Did another look at a year in the past and the cool genre movies and TV from 1985. Got some comments from you guys, a new contest, and even a quick collectible review too. Enjoy the podcast!
http://www.treksinscifi.com/podcasts/TreksinSciFi_368_1985.mp3 (http://www.treksinscifi.com/podcasts/TreksinSciFi_368_1985.mp3)
Podcast Notes: http://treksinscifi.com/podcast_notes/?p=2013 (http://treksinscifi.com/podcast_notes/?p=2013)
great podcast as always, rico! :)
Thanks! Always fun to cover stuff like the classics.
Love this one, the 80's were a great time for tv and movies.
Just a minor correction, Rick referred to Bryan Adams as the "all American boy", he is in fact Canadian :)
Quote from: billybob476 on January 30, 2012, 11:21:23 AM
Just a minor correction, Rick referred to Bryan Adams as the "all American boy", he is in fact Canadian :)
Indeed! He's awesome, Summer of '69, baby!
Don't forget to follow the contest details given on the podcast to enter for a shot at the prizes.
Another great podcast, Rico! Thanks Rick for that music countdown!
I knew that in the back of my mind! got to see him open for journey back in 83/84. Great performer! Sorry I didn't give you Northerners credit! Lol! I'm going to see Styx in concert on Thursday. Pretty excited!
lol no worries Rick! Styx would be an awesome show.
Brother Moyer has been singing Mr. Roboto all day in anticipation...
you know I have. Too much time on my hands and it's slipping away....
Rick! We had a Bicentennial celebration back in 2002 in Downtown Newark, Ohio and we had Styx perform. They were playing on one of our downtown streets which is only about 5 minutes from my house and it was an awesome show!!! They were great. Plus there was a fireworks show after the concert and I dont think they relized how close they set them off to everybody. I actually had ash falling on me! I know that was almost 10 years ago but it was so cool! You are in for a treat!
HI Rico, I just listened to the podcat last night at work. great podcast. 1985 was a big year for me. that was the year I graduated High School and started college, I even stated my first part time job in the summer. I do remember most of the shows you mention in the podcast and some I didn't know about. I have never seen an episode of the Misfits of Science, but I had heard about it form the podcast. However some of the shows I was into at the time were the origanal V series, Otherworld, and I was watching reruns of the classic Dr. Who series on the local PBS station. I did watch a few of the Amazing Stories episodes from time to time. I would see Back to the Future latter after the sequels were maid, but I did see the Goonies when it was first released that summer.
Rico, thanks for doing this podcast! You and I share VERY similar tastes in TV and movies (except that I, like Kenny, LOVED the "V" miniseries and TV show). Every show you mentioned was a favorite of mine: Misfits of Science, Back to the Future, Goonies, Cocoon, Enemy:Mine! I also loved MacGyver, D.A.R.Y.L. and Teen Wolf too.
And I will just say that LadyHawke has a special place in my heart. I remember going to see it in an old-style stage theater that was converted into a dinner-and-movie place with circular tables, comfy chairs, and a restaurant ambiance. You went there for nice dinner, and then about halfway through the meal, the movie would start (and you ate dessert as the movie ran). The best movie experience ever.
The music score was amazing as was the cinematography. I throught the story was great and Matthew Broderick was excelllent as Phillippe. When you decide to do a podcast on this movie, let me know. It might be a good 'companion-cast' (we haven't done one of those since you left Rockford).
One personal note on 1985: My Dad, Bob Peete, is a TV/movie writer (now retired) and was the producer of the show "What's Happening Now!" that premiered that year and ran for 3 years. Kinda cool.
Anyway, Thanks again for keeping TSF going strong! :)
Listening to the podcast now.. how did I miss talking about V.. OMG!! I'm such a horrible fan. I was a HUGE V fan. And Otherworld.. another series I loved as a kid.
Quote from: RickPeete on February 01, 2012, 09:09:26 AM
One personal note on 1985: My Dad, Bob Peete, is a TV/movie writer (now retired) and was the producer of the show "What's Happening Now!" that premiered that year and ran for 3 years. Kinda cool.
Wow, that is great! I enjoyed this show - and liked the original show as well.
Great Podcast Rico, enjoyed your look back at that year, there were a lot of cool movies and TV shows. I really loved Amazing Stories, always remember the one about the WW2 bomber, that lost it's landing gear, and a cartoonist on board used his imagination to draw some so they could land, it really blew me away. Great Comments as well by everyone, and Ricks Music retrospective was great, even if he claimed Bryan Adams as his own ;) . I have to admit, I did not realize that Careless Whisper came out in 85, always seemed later, especially considering some of the other songs from that year are such iconic 80's songs
I really like these year shows. This was another good one and I have seen more of the movies from that year than the tv shows. Two of my favorite movies from that I got to see in the theater that year was Back to the Future and Rocky IV. Loved those movies! Like I said in my comment I also really enjoyed Cocoon but I didn't see that one in 1985. Hope you do another year show this year, Rico.
You know, I really didn't remember a lot of this stuff. I don't know what I was doing in 1985 (age 16/17) but it obviously didn't involve much in the way of film or US TV.
A good show as always but much more educational than remeniscient for me.