Ahh, the 1980s. They’re back, apparently, thanks to a new film about a magic hot tub, and what a decade!
Depressed, unemployed miners moped around in wine bars wearing tiny little fluorescent shorts and boob tubes. Businessmen carried mobile phones in rucksacks on their backs.
Absolutely everyone drank cocktails, ladies with feathery blonde hair attended aerobics classes every Thursday, and who could ever forget those three gorgeous pin-ups battling to tighten everyone’s chinos– Debbie Harry, the one from Bananarama, the pretty lady in Culture Club?
Yes, it was quite a time, and after the jump, you can enjoy a list of the ten greatest movies from a decade that stuck two big fingers up at the pipe smoking beardos who made the 1970s all bulbous and prog-rock. Read More >>>
We've all moaned about the seemingly endless remakes being churned out by Hollywood these days.
Whether it's pointless shot-by-shot rehashes of Psycho or awful renditions of classic British films such as Get Carter and the Italian Job, it seems nothing is immune to Tinseltown's obsession with recycling. When was the last time producers in Hollywood had an original idea?
Well, hecklerspray has decided to help the ailing American movie monolith by coming up with 10 films they should remake. It hasn't been easy. A lot of films on the list we love. But we are a giving site and have decided to stick our heads on the block. So why do it? Well, like we said, most of the films listed are films we love. But maybe it's time we updated them. That could be for a variety of reasons. Some films started as great ideas but just ended up as a pile of shit, while others have dated badly and could be improved upon by the latest special effects techniques. There are also movies that could simply do with a bath and clean clothing.
Oh, there is one proviso. George Lucas cannot get his hands on any of them. Here goes:
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Ahh, the 1980s. They’re back, apparently, thanks to a new film about a magic hot tub, and what a decade!
