Ok I am a long time JEEP (CJ, YJ, TJ) fan and have owned 3 of these bad boys to date, One of the reasons that I love them is that when I was growing up in merry old England in the 80's the Jeep seem to feature in an awful lot of Movies and as such became a bit of cult classic in its own right so what I would like to know is how many 80's movies did it feature that you can think of
MM
Posted by P a u l (Member # 1022) on :
Platoon Biloxi Blues Short Circuit Commando Private Benjamin Wargames Romancing The Stone
Those are immediate thoughts - basically there was a fad for movies with a military theme or the influence of a military organization. And as most of these were US Military, they used Jeeps.
I'm tempted to say that the military theme was more of a cult than the actual vehicles, these kinda came as part of the package. Had those movies been made in the UK, you'd own a series of Land Rovers, Toyota Landcruisers, or similar by now, I'd guess.....
Posted by mr_wistles (Member # 9041) on :
Don't forget The Goonies "Trusted your old mother boys!!!!"
I used to own one of them. Drunk petrol like it was going out of fashion.
Posted by Mire Mare (Member # 5900) on :
Ok non military:
Fright Night:
Road House:
The Terminator:
Spies Like Us:
MM
Goonies was a Jeep Cherokee not a CJ or YJ think Daisy Duke:
[ 26. July 2010, 12:01: Message edited by: Mire Mare ]
Posted by logan5 (Member # 1467) on :
The video to the song 'I Owe You Nothing' by Bros:
Logan, is it true that they are pronounced 'Bross' like gloss?
Posted by Mire Mare (Member # 5900) on :
No like TOSS or DROSS, blonde fools aside I beleive they where mincing around in a JEEP CJ-7 (76-86) "Renegade" edition.
No seat belts either nice one lads!
MM
Posted by logan5 (Member # 1467) on :
quote:Logan, is it true that they are pronounced 'Bross' like gloss?
Matt and Luke Goss - 'Bros'. Yep, pronounced 'Bross'.
quote:No like TOSS or DROSS
And this.
quote:blonde fools aside I beleive they where mincing around in a JEEP CJ-7 (76-86) "Renegade" edition.
Blonde from a bottle, and posing was what they did best. Good to see there's still a little hatred out there for the twins!
Remember the t-shirts "Matt and Luke make me puke"?
I can no longer dislike them the way I did in the 80's. They were the last big British pop group of the glorious 80's before everything became all dancey, 'street' and 90's.
quote:No seat belts either nice one lads!
Probably the last years they could get away with that. By the 90's it was a big no-no.
Posted by Mire Mare (Member # 5900) on :
Return of the Living Dead Part 2
St. Elmos Fire:
Back to the Future:
Iron Eagle:
Short Circuit:
War Games:
Cobra:
MM
[ 26. July 2010, 12:06: Message edited by: Mire Mare ]
Posted by Secret Admirer (Member # 3574) on :
quote:Originally posted by Mire Mare: [picture of Daisy Duke]
This thread just got a whole lot more interesting Posted by Mire Mare (Member # 5900) on :
The sure thing:
MM
Posted by DangerousThunder (Member # 9016) on :
In Friday The 13th (1980) Mrs. Voorhees (Betsy Palmer) drove a Jeep.
Posted by Mire Mare (Member # 5900) on :
Was it this one:
Friday the 13th Part 2:
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Posted by Mire Mare (Member # 5900) on :
Like Father Like Son:
Fletch Lives:
Johnny Be Good:
Earth Girls Are Easy:
Virus:
Adventures in Babysitting:
Creepshow:
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Posted by Lovers with Cassie (Member # 7794) on :
They furthermore turn up in the following films:
Defense Play Firewalker Fire with Fire Honky Tonk Freeway Hot Pursuit Satisfaction Stacy's Knights When Time Run Out... White Fire
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