Posts Tagged ‘1980’s’
ABC’s V Could Use The Beastmaster
The second episode of V was disappointing, its not just me-- nearly 4 million fewer viewers tuned in. It seems to be playing out like the original series. Big spaceships. Attractive brunette alien with a non-threatening name running the show. They're still lizards and they're up to no good. The dialogue was clunky when the FBI [...]
Is Knowing Really Half the Battle?
According to Variety, "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra," had a $100.3 million worldwide opening weekend. Somebody liked it. Being familiar with G.I. Joe cartoons from the 1980s it makes me wonder: "If knowing is half the battle. What exactly are we fighting that is such a pussy, that simply knowing is half of the altercation? That would [...]
Don’t Talk to Strangers at The OC Fair
Large fiberglass replicas of food... this is how you know that the food you see will be good but not entirely healthy. Its time to head out to the county fair, in this case its the Orange County Fair. I give you some of the sights of the fair. I would have loved to do sound, but all you have to do is think carnival music, squealing kids, [...]
Bringing Home The Bacon In My Calvins, Because It Tastes Great
I've been under the weather this week, so stringing together cohesive thoughts has been difficult. I think I'm going to finish off this week's 80s theme with some memorable commercials that were seared into my brain by wanna be Don Drapers on Madison Avenue. The ode to the working woman, Enjoli perfume ad featuring Peggy Lee's "I'm a [...]
Literal Music Videos, What Will They Think of Next?
Its nostalgia week here in the JSA offices. It started with a visit to the man who made the 1980s possible, President Ronald Reagan. And now it continues with a look at the art form that was perfected in the 1980s, the music video. A long time ago, there was a channel called MTV that played nothing but music videos. They don't do that [...]
Sunday With Ronald Reagan
I took a trip down memory lane, to a simpler time. When the only people who wanted to kill us, actually had an address you could find on a map (Red Square in Moscow). Back when the Republican Party stood for something and wasn't being torn apart by an ex-beauty queen, a blowhard radio personality, and some guy trying to reach one armed [...]
