Wonder Woman Out Dec 16th

[Morrus]

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

Yes. There was even an arcade scene which hit my nostalgic juices right in the nose. There’s something about those arcades that a PS4 doesn’t capture.

And Peggy Bundy was the decade from the late 80s-late 90s and only existed on a sitcom. This film is set in 1984.

I feel like a lot of people remember the 90s and think that was the 80s.

 

[Imaculata]

One of the thoughts that kept going through my head while watching this movie, was how it kind of felt like the plot to a hokey D&D adventure, and not the plot to a big comicbook movie. In fact, I think a friend of mine ran an adventure with a similar premise.

 

[Morrus]

One of the thoughts that kept going through my head while watching this movie, was how it kind of felt like the plot to a hokey D&D adventure, and not the plot to a big comicbook movie. In fact, I think a friend of mine ran an adventure with a similar premise.

I don't think "plot to a big comic book movie" is something to aspire to.

 

[Ryujin]

Yes. There was even an arcade scene which hit my nostalgic juices right in the nose. There’s something about those arcades that a PS4 doesn’t capture.

Definitely. Arcades were a fixture and every major shopping mall that I was in, back then, had at least one that employed a bunch of high school kids.

And Peggy Bundy was the decade from ten llate 80s-late 90s and only existed on a sitcom. This film is set in 1984.

I feel like a lot of people remember the 90s and think that was the 80s.

Peggy Bundy was a decade behind the times Here's the example I posted about, from 1985.

 

[Imaculata]

I don't think "plot to a big comic book movie" is something to aspire to.

What I mean is that the plot of WW84 didn't feel like it fit a blockbuster. It felt more like a simple D&D adventure. It didn't feel like it had high enough stakes and conflict to justify its length and budget.

 

[Morrus]

What I mean is that the plot of WW84 didn't feel like it fit a blockbuster. It felt more like a simple D&D adventure. It didn't feel like it had the right stakes and conflict to justify its length.

Length?! I mean, it has bigger stakes than The Godfather, which was longer. I don't think we view movies as the same things.

I don't think the movie was great (it was OK), and I"m not trying to claim it was, but "it wasn't 80s enough" (I do remember the 80s) and "the stakes didn't justify the length" (of all things) don't factor into it at all for me.

 

[Morrus]

Definitely. Arcades were a fixture and every major shopping mall that I was in, back then, had at least one that employed a bunch of high school kids.

Well, you asked. That was the answer. Yes, there were teenagers in the malls.

 

[Ryujin]

Well, you asked. That was the answer. Yes, there were teenagers in the malls.

And that's why I asked, and I was agreeing that it was a defining element of life at the time. Not sure why you responded in an adversarial manner.

 

[Imaculata]

It didn't seem like the sort of plot I would expect from the 2nd installment of a big super hero property.

 

[Mallus]

Since we’re throwing down our old people bona fides, I was born in 1969, making me between eleven and twenty in the 1980s. During which time I saw a lot of movies. For bonus points, mostly at mall multiplexes (or on HBO!).

WW84 absolutely felt like a 80s summer movie — and not necessarily blockbuster — to me. The kind of high-concept action/comedy exemplified by films like Ghostbusters or Weird Science that eventually got supplanted by supers movies (exemplified by the MCU).