{"id":1519405,"date":"2022-06-16T17:34:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T21:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1519405"},"modified":"2022-06-16T17:34:17","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T21:34:17","slug":"80s-movies-we-should-leave-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/80s-movies-we-should-leave-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201880s Movies We Should Leave Alone"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F80s-movies-we-should-leave-alone%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1519405&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u201880s are back thanks to the success of \u201cTop Gun: Maverick,\u201d but did they ever go away?<\/p>\n<p>Adam Sandler unofficially kicked off \u201880s nostalgia with \u201cThe Wedding Singer,\u201d a film that\u2019s now 24 years old. That\u2019s a long time for any decade\u2019s resurgence, but the \u201880s offer such a tapestry of style, music, and movies to recreate that it\u2019s no wonder we can\u2019t shake the Reagan era.<\/p>\n<p>Think:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStranger Things\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Goldbergs\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSing Street\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBumblebee\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s a very partial list.<\/p>\n<p>The triumph of \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d likely has Hollywood contemplating other \u201880s-era extensions, remakes, and reboots. Some could work, of course, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/six-80s-classics-that-deserve-the-top-gun-treatment\">the right imaginative flourishes<\/a>. The following films, though, should be left alone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRaiders of the Lost Ark\u201d (1981)<\/p>\n<p>Yes, we\u2019ll be seeing Dr. Jones one more time in 2023. The as-of-yet untitled sequel, the fifth in the franchise, will star a late 70s Harrison Ford. Even if the superstar defies Father Time, the original should be left alone.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a near-perfect movie from start to finish, and what modern filmmaker could lap what director Steven Spielberg has already brought to the screen? That\u2019s not all. Ford\u2019s natural charisma has yet to be equaled. Even Chris Pratt, the most logical choice to play a younger Indiana Jones, can\u2019t compete with Ford then \u2013 or even now.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a reason we revere Indy, Han Solo, and Deckard from the \u201cBlade Runner\u201d films.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Should the fifth \u201cIndiana Jones\u201d score big at the box office next year, Hollywood will itch to reboot the series. If they try revisiting \u201cRaiders,\u201d they\u2019ll rue the day they made that choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cE.T.\u201d (1982)<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the special effects aren\u2019t as \u201cspecial\u201d as they once were, and part of us would love to see an adult Elliot reunite with his childhood chum. However, it\u2019s still a magical part of pop culture that shouldn\u2019t be disturbed. Spielberg, again, resisted churning out sequels to this box office sensation in the \u201880s, even though the studio would have gobbled them up. It made \u201cE.T.\u201d even more special, an event film to be shared with future generations.<\/p>\n<p>Compare it to \u201cElf,\u201d the 2003 Christmas classic that stands even taller because Will Ferrell refused to make the obligatory sequel.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, a new \u201cE.T.\u201d would be CGI, of course, but there\u2019s something about that rubbery original that left an indelible mark on audiences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Mom\u201d (1983)<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a practical reason to resist a new take on this classic Michael Keaton comedy. More men these days are staying home and watching the kiddos while their wives bring home the bacon. It\u2019s no longer a novelty, and stay-at-home dads will tell you that straight up.<\/p>\n<p>So, a new \u201cMr. Mom\u201d already makes little sense. Plus, the concept is so ripe for woke lectures and virtue signaling that any possible reboot seems doomed to fail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Beastmaster\u201d (1982)<\/p>\n<p>Audiences love bad movies, but they love cheesy films even more \u2013 especially those made with the best of intentions. \u201cFlash Gordon\u201d fizzled at the 1980 box office, but in the years since, it\u2019s become a cult classic for its silly sequences and earnest storytelling. The same is true for \u201cThe Beastmaster,\u201d a sword and sorcery lark that few would confuse with a good film. Just try turning it off once it\u2019s on, though.<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood attempted two sequels with star Marc Singer and even a TV series based on the main character, Dar. It\u2019s been quiet on the \u201cBeastmaster\u201d front since then, as well it should be. The original is perfectly imperfect, and its place in cable history is secure. Channels like HBO played it so aggressively during the \u201880s that it was unavoidable. How can you top that legacy?<\/p>\n<p>Most John Hughes Movies<\/p>\n<p>We could use a follow-up to \u201cFerris Bueller\u2019s Day Off,\u201d if only to see Ferris break free from his middle-aged shackles. Most John Hughes comedies, though, should be left alone.<\/p>\n<p>No one writes teen angst better than Hughes, and few young adult movies have stood the test of time quite like \u201cSixteen Candles,\u201d \u201cPretty in Pink,\u201d and an even lesser-known Hughes entry, \u201cSome Kind of Wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The thought of Hughes\u2019 iconic characters transformed into woke, virtue signaling drones is enough to put anyone off the reboot train, and films like 1985\u2019s \u201cWeird Science\u201d couldn\u2019t be attempted today. Hollywood might try a gender swap version with two teen girls creating the \u201cperfect\u201d man, but anything close to the Kelly LeBrock original, though, would be savaged as the \u201cMale Gaze\u201d on steroids.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBack to the Future\u201d (1985)<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a near-perfect popcorn movie, brimming with nostalgia and hard lessons about growing up. Laughter, tears, and the best joke ever written around Calvin Klein underwear, this \u201cFuture\u201d has it all. Plus, the casting couldn\u2019t be more on-point, from Michael J. Fox\u2019s crackly-voiced hero to Christopher Lloyd\u2019s daffy Doc Brown.<\/p>\n<p>When Hollywood creates pop culture gems, they need to be left as is. Luckily, original producer and co-writer Bob Gale insists <a href=\"https:\/\/movieweb.com\/back-to-the-future-remake-not-happening-bob-gale\/\">we won\u2019t be seeing a reboot<\/a> if<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201880s are back thanks to the success of \u201cTop Gun: Maverick,\u201d but did they ever go away? Adam Sandler unofficially kicked off \u201880s nostalgia with \u201cThe Wedding Singer,\u201d a film that\u2019s now 24 years old. That\u2019s a long time for any decade\u2019s resurgence, but the \u201880s offer such a tapestry of style, music, and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":279,"featured_media":1519483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1519405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/279"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1519405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1519483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1519405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1519405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1519405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}