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Post by MDG on Dec 8, 2014 11:52:42 GMT -5
People used to talk about how bad hair and clothes styles were in the 70s, but I would say the 80s has it beat hands down. No, the 90's. The 80's are forgiveable, most of the time, imo, but there is no excuse for 99% of the 90's. Ewwwwww. I dunno--more than just about any decade, when I watch an 80s movie, the fashions take me right out of the story. What's weirder is that in a lot of 80s movies, there's like representatives from each group; like in Return of the Living Dead, you got a group with the punk kid, the preppy kid, the new wave kid, the gang kid, though in real life you'd never see people like this hanging out together.  |
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Post by badwolf on Dec 8, 2014 12:54:41 GMT -5
Did anyone actually dress like that in real life, though?
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Post by Cei-U! on Dec 8, 2014 13:19:42 GMT -5
Unfortunately, yes.
Cei-U!
I summon the fashion faux pas!
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Post by the4thpip on Dec 8, 2014 13:48:08 GMT -5
This video is very helpful in clearing up which hairstyle belongs in which decade:
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Dec 8, 2014 15:40:04 GMT -5
 Thanks to the camp craze of the 60's, this is what DC turned the Blackhawks into. I loved these as a kid, never tried them as an adult, but this was my intro to the 'hawks. Reminds me of how good the 80s series was too. |
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Post by hondobrode on Dec 8, 2014 17:26:11 GMT -5
Yes, the 80's series was great.
I'd like to see a return of the Hawks, Sgt. Rock, Firehair, Tomahawk, Gravedigger, etc.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2014 17:56:39 GMT -5
Where can I find one of those ear shirts?? "... with this shirt my enemies will know that I can both hear everything they do, and that I'm also immune to ridicule" |
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Post by fanboystranger on Dec 8, 2014 18:09:56 GMT -5
Yes, the 80's series was great. I'd like to see a return of the Hawks, Sgt. Rock, Firehair, Tomahawk, Gravedigger, etc. Gravedigger's a supporting character in GI Zombie. I'm not all that familiar with the original incarnation, so I couldn't tell you if it's a complete revamp, the same character years after he had fought in the war, or a descendant. |
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Post by hondobrode on Dec 8, 2014 18:22:16 GMT -5
I haven't read that yet, though I'm going to eventually. Here's the original from the 70's :  |
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Post by Pól Rua on Dec 8, 2014 20:46:56 GMT -5
DC has always had the best non-superhero guys. Gravedigger, Warlord, Enemy Ace, Sergeant Rock, Mademoiselle Marie, Unknown Soldier, Captain Fear, Anthro, Tomahawk, Scalphunter, Jonah Hex, Arak, Son of Thunder... just a never-ending parade of cool characters.
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Post by berkley on Dec 9, 2014 1:29:25 GMT -5
Did anyone actually dress like that in real life, though? Not where I came from, but apparently they really did, in some places. |
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Post by berkley on Dec 9, 2014 1:37:50 GMT -5
This video is very helpful in clearing up which hairstyle belongs in which decade: The 1980 really stood out for its awfulness, IMO - in this video, anyway. 2nd worse, 1940. I also disliked the bow-shaped (I think they called it that?) lipstick on the 1920. I wonder about the accuracy, though: the 1970 one looked a bit too close to the later 70s, with its Farrah Fawcett-influence. What was that style called where it's brushed back on the sides - wings? No, feathered hair, something like that. |
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Post by Pól Rua on Dec 9, 2014 2:56:17 GMT -5
yup... 'feathered' hair.
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Post by Paradox on Dec 9, 2014 7:49:33 GMT -5
**cracks up**As I've gotten older, I've realized that EVERY ERA'S fashions and hairstyles look goofy in retrospect. It's what young people do to "show their individuality". 
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Post by the4thpip on Dec 9, 2014 9:13:42 GMT -5
The odd thing was that the 80s were also so intolerant of retro fashions. You HAD to look 80s or you were not acceptable. I had to wear hand-me-downs like turtle necks that were the height of fashion again in the 90s, but I got severely bullied for them in the 80s.
One thing I liked about the 90s was that suddenly, if you wanted to wear bell bottoms again, you could. If you wanted to wear a hat and tie and a 40s buzz cut, you could. We raided thrift stores and vintage fashion stores and the only thing you could definitely NOT wear were the 80s neon leg warmers.
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