There are a few decades in film history that have been as screwed nuts as the 1980s, but to really understand the decade and its movies, it's going to take a couple of someone's who were there for it the first time around.

Drew McQueenie and Scott Weinberg are ready to review every major film of the decade, one month at a time. The look at what worked then, what endoers now, and how it felt to be there when it all went down. Turn back to calendar with us. It's the 80s all over. I'm gonna have to go back to the hotel.

I'm gonna have to go back to the hotel.

I'm gonna have to go back to the hotel. It's the 80s all over. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, slamell, slamell, housing benefit, cooperative. The music is so good. Hasn't been recuperating. We're going to do it all right.

Shlamil Shlamazel, Levard and Shirley got canceled, and leading an entire generation

of fans, eternally wondering, what's up with the big reggae?

Every breath you take was released as a single and David Bowie's Let's Dance Hit Number 1 in 13-year-old Drew loved every goddamn second of it. Reggie Jackson became the first major leaguer to ever strike out 2,000 times, and I'm sure he's glad I'm reminding of that fact. And finally, in a very real way, part of my childhood came to a close, and we'll talk more about that as we get into this week's films from May of 1983. Hi everybody. I'm Drew McQueenie and welcome as always to 80's all over where I enjoy by my co-host, Scott Weinberg. Thank you Drew. Happy to join you from May of 1983 worth noting of course that while Red jujaxon was the strike out leader, he was also the home run leader. So there is a less than or two in that. He said the problem with hitting four home runs in one game is that

now they want you to do it every night.

So... He was also the home run leader. So there is a lesson or two in that. He said the problem with him for home runs in one game is that now they want you to do it every night. So I think that also holds true to filmmakers that when you make three or four good movies, if your next one is just decent or not so great, everybody calls it horrible. Well, that's actually a perfect lead-in, because we're going to get to an event at the end of this month that really was defining for generation and it's interesting to look at now in context as we watch the fallout from the latest release in this series. Can we just skip every other film and go right to the end? I wish we could. I wish we could. I know there's a lot of people that would prefer that we just do that. But I just got a text from Bobby and he said, no, okay, there.

So we're going to actually start as we've done the last couple of times by first thanking all of our Patreons and our supporters. As we've said, and as we say every week, you guys really are the reason that the show continues to build momentum. We got like 15 new patrons in the last two weeks. and the three of us five minutes ago,

we're talking about how freaking grateful we are

for every person out there who not only listens,

but throws

us a few bucks and enjoys the bonus episode. So on behalf of the whole show, thank you, thank you, thank you. This is something that when we can do this, I like doing it. I just talk a little bit about some of the re-releases that were happening in theaters this month. And it's weird because it really feels like it was just a greatest hit from the year before.

Can you imagine if May was nothing but re-releases of Rocky 3 and Friday? this month and it's weird because it really feels like it was just a greatest hits from the year before.

Can you imagine if May was nothing but re-releases of Rocky III and Friday the 13th,

3th and Boulder Guys and Porkeys? And it really does feel like it's just, hey, let's warm you up for

summer. You like this stuff last summer? This is kind of what summers like. Let's go. And now with

Avengers coming out, what is it, April 27th? I don't even know what studios consider summer anymore.

The studios saw the writing on the wall as far as like rentals and whatnot. And they thought, oh man, this re-release market is not going to be what it used to be in a year or two. Let's try and squeeze a couple more re-releases in this summer before people can rent all these movies readily on VHS. It's clearly it was aimed at our age group, it was really young movies or what they were

releasing.

And I think they saw that as just their already in theater. rent all these movies readily on VHS. It's clearly it was aimed at our age group. It was really young movies or what they were releasing.

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