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Posted by Mire Mare (Member # 5900) on :
 
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 [Smile]

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:

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Road House:

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The Terminator:

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Spies Like Us:

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MM

Goonies was a Jeep Cherokee not a CJ or YJ think Daisy Duke:

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[ 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:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF-kezGy8Vs
 
Posted by Secret Admirer (Member # 3574) on :
 
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 :
 
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Logan, is it true that they are pronounced 'Bross' like gloss?
Matt and Luke Goss - 'Bros'. Yep, pronounced 'Bross'.

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No like TOSS or DROSS
And this.

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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.

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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:

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Back to the Future:

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Iron Eagle:

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Short Circuit:

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War Games:

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Cobra:

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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 [Wink]
 
Posted by Mire Mare (Member # 5900) on :
 
The sure thing:

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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:

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Friday the 13th Part 2:

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[ 22. August 2010, 08:08: Message edited by: Mire Mare ]
 
Posted by Mire Mare (Member # 5900) on :
 
Like Father Like Son:

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Fletch Lives:

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Johnny Be Good:

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Earth Girls Are Easy:

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Virus:

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Adventures in Babysitting:

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Creepshow:

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[ 22. August 2010, 08:04: Message edited by: Mire Mare ]
 
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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