like, gag me with a spoon

I'd like to say that the 80s are back in full force, but i'm not really sure they ever left. yes, i believe everything is cyclical, but the 80s were just 20 years ago. damn, 20 years. it seems like it took longer for the 60s to come back around and that revival did pretty well. in fashion, at least. the 70s made an attempt and luckily, was denied at the door. i guess they didn't meet the requirements of the you must be this cool --------------> to ride this decade! sign. thank goodness, cause the 70s were a pretty shitty decade and i won't even bother rehashing them to prove my point. if you lived in that decade, you'll readily agree without proof.

the 80s were an interesting decade because everything in the 80s was a knee-jerk response to all that was wrong with the 70s and a major slap in the face to those of us who lived thru them both. the 80 brought around great things like new fashion, hair bands, new attitudes and an all around different way of thinking. so aside from hair bands, my favorite part of the 80s was tv. lots of great tv in the 80s and i know it shaped my life and the way i think. The Fall Guy, The Dukes of Hazzard (which technically started in 79, but continued thru the mid 80s), The A-Team and of course, Miami Vice.

So proof that the 80s are back and apparently, still cool, is most of the above listed tv shows are now being made into major motion pictures. now, i don't know if that really means that the 80s are considered cool or filmmakers have just run out of things to do, but nonetheless, they are being made. Yes, the Dukes are being made and recent comments are that it isn't going to be a wacky Starsky & Hutch type of film, but a genuinely decent film. the cast doesn't thrill me, but whether it's decent still has yet to be seen. I know nothing about the A-Team, other than it's on track for 2006 and is being written by Bruce Feirstein who has written the last half dozen James Bond scripts. So, i think it has potential too. What i'm really excited about is Miami Vice. And not because i lived MV like it was my life and owned the movie and soundtrack and 1986 calendar and stationary, but because it's being directed by the guy who directed the tv show, Michael Mann. And if you know anything about Mann, you know he's an amazing director and producer. Proof of that is Heat (or the insider, or ali, or collateral). It's set for next year and should be great.

Now, if we can just get Phil Collins and Glenn Frey to do the soundtrack, then we're golden.