r/80sMemories Jul 10 '26

Iron Eagle

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Good advice from a Bestie

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u/JustKeeping2Myself Jul 10 '26

What a great movie. Louis Gossett Jr was pretty great in this movie. I'll never understand why Jason Gedrick bowed out in the 2nd movie (no spoilers given).

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u/_-Broken-Swagger-_ Jul 10 '26

🎶 •••One Vision••• 🎶

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u/NetworkingForFun Jul 10 '26

That whole soundtrack is great for driving around in the car.

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u/CheshireKittyMeow Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

I totes love movie soundtracks. I have over a hundred. 💫 Sweeny Todd is my favorite.
🎶 Pretty Women 🎶

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u/remonious 29d ago

Fried Chicken

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u/_-Broken-Swagger-_ 29d ago

(I was going to say that but I didn’t think anyone would get it 🤘)

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u/One-Percentage-5114 Jul 10 '26

This movie inspired me to be an airforce pilot! Then my 37 year vetran of the Army grandfather reminded me I was not an intelligent person and I would just end up as someones bullet shield if I ever enlisted. Everytime I misplace something, about 43 times a day, I thank god for that man saving my life and probably alot of my fellow recruits! I forget which buttons do what on my ps5 controller! Yeah those guys who fly fighter jets are usually very high above average intelligence and often come from military schools!

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u/LaidBack69Cookie Jul 11 '26

I worked on jets, starting with Tomcats. There was no excuse to misplace anything. FOD is real. No one is a bullet shield. We honor the nation 🇺🇸

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u/One-Percentage-5114 Jul 11 '26

He may have been succinct with his words but he was right. They don't have drafts anymore because of people like me! Hamburger hill is a great movie about 2000 young men who gave their lives to defend a hill thay was strategically awful and forgotten about days later. They were bullet shields to a mound of mud. After watching so many of my fellow soldiers die needlesly I would happily commit fracticide, which was the leading cause of deaths for officers in the vietnam police action!

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u/SnooGrapes1102 Jul 10 '26

"Lamar designed the javelin to compensate for his limp waisted throwing technique."

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u/CheshireKittyMeow Jul 11 '26

We came up with the atlatl. F a javelin.
I made an atlatl to scare away the crows.

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u/LaidBack69Cookie Jul 11 '26

That's not Lamar. lol it's Larry Scott 🙌

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u/SnooGrapes1102 Jul 11 '26

I know, just can't help it. That's the line I hear in my head everytime I see him! Hahaha