What is YOUR favourite lame movie of the 80's?

LordHart · Sat 24/04/2004 00:15:40

With all the other threads, I thought, I might as well put one up. Okay, so instead of a regular movies thread like whats your favourite, or what do you hate, I thought about the movies that were so lame that we used to watch as kids, that they are just great.

My favourite is probably the BRAT Patrol. It's a Disney movie, when they still made good kids movies, not all lame ones like todays movies. Anyway, it had Sean Astin, one of the kids from The Explorers (another great 80's kid movie with River Pheonix and Ethan Hawke, with Robert Picardo doing some voices in it) and then the other kids were really forgetable because they were pretty much nothing after they did this movie.

Anyway, the group was odd, as Astin played a Surfer dude kinda guy who got around on his motorised skateboard (so cool), the kid from Explorers was just a lame whinger who bitched and moaned alot. The others were a red-headed geek and his equally annoying little brother and then a black chick...

The whole story revolved around these kids, who were misfits living on an Air Force base, who uncover a plot to steal priceless computers from the Air Force... all run by the dirty cop from Robocop 2 who they hack up with medical intruments.

Anyway, that movie was cool... what's yours?!!

evenwolf · Sat 24/04/2004 00:28:21

i personally think this thread is legit and should remain.

C'mon, obscure movies of the 80s? Thats sweet!

Goonies is of course the classic of this genre.

There was another where Frankenstein teamed up with these kids in a treehouse and they took on the other evil monsters: a werewolve, the creature from black lagoon, a vampire etc. i never remembered the name of this movie however.

I enjoyed Three Ninjas as well as Surf Ninjas, guess that's early nineties.

more to come..

LordHart · Sat 24/04/2004 00:32:06

Heh, I only saw that other thread once I had finished posting this one...

Domino · Sat 24/04/2004 00:36:00

Revenge of the Nerds!!

A very lame movie, but will always be a classic to me.

To this day, that movie cracks me up, and i seem to remember almost every line of it.

LordHart · Sat 24/04/2004 01:15:36

I wouldn't class that as a lame movie, that just rocks too much to be called lame!

Meowster · Sat 24/04/2004 01:46:43

Labyrinth.

Sorry, you have to admit, that movie was lame. Jennifer Connelly was a terrible actress in it, and David Bowie wasn't too hot either. The special effects may have been awesome then, but they're sad now.

But this is still one of my favourite movies of all time.

So awesome.

Blackthorne · Sat 24/04/2004 01:54:56

The Beastmaster.

I used to see it ALL the time on TV when I was a kid. I think TBS owns the rights to it, so they play it all the time. Anyway, it's just stupid fantasy, sword and loincloth fun. No point, just stupid comic-book fantasy......

I must have seen The Beastmaster like 180 times.

Bt

LordHart · Sat 24/04/2004 02:02:01

Have you seen Beastmaster II and Beastmaster III: Eye of Braxus? Beastmaster was always a favourite of mine too, probably because Marc Singer was Beastmaster, and he was also in V... which rocked in its own respects.

InCreator · Sat 24/04/2004 02:46:07

"Dune" made in 1984 by David lynch!
This movie is as bad as can be! And as cool as can be.

The way they freaked up Frank Herbert's book is extremely BAD. Virgin Interactive & Westwood were stupid enough to release games including mistakes from movie...

Yet, It's a really cool movie, when keeping in mind that they didn't use a single byte of 3D graphics. And sound!!! Neatest sound effects ever.

Ain't I right, Roger?
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Melly · Sat 24/04/2004 04:06:31

Pee-wee's Big Adventure would have to be my favorite lame movie. I remember nearly shitting my pants when Large Marge did the spooky face.

They don't make them like that anymore.

remixor · Sat 24/04/2004 04:40:35

Quote from: EvenWolf on Sat 24/04/2004 00:28:21Goonies is of course the classic of this genre.

Since The Goonies can in no way be described as "lame", I must disagree.

Trapezoid · Sat 24/04/2004 05:07:19

The Princess Bride perhaps? Not really lame, but it has a certain charmingly cheesy tone.
Here's a good one: Big Trouble in Little China. YEAH.

Kairus · Sat 24/04/2004 05:16:42

I loved "The Stuff", have you seen it? That movie where a white stuff came out of a meteorite (I guess) and some people ate it and thought it tasted great and started selling it as if it were yogurt and it became incredibly famous but later on it seemed to turn people into zombies. It was waaaay cool and waaaay lame. I love the scene when the black guy (why do they always kill the black guys?) comes very excited like he has a solution for the problem or something and then he starts opening his mouth like thirty of more centimeters and the stuff starts coming out of it... the rest of the corpses were already deformed when they found them so it's the first time in the movie where you see how the stuff acts... The special effect was absolutely lame, but I loved it anyway it made me laugh.

And there's also one of my favourites: "the return of the killer tomatoes" I think it's called like that. I never saw the first one (and I don't know if there is a first one or it just started with that movie). That one was great, I love the part where they run out of fundings for the movie and add some commercial advertisements, like the mad scientist that turns back and in his robe there's a big "PEPSI" advertisement.

Darth Mandarb · Sat 24/04/2004 05:17:17

Trap - The Princess Bride??!?! Argh!! I wouldn't call it lame, but that's just me!

Now Big T in little C (that's why my brother and I call it) I would agree was pretty lame. Fun to watch though. "May the wings of liberty never lose a feather."

My vote goes to: Stallone: COBRA

The lamest movie of the 80's and perhaps of all time. The only movie that it could possibly come in second to would be State Property

If you haven't seen either ... don't. You'll never get the time back.

MrColossal · Sat 24/04/2004 05:46:35

Big Trouble in Little China is a tough one to beat...

it's oh so lame and I can just imagine if they went through actually making it a sequel to Buckaroo Banzai

But I'm going to try and best your Big Trouble in Little China with KRULL, but I think I'd lose

* MrColossal makes this a card battling game

MillsJROSS · Sat 24/04/2004 06:07:34

I saw The Stuff, and for some reason it gave me nightmares.

I wouldn't consider the Labryinth Lame. I love the movie. It's cheesy yes...but lame?

I vote Mario Brothers, even as a kid I didn't enjoy it.

EDIT - it's an early nintees movies, but why should we be limited to just one decade?

-MillsJROSS

Melly · Sat 24/04/2004 06:21:37

You know, I think I'll add Howard the Duck to my previous post. Just pretend I edited it and added this line.

Phemar · Sat 24/04/2004 07:59:54

Rocky Horror picture show.

It was funny...and lame at the same time!

Mr_Frisby · Sat 24/04/2004 08:22:51

Any one seen "Hell comes to Frog Town" starring Rowdy Rody Piper - Thats gotta be up there with Plan 9 from outer space as one of the Lamest movies out there - plus it was made in the eighties. (I liked Plan 9 though.). What not lame enough you say ? How about 'RollerBlade Warriors'! Ah (wipes tear from eye) thats the stuff.

I also like fast times at Ridgemont high - but dont consider it to be lame (just plain cool)/

Timosity · Sat 24/04/2004 08:42:34

This was a classic staring Christopher Atkins & Kristy McNicol, it was filmed in Australia too, I've been to the mansion that was the castle in the movie.

Now this fits into the category

What is YOUR favourite lame movie of the 80's?

Melly

Melly