Wesley Younger
Bio
I've been a movie addict since the 80s and 90s.
My dealer was the local Blockbuster video and I injected these drugs through a Magnavox VCR and a Toshiba television. No need for an intervention. Host of the VIA VHS Retro Movie Podcast.
Stories (4/0)
Junk Food Film: 27 of the Best Movie Tie-Ins of the 70s, 80s and 90s
Movie tie-ins aren’t dead, they’re just not as fun anymore. In past decades, film licensing was sort of like the Wild West. There were less nutritional restrictions and guidelines, so fast food chains and junk food brands could exploit impressionable young kids and their parents to buy gray meet like patties, greasy fries and sugary sodas in exchange for cheap plastic movie themed treasures. No need to worry about childhood obesity, there was always a $100 million box office disappointment that needed promotion every summer. I may sound cynical but to be honest, I kinda miss those days. Sure the last thing I need is a $5.99 heart attack in a paper bag, but for a cool piece of movie merch I’d be inclined to cheat a little. Let’s take a walk down memory lane and look back at some of the best, and worst junk food film tie-ins ever.
By Wesley Younger5 years ago in Geeks
20 Movies Turning 20 Years Old in 2018
Ah, 1998. Apple wanted you to think different, Taco Bell wanted you to think outside the bun, and Will Smith wanted you to "Get Jiggy Wit It." Furbies spied on us, MP3s were invented, and Bill Clinton did not have sexual relations with that woman! Don't believe me? You can Google it, which is something else that was done for the first time in 1998. Lots of crazy things happened 20 years ago, but the late '90s also gave us another awesome year at the box office. Here are twenty of the most memorable movies turning twenty years old in 2018.
By Wesley Younger6 years ago in Geeks