Great 80's movies to get on Blu-ray?

[Wizard-of-Wars]

I of course am meaning PQ and supplements.

I'm a child of the 80's and LOVE everything 80's especially the films. I'm looking to upgrade my movies from the 80's DVDs so any help will be appreciated.

I already own movies on Blu like Beetlejuice, Neverending Story, Monster Squad, Batman, Big Trouble In Little China, the Die Hards and the Rockys.

Plus feel free to unleash some random 80's nostilga if you'd like.

[phoenixram1977]

G.I. Joe : The Movie.

[wilky61]

Well in my opinion, "great 80s movies" is a bit of an oxymoron... but I have found a few good ones:

Caddyshack -- the funniest film of all-time
Raging Bull -- duh
The Shining -- looks fantastic
Blade Runner -- omg the Final Cut is a miracle
The Thing -- somewhat overlooked movie, a cheap/solid release
Amadeus -- one of the few great achievements of the decade, the BR is aite
Nightmare on Elm Street -- haven't watched this yet, excited though
Back to the Future -- duh
Aliens -- duh
Ferris Bueller -- duh
Full Metal Jacket -- has sustained huge improvements in presentation in recent years
Princess Bride -- duh
Die Hard -- duh
Do the Right Thing -- this is a FANTASTIC blu-ray in my opinion!
License to Kill -- imo, the best Bond movie made after OHMSS (1969)

[Wizard-of-Wars]

Regarding ^^^

thanks for listing some great 80's movies! I'm looking into PQ and supplements.

But ANY talk of the 80's is music to my ears.

[Chordata]

Not sure if they're available, but if so:

Weird Science
Sixteen Candles
Breakfast Club
License to Drive
Lost Boys
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Vacation
Risky Business

EDIT: Oops, just read your above post. Sorry, I misunderstood the thread title and OP when I posted.

[toddly6666]

Originally Posted by Wizard-of-Wars

I of course am meaning PQ and supplements.

The ones that have a huge difference are:

The Road Warrior
Risky Business
Blade Runner
Labyrinth
The Neverending Story
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon (HK Region A)
Raging Bull
Robocop (still a lot better than the DVD)
Spaceballs
Star Trek 4
The Thing

[wilky61]

Originally Posted by wilky61

Well in my opinion, "great 80s movies" is a bit of an oxymoron... but I have found a few good ones:

Caddyshack -- the funniest film of all-time
Raging Bull -- duh
The Shining -- looks fantastic
Blade Runner -- omg the Final Cut is a miracle
The Thing -- somewhat overlooked movie, a cheap/solid release
Amadeus -- one of the few great achievements of the decade, the BR is aite
Nightmare on Elm Street -- haven't watched this yet, excited though
Back to the Future -- duh
Aliens -- duh
Ferris Bueller -- duh
Full Metal Jacket -- has sustained huge improvements in presentation in recent years
Princess Bride -- duh
Die Hard -- duh
Do the Right Thing -- this is a FANTASTIC blu-ray in my opinion!
License to Kill -- imo, the best Bond movie made after OHMSS (1969)

Wizard, I think you can quite easily pick out the movies in this list that sustain substantial jumps in PQ from DVD to BR.

(Raging Bull, Shining, Blade Runner, Thing, Full Metal Jacket, Do the Right Thing, and going on the reviews/opinions of everyone else Elm Street)

Also, Blade Runner and DTRT are the two whose supplements immediately jump out at me.

[Chordata]

Originally Posted by wilky61

Also, Blade Runner and DTRT are the two whose supplements immediately jump out at me.

True, I've yet to find a better release than Blade Runner in terms of supplements.

Caddyshack is great, too, with the 1+ new documentary ("new" is relative - it came out last year I think, but it's quite good).

[Wizard-of-Wars]

Originally Posted by wilky61

Wizard, I think you can quite easily pick out the movies in this list that sustain substantial jumps in PQ from DVD to BR.

(Raging Bull, Shining, Blade Runner, Thing, Full Metal Jacket, Do the Right Thing, and going on the reviews/opinions of everyone else Elm Street)

Also, Blade Runner and DTRT are the two whose supplements immediately jump out at me.

I do own the Shining. I owned Blade Runner but traded it off to another user here. I just couldn't get into it. I watched like an hours worth of the Final Cut. It did have wonderful PQ. Just wasn't interested in the movie. I know sacralige, right. I do need to get the Thing on blu Ray. I've heard it's PQ is good. So I might have to upgrade it soon.

[wilky61]

Originally Posted by Wizard-of-Wars

I do own the Shining. I owned Blade Runner but traded it off to another user here. I just couldn't get into it. I watched like an hours worth of the Final Cut. It did have wonderful PQ. Just wasn't interested in the movie. I know sacralige, right. I do need to get the Thing on blu Ray. I've heard it's PQ is good. So I might have to upgrade it soon.

The first time I watched Blade Runner, I was pretty young and didn't have a very firm basis in cinema. I don't want to make it sound like you have to be mature to "get" Blade Runner (or the converse), but I mean to say that I didn't exactly get what it was aiming for. I was expecting an action flick.

A few years later, once I had thoroughly explored the film-noir of the 1940s and 1950s (films such as Sunset Blvd, Double Indemnity, Touch of Evil, Maltese Falcon, etc.) the film (aesthetics and style) meant a lot more to me. Merging film-noir and science-fiction? How slick!

[fgomike]

Blue Thunder

[Wizard-of-Wars]

Originally Posted by wilky61

The first time I watched Blade Runner, I was pretty young and didn't have a very firm basis in cinema. I don't want to make it sound like you have to be mature to "get" Blade Runner (or the converse), but I mean to say that I didn't exactly get what it was aiming for. I was expecting an action flick.

A few years later, once I had thoroughly explored the film-noir of the 1940s and 1950s (films such as Sunset Blvd, Double Indemnity, Touch of Evil, Maltese Falcon, etc.) the film (aesthetics and style) meant a lot more to me. Merging film-noir and science-fiction? How slick!

Dude, I'm 30 years old. I just found the movie boring.

[wilky61]

Originally Posted by Wizard-of-Wars

Dude, I'm 30 years old. I just found the movie boring.

Age has nothing to do with anything, though.

[Aquel]

Predator or Commando if you want something that is rather telling of the 80´s :P

[DVDFreaker]

Uncle Buck
Short Circuit
Poltergeist
Poltergiest II
Robocop
Robocop 2
Gremlins
Back To The Future Triogoly
Goonies
National Lampoon's Vacation
National Lampoon's European Vacation
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Karate Kid
Karate Kid II
Friday The 13th
Friday The 13th 2
Friday The 13th 3
Nightmare on Elm Street
Trading Places
Coming To America
Caddyshack
Big Trouble In Little China
Big
BeetleJuice
Children of the Corn
Child's Play
NeverEnding Story
Terminator
Terminator 2

[Wizard-of-Wars]

Originally Posted by wilky61

Age has nothing to do with anything, though.

Maybe I missunderstood your comment. I thought u were unsure of my age giving that you said you might have to be of a more mature level to appreciate the film. Now looking back at your previous quote I did missinterprete it. Sorry.

[Wizard-of-Wars]

Originally Posted by Aquel

Predator or Commando if you want something that is rather telling of the 80´s :P

"hey Matrix, I thought u said you'd kill me last!!!!"

"I lied"

[wilky61]

Wizard,

I don't wish to clutter up your thread about a movie you already said you didn't like, so I promise this is the last thing I will say about Blade Runner. It is a film that many viewers (myself included) become frustrated or bored with. The only way that I think one's age could be relevant is if one is used to watching films made in a particular era/of a particular style (say, the 1980s) and then watches something incongruous or unfamiliar. With the contextual information I provided, I meant to illustrate that BR is a film from another era, largely of an older era. I didn't mean for my enthusiasm about the film to sound high-handed.

Good luck on expanding your 80s collection.

[Variable_Star]

Unfortunately, a good number of my favorite eighties films aren't available on Blu yet. A handful of examples: The Bounty, Willow, Hope and Glory, Dead Poets Society, Year of the Dragon, The Mosquito Coast, Pelle the Conqueror, and Salvador among many others.

Hopefully we'll see at least a couple of these this year.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by wilky61

I don't wish to clutter up your thread about a movie you already said you didn't like, so I promise this is the last thing I will say about Blade Runner. It is a film that many viewers (myself included) become frustrated or bored with. The only way that I think one's age could be relevant is if one is used to watching films made in a particular era/of a particular style (say, the 1980s) and then watches something incongruous or unfamiliar. With the contextual information I provided, I meant to illustrate that BR is a film from another era, largely of an older era. I didn't mean for my enthusiasm about the film to sound high-handed.

In other words......it's a Ridley Scott film. Thirty years ago (and right after Alien) that meant something different than it does today.

And let's hope the OP IS a "child of the 80's", as those of us who really were are a little tired of the unsure mix of trendiness and pop-kitsch, from the younger kids who watch 80's movies to VH1-parody them, think "80's" was a "genre" (where every movie looked like Back to the Future and had Huey Lewis music, or was One Of Those Schwarzenegger Movies You Can't Tell Apart), find out most of the movies were actually pretty good, and find themselves with confused feelings.
"That 80's Style" of movies with a little bit of entertainment structure came from that element we don't have today, namely that without cable or home theater, these movies HAD to play theaters, and you couldn't go anywhere else to see them for an entire year before HBO. Like old movies, there's a discipline that's required of expecting your audience to pay five dollars(!) for it on Friday night, and an audience that could still reserve their Friday nights for one.
(Not to mention the old debate of "Movies Before CGI", when a producer spent his budget on a big, big set, and FX that were in the same room as the actors.)

As for DVDFreaker, he seems to have canvassed the entire list of good theatrical 80's classics, but forgot:
- The Last Starfighter
- The Untouchables
- Romancing the Stone
- The Natural
- The Hunt for Red October
- Broadcast News
- Blue Thunder
- Red Dawn (technically not a good movie, but just included because we all made the stupid joke back then, too: )
- Purple Rain
- Excalibur (in March)
- Clash of the Titans
- Flash Gordon
- Star Trek II + IV
- The Dark Crystal (nnnot so much for Labyrinth)
- Heavy Metal
- Short Circuit 2
- Funny Farm/Spies Like Us
- An American Werewolf in London
- Dune (again, by no means a "good" movie, but gets back to that decade-iconic "Big, big set" thing I was talking about)
- Santa Claus: the Movie (last Alexander Salkind of the 80's, and the end of an era)
- Batman (Burton version, and one of THE ends of an era) [/QUOTE]