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<blockquote data-quote="Zardnaar" data-source="post: 7553286" data-attributes="member: 6716779">I don't think its to fair to judge 80's movies with social mores from 30+ years later. I have gone back and watched some older movies. Blazing Saddles was one of them and its so offensive now days but its still funny and even at the time it was satire. &nbsp;I haven't seen Revenge of the Nerds lately but can't imagine it ageing well. Other movies I have watched recently are Blues Brothers (still great), Animal House (funny), Police Academy I, II, III (the 1st one is somewhat funny series has not aged well).&nbsp;The other thing is context. Some of that stuff was so over the top at the time no one took it to seriously. I used to watch Married With Children with my mother, rewatched it couple of years ago with my wife and they loved it despite it being very very politically incorrect these days.&nbsp;Even if you watch the classic British Comedies now (Blackadder, Bottom, Young Ones, The New Statesmen, Red Dwarf) you're gonna get gay jokes etc which was pop culture in the 80's. The PC 80's shows rewatched now are terrible as they are usually anti drugs being a common theme but they're boring as and to moralising (drugs are bad m'kay). Its like early South Park its so over the top offensive its social satire. A clever (if offensive) comedy is basically there to make you think about things. &nbsp;Those shows and movies were basically a product of their time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zardnaar, post: 7553286, member: 6716779"] I don't think its to fair to judge 80's movies with social mores from 30+ years later. I have gone back and watched some older movies. Blazing Saddles was one of them and its so offensive now days but its still funny and even at the time it was satire. I haven't seen Revenge of the Nerds lately but can't imagine it ageing well. Other movies I have watched recently are Blues Brothers (still great), Animal House (funny), Police Academy I, II, III (the 1st one is somewhat funny series has not aged well). The other thing is context. Some of that stuff was so over the top at the time no one took it to seriously. I used to watch Married With Children with my mother, rewatched it couple of years ago with my wife and they loved it despite it being very very politically incorrect these days. Even if you watch the classic British Comedies now (Blackadder, Bottom, Young Ones, The New Statesmen, Red Dwarf) you're gonna get gay jokes etc which was pop culture in the 80's. The PC 80's shows rewatched now are terrible as they are usually anti drugs being a common theme but they're boring as and to moralising (drugs are bad m'kay). Its like early South Park its so over the top offensive its social satire. A clever (if offensive) comedy is basically there to make you think about things. Those shows and movies were basically a product of their time. [/QUOTE]

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