I feel so out of this conversation. Those were all no-no movies while I was growing up, and it's hard for me to watch them even now. I've seen a few, but not many. So sad...
That's disturbing. You're emotionally scarred and will end up badly.
Anya ,'Bring On The Night'
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vw bug - Jul 18, 2006 2:41:49 am PDT #4737 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Topic!Cindy - Jul 18, 2006 2:47:45 am PDT #4738 of 10001
What is even happening?
Well, you were pretty young for a lot of them at the time, so parental-guidance-stances aside, you probably shouldn't have seen most of them when they came out. You were ten-ish (and sometimes younger) for a good number of them.
vw bug - Jul 18, 2006 3:11:19 am PDT #4739 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Yeah... It's funny, though, how things stick with you. There are still a lot of things I can't watch, because we were told they were evil and of the devil...even though I'm far from believing those people anymore.
I remember when Top Gun came out. Our pastor preached against it from the pulpit. I finally did watch it, but felt so guilty the whole time and haven't been able to watch it again since.
Amy - Jul 18, 2006 3:29:47 am PDT #4740 of 10001
Because books.
Oh my, I adored Love at First Bite. "It's a chicken! Kill it!" Also, Richard Benjamin is hysterical. "I'm pretty sure I love you!"
I remember when Top Gun came out. Our pastor preached against it from the pulpit.
Really? What exactly did he preach against?
vw bug - Jul 18, 2006 3:37:05 am PDT #4741 of 10001
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Really? What exactly did he preach against?
It's evilness: sex, fast planes...really, I don't remember. I just remember him preaching against it.
Amy - Jul 18, 2006 3:41:57 am PDT #4742 of 10001
Because books.
Fast planes?! Oh.
We always went to the Presbyterian church when I was growing up, and it was very much of the "God is love," accepting and forgiving stripe. It's hard for me to imagine going to church and hearing actual pop culture things criticized, or forbidden.
I don't think it's going to be as hot here today. Fingers crossed.
SailAweigh - Jul 18, 2006 4:10:42 am PDT #4743 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Fast planes are a good thing. I still miss the smell of JP-5 in the morning, walking out to the flight line. The sex, meh. I was never convinced by Tom Cruise and whatserface. It's very much a watch from the hall moment in the movie.
The only one of those movies I've never seen is the Lloyd Dobler one. I had to look the character up in Imdb to figure out what everyone was talking about. It's John Cusack and that's enough for me. Although, my favorite movie with him in it is Grosse Point Blank.
Cashmere - Jul 18, 2006 4:16:19 am PDT #4744 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I get to play my least favorite game "What's the Smell and Where's It Coming From." *sigh*
It's upstairs and if the cat has pissed in the baby's room, a wee, white head will roll.
SuziQ - Jul 18, 2006 4:16:52 am PDT #4745 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Top Gun = shirtless volleyball and fast planes. Yum.
I remember Saturday Night Fever and Little Darlings as being the R rates movies I snuck into.
Ailleann - Jul 18, 2006 4:18:07 am PDT #4746 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Top Gun: Tom Cruise before he got weird, omgValKilmer, planes, the volleyball sequence, and (in my later years) the HoYay.
If Top Gun is wrong, I don't want to be right.