Hey there, dear readers! I have something very exciting to announce. The wonderful, the talented, the does-everything Kim from Tranquil Dreams and I are teaming up to host the Ultimate 80s Blogathon! The premise is fairly simple: When you think of films from the 1980s, what is the first film that pops into your head? What do you consider to be the ultimate 80s movie? We all have our favorites, whether it is a comedy like Ghostbusters or Caddyshack, an action movie like Rambo or The Terminator, a horror like The Shining or Nightmare on Elm Street, an animation like The Little Mermaid or Akira, or any other of the countless classics. There are so many great films and we want to hear want YOU have to say.
But let’s leave this in the 80s…
If you are interested in participating, tell us in a comment down below or email Kim, kim.tranquildreams@gmail.com, or me, drewt510@gmail.com. Then email us your submission once you are finished. Boom! Easy, peasy. Submissions are due before Monday, February 8. Then Kim and I will kick off the blogathon on February 15. If you leave a comment below, keep your choice a secret. We want to be just as surprised as our readers by which film is your Ultimate 80s movie. Feel free to use one of the banners below to show everyone how rad you are (click to view full size).
Spread the word! If there is someone you think would like to participate, please feel free to invite them to join. We can’t wait to read everyone’s submissions! 🙂
Cheers!
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Hi! found you through Kim, looking forward to this awesome 80’s collab 🙂
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Hey! That Kim is such a matchmaker. 🙂 It’s good to meet you and thanks for stopping by. We’re excited too, it should be a blast! Are you joining in?!
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I’ll email you haha
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Yay! Thanks for joining! 🙂
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in honour of Bowie you should include Labyrinth 🙂
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If you join in, you can do it. 🙂
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My movie won’t be a secret then 😀 haha but I’m definitely in to join.
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Awesome! I promise not to tell anyone. 😛
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Hey Katie, we haven’t received anything from you yet. Are you still interested in participating?
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I have a soft spot for the 80s! Count me in 🙂
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Thanks, Geek! 🙂
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I strongly intend to participate, and will throw together something in my free time. I’m excited for this.
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Woo hoo! We’re excited to have you, Critic. 😀
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Hey Critic, we haven’t received anything from you yet. Are you still interested in participating?
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Sorry, no. Life’s been hectic.
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I understand how that can be. Thanks.
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I appreciate it.
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I’m up for this 🙂
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Fantastic! Thanks, Kira. 🙂
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No problem 😉
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Hey Kira, we haven’t received anything from you yet. Are you still interested in participating?
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Sorry Drew, I’d forgotten all about it – will a review of an 80s film be alright for this weekend?
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Sending your review this weekend would be alright.
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I didn’t realise the starting date was coming up so quickly! If it’s going to mess you about, then I’ll just give this one a miss – sorry I forgot, school’s been manic and I’ve lost my head a bit with it all 😉
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Haha I get it. Things sneak up on you when you’re busy, especially with something as demanding as school. As long as we know to expect it, we can plan for it and it won’t mess up the schedule.
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Okey dokey, I’ll make sure I get it sent to you sometime on Saturday. Thanks 🙂
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No, thank YOU! 🙂
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I’m in, but I’m just not sure yet when I’ll be able to send it in… should be fine tho 🙂
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Thanks, Rob. I know that time will be busy for you so we hope you can squeeze us in. 🙂
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Of course!
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I would love to review Splash (1984). wolffian classic movies digest:https://wolffianclassicmoviesdigest.wordpress.com/ thanks so much joey
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And we would love to have you. Thanks for joining in, Joey! 🙂
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Hey Joey, we haven’t received anything from you yet. Are you still interested in participating?
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i am i will send it in tomorrow
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Thanks!
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Hey guys…. the 80s are super rad… sign me up… and if you’re in the mood check me and MovieRob’s regular column THAT’S SO 80s! We totally just sunk our fangs into The Lost Boys – http://slipthroughmovies.wordpress.com/2016/01/11/thats-so-8os-the-lost-boys/
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Hey Dan… I’ll go have a look at your tubular article… And like… thanks for joining in!
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Hahha right on.. will you send a reminder email later? January 24th right?
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There will be a reminder post around January 24th. We can send you a reminder email as well if you want. But your entry is due before February 8th.
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The reminder post should do the trick. Thanks.
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Hey. I would love to do “ET” if that’s ok?? My blog: In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood.
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That’s more than OK! Thanks for joining, Crystal. 🙂
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You’re welcome. I’m tossing up with doing two posts, so I may do another post as well as “ET”. Would that be ok?
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Absolutely!
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Could I do “Dirty Dancing” for my second one?
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Sure can!
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Hey Crystal, we haven’t received anything from you yet. Are you still interested in participating?
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Hi Drew. Thanks for jogging my memory. I totally forget about the blogathon, but yes I do want to participate. Sorry about that. I have only just got back from visiting family from where I’m from a few weeks ago and I’m only just getting back into the writing helm now. I will participate and will work on it when I get my next free patch.
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Hi, I don’t think I have ever participated in a blogathon before. How exactly does it work? A person submits before a deadline the name of a movie, or what?
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HI! The rules of a blogathon can vary depending on the host(s). Some blogathans have you post on your own site whereas others require you to submit an article to the host(s). The rules for this blogathon are the latter. You choose a film from the 1980s that you consider to be the ultimate 80s movie, write a review for it and email it to us before February 8th. Then beginning February 15th, Kim and I will post the reviews on our sites. There are several banners that you can place on your site, if you want, to show others you participated in the blogathon.
If you are interested, all we need is to know that you will be participating. We don’t want to know your selection until we receive the email with your review. Would you like to participate?
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Yes, I would love to, thanks for the info. Btw how long the reviews have to be?
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Awesome! Thanks for joining in. 🙂 There is no requirement on length.
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Hey, we haven’t received anything from you yet. Are you still interested in participating?
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I’m up for this! What happens if there’s more than one review for the same review? Will someone have to rewrite or will they both be posted anyway?
Thanks for running this, should be fun! 🙂
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Fantastic! Thanks for joining, Elena. 🙂 If two people review the same movie then we will have two different reviews posted during the blogathon. We are allowing multiple reviews of the same movie because several people might think that film fulfills the criteria of the ultimate 80s movie.
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Would love to join Drew, must have missed this post last week but sign me up! I’ll have a think and send over my film choice
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That’s great to hear! Thanks for joining in, James. 🙂
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Ah! I hope that I get a moment because I would love to participate in this one!
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We hope so too! 🙂 Kim can vouch for how crazy wedding planning can be.
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xD Goodness, gracious me, especially in the last stretch!
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Haha I bet! Good luck. 🙂
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I’m late to this party, but I’m in on time. I’ll be sending you one real soon!
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Now that you’re here, the party can finally begin. 😛 Thanks for joining in!
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Ha. Thanks. I’ve got a good I hope. Sending it today!
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I can’t wait!
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Hey Drew, I’m still working on my review/article, about 500 words in now but is it okay if I send it over tomorrow? Sorry it’s late
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No worries. Tomorrow is fine.
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Hi I just saw this and would love to do this. Is it really too late to join?
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Hi! Not at all. If you submit a review by the end of the week, that will give us enough time to add it to the schedule. Thanks for joining, Michelle!
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Wil do. Thank you
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Posted my review
https://michellebookaddict.wordpress.com/2016/02/11/rewatching-pretty-in-pink/
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Ah! I’m so disappointed I missed this one but I’ll keep an eye out for future ones. The 80s were so cool and so…so…well…80s. You should watch “BMX Bandits” with a 16/17 year old Nicole Kidman. Oh man, so, so 80s! Happy blogging and I’ll be back to check them all out. Can’t wait!
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I’m glad you are so excited! Too bad you didn’t get in this time but I hope you can join in for the next blogathon. The entries have been pretty diverse and interesting. I don’t think you are going to be disappointed. The 80s were a unique decade for movies. I haven’t heard of BMX Bandits, I’ll look into it. Thanks for the recommendation. 🙂
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Just don’t expect stellar movie-making for BMX Bandits but a good trip down memory lane – as a kid that movie rocked… 😉
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That regularly seems to be the case doesn’t it? Sometimes our childhood favorites don’t necessarily age very well.
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