the 80's
i don’t watch much tv anymore- who has time with 2 kids and working full time. since we don’t have cable, my choices at home are limited. i confess to a love of grey’s anatomy ( preceded by love for l.a.. law, and er, i guess i love the ensemble night time soap masquerading as drama...) but at work i have both time and access to cable. law and order sucks me in more often than not, and i do watch some television during down time on labor and delivery.
sunday nights there is not much on so i sometimes get sucked into bad tv land. last night was one of those nights i ended up in the 80’s and could not get out!
i was in college from 1980 to 1985, taking a slight detour along the way to graduation. although technically i am not sure i can call myself a child of the 80’s, i often do. that decade was a time of change for me -i moved away from home , spent my first summer in the tetons, fell in love, got my heart broken and broke a heart or two, decided what i wanted to do with my life, made some incredible life long friends and started on the path of who i am today.
last night pretty woman was on. i admit, the fluff sucked me in. while following along the story line, i couldn’t help making some observations:
richard gere has aged well. really well. men seem to do that. he is quintessentially handsome and always has been. these days he sports more wrinkles . he looked really good by today's standards.
the cell phone he has in the movie looks like a block of tillamook cheese. it is the clunkiest thing you have ever seen. seeing him hold it to his ear is a comical moment.
julia looks much the same. however her “sophisticated” wardrobe is matronly and baggy by today's standards. ( except the red dress she wears to the opera - that would still work) even my mom doesn’t sport that look any more. her hooker wardrobe is timeless though.
other noticeable things- thick eyebrows and big hair. phones with cords. no tattoos visible on any cast members. it was an interesting look back, what a different world it is now. slim and sleek cell phones, computers, texting, utube. wonder how we’ll look back at this decade?
sunday nights there is not much on so i sometimes get sucked into bad tv land. last night was one of those nights i ended up in the 80’s and could not get out!
i was in college from 1980 to 1985, taking a slight detour along the way to graduation. although technically i am not sure i can call myself a child of the 80’s, i often do. that decade was a time of change for me -i moved away from home , spent my first summer in the tetons, fell in love, got my heart broken and broke a heart or two, decided what i wanted to do with my life, made some incredible life long friends and started on the path of who i am today.
last night pretty woman was on. i admit, the fluff sucked me in. while following along the story line, i couldn’t help making some observations:
richard gere has aged well. really well. men seem to do that. he is quintessentially handsome and always has been. these days he sports more wrinkles . he looked really good by today's standards.
the cell phone he has in the movie looks like a block of tillamook cheese. it is the clunkiest thing you have ever seen. seeing him hold it to his ear is a comical moment.
julia looks much the same. however her “sophisticated” wardrobe is matronly and baggy by today's standards. ( except the red dress she wears to the opera - that would still work) even my mom doesn’t sport that look any more. her hooker wardrobe is timeless though.
other noticeable things- thick eyebrows and big hair. phones with cords. no tattoos visible on any cast members. it was an interesting look back, what a different world it is now. slim and sleek cell phones, computers, texting, utube. wonder how we’ll look back at this decade?
posted by chris at
12:43 PM
2 Comments:
How fun to think back on my life in the 80's.... I will have to rent Pretty Woman just for "laughs".
Richard Gere.. ALWAYS HOT!!
thank for the walk down memory lane.
Lisa
Laura San Giacomo - love that gal to death. If I'd have been Richard Gere, I'd have gone with the short cutie before the tall model...but that's me.
Funny - I remember those "brick" cell phones from the 90's; they had a longer life thn you'd think.
And from today? Probably reality TV. And net/web culture? Had to say how the Oughts will be distinguished from the 90s.
Sadly, it may be for hidden prisons, "homeland security" and foreign wars. Hope not.
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