I was watching “Alien From LA” recently, and was noting one commenter’s post about how, for her, the movie summed up the 80s, fashion-wise anyway. I then thought about how many of my favourite episodes (“Outlaw,” “Pod People” “Warrior of the Lost World,” “Zombie Nightmare” and the last few from Season 8) are 80s movies–whether that’s because bad 80s movies have a special kind of cheese not found in movies from other decades (big hair, shiny costumes, and the “no-earth-tones” look inspired by “Miami Vice”), or whether it’s because I turned 20 in the early 80s and so remember that decade with a special kind of fondness (what I remember of it, anyway).
So here’s my suggestion: what decade of movies do other MSTies cite as their favourites? The cardboard-studio black-and-white 50s? The handmade, 16mm quality of a lot of the best of the worst 60s movies? The Made-for-TV 70s? he big-hair/low budget 80s? Each decade seems to have its own special quality, and demands its own style of riffing–and, no doubt, has its own set of fans.
Me I gotta go with the 50s, the era of the best giant bug and goofy spaceship movies.
What’s your pick?
