Has anyone else noticed a recent onset of nostalgia for the late 80’s / early 90’s in our collective cultural mind? (woah. That was deep.)
Maybe it’s because those of us born in the early 80’s are now entering our 30’s and subconsciously littering film, television, and clothing with nostalgia for our youth. (again, I am just on a roll here. Maybe I should teach a class?)
In any case, I admit I recently sat down with my kids and watched one of my favorite childhood movies from the early 90’s -Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Yes, the movie that filled my 8-year-old vocabulary with things like ‘Tubular!’, ‘Radical!’, and ‘Cowabunga Dude!’ Not to mention- had me playing with bizarre Turtle merchandise, like toy military tanks that shot plastic pizza’s at unsuspecting victims.
That thing was rad.
*sigh*
They just don’t make ‘em like that anymore. And, well, thank god for that.- Despite the fond memories, I have to admit, the corniness was cringe-worthy.
We seem to forget just how much of the early 90’s was chuck full of corny corniness in-cornated.
Some things should just stay in the pastJ
Are you feeling the late 80’s, early 90’s revival?
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So that's where 'DUDE' came from.
What about 'Groovy'?
The late 80s/early 90s has a lot of good things to remember. And I was so young then... sigh.
My kid love The Simpsons now.
I'm loving the fact that the UK fashion is 70's style at the present time. Enough said!
Good post, my children will be in the same nostalgic era as you. 'I have the power' by He Man will ring around the land all over again. LOL
I love it! I don't like how they're updating it though, like Strawberry Shortcake and the My Little Ponies. Now they look like teenagers instead of the sweet, wholesome ladies and horses they originally looked like!
My siblings and I had that pizza canon. So fun!
This website is awesome when you're feeling nostalgic for our youth: http://www.perpetualkid.com/
Cowabunga, dude!!
I remember TMNT Dude! Awesome! I like to see it all come back, but there's nothing like the originals. Smurfs was a lot better as a cartoon, though the movie was decent for the kids.
Ha! And I hope shoulder pads stay there too. But I've seen some creeping into the fashion scene. No! I won't wear them ever again!
The 80s was/were (LOL!) my paradise! Sigh! Take care
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I've been feeling it for a while now. (Like how Friends is still airing reruns.)
I've mostly been cringing with the fashion statements.
I swore I'd never wear bright colored pants again after they went out of style in the 90's and now they're all in the stores again.
Trying to keep my distance.
OMGosh! Tubular! I'd forgotten about that. Love the turtles.
And hey, it's not just those born in the '80s. Dial back a few years. I was in the throng of all that too. But only dial back a few years, 'K?
The idea that I am old enough for things from my childhood to be revived is a little bit disturbing. In my head, I am still 16!
I love it though. A couple of years ago, I bought a t-shirt with a picture of Gizmo on the front, and the slogan read "Gizzy is the Shizzy." :D
I'm TOTALLY feeling the revival. And frankly I love it! The animation was better, the story lines weren't as convoluted, and the corniness was kid friendly and entertaining. I absolutely loved it.
You said rad.
I kind of missed the the early and mid 90s because my kids were born in those years and I didn't get any sleep. Maybe it will all be new and fun for me.
I am still stuck in the 70s. :-) I have an inner hippy that wants them back!
I am one of the biggest TMNT fans ever! In the UK the cartoon was called Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles.
And I loved (and still do) The Ghostbusters!!
And then there are the UK 80s kids shows that I loved - Count Duckula, Dangermouse, Trap Door. I actually have a t-shirt with Duckula on it... and one with She-ra (He-man's twin sister - she also has the power!)
I can't tell you how much I miss the 80's/90's.
I've been stuck in the 80's since, um, the 80's. :)
yeah, i've been noticing it for awhile, too.
but HECK! i loved the turtles and still do!!!!
but still, why are they recycling old shows and not building on all the new stories people are producing.
(i'm speaking of the tmnt film remake coming out, where the turtles aren't even mutants anymore, but aliens)
BLECH!
Oh boy, how I loved the TMNT. The movies, the cartoons, all of it. So much fun.
Why wouldn't we want the late 80's/ early 90's to come back? They were awesome. Well, maybe not the hair so much but the pop culture aspects were gold.
M.J. Fifield
My Pet Blog
Wait, the '80s are over? Wh ..?
I had to laugh at this. My wonderful husband--let me stop there. I love everything about him. I love his blue eyes, I love his thick, Alabama accent, I love his penchant for hard work. We do not, however, share the same love of movies. I caught him watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles last weekend, laughing and reminiscing, even reciting some of the lines. Close seconds for him would include everything--and I mean everything--with Adam Sandler, Pauly Shore, and or Brendan Fraiser. (Bonus points for "Son-in-Law," as it contains both of the latter.)
But you know what? I love him for that. I love how he can sit and laugh at the same things I'm rolling my eyes at on television. It's kind of, well, endearing. ;-)
Thanks again for the morning laugh. See you tomorrow, A to Z'er!
I watched the Mutant Ninja Turtles with my two daughters, and I loved their artistic names - Michelangelo, Leonardo, etc.
With names like Shredder and Splinter, how could we not be amused?
Cheesy, maybe, but kids like cheese most of the time.
Nice post:) Yes, I do feel the revival, very strongly. Maybe not TMNT (I know, blasphemy:D), but I've been addicted to reruns of the Back To The Future series lately. Sigh, I so want to own a DeLorean!*hides from the corniness police*:) Okay, okay, time travelling cars do not exist - but if someone from a certain secret agency could just pop KITT over to my side of the world, I won't be complainin':)
HUGE fan of al things 80's and 90's. Maybe because I was a kid and teen and it was just so easy back then. We spent our days playing and watching TV, listening to music..no bills, no responsibilities. Easy to wanna hold onto that!! LOL!
My son is all about TMNT lately...rented a DVD of old episodes. He loved it!
I loved late 80's and 90's. I say BRING it!
I'm stuck in Barbie hell right now. I do remember working in a theater with a TMNT video game and listening to "Heros in a half-shell--turtle power!" for hours and hours and . . .
hi miss katie! yikes! im gonna need to wait a pretty long time to revive stuff from my early life cause im still in my early life. ha ha. its fun hearing your stuff and reading the comments. i saw the nija turtle movie. wow! those guys are uber cool! cowabunga dude!
:) ...hugs from lenny
Oh dear, I don't remember decades, really, stuck inside my head . . .
I've totally seen this! Especially because if you've got a daughter you're buying clothes for, all you see is 80s gear! It's sort of scary, actually...
Our thought-paths crossed, because I was thinking the same thing this week.
Tom Cruise is going to play Jon Bon Jovi.
TMNT, as you pointed out, is in re-make.
They can't stop re-re-re-releasing and remaking Star Wars.
Now I see Total Recall is coming out -- again. Lord help us all.
I posted a FB update last fall, and it was this: "In theaters: Three Muskateers, The Thing, and Footloose! Welcome to 1985!"
Yes, I feel it, and yes, I agree with your reasoning. We are now at the sweet-spot age, the most sought-after consumers on the planet!
We are the 30-50 crowd, the ones who are old enough to EARN money, and young enough to SPEND it in wild abandon!
Pre-30 is struggling. Post-50 has learned you need to set something back.
Us tweeners are like, you know, you can always earn more money, for sure.
Welcome to the honeypot of the advertising and marketing machine!
- Eric
Early 90's? Well, I have been playing some old Alice in Chains music lately.
My childhood memories would include the original Scooby Doo and Superfriends.
I loved the turtles. The cartoons, movies, the games (yes, I had some of the old video games with them), I even had an old ooze sewer set when I was a kid.
TMNT! Good times! I was a big fan of Donatello. I still think we had better cartoons than kids do now, even if they are a bit corny.
I'm a child of the 80's and 90's but I'd have to say some things are better left where they were, like Footloose or Total Recall or 80's fashion.
Ahhh...the days when my sister and I argued over which one of us would marry which TMNT. Good times.
:)
Michael Bay, prolific producer of The Transformers, is remaking Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but he's just calling it Ninja Turtles, and it's probably going to awesomely terrible.
I'm not a fan of ninja turtles but I am nostalgic about 80's teen movies - probably because I was a teen in the 80's. I worked too much in the 90's, so I couldn't really tell you what was going on with movies then.
Gnarley..Dude!!! :)
Definitely nostalgic here! I cracked up last year when my cousin's teen daughters thought that they were the first kids on the planet who had worn skinny jeans. Ha! They were goggle eyed when I pulled out the old yearbook. :) I miss my original Looney Toons and so many of the other cartoons from back then. Yep...I'd still watch them. I might have a hard time getting off the floor in my footie pajamas nowadays though! ;)
Definitely nostalgic here! I cracked up last year when my cousin's teen daughters thought that they were the first kids on the planet who had worn skinny jeans. Ha! They were goggle eyed when I pulled out the old yearbook. :) I miss my original Looney Toons and so many of the other cartoons from back then. Yep...I'd still watch them. I might have a hard time getting off the floor in my footie pajamas nowadays though! ;)
These were my formative years...I get so nostalgic seeing these. I actually had a Cowabunga shirt! LOL.
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I was a massive fan of the Turtles. Am not impressed with the new version bring planned. The Turtles will now be an alien race come to Earth. Leave the Turtles as they are!
I was a teenager in the 80's - my head is stuck there :-)
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