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| 1488 | Article | Vaporman87 | There is so much about wrestling in the 80's that I could go on about. I was so convinced it was all real, and the drama could make your blood boil. Naturally I was always rooting for Hulk Hogan to win everything. He and Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake were two of my favorites. The Undertaker came along some time later and soon became my favorite as well. I loved Roddy Piper. Yeah, he was usually a heel... but he was so good at it that you just had to like him. Macho Man was another favorite of mine. He was so kooky and Elizabeth was a beauty that every young boy loved. I like the style of Ricky Steamboat though. He was a great wrestler and knew how to put on a show with just in ring maneuvers. Those were the matches you really loved watching... the ones with guys who could actually impress you with what they could do. Not just running around doing clotheslines and leg drops. And then there were the managers (which only ever seemed to work with heels). Always there to make trouble and you just wished these idiot good guys would just bring their own outside the ring helper to fend off the cheaters! The fun and excitement faded with time. Like you said, there was something magical in the 80's when you knew who were the good guys and who to root against, and then joined the other millions of fans to watch. It was a soap opera for men, and it was exceptional at capturing our attentions. That isn't to say that it isn't still good at capturing attention. But it's different now. The magic of not quite being sure if it's real or not... and whether or not these guys really hated each other... it's gone. We all know it's fake, and they make no effort to hide it any more. The drama that catches headlines is more real now... what really is happening behind the curtain, and that's just not magical. It's the gritty and grim reality we all live in, and hoped to escape from when we sat down to catch a match. | Nov 04, 2014 |  | |
| 1490 | Article | Vaporman87 | Yeah, The Brain was the best there ever has been at playing the part of annoying heel manager. So good. And then when he started commentating on the matches his dialogue got even better. I miss those days. | When Wrestling Rocked | Nov 04, 2014 | |
| 1493 | Article | Vaporman87 | There was indeed alienation going on in the attitude era. Nobody wanted their kids watching that style of drama and violence. | When Wrestling Rocked | Nov 05, 2014 | |
| 1495 | Article | Vaporman87 | It did indeed make it's way to my neighborhood. I myself was not immune to it, and had my own board. It wasn't anything fancy, that's for sure, but it did the job. I got good enough to keep it moving, but that was it. I just didn't have the time or inclination to learn much more than that. I had my bike, and my roller skates and that was good enough for me. Now outside of town, we have a skater culture that you wouldn't want any part of. It's a place where the worst of the worst come to make messes, punch each other, and drink until they can't breath. It's awful. Thankfully they only convene once a year for their biggest stupidfest. And you always know when that's coming, because you see them buzzing to and fro... they are unmistakable. There is a documentary on this place, but I'm not promoting here as I've already mentioned it more than it deserves in the forum some time ago. Last time they had their "thing", a camera crew with a giant black Winnebago and a van with a bumper mounted camera was following the "ring leader" of this bunch into our local department store. Hurray. | Skate or Die | Nov 07, 2014 | |
| 1499 | Article | Vaporman87 | The documentary on our local crazies is called "Skatopia: 88 Acres of Anarchy" which is also available on NetFlix. Prepare to be disturbed. lol | Skate or Die | Nov 08, 2014 | |
| 1503 | Article | Vaporman87 | I only ever owned the Lazer Tag sets, so I can't comment on Photon. However, Lazer Tag was great fun when it was released. Although the sensors didn't always work well (not registering hits when it should have). I've never actually done the indoor arena thing. I've considered it many times throughout the years, but just never committed to doing it. I'm guessing it's quite fun with a group of family or friends. This article contained a lot of info I was not previously aware of, so thanks for shedding light on it. | Laser-Daze: Photon vs Lazer Tag | Nov 13, 2014 | |
| 1505 | Video | Vaporman87 | One of my all time favorite shows of the 90's. Jon Lovitz was so perfect for this, like he was made for it. | The Critic intro and credits | Nov 14, 2014 | |
| 1507 | Article | Vaporman87 | I'm interested in the BraveStarr figures/guns. Thinking about checking Ebay for some of those. :) | Laser-Daze: Photon vs Lazer Tag | Nov 14, 2014 | |
| 1511 | Article | Vaporman87 | This article is right in my wheelhouse! Around the mid to late 80's, I got my first video camera. This camera, however, was not the standard VHS camcorders we are all familiar with. The first camera I got was the infamous Fisher Price PXL 2000. <img src="http://1-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.retrothing.com/retrothing.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/17/xpxl_prod_shot.jpg.pagespeed.ic.tZxlCWyvc1.jpg"> The camera that now has a cult following <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PXL-2000">cult following</a>. I mostly used it to record dumb things like my hamster pooping on our kitchen table and such. In fact, I still have some of the cassette tapes with the video on them. However, I lost/sold??? my PXL 2000 years ago, and have no way of viewing any video that may still be on them. If I am to buy another PXL 2000, it's going to be costly (as they fetch $200 to $500 on Ebay). Later on, I got a REAL camera for Christmas... and the rest is history. We made movies like they were going out of style. Most of them were just dreadful and stupid. There were the occasional "above mediocre" films that we did. One of them I have uploaded to the site... <a href="http://retro-daze.org/site/video/id/96">The Lost Few</a>. That particular version of the movie is a remastered one. The original cut was so bad! Watch the remastered version, then try to imagine how it could be so much worse. Then try to come to the realization that it is. LOL We would mostly film silly comedy stuff. Filming something serious would require a budget and effects unless it was a drama, and since we hated dramas, we rarely made anything outside of comedy stuff. I have whole collections of VHS tapes with our videos. I've put some of them to DVD for the sake of preserving them, while adding a few touches to help improve some of them (with better audio quality or some better editing and such. We would probably agree (we, as in me and about 2 or 3 of my friends) that our signature characters were LongBlade and Dark Wrath (from The Lost Few). But we did do some funny characters like Perv Deathwave or the brothers from the Day Series (a series of shorts where I and my brother fight to the death with weapons that are harmless, yet somehow cause us as much pain as real weapons, lol). I could go on and on and on about this. And I probably will in the days ahead. ;) Now, time to go watch the Rakeman series. :) | Making Movies on VHS | Nov 17, 2014 | |
| 1513 | Article | Vaporman87 | Great job on the Rakeman movies! There were some really good jokes in there. You are especially good in them. I can see Weird Al Yankovic in you... like you could be related, and even share a similar sense of humor. LOL I dug up an <a href="http://retro-daze.org/site/thread/id/61">ancient thread containing DVD and Menu art</a> from Lost Few for the remastered version, for your perusal. ;) | Making Movies on VHS | Nov 18, 2014 | |
