Are you two going to row again? It's what John Hughes would have wanted on his BCG memorial thread.
John Hughes RIP Page 9
Quote: Tim Walker @ August 6 2009, 11:56 PM BSTSo?
I was watching John Hughes films when they were originally released, so I think I can comment to some extent that not everyone found them terrible and uncool.
Oh, and National Lampoon's Vacation, which he also wrote and directed, was genuinely funny. The only one of the Vacation series which was. And the last time Chevy Chase ever made me laugh.
What ever happened to that guy?
Look my hair was this big in the 80s.
meaning I was the coolest, okay? 
Quote: Tim Walker @ August 6 2009, 11:56 PM BSTOh, and National Lampoon's Vacation, which he also wrote and directed, was genuinely funny. The only one of the Vacation series which was. And the last time Chevy Chase ever made me laugh.
Oh.
Quote: sootyj @ August 6 2009, 11:56 PM BSTI suspect Dolly was there drinking cider, shop lifting tapes from Ourprice and stealing all the nerds 10 sided dice.
I knew you right? 
Yes I want my 10 sided dice back!
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ August 6 2009, 11:57 PM BSTLook my hair was this big in the 80s.
meaning I was the coolest, okay?
Big hair was cool in the 80s, are you senile?
Quote: sootyj @ August 6 2009, 11:46 PM BSTIt's one of those weirdly, utterly stupid and completely charmless films.
I keep trying to watch because I think it'll have a cooky charm and well, it just doesn't. It's awful soul less and so stupid.
Your, mum's... stupid.
Or something along those lines.
Quote: Griff @ August 6 2009, 11:47 PM BST
I like Stuart Maconie. And Mark Radcliffe.
Stuart Maconie doesn't half play some mental stuff on his Freak Zone radio show. "And now thirty-five minutes of prog rock from a band who only ever made one demo back in 1972."
I've always been a big fan of both too. On radio, when it comes to choosing music though, they do adhere to the John Peel philosophy of playing bands who are obscure even to the band members' own mothers.
80s*
Quote: sootyj @ August 6 2009, 11:59 PM BSTBig hair was cool in the 80s, are you senile?
Yes. No.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ August 6 2009, 11:57 PM BSTLook my hair was this big in the 80s.
meaning I was the coolest, okay?
You've made me so mad, Miss Dagger!!!!
But I am not going to continue this argument. I shall take the moral high ground on this one. 
*sniffs Dolly's photo more in sorrow than in anger*
Quote: Nil Putters @ August 6 2009, 11:57 PM BSTOh.
Great minds... and us!
Quote: Chappers @ August 6 2009, 11:34 PM BSTI don't understand the line - so if that was the best line it must've been quite a crap film.
The line has no context. If you're bothered about forming an opinion of his films then watch them, if not, don't.
Why do people get sniffy about 80's feel good films like John Hughes'? Film watching shouldn't be about upholding an image 'oh we're the cool kids we don't watch ... films'. I think these films in particular separate those who are a bit on the pretentious side from those who watch things with an open mind. Or maybe not. Just don't hit the face.
Does that mean I win?
I do, don't I?
Quote: Aaron @ August 7 2009, 12:01 AM BST80s*
Hah! Not me, Debbie McGee!
Quote: The Giggle-o @ August 7 2009, 12:04 AM BSTI think these films in particular separate those who are a bit on the pretentious side from those who watch things with an open mind. Or maybe not. Just don't hit the face.
In twenty years time are you going to say you love High School Musical or 17 Again?