Duran Duran Flipbook

getback.com — “Nick Rhodes, Simon Le Bon, and three dudes named Taylor — Roger, Andy, and John (none of them related) — were kind of the Beatles of the ’80s. They were cited as the biggest band in what MTV called “The Second British Invasion,” earning 21 singles in the Billboard Hot 100 and selling over 100 million records.”

I would call them the “second British Invasion”. Duran Duran was definitely an 80’s A-List act but comparing them to the Beatles is laughable hype. Your proof should be that Duran Duran did not even survive the 90s where as the Beatles are timeless. They are a once in a decade phenomenon. The closest thing to Beatles type fame in the 80s was Michael Jackson.

My wife told me that one of her friends had a poster of one of the guys in Duran Duran. While a group of her girl friends sat around talking about how much they loved the group, she said she wasn’t attracted to them and the friendship was over.

Looking back its easy to say “man, those meterosexuals suck.” But in the 80s Duran Duran were gods outside of any genre description.

I’m must admit that I am an out the closet flamer for Hungry like the wolf who the hell would not have sex with Duran
Duran after hearing Hungry like the Wolf!!

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“Kiss My Converse” Sam Jackson in Remake of Last Dragon

“Kiss My Converse.” Samuel L. Jackson is scheduled to play the Shogun in a remake of the Last Dragon.

The folks at Geek Actually had this to say, “Have We Reached the Bottom of the Remakes Barrel? Crap, the original was total crap! It was a stupid Motown film trying to cash in on the 80s martial arts craze”.

While I would agree that the 80s remakes are going a little crazy in Hollywood essentially remaking EVERY popular 80’s show and movie, I disagree with

Geek actually’s craptastic view of the original. It is a classic for me. Me and my friends can still recite the lines from the movie.

O.k. it was cheesy with some bad acting, but the Last Dragon had something that most 80s shows and movies didn’t have at the time… a black superhero. Most black heros in movies targeting the black audience were pimps, drug lords and macks. Just look at Superfly. The 70s did have Shaft who was a detective. I’m not saying there were NO good guys who were black in the 80s (B.A. Barracus, Action Jackson and others), I’m just saying there weren’t many.

And even fewer had actual super powers.

The Last Dragon also paid homage to Bruce Lee and martial arts films which were ALWAYS popular among kids.

http://geekactually.com/2008/10/30/have-we-reached-the-bottom-of-the-remakes-barrel/

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=50134

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Flight of Navigator Review (no video)

Written by:
Mark H. Baker writer
Michael Burton writer
Matt MacManus writer

A young boy chases his dog into the woods, falls in a ravine. He loses consciousness for a few seconds. When we comes to and runs back to his home, he finds that his parents are not there. He is 8 years in the future. He is still 12, but his family and the world are 8 year in the future (1986). How did he get 8 years into the future? And can he return?

This is one of my favorite movies of the 80’s. It plays on the fantasies of a 12 year old boy having control of a highly advanced space craft. The boy is Joey Cramer. Cramer played in a few other 80s movies. Flight of the Navigator has a group of very familiar faces: Cliff De Young, Veronica Cartwright, Howard Hesse, and Sarah Jessica Parker. Paul Rueben actually did a voice over in the film. One thing I noticed is that of the 40 or so credited actors only about 6 have still active and doing movies and TV regularly, so only 15%. I wonder if this means there is only about a 15% chance of the serious actors making it.

Aside from the story, Alan Silvestri’s music to Flight of the Navigator is my favorite thing about the movie. Looking through is extensive body of work, I can see hes done a lot of my favorite movie music: Polar Express, Forest Gump, The Bodyguard, Back to the Future II, Predator, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the Abyss and many others (he’s done over 100 movies).

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006293/

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