The Neverending Story, Stand By Me, The Lost Boys, Gremlins.....

Falkorre

(IMHO) Some of the best movies ever made!

Never ending story.......charachter list (plz add too...)
Atreyu,
Luck Dragon (Falkorre),
Child-like empress,
Rock-Biter,
The Oracles,
big turtle thing at swamps of sadness, had a cold, kept sneezing...

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Places.....
Swamps of sadness,
The plains,
forest,

........I know its sad, but yes, at age 25, i have the video, alltho is a long time since i watched it (does that count?) lol
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sceptre

I have a really old paperback (in pristine condition) of the book they based the Neverending Story movie on (written ironically, by one Michael Ende)

Sequels didn't make the mustard (though at least the first sequel is based on the second half of the book). Thought the child empress was really cute (I was 10 & Labyrinth wasn't out yet)

Panda

indeed, good adventure films were indeed important in our youth.

was a bit disappointed when it actually, you know, Ended...

another favourite of mine from around the same time was The goonies.
manys a time i watched that flick.....

Falkorre

sceptre.....m8, if u ever decide to sell that, give me first refusal?? pweeze?

Goonies, god yeah, another classic
Another one i thought of recently,.... anyone remember ferris buellers (sp?) Day off? lolol i loved that movie, i lived that movie LOLOL

B

ozpass

Never Ending Story was my favourite movie as a youngster. When visiting my dad he'd sometimes take us to the video shop and we would ALWAYS rent this film. He must have been so pissed off with watching it!

The Lost Boys is the declared favourite of my better half. Turned it to my advantage though- when I bought a DVD player (needless expense in her eyes) I bought her the Lost Boys on DVD to sweeten her up! :ninja:

Ste-

Big trouble in little china anyone ?
Used to love that.
Saw it there recently and it wasn't as good as I remembered but then they never are, are they ?

LoGiE

Yeah Lost Boys is a classic:) the second and third installments of The Neverending Story were completely sh1t

Squall

Ahhh ferris Bueller (hmmmm, i cant seem to spell either)

Love when they total his friends dads car, classic

(Bowm, bowm. chic, chica, chica)

telecinesk

My top 4.
The Sure Thing
Teenwolf and Weird Science.. (bladerunner)Ferris is cool tho, even my father went out a few months ago to rent it for the crack!

JohnK

The Neverending Story
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Breakfast Club

that takes me back

commuterised

wow what a blast from the past..
I just recently got a DVD player and I think Neverending story is one I will have to get for my collection (if they have it)

...reach the sky, fly a fantasy e e e e e e
la la la and what you see will be e e e e e e
The never ending story la la la la la la la

sigh, I wanted to be the child like princess.....

ciano

lol when I was a kid, i fancied the child like princess!

Zaltais

The Princess Bride anyone?

Got that on DVD about a month ago... still brilliant....

gogo

I have yet to see the neverending story, Am going to go out and rent it, Didn't realise it was any good at all.

Ah but the goonies, an all time favourite of mine.



I was looking at the website and came across this comment
"Warner Bros. is currently working on The Goonies 2, a sequel that reunites the movie's cast for another adventure fifteen years later."

Why, oh why do they always have to ruin it.

Robbo

The Labrynth: For years David Bowie freaked me out.

commuterised

You remind me of a babe,
what babe?
the babe with the power,
what power?
the power of the voodoo,
who do?
you do!
I do what?
remind me of a babe!

Labyrinth rocks!

Cork

The Neverending Story is superb. Ferris Bueller, Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Lost Boys are all classics.

I think the Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles and Wierd Science are coming out on DVD.

ciano

Originally posted by commuterised
You remind me of a babe,
what babe?
the babe with the power,
what power?
the power of the voodoo,
who do?
you do!
I do what?
remind me of a babe!

Labyrinth rocks!

lol ... ohhhh the memories!

ciano

Hey, anyone remember the Dark Crystal? That was another classic!

ozpass

Hey, anyone remember the Dark Crystal? That was another classic!

The Dark Crystal was another childhood fave- a bit darker than TNES and Labrynth- I loved it.

Clintons Cat

Originally posted by Zaltais
The Princess Bride anyone?

Got that on DVD about a month ago... still brilliant....

Ditto that and also great...Time Bandits and the Forgotten Python Classic... Jabbawoky

ShaneOC

Originally posted by Zaltais
The Princess Bride anyone?

Got that on DVD about a month ago... still brilliant....

Hallo, My name in Inigo Montoya. You killed my father - prepare to die.

ozpass

The Pricess Bride is another beauty - featuring the mighty 'Andre the Giant' if I'm not mistaken.

Guy:Incognito

Missed 1
ur all forgetting one absolute classic..............Stand By Me featuring an excellent cast.
A fat Jerry O'Connell anyone?
River Pheonix did some great work in his shost life and Corey Feldman is a great messed up phsyco kid. Not to mention the great Will Wheaton who went on to such dizz7y heights as....erm wesley vrusher on star trek the next generation.
All in all agreat movie

JohnK

Oddly enough, I was never a fan of Stand By Me. Nearly everybody I know loved it but I just never really liked it.

Gaffo

Don't know stand by me, but the dark crystal I remember. I loved that film even though I was **** scared watching it. Watching the making of the film made it slightly less scary but not much.

Clintons Cat

How about "IT" with Tim Curry as the Psycho Clown

Or the much Underrated series "Eirrie Indiana"?

Makaveli

Stand By Me is one of my all time favourites. It's a fantastic film.
The Dark Crystal is a bit freaky, I think it's because they're puppets. It's just kind of weird. I still like it though.
The Neverending Story, I don't remember it all that well despite seeing it loads of times. iirc it has a big werewolf, that was in the swamp bit where the horse sunk into the mud. That scared the crap out of me whenever I saw it. In fact it's the only thing in a film that I can remember that actually scared me. But I couldnt have been more than 5 or 6 when I was watching it.
The Princess Bride is quality. Labyrinth is cool too, I'll have to buy all of these on dvd. I have Stand By Me and The Lost Boys.


Only picture I could find, it's name was G'Mork
http://www.geocities.com/fc_tnes/Images/gmork.jpg

Space Coyote

Some of my fave 80's kids classics

Flight of the Navigator
Gremlins
Goonies
D.A.R.Y.L.
Short Circuit
Willow
Starman
Inner Space

Fast Rewind Dot Com

evie

The Labrynth: For years David Bowie freaked me out.

Thank you Thank you Robbo,
that film scared the crap out of me!

Amz

I was in the Bavarian Film Studios in Munich where they filmed The Never Ending Story and got my photo taken on Falkore!! Sooooo good! he smelled a bit funny too but love lets you overlook these things!

If you're ever in Munich and like such films as Never Ending Story and Das Boot I'd highly recommend going there coz you get to go on set for most of these films which for me was a fantastic experience!

Makaveli

Originally posted by evie
The Labrynth: For years David Bowie freaked me out.

Freaked me out too, but I think it was because of the tightness of his pants. It was just wrong.

Nevyn

oh Joy i have all of those and it is great to sit and watch them with my own kids, esp when the weather is pelting rain.

Dont forget Krull , and indeed conan , red sonia and Synbad and Legend.

I think what makes these films so good is that they never patronise kids. there real danger and you have to be brave and your never sure how things are going to turn out in the end.

a lot better then the disney crap that out there.

" Are you the Mircle Max who used to work for the king ? "
"Yes until the King's stinking son fired me, and thank you for bringing up such a painful subject why dont you just give me a paper cut and pour lemon juice on it. "


" you have No power over me. "

JohnK

In case anyone is interested, Stand By Me is on TV3 tonight(sat) at 9pm.

LoneGunM@n

ah the greatest movie era of all - the 80s .... my personal favs are

the goonies
the lost boys
st elmo's fire
the breakfast club
the neverending story
labyrinth
war games
ferris bueler's day off
the secret of my success
teen wolf
back to the future
short circuit [help me rhonda, help help me rhanda]
short circuit 2 [ko derf .... my names fred .... that's what i said, derf!!]
big trouble in little china
gremlins
bmx bandits

etc. etc.

my fav of the lot would have to be the goonies ... hey you guys

adser53

All class movies but here are the best ones:

the lost boys
ferris bueler's day off
back to the future
big trouble in little china
gremlins
the blues brothers
willow
krull
ghostbusters (I and II)
the princess bride
romancing the stone
the jewel in the nile
Indiana Jones

But the best has to be the goonies!!!!

Zaltais

Got another 'classic' on DVD yesterday that I haven't seen mentioned yet.

Spaceballs

Had completely forgotton most of it...

'I see your Schwartz is as big as mine'

Not to everyone's taste, but I loved it!

adser53

"Oh sh!t spaceballs! there goes the planet!"- Classic

Anyone ever see Something Wild with jeff daniels and melanie griffith? excellent film in my opinion

evie

Indiana Jones (all 3)
Ghostbusters
Gremlins
Back to the Future
Crocodile Dundee (oh the shoulder pads!)
Three men and a Baby (and a Little Lady, their apartment was sooo cool ...at the time!)

ozpass

Does anyone remember the spooky 'ghost in the window' scene in 3 Men and a Baby? IIRC there's a scene where you can see the translucent image of a woman staring from a window....

JohnK

Actually it was a supposed to be a dead boy but it seems that it was just a cardboard cutout of Ted Danson.
More info at: http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/3menbaby.htm

PatLam

Labyrinth, Never Ending Story, Momo, Breakfast Club ( don't know why anymore, but got a crush on Judd Nelson @age 15), Blue Bird, The Wizard of Oz, Merlin, ET, Mary Poppins...and Goonies

Jip

Anyone remember the "Explorers" staring a young River Phoenix and Ethan Hawk ? God I loved that film, the geeky genius lad (Phoenix) managed to make this bubble thing and they made themselves a space ship to stick in it and off they went to space. The film died a bit once they got into space and met the aliens spaceship but it was fantastic up until then. I loved the soundtrack too, I'm getting goose pimples just thinking about it

Cork

Originally posted by PhatFiesta
ah the greatest movie era of all - the 80s .... my personal favs are

the goonies
the lost boys
st elmo's fire
the breakfast club
the neverending story
labyrinth
war games
ferris bueler's day off
the secret of my success
teen wolf
back to the future
short circuit [help me rhonda, help help me rhanda]
short circuit 2 [ko derf .... my names fred .... that's what i said, derf!!]
big trouble in little china
gremlins
bmx bandits

etc. etc.

my fav of the lot would have to be the goonies ... hey you guys

Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles and Wired Science are being released on DVD in September.

Are Sixteen Candles and Wired Science any good?

LoneGunM@n

Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles and Wired Science are being released on DVD in September.

I've never heard of Sixteen Candles, but Wierd Science [another John Hughes Classic] was excellent.

It had Anthony Michael Hall [Brian from Breakfast Club - The guy in detention for his flare gun going off in his locker] in it. He and his best friend created Kelly leBrock [collective male drooling interupts] with the use of a PC and voodoo.

John Hughes was the 80's teen comedy god.