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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 11:54 PM
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Poll question: Favorite teen movie of the 80's?
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4_Legs_Good Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 11:56 PM
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1. Real Genius - hands down, no questions asked
...Say Anything would be #2, I guess, but it's less of a teen movie IMO.

Nothing, though, NOTHING touches Real Genius



david
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 05:31 PM
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36. "Real Genius" is my favorite, too.
This is a terrific movie that's just plain funny. Some terrific dialogue and a winning performance by Val Kilmer. :-)
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 11:58 PM
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2. it just occured to me, I left off "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"
DAMN!!
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 03:40 PM
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26. I was going to mention that.
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 11:58 PM
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3. Repo Man
well, it had teens it. :shrug:
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Sandpiper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 11:58 PM
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You can't do this poll without "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"
Edited on Fri Mar-18-05 11:59 PM by Sandpiper
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:01 AM
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7. I know, my goof.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:09 AM
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11. Yep, Fast Times gets my vote
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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 04:49 AM
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18. Easily the best!
Nothing beats out Fast Times.
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shanti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-05 02:24 AM
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51. gnarly, dude!
hee hee:evilgrin:
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 11:58 PM
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4. How could you forget Red Dawn???
How things have changed since Red Dawn.
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 09:27 PM
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39. Yeah, no shit
I remember watching Red Dawn and laughing at the absurd idea of Commies parachuting onto the plains of the Midwest. Little did I suspect at the time that the worst threat this country would ever face would come from within :(

Actually, I think this movie should be required viewing for all Freepers, so they can see how the "Wolverines" in that movie compare to the "insurgents" in Iraq.
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More Than A Feeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 11:59 PM
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5. Ferris Bueller, no question
I adore that movie. I have always wanted to do Chicago like he did (with Sloane Peterson ow OW!)
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:01 AM
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6. Better Off Dead had the hamburger dancing to Van Halen.
Edited on Sat Mar-19-05 12:01 AM by CanuckAmok
But "Football in the Groin" has a football in the groin, so I voted for Breakfast Club.


BUT WHERE'S "THREE O'CLOCK HIGH"?!
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:02 AM
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8. How about "The Outsiders"
Gang wars, stupid names, murder, burning people. Has it all.
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 05:49 AM
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22. ...or "The Warriors"
"Warriors! Come out t' PLAAAAY!"
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:04 AM
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9. What, no "Lost Boys"?
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:05 AM
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10. My Bodyguard.
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Digit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:19 AM
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12. Weird Science
Loved that movie...watch it everytime it comes on.
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:20 AM
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13. Some Kind of Wonderful
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:29 AM
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14. "River's Edge" was an '80's movie about teens
But I'm not sure it fits the category of a "teen movie".
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 04:30 AM
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15. I loved Ferris Bueller
but the best movie of the lot is Say Anything. Good writing, acting, great soundtrack.
After that-Fast Times.
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fleabert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 04:32 AM
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16. Heathers. best ever.
ack! CORN NUTS! *s m a s h*

I don't know if I'm going to Stanford or San Quentin!
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 04:45 AM
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17. "Eskimo"
"I love my dead gay son!"

That is a great movie. I need to go buy that now.
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fleabert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 05:04 AM
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19. I've got it on DVD baby!
fuck me gently with a chainsaw...

best line in a movie ever. :-)
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 05:08 AM
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20. "If you want to fly w/ the eagles..."
and there is one in the locker room where Veronica says something like "a friend's work is never done".

You have it? You bitch! I so envy you right now!
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fleabert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 03:38 PM
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24. C'mon Heather, let's see todays lunch!
Veronica: *finger waggle* 'A true friend's work is never done."
Heather: "God! Bulimia is soooo '87!"

I am going to have make my husband watch it AGAIN soon, thanks for the memories!
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 05:27 PM
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35. I need to buy that really soon.
Then, on a night off of work, we can both post quotes and watch at the same time!
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fleabert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 10:08 PM
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43. That would be so very!
LOL, I adore it...

"they seem to have an open door policy for assholes, though!"

I can practically quote the whole thing from beginning to end, same with Raw...became addicted to them at the same time. I loved the 80's!
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 10:44 PM
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44. I have never quite left the 80's myself.
I used to have Heathers on tape, along w/ Bueller and could, at one point quote both by heart.
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 05:19 AM
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21. BTW
I think that you requested the infj info. It is either infj.com or .net-I can't remember. I haven't received anything in over 6 weeks from them.
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fleabert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 03:39 PM
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25. Thank you! you have a great memory!
I will look them up. :-)
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 05:26 PM
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33. No prob.
I tend to remember nearly everything posted here. Near photographic memory of the written word.
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 09:03 PM
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38. In addition
it is a letter instead of a message board. They send it out in your mail whenever someone posts.
It must be up now since I just received a new post from someone.
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ariesgem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 06:52 AM
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23. Less Than Zero,
The Breakfast Club, The Lost Boys, Weird Science
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 03:41 PM
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28. I liked The Lost Boys too.
I found Less Than Zero so horribly depressing, though.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 03:40 PM
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27. Tough choice. I liked a lot of those movies.
The Breakfast Club had the most impact on me, though.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 03:45 PM
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29. Meatballs, Poison Ivy, Revenge of the Nerds, Hardbodies...
you know I'm full of it! :D
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DeposeTheBoyKing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 03:47 PM
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30. What about "Fame"?
I love that movie. Also love "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 04:01 PM
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31. Breakfast Club was one of those milestone films in my life.
I remember waiting in line to see it at the Aurora Cinemas in Seattle. And that damned "Don't You Forget About Me" was my senior prom theme. :puke:
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 04:31 PM
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32. Ferris Bueller rocks, but "Better off Dead" is a very close second
I found a DVD of "Better off Dead" for $9.44@ Target the other day and when I showed it to my daughter she jumped up and down. She had just been through a very bad week and that movie was exactly what she needed.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 05:27 PM
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34. License to Drive should be in the poll, imo
I loved that movie!
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SamanthaJones Donating Member (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 05:35 PM
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37. "No yanky my wanky"
16 Candles is my all time favorite. Long Duck Dong is the star of that movie!
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_TJ_ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-05 11:37 AM
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53. that movie was awesome!
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 09:28 PM
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40. some good choices, but i'd have to go with
Weird Science
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 09:29 PM
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41. A split between Ferris and the 'Club
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 09:31 PM
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42. WANT. TO. PLAY. A. GAME?
War Games.

"Is either of you a paleontologist? I desperately need a paleontologist."
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El Fuego Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 11:02 PM
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45. Valley Girl! with Nicholas Cage
The only movie I have ever seen in my life that seemed like a meaningful love story... sad but true.
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shanti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-05 02:23 AM
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50. yes!!!!!
i loved that movie :), and the soundtrack was great (psychedelic furs, etc.). gotta like a good love story and that it is.
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El Fuego Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-05 11:10 AM
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52. I bought the soundtrack too! nt
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 11:39 PM
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46. "Lucas"! One of the few to have characters who acted like real teens
A real underdog, but a good movie.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 11:41 PM
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47. HAIR!
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politicat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-05 12:18 AM
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48. Pump Up The Volume
Great soundtrack, highly subversive, and kept me sane in Fundytown, AZ.

That movie nearly lead this National Honor Society student into a life of tagging and did lead me into a life of political speech.
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Telly Savalas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-05 01:39 AM
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49. Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
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