Movie: Wall Street (1987)

I saw that there's a sequel coming out, so it's about time I got around to watching the first one.

My dog has some kind of skin issue. I thought it was fleas, but after applying Advantage, she's still gnawing away at her back. I just rubbed some aloe vera on it. Ahhh, relief.

Tonight's beers: The last of the Newcastle and Dead Guy from the other night.

Beer 1: Newcastle

So, this movie starts out with everyone wearing suspenders and babbling financial gibberish before green-tinted CRTs. It's definitely the 80s.

"That's the thing you gotta remember about WASPs. They love animals. They can't stand people." -Gordon Gecko

Beer 2: Dead Guy

Haaahaaaa! There is a robot at the party that makes martinis. And wives named Muffy.

I never realized Daryl Hannah had a lisp.

Charlie Sheen's character is named "Bud Fox," but when it's pronounced by certain mouths it sounds like "Butt Fucks."

I always wanted a mentor, but Gecko I expect Gecko to try to eat Butt Fucks for lunch. And the he takes down the king. Just my guess -- we're not even half way through yet.

Beer 3: Dead Guy

Oh, shit. It's a young James Spader.

"I'm going to jail, Dad, and you know it."
"Maybe in some kinda screwed up way it was the best thing that coulda happened to ya -- create instead of living off the buying and selling of others." -- Papa Fox

God, look at that city. How I miss the city.

Bed time.

Movie: Quicksilver (1986)

Tonight's beers: Newcastle Brown Ale // Rogue Dead Guy Ale

When I was a boy, I saw a preview for this movie at the local theater. I was really into freestyle bikes at the time, so I'm not sure why I never followed up on watching it. I'm even less sure why I'm watching it now.

This movie is so loosely strung. It wastes no time in having Kevin Bacon lose all of his family's money and make his father weep. But then we're not bothered with those losers any longer. "Jack" is then doing freestyle in a warehouse apartment with some hot anonymous blonde ballet dancer.

Lawrence Fishburn just got hit by a car.
Jami Gertz just said, "No sweat."
Why the hell is Louie Anderson hanging out with bike messengers? I want to see him on a bike.
Oh shit, the blonde just showed up while Bacon is working on Gertz's sprocket. "Are you gonna screw her?"

The soundtrack is classic 80s: an all-original cheese-fest. This was before the industry discovered they could be more successful using existing hits from successful artists.

Many of the reviews on Amazon are from bike aficionados.

My dog has terrible gas. Oh, my eyes are burning.

Intro

The nights are strange and restless.  In order to keep my mind occupied, I'm drinking beer and watching movies which I never got around to watching.