again. They've released a single over here, and are gonna tour Europe and Brazil. Argh-ha.

There's not all that much I'd like to see return from the 80s, but then again I was only 6 when they finsihsed so maybe might have missed any good things.

Pete

[yaddo42]

A local independent station used to air VOYAGERS reruns on Sunday mornings in the mid 80s. Just enough episodes for a syndicated run on the weekends, I guess. It ran for about a year and a half on there.

They also used to show THE SAINT and MANNIX. Damn how I wish they would show any of these instead of the crap movies and 16-hours of infomercials they show now. Somebody might actually watch the station then.

[Susan]

I wouldn't mind a station dedicated to short lived programs (ie: anything that only lasted 2 years or less). I'm sure there are ALOT of them, and some even have a fan base..may have a cult following if re-aired. These forgotten shows will probably never be seen again otherwise since most stations prefer a programming schedule that has longrunning shows..although star trek doesn't and sci-fi shows them alot. That way I could see voyagers again, if anything for nostalgia..and other shows i may have long forgotten - or never saw because i lived overseas during a period.

There's a channel for everything these days, I think one for lost shows is overdue.

[Fearless Freep]

Sure, I woudn't mind seeing "Galactic - 1980" again

[Brock]

I just heard that one of the members of Duran Duran (Simon, I think, but don't quote me) is marketing a dildo molded after himself.  Apparently he's done some porn, and this is his backlash at websites showing his pics for free.

May I be the first to say, wtf???