Comments on: Between Reviews: The Day the Eighties Died

By: Vijay

Vijay — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:53:44 +0000

I think Akasuna is asking as to how Terminator can be classified as a B movie in the first place. I am not sure either. what is the criteria?

By: brangan

brangan — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:10:58 +0000

Akasuna no Sasori: You seem to imply that a B-movie is a bad movie. Far from it. A film can be smartly written, fantastically entertaining, and still a B-movie. Case in point: the Tarantino oeuvre.

By: Akasuna no Sasori

Akasuna no Sasori — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:51:50 +0000

How would you define a B-movie? Terminators 1&2 after all had interesting ideas, were smartly written and were fantastic entertainers overall. Both Rise of the Machines and this new one are wretched bores.

By: Ajay

Ajay — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:48:40 +0000

Truth be told, I enjoyed T:S. I can’t say I loved it (too formulaic for it to be memorable), but I thought it did a good job of driving the narrative ahead.

For me, the SF element of T:2 resonated very strongly. SkyNet, robots vs. humans et al. I felt the movie caught that apprehension quite well. If you see it as a chase, yes, it disappoints.

More than the obvious moments, my favorite was Christian Bale blasting GnR’s “You could be mine”. Subtlest in-joke in the film

By: A

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:08:51 +0000

I remember having amazing conversations and friends who shared Ayan Rand, art house flicks,sing song sessions from the oldie-goldies and overall a very interesting childhood…teaching and interacting with kids these days, there is so much of info overload but very little memory associated with it

ahh…the ramblings of an old f..ig!
thanks Br..for a trip down the lane!

and elvis and micheal are both rockin heaven!

By: bart

bart — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:13:26 +0000

School days were in a rural village of TN during 80s. There were quite a few standard englees museek tunes played for the school annual day function, during which a couple of “hip” boys used to perform the break-dance (hands hanging loose, rope movements, kamal’s “raja kaiya vacha” movement etc.) routines. Never had a interest in knowing what that music or source was… (was more interested in seeing whether indian dance would win against these western performances). It was later when someone performed something new to the school – called “moon walk”, got really interested. The term itself was for some reason catchy and the act was cool. For the first time got interested in “that” museek, tried imitating moon walk in bare foot on sand, heard the term “Michael Jackson”. He should be really moon-walking now. hmm.. those were the days..

By: Ravi K

Ravi K — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:58:51 +0000

I was born in the mid-80s, so I wasn’t too conscious of his Thriller mania, but I still remember seeing Bad on MTV as a toddler. Eventually I bought all his albums on LP and cassette (this was before we had a CD player). I bought Dangerous on cassette when it came out, and a few months later my family visited India, and I remember being surprised at how my cousins liked Michael Jackson too. I didn’t realize how his popularity reached worldwide until then.

By: SheWhoMustNotBeNamed

SheWhoMustNotBeNamed — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:25:53 +0000

…and Oliyum Oliyum, chhaya geet and aapki farmayish!! Most of the songs I know today are thanks to these.

By: SheWhoMustNotBeNamed

SheWhoMustNotBeNamed — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:22:32 +0000

We were driving down last night and saw the July 4th fireworks going off. Pulled over to the shoulder to watch them, when the car stereo suddenly burst into “I’ll be there”. It was a sweet, yet sad, magical moment.

I wish you had done a separate piece on him.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:48:36 +0000

I never thought the death of a “celebrity” or famous person would ever effect me in a personal way, but with MJ I honestly feel like I lost someone I knew. Yes, I feel THAT sad.

I was a late 80s baby, so I grew up in the 90s and I think he was almost at the height of his popularity in India during the early 90s. I remember that as a kid, he was pretty much all I listened to. I won’t say I was “obsessed” because that sounds negative somehow, but I was a very devoted little six year old fan. I knew all the lyrics, attempted every dance move and my parents thought it was cute how much I loved him and the music.

Such a huge part of my childhood and it feels like it’s gone. I was so hoping his tour and new album would work out, but guess it wasn’t meant to be. There will never be another like him. RIP.