The new podcast is up covering genre TV & movies from 1983. So many great things to talk about and cover from that year. Some listener comments and a little info on the next Trek movie. All that and more on this week's podcast. Enjoy the show!
http://www.treksinscifi.com/podcasts/TreksinSciFi_314_Year_1983.mp3 (http://www.treksinscifi.com/podcasts/TreksinSciFi_314_Year_1983.mp3)
Downloading now.. looking forward to listening on my way into work tomorrow... thanks Rico
A lot of great movies and TV, seems like yesterday...
Another cool movie for 1983 that was not Sci-Fi was The Right Stuff.
It didn't so well, partly because John Glenn was running for President and people where a little confused about the movie's intent.
Downloaded and ready for my drive into work Monday morning!
Looking forward to your reflections on 1983, Rico!
Rocking cast Rico. Thank you! Loved all the comments from everyone. EXCELLENT.
Oh man what a awesome episode great job Rick. I was 10 in 1983 but have so many memories come flooding back. Brilliant.
Halfway through so far. I was interested to see how much of the TV made it over here but given how little genre stuff there appeared to be back then, perhaps I'm not surprised to have seen much of it.
I was surprised by how much of the music in Rick's segment came from over here. Was that a US chart, Rick?
Not sure what music list Rick used for his top ten, but here are Billboard's top 100 of 1983:
http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1983.php (http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1983.php)
Ricks music segment sounded like it was stolen from my current iPod playlist! Loving the show so far. One thing, the first shuttle launch was in 1981 and it was the Columbia. 1983 was the first flight of the Challenger, is that what you meant? I thought you said it was the first shuttle launch ever.
Yeah, I think I said first shuttle launch, but I meant it was the first launch of the Challenger in '83.
That's what I figured. I have to admit I was a bit surprised to hear Paramount actually wants to do STAR TREK in 3D, I had no idea that was a consideration or that it had been for the 2009 release.
Quote from: Bryancd on January 18, 2011, 09:00:27 AM
That's what I figured. I have to admit I was a bit surprised to hear Paramount actually wants to do STAR TREK in 3D, I had no idea that was a consideration or that it had been for the 2009 release.
Yep. And if you look at the poll running over at www.trekmovie.com (http://www.trekmovie.com) the fans seem to really hate the idea of a 3D Trek movie.
Direct link to the story:
http://trekmovie.com/2011/01/14/jj-abrams-star-trek-sequel-still-being-written-paramount-wants-it-in-3-d/ (http://trekmovie.com/2011/01/14/jj-abrams-star-trek-sequel-still-being-written-paramount-wants-it-in-3-d/)
Love the TV show retrospective. I also wasn't a big fan of "V", I thought it was ok but a little too campy. I was a freshman in High School in '83 and after 3 STAR WARS movies, 2 STAR TREK movies, ALIEN, Blade Runner, I was a sci-fi snob and "V" looked kind of low rent on TV to me.
Another fun podcast Rico.. it was great to hear how much Rick Peete enjoyed V.. sounds like we both had a great fondness for that series.
Looking forward to your next year in review.
Quote from: Geekyfanboy on January 19, 2011, 04:35:30 PM
Another fun podcast Rico.. it was great to hear how much Rick Peete enjoyed V.. sounds like we both had a great fondness for that series.
Looking forward to your next year in review.
Probably do one in March covering 1999.
That was a great podcast, Rico. I enjoyed to Rick Moyer's music segment. That music bought back some good memories. The thing I like the most was finding out some many people enjoyed Krull as much as I do.
"Krull" is a fun movie. I hardly know anyone who has actually watched it that doesn't enjoy it.
Quote from: Rico on January 20, 2011, 05:16:56 AM
"Krull" is a fun movie. I hardly know anyone who has actually watched it that doesn't enjoy it.
I'm one of those people. I tried to watch it, but there was just something to weird about it. I just couldn't get into it.
Quote from: Rico on January 19, 2011, 04:42:59 PM
Probably do one in March covering 1999.
That would be awesome, a year I was actually alive in and can remember.
Cool Look back Rico. Was not aware of how many Cool movies came out in 1983. Looking forward to the next one. I have to Admit, I was a bit like Bryan when it came to V, I just could not get into it. I think with Star Wars and Star Trek and even Battlestar Galactica, I was just more into Sci-Fi in Space, with Starships and space battles.
Cool comments as well by all. Ricks Music review was cool, lots of hits from that year, but was wishing he would have touched on some of that 80's Metal ;) . Looking at the List Rico posted, that was a really deep year for music, a lot of classics pretty deep in that list.
Fun! Remember going to the movie rental store and getting a VHS player and renting some movies? Krull was my mom's favorite movie at the time. My friend Richie and I would go to the general store ( hey, what can I say, I grew up on a rural dairy farm in WisCOWsin (my education started in a 2 room country schoolhouse that housed grades K thru 6)) and get tostitos and picante sauce and watch movies all night long. This was how I watched Star Wars for the first time. 83-84 I was in my last year of high school and had settled on my career path. A scant few months later I was in the US Army Military Police Corps. I wouldn't hesitate to do it all over again.
I really enjoyed this podcast! There were lots of cool movies that year and being only 15, my dad or mom would have to take my brothers and I. I don't remember Krull that well but I need to check it out. I wonder if it's in the $5 movie bin at Wal-Mart? My best memory of movies in 83' was Return of the Jedi. I remember we got there close to start time and I sat in the very back row with a bunch of strangers and my middle brother sat towards the middle by himself and my little brother and mom sat closer to the front. Not many seats 5 min. before the movie starts. But I didn't care! Awesome movie! I didn't care where my family was sitting I just wanted to know what happen to Han Solo! My favorite tv memory would be 'V'. I loved that mini-series!! Looking foward to another cast like this one.
I don't remember Krull from that period either, just from TV runs since. We might even have it on VHS but I'm not sure. It's still a good film though.
I listen to this podcast a couple weeks ago. I really enjoyed listening to it. It was like a past from the past. The music selections was spot on, I had some of the songs on my record collections. The most memorable thing that happened that year for me was watching the original Dr. Who series in Nov of 1983. the local PBS station showed the episode the 5 doctors. Then showed the series on a regular basis the following year.