"Hey, I'm looking for a 25 micro ferad high-response capacitor and a 0.5 amp slow blow fuse."
"No problem, sir! Follow me over to the wall of components, where we have dozens of drawers full of everything you need to build anything; from ham radios to radio controlled toy-cars!"
Last time I went into a radio shack with a very similar request but wasn’t sure about the capacitor and asked for advice I was told by the fat chick with facial piercings employee “well they’re all pretty much the same”.
No, they’re not and saying shit like that about some of the items in here could get someone hurt.
This! My last trip to Radio Shack was for electronic parts (switches/capacitors etc.) The millennial kid working there was no help and didn't even know they carried that stuff or what it even was. (He tried really hard to sell me a cellphone, though.)
> Moar fun with that: I asked if they were having clearance sales due to going out of business, he said "nuh uh. we aren't going out of business" (despite the national news reporting weeks before that they were shutting down stores nationwide.) 2 weeks later, poof they were gone.
We aren’t a nation who has the skills and knowledge to be worthy of Radio Shack any more. Almost no one makes their own electronic devices. They’ll build a computer that’s great for games and porn but forget about fixing their own garage door.
To be fair, almost no general population does their own electronic maintenance/creation anymore due to micro-electronics. Back when components were 'full sized' you could actually work with and solder them easily due to how spaced they were on the boards. Now, you need a microscope and special soldering equipment to even do basic component replacements and that's even if you manage to get a wiring diagram of the device!
It's funny because in the 90's everyone was trying very hard to forget the 80's, now everyone seems to miss them. There was definitely something special about that decade that we'll never have again.
80's were the best. We poured 100s of quarters into Donkey Kong, shot each other with BB guns and bottle rockets, stole Playboys out of the neighbor's garage, drank beer in the woods, made out with girls in parked cars, and didn't come home until it was dark. Today? Kids are glued to their phones and cry because they're white.
2 of those movies were in constant rotation at my house. I was a 13 year old mall kid. Every Saturday with 40 bucks in my pocket. We would roam the halls, eat at Sabaro’s, watch a movie, buy some junk food at a movie and make out with a random girl from my school in an elevator. We were good kids exploring materialism. It was a good year.
Dam, $40 in your pocket, you were spoiled. My parents didn't give me any money, I was the 14 year old kid that lied about his age to get the job at Peanut shack across from Sabaro's and traded candy for pizza!!
$40 that I earned by bailing alfalfa, hauling alfalfa, hauling water buckets, shoveling shit from horse stalls, shoveling shit from the bird dog kennels, and brush hogging a 10 acre pasture every month. There were other ways I earned money as well. Although my parents never taught me the value of money, I earned it to burn it. I had to learn to use it wisely on my own.
Just out of curiosity are you anywhere near Nebraska. You know what alfalfa is and most places I have been to people think Alfalfa is just a Little Rascals character.
Ah , Kansas bull hauler territory. I am a commercial driver and I like traveling across Kansas back highways cause the bull haulers lead the way and know where you can put the pedal down and move out. I used to live just across the line in Lincoln,NE. My father was USAF and stationed at Ofut in late 70's
God help you if the guy doing the baling started cranking out those really heavy bales (or set it too loose, which made your job frustrating and long).
Except my cousins and I had to farm ourselves out -- because the fam was of the opinion that feeding and housing you was payment enough, so you worked for free for them. And they made you pay for your school clothes, gas money, fun money because "well, you're earning some money now, so...".
Very little was earned on our farm. Pop would let me get the good basketball shoes. But that’s about it. Grandpa was a dairy farmer. i worked for him, cousins were custom cutters with stock cattle. I helped them. We threw straw for .01/ bale and alfalfa for .03. Slave wages when you consider the work being done
I lived this life (although, not on a dairy farm -- worked a bit for some dairy farmers though, but after freshman year in school I was strictly horse farm help, which I much appreciated). $2.00/hr. here...and yeah, they were slave wages, but at the time, "we're rich bitches!"
And then I got a little older, and was the person people called to work/groom horses...and then I was making some pretty good money and didn't have to buck bales or shovel shit all the time. For which my cousins got pissed -- well assholes, you had just as much opportunity to learn to ride as me...you just didn't want to...better get back to your chores; I'm doing mine! Don't make me have to step in and bail you out! The cousin that got good at fixing machinery and driving the grain trucks was also the focus of much resentfulness...and equally sorry, not sorry. Farm life is a ruthless teacher.
I was the kid pissing off all the farm-boys, but that was well before the 80's when I lived in Nebraska I was a kid and we would drag all the square bails to one spot in the field and stack them up to make a fort. Now that I typed it out and rethought about it maybe they were actually thankful we did the gathering, idk..
Ah, a fellow man of culture. My preferred footwear as well on the farm. Makes it easy to cross the creek, and easy to throw some boots on when you have to grab Doctor Twelve Guage and deal with the Opossum raiding the chickens at 1:00 AM.
It’s instinct. Don’t fault them for it. They want a dude who can provide for them and their off spring. Once upon a time it was the best hunters and warriors, now that we don’t hunt and gather they want a fat wallet because it is an indication of ability to provide.
But if a dude can look like the classic hunter and warrior and have a fat wallet, well, he’s gonna score a lot. That dude is a Chad as I believe the kids these days say.
I was only teasing you about the $40. For all I know you were a hustler and mowed lawns or had a job too. We want to know about your shoes. Did you have Van's, Chuck Taylors, Sabego's Penny Loafers? Inquiring minds want to know.
I wore Reebok and nikes like a very other kid I went to school with. Air walks and vans came a couple years later for us. And I can’t remember the name of those ugly brown loafers we used to wear a bit later, eastland?
we watch movies at my house not by the the 5 star review, but the year it came out. Last night we watched Vibes (1988) with Jeff Goldblum and Cyndi Lauper. It was a dumb movie, but at least we weren't bombarded with SJW garbage.
Some of it was subtly there but you're right you kinda have to pay attention to notice. I love to watch blackpilled with Devin Stack he always breaks down iconic old movies and how they were programming people from the start
it's not so subtle with lost boys, which is full of gayness and was directed by the same gay dude who turned batman into an absolute abomination in the 90s.
This is increasingly the case. Even the "best" contemporary movies are populated by actors, directors, and producers who are leftist trash, rendering the films themselves terrible by association even in the (rare) cases where the films aren't themselves woke garbage. I'm finding that watching anything old, even middling, forgotten films, is better than modern "cinema".
it's funny you say that though because lost boys, while it can be a fun watch, is full of all kinds of super gay stuff. and was directed by a gay dude. it's like he was trying to put subliminal gayness all over that movie.
Lost boys was ok but I liked a lot of other movies better I’d prob have to watch thru again to pick up on the gay stuff as prob went over my head as a kid.
I remember watching goonies over and over when we had a vhs tape of it. And ghostbusters a couple others like Princess Bride and Short Circuit which are good for kids. And Aliens was awesome also right in that timeframe (1986).
yeah those are all classics for sure and they don't make them like that any more. goonies is one of my all-time favs. also indiana jones (original trilogy) and back to the future trilogy.
I miss radio shack for being able to grab small components like capacitors, LEDs and other sundries for projects I had and computer repair. My local electronics store folded too, sadly.
I never got to experience the 80s since i was born in the middle of the decade. One of the times I wish time machines were a thing.
Similar- just snippets and hazy memories. Though I definitely remember the original Nintendo, Amiga computer games, the yellow Sun before chemtrails turned it white ...
I started doing sun gazing lately. It definitely makes me more aware of Chem trails. It's one of the biggest mysteries I talk about with my wife. Can you link me or tell me more about yellow sun or theories on Chem trails? Last I heard was a hypothesis about blocking the natural energy given by the sun.
there are still a few left that were franchise owned but rare and very hard to find. They don't have the components like they used to though. This is why China is kicking our ass in technology.....
I worked at RadioShack briefly ten years ago. People that came in for those parts were usually mocked by my coworkers. Now I realize that they were pretty based and non consumerist fix it uppers.
I try to fix electronics if i can before scrapping them and buying new. I tried this with the iMac G5 (the first ones with the motherboards that had bad caps) but the solder they used was higher temp than what my iron could muster so i ended up ruining the board sadly.
But yea, I dont necessarily need new all the time, just good working or easily fixed. Was also where I was getting my de-solder braid.
I was born in 89', but my wife and I both talk about how sick the 80's probably were to be a teenager in.
All of my favorite movies are from the 80's. No one gave a fuck about plastic straws, big V8's and banning beef. Movies promoted masculinity and outrageous fight scenes.
I'm sure he was right. Nothing makes white people happier than embracing the principles of "the Glory of Rome": worshipping strength, beauty, fertility, fraternity, and excellence.
The 1950s was the last time we were reasonably close to such ideals. Already at that time, the misanthrope tribe and natural born losers were forming an alliance to place the unworthy atop society. Although a meritocratic society is objectively best for everyone, losers still want to win, so they cheat. When they eventually cheat and win, they undermine the merit testing, like making IQ tests illegal for pre-employment screenings, or giving out participation trophies. If the losers are left unmolested for long enough, the people of real merit will feel like outcasts in the society they should be administrating. This is the emotional basis of communism: that we have an obligation to make losers feel better about themselves.
This is apparently a production photo for "Stranger Things"; this is filmed at Gwinnett place mall, just north of Atlanta. The new season of the show is jumping ahead to '87.
Heck yeah!!! I used those free batteries to run my 200-in-1 electronic project kit that I had saved up to buy. I learned so much from that, and the crystal radio kit I had gotten earlier.
Damn, I'd give anything to be able to return to our lifestyle back then.
In 1987 in the third world country where I lived there was a rampant war in the mountains to end the communism that existed in Latin America, I was a child at that time, for me the 80s was not a good decade.
I had already graduated high school and was attending community college and working at Macy's selling high end Junior's clothes. Guess? jeans everywhere!
I remember going to opening night of Predator with my boyfriend at the time and waiting in line for hours to see it. So awesome! We were yelling "get to the choppah" at each other for weeks. Such unbelievably good times. If you didn't turn 21 before 9/11, you have no idea how amazing things were.
CAnnot agree more... I grew up in Chicago during the 80's Seeing so many movies based around the city, the Bears winning the superbowl, the bulls, MJ... I thought I lived in the center of the universe as a kid. Then moved to Georgia in the early 90's - CULTURE SHOCK!!!!!!.. all these years later It was a blessing, you could not drag me away from here now..
Reminder: most of "The Lost Boys" were anally raped by much older men, because Hollywood has been pure evil since the '70s. At least the evil back then knew how to be entertaining, now it's just a bunch of woke-scolds.
God damn!!! I'd be there all day, everyday. Four back to back classics. Theatres should go for these lineups. Movies today are trash, not good trash, just trash.
Watched a documentary on how Hollywood sucks so bad these days and relies on remakes of once great movies, and how bad they fuck them up. They focused on Ghostbusters original-vs-new.... What a great time to live through.
Oh I went with my buddies and saw a double feature of Lost Boys and Robocop one night. Pretty amazing time to be a kid. I feel like Full Metal Jacket came out way before those...and Predator after but it was probably just like a few months and time went a lot slower back then.
Everybody: "Oh, classic movies."
Me: "Old school radio shack...."
"Hey, I'm looking for a 25 micro ferad high-response capacitor and a 0.5 amp slow blow fuse."
"No problem, sir! Follow me over to the wall of components, where we have dozens of drawers full of everything you need to build anything; from ham radios to radio controlled toy-cars!"
Last time I went into a radio shack with a very similar request but wasn’t sure about the capacitor and asked for advice I was told by the fat chick with facial piercings employee “well they’re all pretty much the same”.
No, they’re not and saying shit like that about some of the items in here could get someone hurt.
diversity hire
This! My last trip to Radio Shack was for electronic parts (switches/capacitors etc.) The millennial kid working there was no help and didn't even know they carried that stuff or what it even was. (He tried really hard to sell me a cellphone, though.)
> Moar fun with that: I asked if they were having clearance sales due to going out of business, he said "nuh uh. we aren't going out of business" (despite the national news reporting weeks before that they were shutting down stores nationwide.) 2 weeks later, poof they were gone.
We aren’t a nation who has the skills and knowledge to be worthy of Radio Shack any more. Almost no one makes their own electronic devices. They’ll build a computer that’s great for games and porn but forget about fixing their own garage door.
To be fair, almost no general population does their own electronic maintenance/creation anymore due to micro-electronics. Back when components were 'full sized' you could actually work with and solder them easily due to how spaced they were on the boards. Now, you need a microscope and special soldering equipment to even do basic component replacements and that's even if you manage to get a wiring diagram of the device!
2010: “a what? You want some batteries or a phone?”
They aren’t toys!
Great times when they didn't ask for every bit of information up to your SSN and your reciept wasn't 2 feet long.
We've always paid cash and gave a fake name, address and phone number.
TIL radio shack was a front for the ATF. ;)
this
Was hoping to see gas prices in the background.
.89 I'm guessing
I started driving in 1998 and it was 1.35. So a good guess.
I start in '93 it was around 1.19. When you would just hang with friemds driving around listening to good music. Eating a big mac meal for $4. Lol
In 1987?
Probably in the 70s :(
Did you read the movie titles?
I meant fuel prices in the $0.70 range
Radio Shack on steroids. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1k8i9GQSEo
China is asshoe!
lamo. yes "Donald Trump, don't trust China, China is asshoe"
Lacist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BejQuI3lH9M
Crassic!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLF_iLuHtV8
For anyone who has not seen the video and out of the loop. Definitery a crassic.
Never gets old
I legitimately and non-ironically miss the 80s.
it was a really good era
It's funny because in the 90's everyone was trying very hard to forget the 80's, now everyone seems to miss them. There was definitely something special about that decade that we'll never have again.
No one will ever miss this shit stain of a decade
Widespread coke addictions in corporate leadership?
That was a thing since the late 60's and is still same today
Do have a quick look to see what Ice T was wearing in 1985 HERE
COCAINE AND NEON
80's were the best. We poured 100s of quarters into Donkey Kong, shot each other with BB guns and bottle rockets, stole Playboys out of the neighbor's garage, drank beer in the woods, made out with girls in parked cars, and didn't come home until it was dark. Today? Kids are glued to their phones and cry because they're white.
This sums up the 80s very well for myself and my friends.
Add in hanging out at the park and or lake and playing hacky-sack you've nailed it. Oh and driving around trying to find who had some weed.
Was? 1987 is still three years away.
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You win
2 of those movies were in constant rotation at my house. I was a 13 year old mall kid. Every Saturday with 40 bucks in my pocket. We would roam the halls, eat at Sabaro’s, watch a movie, buy some junk food at a movie and make out with a random girl from my school in an elevator. We were good kids exploring materialism. It was a good year.
Dam, $40 in your pocket, you were spoiled. My parents didn't give me any money, I was the 14 year old kid that lied about his age to get the job at Peanut shack across from Sabaro's and traded candy for pizza!!
$40 that I earned by bailing alfalfa, hauling alfalfa, hauling water buckets, shoveling shit from horse stalls, shoveling shit from the bird dog kennels, and brush hogging a 10 acre pasture every month. There were other ways I earned money as well. Although my parents never taught me the value of money, I earned it to burn it. I had to learn to use it wisely on my own.
You presume a bit much.
Just out of curiosity are you anywhere near Nebraska. You know what alfalfa is and most places I have been to people think Alfalfa is just a Little Rascals character.
Kansas. I love it when people say hay and mean straw.
Ah , Kansas bull hauler territory. I am a commercial driver and I like traveling across Kansas back highways cause the bull haulers lead the way and know where you can put the pedal down and move out. I used to live just across the line in Lincoln,NE. My father was USAF and stationed at Ofut in late 70's
Must’ve been jacked. Alfalfa bails are fucking heavy compared to regular bails.
Are you like my doppleganger or something?
God help you if the guy doing the baling started cranking out those really heavy bales (or set it too loose, which made your job frustrating and long).
Except my cousins and I had to farm ourselves out -- because the fam was of the opinion that feeding and housing you was payment enough, so you worked for free for them. And they made you pay for your school clothes, gas money, fun money because "well, you're earning some money now, so...".
Very little was earned on our farm. Pop would let me get the good basketball shoes. But that’s about it. Grandpa was a dairy farmer. i worked for him, cousins were custom cutters with stock cattle. I helped them. We threw straw for .01/ bale and alfalfa for .03. Slave wages when you consider the work being done
I lived this life (although, not on a dairy farm -- worked a bit for some dairy farmers though, but after freshman year in school I was strictly horse farm help, which I much appreciated). $2.00/hr. here...and yeah, they were slave wages, but at the time, "we're rich bitches!"
And then I got a little older, and was the person people called to work/groom horses...and then I was making some pretty good money and didn't have to buck bales or shovel shit all the time. For which my cousins got pissed -- well assholes, you had just as much opportunity to learn to ride as me...you just didn't want to...better get back to your chores; I'm doing mine! Don't make me have to step in and bail you out! The cousin that got good at fixing machinery and driving the grain trucks was also the focus of much resentfulness...and equally sorry, not sorry. Farm life is a ruthless teacher.
Ah, farm boy. Justin Ropers or Tony Lamas?
Knee high muck boots from tractor supply mostly.
Farm boy confirmed!
I was the kid pissing off all the farm-boys, but that was well before the 80's when I lived in Nebraska I was a kid and we would drag all the square bails to one spot in the field and stack them up to make a fort. Now that I typed it out and rethought about it maybe they were actually thankful we did the gathering, idk..
Well, you did put it all in one spot, so the guy driving the rack wagon was likely happy.
Ah, a fellow man of culture. My preferred footwear as well on the farm. Makes it easy to cross the creek, and easy to throw some boots on when you have to grab Doctor Twelve Guage and deal with the Opossum raiding the chickens at 1:00 AM.
You were still spoiled........by yourself. 😁
TREAT YOSELF!!! 😎
That was my thought. 40 in 1987 is almost 100 now
I think maybe even more. If I am not mistaken I bought my Chuck Taylor Converse high tops for about $18 - $20 . The rich kids had Van's and Sabego's.
It’s about 90 bucks
Chicks love dudes with money!
It’s instinct. Don’t fault them for it. They want a dude who can provide for them and their off spring. Once upon a time it was the best hunters and warriors, now that we don’t hunt and gather they want a fat wallet because it is an indication of ability to provide.
But if a dude can look like the classic hunter and warrior and have a fat wallet, well, he’s gonna score a lot. That dude is a Chad as I believe the kids these days say.
Ahhh... Sbarros. Tastes like if you poured Spaghetti-Oh’s on crust. And by that I mean delicious!
Sbarros was awesome
We would hit the mall and stay until it closed. The sbarros would sell us all the leftover pizza for like 10 bucks.
We used to ride bikes to the mall in the summer to hang out at the arcade.
You and me both, fren!
Holy fuck 40 bucks a week, what the fuck, Daddy WarBucks over here....
I worked my ass off read other posts.
I was only teasing you about the $40. For all I know you were a hustler and mowed lawns or had a job too. We want to know about your shoes. Did you have Van's, Chuck Taylors, Sabego's Penny Loafers? Inquiring minds want to know.
I wore Reebok and nikes like a very other kid I went to school with. Air walks and vans came a couple years later for us. And I can’t remember the name of those ugly brown loafers we used to wear a bit later, eastland?
There was always those British Knight kids tho...
Do you remember Kappa high tops?
I looked them up. I Vaguely remember the track suits... good times..
I recall as a kid in 80s lots of good movies.
Now the movies are social justice trash.
we watch movies at my house not by the the 5 star review, but the year it came out. Last night we watched Vibes (1988) with Jeff Goldblum and Cyndi Lauper. It was a dumb movie, but at least we weren't bombarded with SJW garbage.
Some of it was subtly there but you're right you kinda have to pay attention to notice. I love to watch blackpilled with Devin Stack he always breaks down iconic old movies and how they were programming people from the start
I watch his movie analyses too. He really gets it right. They been doing this for a long time.
it's not so subtle with lost boys, which is full of gayness and was directed by the same gay dude who turned batman into an absolute abomination in the 90s.
This is increasingly the case. Even the "best" contemporary movies are populated by actors, directors, and producers who are leftist trash, rendering the films themselves terrible by association even in the (rare) cases where the films aren't themselves woke garbage. I'm finding that watching anything old, even middling, forgotten films, is better than modern "cinema".
A lot of child stars were victims of Pedowood. Hollywood was a lot more entertaining back then, but only 1% less evil.
it's funny you say that though because lost boys, while it can be a fun watch, is full of all kinds of super gay stuff. and was directed by a gay dude. it's like he was trying to put subliminal gayness all over that movie.
Lost boys was ok but I liked a lot of other movies better I’d prob have to watch thru again to pick up on the gay stuff as prob went over my head as a kid.
I remember watching goonies over and over when we had a vhs tape of it. And ghostbusters a couple others like Princess Bride and Short Circuit which are good for kids. And Aliens was awesome also right in that timeframe (1986).
yeah those are all classics for sure and they don't make them like that any more. goonies is one of my all-time favs. also indiana jones (original trilogy) and back to the future trilogy.
I miss radio shack for being able to grab small components like capacitors, LEDs and other sundries for projects I had and computer repair. My local electronics store folded too, sadly.
I never got to experience the 80s since i was born in the middle of the decade. One of the times I wish time machines were a thing.
Similar- just snippets and hazy memories. Though I definitely remember the original Nintendo, Amiga computer games, the yellow Sun before chemtrails turned it white ...
yellow sun?
I started doing sun gazing lately. It definitely makes me more aware of Chem trails. It's one of the biggest mysteries I talk about with my wife. Can you link me or tell me more about yellow sun or theories on Chem trails? Last I heard was a hypothesis about blocking the natural energy given by the sun.
there are still a few left that were franchise owned but rare and very hard to find. They don't have the components like they used to though. This is why China is kicking our ass in technology.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1k8i9GQSEo
Radio Shack on steroids.
I worked at RadioShack briefly ten years ago. People that came in for those parts were usually mocked by my coworkers. Now I realize that they were pretty based and non consumerist fix it uppers.
I try to fix electronics if i can before scrapping them and buying new. I tried this with the iMac G5 (the first ones with the motherboards that had bad caps) but the solder they used was higher temp than what my iron could muster so i ended up ruining the board sadly.
But yea, I dont necessarily need new all the time, just good working or easily fixed. Was also where I was getting my de-solder braid.
I was born in 89', but my wife and I both talk about how sick the 80's probably were to be a teenager in.
All of my favorite movies are from the 80's. No one gave a fuck about plastic straws, big V8's and banning beef. Movies promoted masculinity and outrageous fight scenes.
God damn I wish we could get back to that.
I was born in 87 and my dad was probably going around saying how much the 80s sucked compared to the 1950s
I'm sure he was right. Nothing makes white people happier than embracing the principles of "the Glory of Rome": worshipping strength, beauty, fertility, fraternity, and excellence.
The 1950s was the last time we were reasonably close to such ideals. Already at that time, the misanthrope tribe and natural born losers were forming an alliance to place the unworthy atop society. Although a meritocratic society is objectively best for everyone, losers still want to win, so they cheat. When they eventually cheat and win, they undermine the merit testing, like making IQ tests illegal for pre-employment screenings, or giving out participation trophies. If the losers are left unmolested for long enough, the people of real merit will feel like outcasts in the society they should be administrating. This is the emotional basis of communism: that we have an obligation to make losers feel better about themselves.
Very astute remark, pede!
I was a teen in the 80's and my dad sure did.
‘Twas the end of an era it was. Was all down hill from there.
I remember seeing Predator at the theater with my dad when it came out. I was 8 years old. That memory will always be with me.
This is apparently a production photo for "Stranger Things"; this is filmed at Gwinnett place mall, just north of Atlanta. The new season of the show is jumping ahead to '87.
edit weird, this AJC article mentions a movie is being filmed there (not stranger things, despite url), and there's also a removed story from local news CBS affiliate stating stranger things is filming there. https://www.ajc.com/life/radiotvtalk-blog/stranger-things-back-at-gwinnett-place-mall-and-its-now-1987/SKAYTAG4LJGV5IWI2BZE6AVPKA/
Thanks, man. Just harshened my retro buzz.
I was 16..
It's unwise to give out such personal details: there's feds afoot.
When Radio Shack gave you a free battery card just because.
Ha ha. I used to have one of those.
Heck yeah!!! I used those free batteries to run my 200-in-1 electronic project kit that I had saved up to buy. I learned so much from that, and the crystal radio kit I had gotten earlier.
Damn, I'd give anything to be able to return to our lifestyle back then.
Those were good days all around.
Agreed!
In 1987 in the third world country where I lived there was a rampant war in the mountains to end the communism that existed in Latin America, I was a child at that time, for me the 80s was not a good decade.
The Lost Boys was my favorite movie for the longest time.
RIP RadioShack
Sorry, your mall is temporarily closed due to communist social revolution. Please stay in your home.
Saw a drive in movie double feature that year when I was 13.
Robocop and Predator.
Radio Shack and FMJ in a one stop rainy afternoon shop. How awesome would that have been!
What's a radio shack?
Movies were good when they let artists make art
WAs there.. Can Confirm.. Even the toys from the the Sears Catalog was Top Fucking Tier...
http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1987_Sears-Canada_Wishbook/files/assets/basic-html/page-458.html
I had already graduated high school and was attending community college and working at Macy's selling high end Junior's clothes. Guess? jeans everywhere!
I remember going to opening night of Predator with my boyfriend at the time and waiting in line for hours to see it. So awesome! We were yelling "get to the choppah" at each other for weeks. Such unbelievably good times. If you didn't turn 21 before 9/11, you have no idea how amazing things were.
CAnnot agree more... I grew up in Chicago during the 80's Seeing so many movies based around the city, the Bears winning the superbowl, the bulls, MJ... I thought I lived in the center of the universe as a kid. Then moved to Georgia in the early 90's - CULTURE SHOCK!!!!!!.. all these years later It was a blessing, you could not drag me away from here now..
I'd happily live in a town that was purposefully designed to be stuck in the 80s
MegaMan, Metroid, Final Fantasy, the list goes on.
The world we once lived in exists no longer
Reminder: most of "The Lost Boys" were anally raped by much older men, because Hollywood has been pure evil since the '70s. At least the evil back then knew how to be entertaining, now it's just a bunch of woke-scolds.
RIP to good movies like that. Imagine every one of those movies being criticized today and not being made.
Good ol 4plex. I'd struggle to find 4 current movies worth seeing. No less, being put up on the big screen. R.I.P. Cinema.
Better off doing a trip down 80s and 90s lane. Much better work with quotable dialogue. Movies dialogue these days is so sanitised.
Most current movies and media is not seen as a art form. They are viewed as 'platforms'.😵Propaganda.
“Bitches leave.”
:-)
See what I mean? 2 words, endlessly quotable. None of today's have this level of quotableness. They have more curse words, but no character.
God damn!!! I'd be there all day, everyday. Four back to back classics. Theatres should go for these lineups. Movies today are trash, not good trash, just trash.
Why are movies like this not made today?
/you have no idea how much has been stolen from you...
Watched a documentary on how Hollywood sucks so bad these days and relies on remakes of once great movies, and how bad they fuck them up. They focused on Ghostbusters original-vs-new.... What a great time to live through.
The Top 233 Songs of 1987 [27:24] - This channel has lists like this for the past 50 year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctNJ02poszM
Good times! Loved going to Radio Shack.
Four classics from childhood and I still love all four.
The MN Twins won the World Series that year. I used to love baseball. Not so much anymore.
Just graduated high school, left my parent's home. That summer was amazing.
You should never invite a vampire into your house.
Considering I came into existence, I would agree.
Back when Hollywood still made good movies and not just social justice after school specials
If Barry Goldwater were a photograph.
California right?
I saw 1 and 2 for a buck. Double feature at an old theater that showed movies a month or two late. Great summer.
I wish I was born in my parents generation... such a simpler time. Us gen z’ers fucked everything up
Bein was the year I was conceived, I'll say it was a DAMN good year :) <3 MAGA2021
Oh I went with my buddies and saw a double feature of Lost Boys and Robocop one night. Pretty amazing time to be a kid. I feel like Full Metal Jacket came out way before those...and Predator after but it was probably just like a few months and time went a lot slower back then.
Pretty sure that is Gwinnett Place Mall, they are shooting something other than gang members there if I recall.
.49 cent Taco Bell tacos.
Ahhh, the good ole days.