Looking Back... 1982

Published: Nov. 9, 2021, 9:26 a.m.

Movie Meltdown - Episode 565

This episode features the return of George aka \u201cThe Fanatic\u201d as we look back at 1982 and all the monumental films that came out that year.\xa0

So put on your Flynn's Arcade T-shirt, grab your Reese's Pieces and get ready from some crazy tangents as we delve into... Bob Clark, Amy Heckerling, some sort of weird allegory for consumerism, Eddie Murphy, pandering garbage, George Romero, Colonel Trautman, a theater kid, David Lynch, the post-apocalyptic aesthetic, Richard Pryor, playing Atari, Rob Bottin, Lord Humungus, guns or walkie talkies, Lee Horsley, it is all about prostitution, Mr. Yankovic, missing parent issues, metal kids, Tom Hanks, competing against himself, Catherine Mary Stewart, practical effects, Walter Hill, the marketing didn\u2019t know what the hell they had, he\u2019s John Williams, going to the drive-in, John Waters, brutally honest comedies, Steven Spielberg, the next G.I. Joe, Christopher Reeve, sex comedies, Split Second, it is still getting worse, Ben Kingsley, Satanic panic, Wes Craven, psychedelic spots and the Showcase Cinemas.\xa0

\u201cThere\u2019s times where there\u2019s some nostalgia factor in the movie.\u201d

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