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Post by James Fabiano on Jul 22, 2019 13:56:33 GMT -5
The UHF thread reminds me... we've had lots of occasions to say this, but 1989 is a banner year for pop culture and cult favorites. Among others, there's...
- Batman
- Ghostbusters II
- UHF
- No Holds Barred (yeah, cult classic may be stretching it...)
- Look Who's Talking
- Popular franchises adding an installment (Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Halloween, Star Trek...). Hey I never said a GOOD installment.
Over on TV, Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers began. Wrestlingwise, the Megapowers exploded. WCW had one of its peak periods with the Flair/Steamboat trilogy, then Flair vs. Funk. USWA replaced World Class.
The 16-bit invasion began with the Genesis and TurboGrafx. NES was still producing classics.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Jul 22, 2019 14:18:48 GMT -5
Also had Last Crusade and Bill & Ted.
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Post by SmashTV on Jul 22, 2019 14:21:34 GMT -5
I was 14 in 1989. Arcade games were going from strength, their home computer conversions even more so, dance music was becoming more mainstream, the films mentioned above were packing out cinemas, wrestling was found great business...
It was a good time to be a teen.
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Post by SmashTV on Jul 22, 2019 14:23:04 GMT -5
Also had Last Crusade and Bill & Ted. And Back to the Future II. |
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Post by I'm Team Bayley and Indi on Jul 22, 2019 14:25:27 GMT -5
if we are talking music, there was some great albums particular for me Doolittle by Pixies
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Post by ERON on Jul 22, 2019 17:03:10 GMT -5
The TMNT arcade game, Final Fight, Golden Axe, and Strider were all released in '89.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Jul 22, 2019 17:17:05 GMT -5
Two words......
Road House
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2019 17:33:09 GMT -5
How can you mention what was hot in 1989 and not bring up the Ninja Turtles?
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Post by Jiren on Jul 22, 2019 18:37:32 GMT -5
As well as Licence to Kill
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Post by sabretooth on Jul 22, 2019 18:38:15 GMT -5
The Simpsons premiered in 1989 on their own show.
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Post by Porky's Butthole on Jul 22, 2019 21:52:05 GMT -5
My all time favorite album was released in 1989 as well. Tom Petty's Full Moon Fever.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2019 21:55:19 GMT -5
1989...the number, another summer
Sound of the funky drummer
Music hitting your heart 'cause I know you got soul
BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!!
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Post by Silver Sabre on Jul 22, 2019 23:04:51 GMT -5
Great year for movies.
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Jul 22, 2019 23:11:57 GMT -5
Cathedral, Crowbar, Immortal, Incantation, Marilyn Manson, and Sigh all formed in 1989.
Among the great metal albums of the year were Streetcleaner by Godflesh, Horrified by Repulsion, Agent Orange by Sodom, Beneath The Remains by Sepultura, and my personal favorite album from that year, Altars Of Madness by Morbid Angel. In fact, 1989 was a good year for metal albums in general.
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Post by babybear on Jul 23, 2019 1:05:17 GMT -5
Pretty good year for movies.
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Post by EyeofTyr on Jul 23, 2019 1:29:37 GMT -5
It's not always a thing, but more than one person have pointed out that the last few years of every decade usually pump out some insane level of content (like the stretch of 97 to 99 is kind of incredible if you look at all the games that came out in that time that we consider the apex. Even each individual year of those three have a legit argument for the best year the video game industry ever saw in terms of quality content output).
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Jul 23, 2019 3:27:40 GMT -5
Dynasty ended.
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Post by Feyrhausen on Jul 23, 2019 3:57:47 GMT -5
And Seinfeld began. Which is a shout out to the ending of the Dynasty tv movie from awhile back. |
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Post by celticjobber on Jul 23, 2019 4:40:06 GMT -5
It was also the year Quantum Leap debuted.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jul 23, 2019 5:33:09 GMT -5
Seinfeld also debuted.
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