29 thoughts on “Vanity, Insecurity

    1. andyourpointiswhatexactly

      Molly Ringwald is now an agony auntie for the Guardian.
      I remember thinking that movie was so sh*t cool when it came out. A gazillion miles away from suburban life in Cork.

        1. andyourpointiswhatexactly

          Sometimes I’m afraid to rewatch things as I’ve such a warm feeling towards them and I’d hate if I saw them again and they were sh*te.
          I’ve got a Simple Minds earworm now. Laaaaaa la la la laaaaa.

          1. Bertie Blenkinsop

            That happened to me when I showed the kids the TV show “Monkey”.

            I loved it as a kid, was talking it up, “oh you’re going to LOVE this” after about 5 minutes they were looking at me like a dog that’s been shown a card trick…

            It was dire.

          2. andyourpointiswhatexactly

            I’ve a feeling Airwolf mightn’t be as amazing as I thought it was. Though the themetune stands the test of time, obv.
            Another cracker was the Man from Atlantis. I’m really showing my age here.

          3. scottser

            the only thing that hasn’t lost it’s cool over time is ‘the dukes of hazzard’. still as sh1t-kickin yeehaw as it always was.

        2. Mani

          All it does is remind me what a self-involved twerp I was. Before I grew into a self-involved adult. Judd Nelson though. You just knew his character grew up to be an accountant, living in the suburbs, getting his wife to throttle him during sex just so he could feel alive for a second.

          1. Joe the Lion

            Nelson was born in Portland, Maine, the son of Merle (née Royte), a court mediator and former member of the Maine state legislature, and Leonard Nelson, a corporate lawyer. His family is Jewish,[3] and his father was the first Jewish president of the Portland Symphony Orchestra.[4][5][6] He has two sisters, Eve and Julie. He went to school at St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire, and Waynflete School in Portland, Maine, and studied at Haverford College in Pennsylvania, leaving during his sophomore year. He subsequently moved to Manhattan to study acting with Stella Adler.

          2. Mani

            I have no idea what has to do with my comment but congratulations on your use of the internet’s search facilities.

          3. Joe the Lion

            I’m pointing out that acting out as a self-indulgent albeit articulate and irritating preppie was probably germane to the lad. He’s had a long career though according to that entry, which I was surprised to note. I have not heard of him for a long time but not a big movie buff admittedly.

      1. andyourpointiswhatexactly

        Her brother is Andrew Shue from Melrose Place. I didn’t have to look that up: that amazing info was right here in my brainz.

        1. Spaghetti Hoop

          ‘Ye shouldn’t let ’em go’

          Who hasn’t walked into an isolated local pub like the Slaughtered Lamb and thought the same fate would descend upon them?

      1. mn8forever

        he also was in early 80s horror film ”The Keep” for a split second, which was cut in some versions. beat that trivia hounds!

  1. Smeghead

    Didn’t notice any clips from one of my favorite 80’s teen movies, ‘Catholic boys’ / ‘Heaven help us’.

  2. SpecificGravity

    Great stuff. Needs much more Mia Sara, though. Hmmmmm.

    Must re-watch Stand By Me, loved it as a youngfella, but apprehensive that it could disappoint through the harsh prism of the intervening thirty years.

    Things didn’t go so well for the principal from Ferris Bueller, one Mr Jeffrey Jones (also the emperor in Amadeus). There it is, indeed…

    1. Kieran NYC

      It’s still decent. It’s set in a time period 30 years before it was made, so that’s helped it not age.

      + Ben E. King and Lardass Hogan.

  3. Spaghetti Hoop

    With the exception of Breakfast Club, Dead Poets, Gregory’s Girl, and American Werewolf I hated those 80s ‘teen movies’. Mass-produced homogenous 16-year olds with cars, massive bedrooms and dumb parents.

    1. scottser

      pretty in pink and st elmo’s fire, terrible movies indeed looking back but there were some pretty strong performances; james spader, john cryer, andrew mc carthy, ali sheedy..

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