If you grew up in the eighties, post here!

[Montana Smith]

Originally Posted by phantom train

IMHO The Breakfast Club, in addition to being a great film, was spot-on in depicting what it was like to go to a suburban high school in the '80's (at least in the U.S., not sure what it was like in other countries). Obviously, the other films by John Hughes were classic as well, i.e. Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day off, etc. And, St. Elmo's Fire was another '80's classic.

...and Risky Business. That was a personal favourite.

Weird Science has been sitting in the DVDs-to-watch-again pile for too long.

Originally Posted by phantom train

Manimal was a great show! I remember seeing this back in the day, though it's probably been 30 years. I agree, excellent human/animal transformations. This is one of the many '80's shows I wish would finally get released to DVD

Incredibly, the show only lasted eight episodes. But it seemed longer. It was on TV again a few years ago.

Originally Posted by phantom train

Speaking of Manimal, this reminded me of the transformation(s) in the iconic 1981 film, American Werewolf in London - great horror movie, and this really terrified me as a kid when I caught parts of this back in the '80's (on VHS tape). And, I would have to say that the werewolf transformation scene in this is just as good (if not better) than anything CGI has come up with in the past 20+ years....

Terrifed me, too. Left a big impression. Especially the scenes in the Underground, and the final chaos as the vehicles were crashing. The monsters in the dream sequence were particularly scary, and gave me a few nightmares!

My first exposure to it, however, was a movie poster on the wall in the school library. I don't know why it was there, or who sanctioned putting it up.

Originally Posted by phantom train

Oddly enough, I wasn't even aware of cell phones/mobile phones back in the '80's, though my understanding was that they had very limited usage at that time.

I don't remember seeing them anywhere but in films. The preserve of the rich and famous!

[phantom train]

Been re-visiting the '80's via DVD recently:

-Am re-watching the '80's Twilight Zone TV series - what a great show, with excellent episodes like Shatterday, Paladin of the Lost Hour, Nightcrawlers, Still Life, The After Hours (a re-make of a classic '60's TZ episode), Night of the Meek (another re-make), The Hellgramite Method, The Mind of Simon Foster, etc. Though the first season of this show was probably the strongest, I still enjoyed the 2nd & 3rd seasons as well.

- Thundarr the Barbarian was a great cartoon back in the day (early '80's) & was recently made available on DVD (through an on-demand program). Unusual cartoon for the time in that it was post-apocalyptic, i.e. it took place thousands of years after natural disasters had devasted Earth. Though the show obviously ripped from Conan the Barbarian & Star Wars (and probably other sci-fi/fantasy franchises), IMHO it was still well-done & nostalgic for us '80's kids.

[Brooke Logan]

Yes, I grew up in the '80's. I was born in 1975. I think the '80's was a great time to grow up in. I still wish I was younger, though.