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It's 1987 ... which one do you go to? (Original Post) soothsayer May 2021 OP
Full Metal Jacket WA-03 Democrat May 2021 #1
I'd go to the Radio Shack...nt wcmagumba May 2021 #2
Ha! An under-appreciated resource. soothsayer May 2021 #3
Any of them but Lost Boys captain queeg May 2021 #4
Idk, it was fun. I'd do Robocop I think soothsayer May 2021 #6
The Untouchables jcgoldie May 2021 #5
Agree. But it was a year of incredible films jimfields33 May 2021 #13
I'd go for The Lost Boys, then Floyd R. Turbo May 2021 #7
Best answer soothsayer May 2021 #8
🍿🥤🍫 Floyd R. Turbo May 2021 #9
Back then? Make it a day: pay for one, sneak into the rest with your squad JuJuChen May 2021 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author JuJuChen May 2021 #11
Full metal jacket and then lost boys. jimfields33 May 2021 #12
Full Metal Jacket, probably, from that list. Buckeye_Democrat May 2021 #14
The lost boys. Ka-Dinh Oy May 2021 #15
Only one of those I saw the whole way through was Full Metal Jacket. Wingus Dingus May 2021 #16
All five. Four movies and Radio Shack. JustABozoOnThisBus May 2021 #17
Yeah I feel like I didn't appreciate it enough while we had it soothsayer May 2021 #18
Although, a small nearby town (about 20 miles) still has one... wcmagumba May 2021 #21
Hey that's cool! I love the photos soothsayer May 2021 #23
Full Metal Jacket. East-A-Squared May 2021 #19
Full Metal Jacket Kaleva May 2021 #20
Full Metal Jacket Calista241 May 2021 #22
Those are the two I've never seen! soothsayer May 2021 #25
The Lost Boys n/t area51 May 2021 #24
All 4 in this order Yavin4 May 2021 #26
The Lost Boys Niagara May 2021 #27
Full Metal Jacket pressbox69 May 2021 #28
I miss it 😿 soothsayer May 2021 #29
None. Lady Freedom Returns May 2021 #30
the one I DID go to Skittles May 2021 #31

WA-03 Democrat

(3,050 posts)
1. Full Metal Jacket
Fri May 21, 2021, 01:17 PM
May 2021

I enjoyed all of them but FMJ I rewatched a month or so ago and it is a very powerful movie.

Response to soothsayer (Original post)

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,855 posts)
14. Full Metal Jacket, probably, from that list.
Fri May 21, 2021, 01:44 PM
May 2021

I'd usually read reviews before spending money on a movie.

An exception was about a year earlier when Aliens was released and I took a date to see it. Yet it was sold out, and the theater-guy recommended some movie called April Fool's Day instead.

So I reluctantly agreed to pay for those tickets, but the film was so idiotic to me that I told my girlfriend that I was leaving if the cigar that was lit by one of the characters exploded. It did, and I declared, "That's it! I'm leaving! I'll wait in the car if you want to finish watching it."

She left the theater with me, and we went to a bowling alley and a restaurant instead. Yet she never stopped complaining about the theater incident the rest of the night, later telling me that she didn't want to date me anymore because she was enjoying that film. Oh, well!

Wingus Dingus

(8,054 posts)
16. Only one of those I saw the whole way through was Full Metal Jacket.
Fri May 21, 2021, 02:06 PM
May 2021

I was seventeen that year. Didn't see it in the theater though--rented it at Blockbuster.

wcmagumba

(2,886 posts)
21. Although, a small nearby town (about 20 miles) still has one...
Fri May 21, 2021, 03:23 PM
May 2021

So I guess the franchises are still available. This one also is a ham radio vendor (new and used) and still carries some variety of electronics....Cool place but I don't get over there often...I do have a low level Ham license and should update and upgrade(for techy and nerd fun reasons)...couple of links below....

http://www.hamradiocenter.biz/

Sorry about this huge link but it goes to images of the store...

https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1s0x87baefd134b5f943%3A0xa5f48d283e90098!3m1!7e115!4shttps%3A%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNXOUGYiJAinezIp6HNLb7GCXN67hGN9tCnqgXp%3Dw284-h160-k-no!5sradio%20shack%20derby%20ks%20-%20Google%20Search!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipNXOUGYiJAinezIp6HNLb7GCXN67hGN9tCnqgXp&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwisivyGvtvwAhUPXa0KHTRXCUsQoiowEnoECEIQAw

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