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Plaid Adder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 04:48 PM
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Poll question: Is *Flashdance* As Bad Ad '80s Movies Got?
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 04:50 PM
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1. And I still have the leg warmers..
And cut-off sweatshirt!!:cry:
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camero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 04:50 PM
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2. Any 80s movie with Patrick Swayze in it
All were equally bad. He didn't get good until Ghost IMHO.
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OKNancy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 04:51 PM
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3. It was just about one of the best movies ever!
LOL for me anyway. You can't imagine the boost in business I got for my dance studio.
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On the Road Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 04:51 PM
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4. Depsite the Corn
I liked Flashdance. Or maybe it was just Jennifer Beals.

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Plaid Adder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 04:53 PM
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6. I remember liking it at the time.
But we rented it a couple weeks ago...and boy, did it SUCK!

What shocked me was the sheer plotlessness of it. And the lack of dialogue. And how bad the dialogue was when it happened.

I agree that Jennifer Beals does often look tasty. But that scene where she's trying to eat the lobster erotically is just laugh-out-loud funny.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 04:52 PM
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5. Ghost, Dirty Dancing, Blind Date, the list goes on and on
and the whole comedy/drama genre for that matter. They were all much more paninful to watch than Flashdance, IMHO.


Actually, as far as bad 80's movies go, Flashdance wasn't as painful as say, 'Blind Date' and 'Mannequin'.
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Plaid Adder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 04:54 PM
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7. I actually enjoyed 'Blind Date.'
Mannequin, on the other hand...WHY?

C ya,

The Plaid Adder
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cprise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 04:58 PM
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10. Electric Dreams!
A guy spills champaign on his PC and it falls in love with him!

:)
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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 05:12 PM
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16. Never Understood "Ghost" Frenzy
stupid ass movie...
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absyntheNsugar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 11:36 PM
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24. Ghost was HORRIBLE
Made me wanna go postal
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Plaid Adder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 05:17 PM
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17. OK, here's what I hate most about *Ghost.*
Yuppies get to heaven, despite having done nothing to deserve it. Everyone scruffy or non-white goes to hell. Whee.

And, of course, Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore, who both stink separately, and together are even worse.

I think the Demi Moore/Gary Oldman *Scarlet Letter* _may_ be the worst movie ever made. Maybe.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 11:35 PM
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23. And the plot
Why doesn't Patrick want Demi to get killed? They could be together then. :eyes:
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 04:54 PM
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8. Have you forgotten Xanadu?
Edited on Wed Mar-31-04 04:55 PM by lunabush

http://imdb.com/title/tt0081777/

Staying Alive ?

http://imdb.com/title/tt0086361/

Over the Top ?

http://imdb.com/title/tt0093692/

edit - odd the pics show up on preview :shrug:
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 05:09 PM
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14. Didn't "Ishtar" Come Out in the '80s???
:shrug:
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 04:55 PM
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9. Red Dawn - The Ultimate Freeper Movie!
Actually the movie wasn't that bad, if viewed in the proper context. Problem is the Freeps took it as some literal prophecy of the coming Commie takeover. They never dreamed the REAL enemy would come from within their own ranks.

And BTW, Patrick Swayze DID star in it :evilgrin:
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BOHICA06 Donating Member (886 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 05:00 PM
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11. Beastmaster.....nt
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walkon Donating Member (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 05:08 PM
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12. She Devil
and
Howard the Duck
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 11:21 PM
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21. Hey! I LIKED Howard the Duck!
Now, "Cool World" and "Cocktail," those movies sucked ass.

Howard the Duck, as cheesy as it was, was fuckin' Kubrick compared to Cocktail.

Come to think of it, Tom Cruise's movie was really bad.
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webtrainer Donating Member (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 05:08 PM
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13. Jennifer is still very comely . . .
saw her on the Daily Show on Monday . . . she's in the 'L' Word on Showtime
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 05:10 PM
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15. Did we see "Roadhouse"? "Urban Cowboy"? "Overboard"?
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 08:50 PM
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18. Porkys.....
oh, the nightmare.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 08:56 PM
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19. *ahem* MegaForce
Edited on Wed Mar-31-04 08:57 PM by DS1
<-- Barry Bostwick
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MisterP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 11:39 PM
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25. Barry Bostwick
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 09:15 PM
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20. Footloose
also Xanadu
And...Solarbabies! Yuck!
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regnaD kciN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 11:26 PM
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22. Bolero
Besides, how can Flashdance be the worst film of a decade that included three Rambos and at least two Rockys?

:puke:
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 11:40 PM
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26. Pretty In Pink...
...and I loved it then...:eyes:
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-04 12:07 AM
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27. Breakin' II Electric Boogaloo
yikes
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-04 12:33 AM
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29. I'm with you on that one
that was beyond bad. Even Howard the Duck was better than that movie.

On second thought...was Lambada, The Dance of Love an 80's movie or early 90's??? If it was in the 80's than it was worse than Breakin II.
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-04 12:31 AM
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28. Under The Cherry Moon
As self-indulgent and boring as a pretentious 80's movie ever got.

And "E.T." sucked a big one too.
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benburch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-04 12:41 AM
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30. Lair of The White Worm
MUCH MUCH MUCH worse.

Did I remember to say MUCH worse?

It was Much worse!
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Ricdude Donating Member (218 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-04 01:00 AM
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31. Stewardess School? One Crazy Summer? Spring Break? n/t
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-01-04 07:15 AM
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32. Breakfast Club
Makes me lose my lunch!
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