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Tag Archives: the ’80s
Ecology of the Slayers
Like so much of the ‘80s, the 1983 fantasy/sci-fi/adventure film Krull now exists only in the popular consciousness as a tossed off bit on Family Guy. The joke is that a movie called Krull could be a major release at … Continue reading
Posted in Nerd Alert, Puffery
Tagged alpha geek, Krull, pointless speculation, Slayers, the '80s
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Now Fear This: The Stuff
I make a lot of hay over what it was like growing up in the ‘80s to the point that any younger readers might assume it was halfway between The Road Warrior and that episode of Diff’rent Strokes where Gordon … Continue reading
Posted in Projected Pixels and Emulsion
Tagged consumer culture, Larry Cohen, Michael Moriarty, Now Fear This, satire, the '80s, The Stuff
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Now Fear This: The House of the Devil
You can explain the ‘90s to someone who wasn’t there: they were just like the ‘00s, only the Internet was slower and the president could read. There. The ‘80s, on the other hand, barely make sense to me and I … Continue reading
Posted in Projected Pixels and Emulsion
Tagged Now Fear This, skinny Karen Allen, the '80s, The House of the Devil
6 Comments