Tripp and Andrew Laino have been watching movies together since 1992, and making fun of them together since 1999, when a rainy afternoon of babysitting turned into 8 hours of cheesy science fiction and jokes. Raised on a strict diet of 80s movies, the pair have an undying love for the decade and all of the weird, wonderful cinema therein, despite barely being there for it. Every other week (since 2014) they dissect a movie and the bizarre cinema quirks of 30-odd years ago.
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Monday Feb 06, 2023
It's Favorites-bruary, and we're starting with an Andrew pick - our first animated film! - My Neighbor Totoro.
Talking points: Supreme dad energy, hangout movies, vibe movies, dust times, Miyazaki food, and so much more!
Want to hear episode #234, Lethal Weapon?? It’s at Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s, along with more than 25 hours of bonus content at the $5 tier!
“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Hey y'all, we had some unforeseen circumstances and had to punt on our episode on Christine, so here's the closest thing to a Carpenter film from the archives!
The end of Fourbruary is sadly here: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers.
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Monday Jan 09, 2023
It's our newest fake holiday celebrating a celebrity birthday: John-uary! John Carpenter's turning 75 and he rules and we're doing two movies of his, starting with THE FOG!
Jamie Lee Curtis swoons over Tom Atkins, Adrianne Barbeau gets all sultry in a radio tower, ghost have extremely specific board game esque rules, and Tripp's Salty Sea Tales.
Want to hear episode #234, Lethal Weapon?? It’s at Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s, along with more than 25 hours of bonus content at the $5 tier!
“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Well...this didn't go as expected!
Tripp vaguely remembered liking this movie, so we made a huge mistake and did an episode on a movie we...really hated! Happy Holidays, we guess? (It still came out as a pretty funny effort, we hope).
All this and more!
(Our next episode is The Fog)
Want to hear the rest? It’s at Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s, along with more than 25 hours of bonus content at the $5 tier!
“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Danny DeVito's back, baby!
Our favorite short king directed this bizarre little comedy featuring the great Ann Ramsey, Billy Crystal having a slow meltdown and a lot of weird little touches. (For those who hate tangents, episode starts around 23 minutes).
All this and more!
(Our next episode is The Fog)
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Monday Dec 12, 2022
He'll be back - Jim Cameron, that is, with Avatar 2: The Way of Water, so we're celebrating with his first mega blockbuster; The Terminator!
How good is Arnold's performance as a merciless killing machine? How great is Michael Biehn? And wow, what a performance from Linda Hamilton! We gush over special effects, and purposeful scripts.
All this and more!
(Our next episode is Throw Momma From The Train)
Monday Nov 28, 2022
Monday Nov 28, 2022
Happy Thanksgiving!
We're ending the first-ever Candy-ed Yams with perhaps the only Thanksgiving movie: Planes, Trains and Automobiles! How great is Candy at driving you crazy? How good is Steve Martin bouncing off him? Why isn't there a helpful map or chyron!?
(Also, our next episode will be The Terminator!)
All this and more!
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Monday Nov 14, 2022
We're kicking off Candy-ed Yams month with one of our #FamilyFaves: The Great Outdoors!
Why are we spending so much time on this teenage boys week-long fling?! Could you eat the ol' 96er? How great is Aykroyd here? What's with lightning guy? Plus, Tripp recognizes a bear!
All this and more!
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Must be the season of the wiiiiiitch!
NOTE: Tripp was correct about Mountain Time (though he stands behind Andrew's Coors Light point) and the St.Patrick thing is a myth!
What is Tom Atkins doing leading a movie? Is this movie good-bad or bad-bad? Is this the worst sex scene on film? NO MORE DAYS TO HALLOWEEN! SIL-VER SHAM-ROCK!
All this and more!
Monday Oct 17, 2022
Monday Oct 17, 2022
The Spooktacular continues with the old-guy feature Alone in the Dark!
How high is Donald Pleasance in this movie? What's the ethical situation of offering Book It style personal pan pizzas at a mental institution? Seriously, why is Pleasance not in on this thing? He sure seems like he is!
All this and more!
