to think that my dw had a deprived childhood?

[SillyBeardyDaddyman]

I keep putting classic 80s films on only to find out that she's never seen them! [bushock]

Today's film is the karate kid, a masterpiece and essential viewing for anyone of my generation. It's so good that they remade it for this generation to enjoy!

DW has also missed out on the gremlins films! They're brilliant, but she was tragically deprived of them for multiple Christmases [busad]

I think her parents acted cruelly and have denied her her heritage as a child of the 80s.

i was born in the 80's and i've never seen them

This is unthinkable.

Clearly she has lied to you about her age

What?!?

This is a worrying trend...

I was similarly deprived. Never seen ET either.

Dh finds it a source of much derision and laughter

I've never seen it. Or the Godfathers. Or the entire Star Wars movies (I've seen bits). Never sat through a whole James Bond.

I don't feel deprived

hecate good point! Must track down her birth certificate and look for tip-ex marks...

The 80s was shite, that makes films from the 80s shite as well.

Apart from Blade Runner, Spinal Tap and The Omen

I have seen karate kid. I have not watched gremlins, nor have I seen any of the muppets movies.

I wasn't born til 86 though, so that is possibly why I missed these films.

i've never seen any of the other films either

This will be it. She'll have been born in 1928.

Part her hair at the back and look for bulldog clips

Sue look deep in your heart of hearts and realise that its ok to cry

I've never watched Karate Kid or ET.

What about the Ghostbusters films? I have seen them and it must have been the 80s from what I remember of the hair.

How can anyone over 25 not have seen the karate kid? Or part 2 which is even better? Or the gremlins? I am a bit shocked. You need to start an educational programme for her. Has she seen the lost boys? Ferris Buller? The goonies?

I havent seen most of the films other people consider classics. And believe me they're not as good if the first time you see them is the present. We didn't have a tv so didn't see all the kids program's talk about either

It's OK. I've seen Gremlins and ET. And at least one Ghostbusters. I think I'll pull through.

I remember ET before the cops had radios...

I watched The Goonies recently - great film

Snorted my way through Electric Dreams. Have no idea why we watched it over and over as kids (neighbours used to have a video shop!)

There's so many films I should have seen that I haven't. When I was a kid I didn't really watch films though.

I did have a friend who had never seen The Goonies though, that proper shocked me.

My boyfriend forced me to watch Star Wars when we first met, he couldn't believe I'd never seen any of them. I was unimpressed.

Never seen Gremlins, ET, Pretty Woman, Dirty Dancing or the like which always seems to amaze some people.

I have however seen Karate Kid

Wash on, wash off

[sigh]

X post about The Goonies

I let ds watch the goonies - he's five. Fortunately most of the language went over his head. I so didn't remember all the shit shit shit.

She hasn't seen Ghostbusters either!

Surely is wax on and I haven't even seen it

I have seen the Lost Boys however, but managed to end up in Santa Cruz (where it's filmed) with 3 people who couldn't understand how excited I was to be on the boardwalk. I checked the back of the welcome to Santa Cruz sign too :-)