"Feeling Old" - 2014 edition

mirth · April 15, 2014, 07:31:26 PM

^Good calls, Star.

mirth · April 15, 2014, 07:35:34 PM

Rivers Edge was pretty huge too. Not that I knew it in 1986, but later...

Staggerwing · April 15, 2014, 08:58:28 PM

Damn it but you guys are making it worse. My High-school movies were Star Wars, Alien, The Blues Brothers, and Apocalypse Now.

Oh, and of course, Times Square and Rock&Roll High School. Natch.

bayonetbrant · April 15, 2014, 09:05:59 PM

Quote from: Staggerwing on April 15, 2014, 08:58:28 PMDamn it but you guys are making it worse. My High-school movies were Star Wars, Alien, The Blues Brothers, and Apocalypse Now.

which of course, don't take place in any high school ;)

mirth · April 15, 2014, 09:14:49 PM

Ghostbusters, Top Gun, Aliens, Beetlejuice, Hunt for Red October, Batman...the 80s were pretty friggin good.

Staggerwing · April 15, 2014, 09:23:28 PM

Quote from: bayonetbrant on April 15, 2014, 09:05:59 PM
Quote from: Staggerwing on April 15, 2014, 08:58:28 PMDamn it but you guys are making it worse. My High-school movies were Star Wars, Alien, The Blues Brothers, and Apocalypse Now.

which of course, don't take place in any high school ;)

Nor did any other big movies in the late 70's. That I remember, anyway... ???

Oh, except for one I mentioned... ;)

Oh again, and it was directed by Roger Corman. ;) ;)

Martok · April 17, 2014, 01:05:31 PM

Quote from: Gusington on April 14, 2014, 07:35:35 PM
^HA. Can't it be 1990 forever? Hell I'll take 1995 too.

Seconded.

Also, even I felt kinda old the other day when I heard on the radio that Pearl Jam's drummer had turned 48. :-\ I know, I know! A lot of you guys are around that same age. It's different, though, when your musical influences hit that age; part of you has gotten stuck thinking of them as being young forever...

Centurion40 · April 17, 2014, 01:39:57 PM

Quote from: Staggerwing on April 15, 2014, 08:58:28 PM
Damn it but you guys are making it worse. My High-school movies were Star Wars, Alien, The Blues Brothers, and Apocalypse Now.

Oh, and of course, Times Square and Rock&Roll High School. Natch.

I graduated high school in 1982. I know people born after 1982 who have kids. It messes with my head.

Barthheart · April 17, 2014, 01:43:37 PM

Quote from: Centurion40 on April 17, 2014, 01:39:57 PM
Quote from: Staggerwing on April 15, 2014, 08:58:28 PM
Damn it but you guys are making it worse. My High-school movies were Star Wars, Alien, The Blues Brothers, and Apocalypse Now.

Oh, and of course, Times Square and Rock&Roll High School. Natch.

I graduated high school in 1982. I know people born after 1982 who have kids. It messes with my head.

As long as they're not your kids I wouldn't let it bother you.

Centurion40 · April 17, 2014, 03:02:48 PM

Quote from: Barthheart on April 17, 2014, 01:43:37 PM
Quote from: Centurion40 on April 17, 2014, 01:39:57 PM
Quote from: Staggerwing on April 15, 2014, 08:58:28 PM
Damn it but you guys are making it worse. My High-school movies were Star Wars, Alien, The Blues Brothers, and Apocalypse Now.

Oh, and of course, Times Square and Rock&Roll High School. Natch.

I graduated high school in 1982. I know people born after 1982 who have kids. It messes with my head.

As long as they're not your kids I wouldn't let it bother you.

Step-daughter born in 1994 & some born in 2004. It could happen with the former....

Oh, Stripes, Animal House and Alien were my favourite movies in high school.

Gusington · April 17, 2014, 03:14:52 PM

I was in 2nd grade in 1982 :)

MiniGus 1 is in 2nd grade right now :(

I need a nap.

TacticalWargames · April 17, 2014, 03:40:22 PM

Take me back to 89-92 in my raving days..

Funny though now I can't listen to dance music at all..was only good in clubs loved up.

bayonetbrant · April 17, 2014, 03:42:39 PM

Quote from: bayonetbrant on April 15, 2014, 07:12:54 PM
Fast Times at Ridgemont High was our freshman year of high school
Sixteen Candles was our sophomore year
The Breakfast Club was our junior year
Say Anything was our senior year

This wasn't about "these are the best movies from the 80s" but rather "these are the movies that embodied our time in high school in the 80s"

Animal House, Stripes, Alien, and Beverly Hills Cop are great flicks, but they aren't exactly anything that any of us really lived through the way we did these four.

Gusington · April 17, 2014, 04:01:25 PM

Beverly Hills Cop was the first movie I was allowed to watch with curse words.

Greybriar · April 17, 2014, 05:11:50 PM

A guy I know posted this on his forum and it fits right in here:

Quote from: Jerry"And then it is winter. - Author Unknown

You know. . . time has a way of moving quickly and catching you unaware of the passing years. It seems just yesterday that I was young, just married and embarking on my new life with my mate. Yet in a way, it seems like eons ago, and I wonder where all the years went. I know that I lived them all. I have glimpses of how it was back then and of all my hopes and dreams.

But, here it is... the winter of my life and it catches me by surprise...How did I get here so fast? Where did the years go and where did my youth go?

I remember well seeing older people through the years and thinking that those older people were years away from me and that winter was so far off that I could not fathom it or imagine fully what it would be like.

But, here it is...my friends are retired and getting grey...they move slower and I see an older person now. Some are in better and some worse shape than me...but, I see the great change...Not like the ones that I remember who were young and vibrant...but, like me, their age is beginning to show and we are now those older folks that we used to see and never thought we'd be. Each day now, I find that just getting a shower is a real target for the day! And taking a nap is not a treat anymore...it's mandatory! Cause if I don't on my own free will...I just fall asleep where I sit!

And so...now I enter into this new season of my life unprepared for all the aches and pains and the loss of strength and ability to go and do things that I wish I had done but never did!! But, at least I know, that though the winter has come, and I'm not sure how long it will last...this I know, that when it's over on this earth...its over. A new adventure will begin!

Yes, I have regrets. There are things I wish I hadn't done...things I should have done, but indeed, there are many things I'm happy to have done. It's all in a lifetime.

So, if you're not in your winter yet...let me remind you, that it will be here faster than you think. So, whatever you would like to accomplish in your life please do it quickly! Don't put things off too long!! Life goes by quickly.

So, do what you can today, as you can never be sure whether this is your winter or not! You have no promise that you will see all the seasons of your life...so, live for today and say all the things that you want your loved ones to remember...and hope that they appreciate and love you for all the things that you have done for them in all the years past!!!

"Life" is a gift to you. The way you live your life is your gift to those who come after. Make it a fantastic one...."

There's more, but that should suffice.