Monday, January 24, 2005
80s Movies
Well, I am now back at work. I had a good weekend. The girl I like was at my party. It was fun. We ended up watching a bunch of 80's movies like Teen Wolf and Cannonball Run. I guess I am kinda stuck in the 80s. Anyone looking at my movie collection would see I am missing a lot of films from the 90's and 00's. I figure it was because the 80s was really the decade of movie making. Most blockbusters were in that time period. Star Wars Trilogy, Indiana Jones Trilogy, Back to the Future Trilogy, Star Trek Movies, Goonies, Gremlins, ET and a host of other fantasy adventure movies. I also got Dish HDTV installed on my projector on Saturday. It is twice as clear as regular TV. Unfortunately there aren't that many channels that have HDTV on it. After the amazement of detail on the picture I decided to watch a regular show. All of a sudden I start noticing the lines and the blur of a normal TV show. I can see why there are a higher proportion of people needing glasses. Regular TV is actually bad for the eyes. We are so used to it we don't realize we are looking at a bunch of lines being refreshed at a high rate. I watched part of the playoffs and worked on my book to end the weekend. I am glad Dallas is going to the Super Bowl for the 40th straight year, they deserve it.
Thought of the Day
"We will have God as our Co-Pilot"
Whap, "Two Seats, Where's He going to sit?"
-- Cannonball Run
It only seems that the 80s had the grandest movies since your perspective was defined during the decade of the 80s. It was when you grew up and when you were first introduced to the media. Of course the 80s films were all meaningful and exciting to you, every film was new to your youthful untouched eyes. While there were many great movies released during that period, if you were to have grown up in previous or later decades, you might have had a different perspective (Ie. 90s: Matrix, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter...). As someone who works with kids born in 1992, I see this all the time. My kids don't have a clue about the 80's. They share your singular perspective of the world in thinking that there were not great movies prior to "Shes All That" (I know its horible but thats what they like....).
Anyway, I just want you to think beyond yourself and see that we are products of our history - perhaps your clock (and mine)are stuck back in the 80s and should be kicked forward.....
Maybe we should jump in the Delorian and get Back to the Future!
Mr. Turkentine
: Jan 24, 2005, 8:25:00 PM Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
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