Archive for the ‘80s’ Category
Written by Bill G on Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 in 80s, Movies, Periods, culture.
Lion’s Gate Films, which had secretly acquired a few years ago the rights to produce a Zork movie, has announced that it will be released in summer 2009. The movie is set in a first-person perspective, and will be filmed in full text video, and narrated by Morgan Freeman.
OK, This story is fake. But we wish it wasn’t!!
Zork I: The Great Underground Empire was an interactive fiction computer game published by Infocom in 1980. It was the first game in the popular Zork trilogy and was released for a wide range of computer systems.
Written by Bill G on Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 in 80s, Florida, Government, Movies, Periods, alternative lifestyles, animals, bizarre, culture, politics, travel.
Vernon, Florida
Florida is mostly made up of towns like Vernon.
There’s a town in the Florida panhandle called Vernon. Located in Washington County, right off I-10, it’s nothing more than a rest stop for people on the way to Panama City. Trouble is, there are so many possible routes to Panama City the chances are low [...]
Written by OddCulture on Friday, October 5th, 2007 in 80s, 90s, Periods, TV, Trainwrecks, advertising, bizarre, celebrities, culture, disasters, food, funny video, shopping, technology.
Face it, marketing departments and product development divisions can be made up of real dopes sometimes. We mean, for every Apple iPod there’s an Arch Deluxe or worse, a Time Warner/AOL merger. Hey, they can’t all be winners, right? In that spirit, we present to you
5 Product and Marketing Disasters
New Coke
From Wiki:
New Coke [...]
Written by Bill G on Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 in 80s, Movies.
Megaforce (1982)
Directed by: Hal Needham
Starring: Barry Bostwick, Persis Khambatta, Henry Silva, Michael Beck, Edward Mulhare
(out of 4)
In the 80s, people were crazy. That’s the only true message I can take away from Megaforce, even though I’m pretty sure it was unintentional. Megaforce was released in the summer of 1982 to the delight of 12 [...]
Written by OddCulture on Thursday, April 26th, 2007 in 70s, 80s, Movies, Periods, culture, horror, mature.
I suppose I should thank Tarantino and Rodriguez for getting me interested in 70s grindhouse again.
( Read the Review of Grindhouse here at Horror-fan-zine)
Some of their faux-trailers are perfect
Take this gem: Hobo With a Shotgun
Made as part of a “Grindhouse Trailer” contest, it won and was shown in front of Grindhouse at Canadian theaters.
Perfect [...]
Written by Bill G on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007 in 80s, Music.
A few things about the year 1980:
The Iranian hostage crisis was still going on.
Jimmy Carter was president and he boycotted the summer olympics in Russia.
In Poland, Solidarity was created.
The Empire Strikes Back, the greatest Star Wars movie ever made, opened in theaters.
Reagan wipes the floor with Carter in the November elections.
Led Zeppelin announces [...]
Written by J Napsterista on Wednesday, March 28th, 2007 in 80s, Music, Periods, culture, travel.
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If you, like Odd Culture’s staff, are longing to attend Rocklahoma, here is the important ticket information:
Discounted tickets for Rocklahoma are available through Monday April 9.
$30 for one day general admission
$70 for three day general admission
$225 VIP Tickets, good for all three [...]
Written by Bill G on Monday, February 26th, 2007 in 80s, Christmas, Movies, holidays.
Cross Posted From YuppieJournal.com:
Trading Places (1983)
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Lee Curtis, Denholm Elliott, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Paul Gleason, Kristin Holby
Director: John Landis
just a couple of bookies
Before John Landis made the completely-awful Beverly Hills Cop 3, he had the ability to tap into… well, something that was connected with the zeitgeist. The best [...]
Written by OddCulture on Sunday, February 4th, 2007 in 80s, Babes, Britney Spears, Government, Jessica Simpson, Music, Periods, TV, Trainwrecks, animation, celebrities, culture, disasters, food, military, shopping, sports.
There are some Super Bowl ads out there that people just love but we don’t.
First, let’s just address the ones that we merely “like” but didn’t like enough to make the top 15 list.
Overrated
Coke - Mean Joe Greene (1979)
Mean Joe trades his jersey for a coke. Awwwwww. But greatest Super Bowl commercial ever? outpost [...]
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