The teenagers in the eighties were kind of ugly
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Legendary_Badass — 9 years ago(May 02, 2016 01:52 AM)
Well put. I've seen most of the Hughes films and always the young cast are standouts. It is so incredibly hard to find teens who can act for the camera, even today. Far too many act like they are on stage.
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AmyJolamb — 9 years ago(September 10, 2016 04:36 PM)
Perfect answer, Jack. Sadly today when a movie casts realistic looking people movie goers say how ugly they look. Most people wake up looking natural not like a super model. I think this why so many people have poor self esteem. They compare themselves to something fake.
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Cre8tiveMktg — 10 years ago(December 19, 2015 12:51 PM)
Well.let's even the playing field.
In the early 80's certain things weren't invented yet:
Flat irons
Hair products (other than mousse, gel, hairspray)
Tooth whitening
Invisalign
Spray tanning
Waxing
eyelash extensions
Hair extensions
Blow outs
Things that were uncommon and not readily available:
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NorthernLad — 10 years ago(December 23, 2015 06:04 AM)
I think they looked more realistic back then. Sure movies like this one perfectly capture the era they were made but in the end at least they look like real people and not like the glossy and phony looking actors/actresses we see today.
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shadowangel-599-184270 — 10 years ago(December 31, 2015 02:55 PM)
Todays you have teens with their pants down on their knees with their skidmarked underwear showing or overweight teens in too tight clothes (especially in the usa) and otherwise teens looking like emo or post-punk style
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robocop-37224 — 10 years ago(January 16, 2016 02:23 PM)
Just goes to show how FAKE our country has become. Not to mention LAZY! something as simple as an explosions on a TV show and/or movies that is all computer generated. Even the news caster's.. The Hollywood drama and build up? Not one ugly person.
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AllEighties — 10 years ago(February 20, 2016 08:31 PM)
Exactly.
And you didn't have half he guys with their asses hanging out of their pants. Most people were athletically thin. Didn't have the whole grubby, flat, greasy haired, who cares grunge look or the fake hipster blah look either.
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AllEighties — 10 years ago(February 22, 2016 05:57 PM)
Yeah to some extent what I said above but also I mean: Nicole Eggert, Alyssa Milano, Kristy Swanson, Amanda Peterson, Rebecca De Mornay, Kelly Preston, Phoebe Cates, Debbie Gibson, Brooke Shields, Heather Locklear, Kelly LeBrock, why not Molly Ringwald from this film??, Christina Applegate, Tracy Smith, Samantha Fox, Mia Sara, Ione Skye, Tawny Kitaen, Jennifer Connelly, how long do I keep typing.
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kaydie-fee — 9 years ago(April 20, 2016 06:08 AM)
Back then they cast people who looked like regular teenagers, not unrealistic primped 25 year olds with plastic surgery who are professionally styled within an inch of ther lives, go to a school nowadays nobody looks like the 'teens' on the CW.
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adresher-1 — 9 years ago(April 21, 2016 12:56 PM)
Exactly! Kids in teens films in the 80s looked and dressed exactly like what 80s and early 90s teens looked like. There was no need, and still is no need to make every high school girl have fake boobs, dressed like a Calvin Klein ad and talk as if they have a PhD IN Psychology.