Jilli, what was the original version of Pretty in Pink, and what was it changed to? I'm not sure what I saw.

The original ending, which was changed after feedback from a horribly mis-guided test audience, was that Andi didn't go back to Blaine "That's not a name! That's a kitchen appliance!", but went to the Prom with Duckie. The ending the movie got stuck with was Andi going to the Prom by herself, Blaine delivering a few Heartfelt Lines to her, and them ending up together. Which is wrong, wrong, WRONG. Dammit.

Now I'm reminiscing about big-hair metal bands from Los Angeles where any one of the guys had on more makeup at any one moment than I've worn cumulatively in my entire life. And somehow that was macho at the time. Hee.

I knew and dated the Seattle versions of those. Yet another reason I was a touch unimpressed with the Grunge movement.

16 Candles, Desperately Seeking Susan, Lost Boys? Loved them all.

I don't know if I ever loved any other 80s movie the way I loved Valley Girls (unless it was The Big Chill), though. Purple Rain and An Officer and a Gentleman might have come close at the time, but Valley Girls (and The Big Chill)

The original ending, which was changed after feedback from a horribly mis-guided test audience, was that Andi didn't go back to Blaine "That's not a name! That's a kitchen appliance!", but went to the Prom with Duckie. The ending the movie got stuck with was Andi going to the Prom by herself, Blaine delivering a few Heartfelt Lines to her, and them ending up together. Which is wrong, wrong, WRONG. Dammit.

Oh! And you're right. I remember being surprised by the ending at the time, because I figured Andi would end up appreciating Duckie.

The only summer my parents had HBO was the summer Grease II was playing ALL THE TIME. (Along with "The Reflex" video on MTV.) My little sister and I LOVED it -- watched it a zillion times, could sing all the songs.

My little sister had a Dirty Dancing obsession when it came out -- she was, 12? 11? -- we had it on tape. I've probably watched the damn thing 25 times. At 15, I knew it was cheesy, but still sighed over it.

Molly Ringwald always bugged me, but I loved The Breakfast Club and Some Kind of Wonderful. Oh, and I watched Back to the Future about a million times. I thought Lea Thompson was cooler that Molly Ringwald.

Oh, GOD, anyone remember Red Dawn?(The Russians are coming!) First PG-13 movie I ever saw. I thought I was SO FUCKING COOL!

Valley Girl ! Oh my god, I adored that movie. Went out and bought a Plimsouls album, even. And of course Lost Boys, which I forgot to mention before, but somehow I don't associate it as an 80s movie. I don't know why.

::smooches Cindy, just because::

I just admitted to myself that in the next few days I'm going to rummage through some boxes to see if I still have my movie poster for Lost Boys. If I do, I'm putting it up in my office. I'm pretty sure this action will fall into the "hopelessly cheesy" category, but I don't care.

And of course Lost Boys, which I forgot to mention before, but somehow I don't associate it as an 80s movie. I don't know why.

Because it came out in the summer of 1987, so it was very late 80s. My friends and I spent a lot of nights going to the local dollar theatre to see it over and over.

Oh, GOD, anyone remember Red Dawn?(The Russians are coming!) First PG-13 movie I ever saw. I thought I was SO FUCKING COOL!

I LOVED Red Dawn! I saw it when it came out on video when I was 17. It made me cry. (What? I can be a sap.)

I am a sap for all the 80's movies noted so far.

I remember renting Valley Girl and running to my friend's house during lunch from school to watch it in 30 minute chunks. We thought we were too cool.

DH proposed during Ferris Bueller. Right before the Stock Market scene.

Footloose, Fame, Lost Boys, Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club..... Movie heaven.

Wasn't Red Dawn the first PG-13 movie at all? It was the first something, I'm pretty sure.