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Kickflip b/s Tailslide Strike Team		posted on 01-23-2002 @ 8:16 PM      
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I just watched the first break of That 80's show. 5 minutes was long enough for me to realize what a peice of shit that it was. they're playing off of the stereotypes of that decade rather than just using it as a background for the show. every joke is an 80's joke. on That 70's Show, they actually have funny writing that DOESN'T have to do with disco.

if the show gets funny, which i doubt will happen, please notify me


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quote:
Were the 80's Really That Awful?
In a word - yes. I lived through the 80's (born in '72) and I was one of the few who didn't subscribe to all the shitty fashion and societal fads that have come to be knows as "80's-isms". That decade was so bad that even great bands like Rush and Yes put out shitty music.


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I just watched the first break of That 80's show. 5 minutes was long enough for me to realize what a peice of shit that it was. they're playing off of the stereotypes of that decade rather than just using it as a background for the show. every joke is an 80's joke. I just watched the first break of That 80's show. 5 minutes was long enough for me to realize what a peice of shit that it was. they're playing off of the stereotypes of that decade rather than just using it as a background for the show. every joke is an 80's joke. I just watched the first break of That 80's show. 5 minutes was long enough for me to realize what a peice of shit that it was. they're playing off of the stereotypes of that decade rather than just using it as a background for the show. every joke is an 80's joke.
we just made that EXACT point in chat.this show WILL fail, because it is just 80s jokes, not people who happen to be in the 80s




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I will die a traitor's death		posted on 01-23-2002 @ 8:26 PM      
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i've explained it before. 70s Show are characters in the 70s, 80s Show are characters who exist to make 80s references



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:cool: I was born in the 80's I don't think im that bad :)


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P®oJë©T M@¥hέm		posted on 01-23-2002 @ 8:34 PM      
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ill watch it just to see that hot punk chick chyler something. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm chyler.


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I can't believe that after all of that promoting and all of the commercials I completely forgot that the show was on tonight! God-damnit....well, it sounds like I didn't miss that much.

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I will die a traitor's death		posted on 01-23-2002 @ 8:45 PM      
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Chyler Leigh, here's her Stuff spread here



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posted on 01-23-2002 @ 8:58 PM      
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You can have Chyler and I'll take that hot piece of ass Mia that lesbian terrorist from 24.

And just like the 60s, no the 80s weren't what hollywood makes it seem. According to Hollywood, everyone in the 60s was a socialist, protesting, crunchy useless piece of shit.


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posted on 01-23-2002 @ 11:24 PM      
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If it wasn't for the hot lesbo chick, I doubt anyone would watch the show again.

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posted on 01-23-2002 @ 11:36 PM      
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I also lived through the 80's (born 1974), but I really don't think it was that bad. However that show was fucking awful. I turned it off after five minutes also. It was just that bad.

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posted on 01-23-2002 @ 11:39 PM      
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IkeaBoy is correct, and I was very very very disappointed with the show. I was a young teenager getting into bars during the 80'sn and even their bar scene was bullshit! 12 people on the dance floor while they crack 80's commentary? I remember the 80's in clubs being sooo much more crowded, the whole WORLD was so much more crowded back then, and more fun than this 80's wardrobe parade is showing. These paople are taking the fun out of the 80's. Speaking of fun in the 80's apply pressure to the snowman's wound.

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Sig Pics of HOT CHICKS and an SU Feed... will wonders never cease?		posted on 01-23-2002 @ 11:41 PM      
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. I turned it off after five minutes also. It was just that bad.

Did you at least get to see the catch phrase, "It's a portable phone!"...yuck.

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Chyler Leigh, here's her Stuff spread here


Ikea, did ya make sure that RF.net got the link too?



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I will die a traitor's death		posted on 01-24-2002 @ 1:57 AM      
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I'm watching it now and every scene in the record store makes me yearn for High Fidelity. this is awful.



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posted on 01-24-2002 @ 7:40 AM      
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In a nutshell, yes. Having experienced every decade since the 60's, the 80's were awfull. Just fucking awfull.

The show wasn't all that bad. The lesbian angle kept me intrigued. ;)



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posted on 01-24-2002 @ 8:31 AM      
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If it wasn't for the hot lesbo chick, I doubt anyone would watch the show again.


What ever happened to her?



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Elite Ninja Gaiden Infiltration Unit		posted on 01-24-2002 @ 10:42 AM      
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I was born in the 80's I don't think im that bad
ditto. But seriously, everything I remember from the 80s is playing with action figures on the potty... playing with my Commodore 64 and NES, a park and movie rental place on Metropolitan Ave. in Kew Gardens and maybe some summers on Brighton Beach... then I vividly remember waking up and watching the Rose Parade on Jan 1, 1990. :(

so ya, they weren't half bad :) Don't YOU all wish you were 17? fdblingfrg, comment? adolescent,... oh, nevermind.



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Kickflip b/s Tailslide Strike Team		posted on 01-24-2002 @ 10:53 AM      
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thank you all for not making me regret turning off that peice of crap show


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posted on 01-24-2002 @ 11:15 AM      
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I didn't watch the show, but after reading this i'm glad I didn't.

I grew up in the 80's, I thought the 80's rocked...I know I enjoyed them.




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posted on 01-24-2002 @ 11:20 AM      
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I watched it. It didn't grasp my full attention. I switched back and forth between the 80's show, the White House special and The Erotic Network.

I lived through the 80's. It wasn't THAT bad. We had our hair bands, our diesel, our nose bleeds, plastic bracelets, funky hair and the birth of MTv. It was the end result of decades past - one huge cluster fuck and I am glad I lived through it.



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posted on 01-24-2002 @ 12:04 PM      
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I was excited about the show since i first heard about it a few months ago.. but after the first 5 minutes of the show, i realized how horrible the show is. I ended up barely watching it at all becuase i couldnt sit through the horrible jokes. I give the show 6 episodes before it is cancelled.



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USA		posted on 01-24-2002 @ 2:05 PM      
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My take on it is the 80's in my opinion was great (I know, unpopular sentiment), but this show was GOD AWFUL!
I had to agree with Norton and the guys when they were going off on the promos. From the beginning when they first started promoting the show, I said they are gonna try too hard to ram 80's references down our throats. They don't do that with That 70's Show and that's why they're successful. If That 80's Show wants to survive, they better take a page out of the other's book and follow it. Otherwise they won't make it through a full season.
On a side note, the only good thing about That 80's Show has to be the bi-sexual chick Sophia played by Brittany Daniel. You can check her out here.



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posted on 01-24-2002 @ 4:24 PM      
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Nice plug Ikea....Norton likes your chin too?




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Sig Pics of HOT CHICKS and an SU Feed... will wonders never cease?		posted on 01-24-2002 @ 4:26 PM      
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i've explained it before. 70s Show are characters in the 70s, 80s Show are characters who exist to make 80s references

Who knew that Norton read the Off-Topic section.



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