The 80's

[Deslock]

YOU ARE A CHILD OF THE 80'S IF:

You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off".

You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer".
You know who Max Headroom is.
You ever wore flourescent, neon if you will, clothing.

You wanted to be on StarSearch

You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout".
You HAD to have your MTV
You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool.
You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.

You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called"Prince".
You actually saw Ted Danson as the MacDaddy he played "Sam" to be.
You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.
You own any cassettes.

Poltergeist freaked you out.

You ever had a Swatch Watch
You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
You had WonderWoman or Superman underoos.
You know what a "Whammee" is.

you took family trips BEFORE the invention of the mini-van. You
rode in the back of the station wagon and you faced the cars behind
you.

"Celebration" by Kool & the Gang was one of the hot new songs
when you first heard it at a school dance

this timeline appropriately describes actual events in your life:
Star Wars opens, you are still in single digit ages, and you think
the creatures are WAY cool. Empire Strikes Back opens, you are now in
early double digit ages, and you are convinced that the special
effects are much better, the characters are cool, and you want one of
every collectible out there. Return of the Jedi hits the theaters...you
are now a teenager, and you cannot get your eyes off Princess Leia's
breasts or
HanSolo's butt.


you're doing absolutely nothing with anything pertaining to your
major degree


you're finding that you just don't understand more than half the
lingo used on MTV any more


sex is still as much fun as it used to
be, and you're still really interested in it, but you just want to
make sure there's nothing really good on cable that you'd be missing
first


you ever wanted to be gagged with a spoon


you spent endless nights dreaming about being the Bionic Woman or
Wonder Woman or the Six Million Dollar Man

you know who shot J.R.

You practice getting in and out of your car through the windows

Your watch alarm still plays the 'Star Wars' theme music.
Hear the names 'William Shatner' or 'Heather Locklear' and think "Ah yes, T.J. Hooker!"
M&M's still had light brown, and there was no green or blue
calculator watches were cool, and everyone had a pair of stonewash jeans.

there was no Internet, and you just downloaded files from Buletin Board Systems because you could

it took five minutes for the TV to warm up.

laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden
inside the box.


When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to
the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home. (beating)

You rolled up the sleeves on your sports jacket for the Sonny Crockett look
You thought Clint Eastwood would one day be president.

I watched "Scooby Doo." Daphne was a Goddess, and I thought Shaggy was smoking something synthetic in the back of their psychedelic van. I hated Scrappy.

Conjunction junction, what's your function?")..

Micronauts, Shogun warriors, Space 1999

[Zabka]

Most of those apply. SHOGUN WARRIORS?!!! I hadn't thought about them since I was in the fifth grade. holy cow...they were all cast iron and dangerous as hell to chuck at somebody.

By the way, I heard an interesting story from a cab driver couple weeks ago. We were talking about Guliani and various city crackdowns. He mentioned that in the early 80's he owned a head shop in the West Village and talked about how cops really attacked them when the crack epidemic was building up. But he also said that he had one famous customer who once came in. Lynda Carter came in to purchase an ivory spoon and a gold straw. Wonder Woman was a cokehead.

[RaTix]

Everyone was a cokehead in the 80's.

[LordCompulon]

yeah even the hippies did coke in the 80s. Well it actually started in the 70s, but by the time the 80s were around it was "full-blown," so to speak:

[MajinTony]

You forgot to put:

You cried when Optimus Prime died in the Transformers movie.

[Zabka]

and was replaced by Judd Nelson.

[MajinTony]

Actually I just watched the 20th anniversery edition the other day. Judd Nelson was in it, but Robert Stack was the voice of Prime's replacement, who's name escapes me at this moment. That movie actually had a lot of talent on the roster. Leonard Nemoy and Orsen Wells were also in that movie.

[Zabka]

well Judd played the autobot who became Rotimus? after he got that special globe thingy. When he was full of self-doubt---that was Judd Nelson, post breakfast club but pre-Suddenly Susan.

Scatman Crothers was also a voice. Orson Welles---man did he get lazy over time after a brilliant start to his career.

What's also weird is to see the Japanese versions vs the American versions of the TV show.

[MajinTony]

Ya ok, Rodimus Prime. I was thinking of Ultra Magnus or w/e the blue and red Transformer was named.

[Zabka]

But Optimus was the shit. he had the John Wayne voice. when he was gone, the show was over for me. Sort of like when David Duchovny left the XFiles. I actually really liked Robert Patrick and thought he was awesome in the role, but it just wasn't the X-Files anymore. it would have been a really cool show named something else though.

Question. I sometimes saw the untransformed autobots flying. then other times, they transform into cars and drive around....why wouldn't they have always flown?

Question 2: Were teh autobots and decepticons cars and planes on their home planet? or were they disguises they put on once they got to Earth?

I have never known the answer to these questions.

[MajinTony]

Ya they can fly in robot form, and do so when it is not required to fly at a premium speed. Or if said robot does not have an aero form.

I believe they had the ability to change before their arrival on earth, but had no need to on the homeworld.

Im no expert thopugh. I do however know that StarScream and Cobra Commander shared the same voice and cowardice.

[madmax32]

But Optimus was the shit. he had the John Wayne voice. when he was gone, the show was over for me. Sort of like when David Duchovny left the XFiles. I actually really liked Robert Patrick and thought he was awesome in the role, but it just wasn't the X-Files anymore. it would have been a really cool show named something else though.

Question. I sometimes saw the untransformed autobots flying. then other times, they transform into cars and drive around....why wouldn't they have always flown?

Question 2: Were teh autobots and decepticons cars and planes on their home planet? or were they disguises they put on once they got to Earth?
I have never known the answer to these questions.

They were regular robots. When they got to earth the ships computer Teletran modified them to blend in better.

Casey Kasem was also one of the voices.

[CHRIST]

hahahahahahahahaha, you guys need to watch Clerks 2, right now im guessing all you guys are just like Elias in that movie, hahahahahaha

[Zabka]

Ya they can fly in robot form, and do so when it is not required to fly at a premium speed. Or if said robot does not have an aero form.

Right, that is my point. The autobots could fly, yet would always be driving around until they popped out into transformed robot mode to fire their guns. Why not fly around in robot form to begin with? Too many scenes of Bumblebee (was t hat the name of the VW Bug?) driving around avoiding shots that were hitting the ground. I would have thought they would be better off flying.

What was the name of the tape recorder again? And how did a tape recorder start hanging out with a bunch of jet airplanes?

[Rdaug27]

I love transformers. Here's some good wallpapers of them. http://transformers2.no.sapo.pt/wallpaper-g1.htm
For the new movie they got the guy who did the original voice in the 80's cartoon for Optimus. The cartoon movie, Robert Stack was Ultra Magnus, Judd Nelson was Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime. The "globe" thing was call the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. The Decepticons could fly in robot form. I think season 1 the Autobots could fly also but I think they changed that. Yeah Optimus was the shit. The pic I have in my sig is Optimus from the new movie. Gonna be sweeeeeeet!
RPUP was destroyed, with big tears streaming from his face when he first saw the movie and Prime died. That made me wanna cry. I'm such a bad parent torturing him like that ROFL. J/K