I was born in the last quarter of the 20th century (officially) and I remember muuuuch better times. Now, I know it sounds like a beginning of the romance biography, but it won't be.
I remember vinyl records, Rubik's cubes, Joe Bazooka bubble gums, Tahiti treat, Karate kid movie but also Grease and neon clothes before its revival. I remember loads of music tapes and the way to use pencil with it (no clue, mp3 kids?) I remember Converse and Levi's were really cool, and not in today's retro way. I remember my first Mackie Dee before we all became aware what toxic waste lays within. I remember Coke was Coca Cola, good, old-fashioned million-calories mixture of sugar and water, not the symbol of american imperialism. I also remember writing down things by hand, running scale of the radio, eating red meat, rotary dials on the phone, Pacman and tv antennas rotation. I remember how Madonna REALLY looked (before facelifts, photoshops and hyaluron fills she doesn't use). Cher looked same as she does today.
So 80s were fun. But some places fun was different. East Germany, for example. To show you the joys of living in the communist paradise, RTL made an 8-part series Deutschland 83, thriller in its best form of the Bourne franchise. As most german TV shows it lacks humor (and, knowing lots of Germans, I got to say it is so NOT like them) but not the action and suspence. As an architect (luckily) uninfluenced by ridiculous american architectural mambo jambo, I find architecture of Berlin marvelous, and authentic interiors and buildings in D83 are really worth seeing the show. Script written really good, dialogs make sense, so no lines after which you're puzzled "WTF is he saying?"
Characters are logical and colorful. Of course, all commies smoke like crazy, btw Alexis was the only smoker in Dynasty, another pearl of the eighties tv. Loved her dragging Chrystle through the mud.
Anyway, the show is great for another thing: soundtrack is like a Top40 of the decade....it was soooo good to hear those hits again.
Acting is realistic, direction really, really good, whole story even covers some phenomena so new at the moment (AIDS, computers) but still polished enough to be broadcasted publically. Costumes and archive footage majestically inserted into story.
Generally, 8 x 45 minutes of good fun, and you may see it online by clciking the link below.
I remember vinyl records, Rubik's cubes, Joe Bazooka bubble gums, Tahiti treat, Karate kid movie but also Grease and neon clothes before its revival. I remember loads of music tapes and the way to use pencil with it (no clue, mp3 kids?) I remember Converse and Levi's were really cool, and not in today's retro way. I remember my first Mackie Dee before we all became aware what toxic waste lays within. I remember Coke was Coca Cola, good, old-fashioned million-calories mixture of sugar and water, not the symbol of american imperialism. I also remember writing down things by hand, running scale of the radio, eating red meat, rotary dials on the phone, Pacman and tv antennas rotation. I remember how Madonna REALLY looked (before facelifts, photoshops and hyaluron fills she doesn't use). Cher looked same as she does today.
Characters are logical and colorful. Of course, all commies smoke like crazy, btw Alexis was the only smoker in Dynasty, another pearl of the eighties tv. Loved her dragging Chrystle through the mud.
Anyway, the show is great for another thing: soundtrack is like a Top40 of the decade....it was soooo good to hear those hits again.
Acting is realistic, direction really, really good, whole story even covers some phenomena so new at the moment (AIDS, computers) but still polished enough to be broadcasted publically. Costumes and archive footage majestically inserted into story.
Generally, 8 x 45 minutes of good fun, and you may see it online by clciking the link below.
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