Wonder Woman Out Dec 16th

[Ryujin]

Yeah, being 9 when the 80’s ended definitely doesn’t make you an objective source of 80’s information, or “feel”.

It doesn’t feel like the 80’s to you, fine. It feels more like the 80s than Stranger Things does, to me. From the mall scene to the politics to the clothes and the way people talk, it’s a movie set in the 80s.

As someone who was in his 20s, in the '80s, if they didn't show any Peggy Bundy hair/Brigette Nielsen flat tops, shoulder pads that you could land a plane on, or headbands, then it wasn't the '80s that I knew.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Opening scene felt 80s after that kinda got dropped for the most part imho.

I’ll agree that the opening scene felt the most 80’s, but the movie never once felt like it was set in any other time. It just didn’t beat the audience over the head with nostalgia-bait.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

As someone who was in his 20s, in the '80s, if they didn't show any Peggy Bundy hair/Brigette Nielsen flat tops, shoulder pads that you could land a plane on, or headbands, then it wasn't the '80s that I knew.

Those things stand out more in memory than in reality, though.

 

[Morrus]

I don’t feel the need to qualify myself by my age, but it felt 80s to me. More importantly, it was made in the style of the 80s and felt like an early Richard Donner film. It wasn’t just set in the 80s, the film was made like an 80s film. I don’t understand how people didn’t feel that, but it syncs well with my memories of the 80s and, presumably, the writers’ memories of the 80s.

 

[Waller]

Look, this movie has 1984 in the title. It is literally the premise of the movie. I was born in 1981. I think I know what the 80's were like. This aint it. That is a pretty big flaw.

You were 3-years old in 1984.

 

[Ryujin]

Those things stand out more in memory than in reality, though.

Not where I was (Toronto).

 

[Mercurius]

I don’t feel the need to qualify myself by my age, but it felt 80s to me. More importantly, it was made in the style of the 80s and felt like an early Richard Donner film. It wasn’t just set in the 80s, the film was made like an 80s film. I don’t understand how people didn’t feel that, but it syncs well with my memories of the 80s and, presumably, the writers’ memories of the 80s.

Actually, I kind of agree with you. I previously said that Stranger Things did the 80s better, but I think it did 80s nostalgia better. WW84 felt kind of like a movie actually made in the 80s, warts and all (mostly warts, imo).

I don't think it had a cheesy saxophone love scene, though, but can't remember the music when she got it on with Steve.

 

[Rabulias]

I was hoping Linda Carter (played the title character) would be invited onto the movie for a cameo appearance "Diana ... I think I know you..." and a few words of good advice.

Did you watch through the credits?

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Not where I was (Toronto).

Fair enough, that sort of thing is certainly regional.

But like Morrus said, is sure felt like I was in the 80’s watching a movie set in the 80’s, other than the picture quality.

 

[Ryujin]

Fair enough, that sort of thing is certainly regional.

But like Morrus said, is sure felt like I was in the 80’s watching a movie set in the 80’s, other than the picture quality.

Peggy Bundy hair is a bit of an exaggeration but if you look at the cover of the Lee Aaron albums "Metal Queen" or "Call of the Wild", it will give you a good idea. Lee Aaron used to hang around the same mall that I did and many of the local girls emulated her hair style.

Which reminds me: Were there any teens hanging around in the malls, in the movie?