The 80s are Back!

It is Thursday evening as I walk up to the ticket window and ask for two IMAX 3D tickets for the much anticipated movie feature. The man at the ticket booth prints me up two paper tickets and hands me some bulky, oversized gray 3D glasses frames. I the stadium theater and Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One lights up the screen. The soundtrack starts up with a nostalgic synthesized sound of Depeche Mode.

The 80s are back, baby!

It is a good time to be mentally present if it means that 80s fads and fashion are making a comeback. Fashion styles have a rotation of every thirty years (which means it is time to break out the large plastic rim glasses frames and colorful geometric coats). I guess the reemergence of 80s culture also applies to heavily to tv shows and movies.

Like any good trend, it is difficult to make it through a whole day without something making an obscure 80s reference. Star Wars and ewoks are back in the mainstream; Middle school students are now making obscure references to Voltron; Rosanne is finally back on air; and does anyone know when Season 3 of Stranger Things is going to be released?

All I know is that it is great to welcome back a decade that I was mentally present enough to appreciate when I was a kid. Now it is just time to rewatch The Last Unicorn and mix up a batch of some Jello Jigglers because the 80s are getting a second wind!!