Episode 124: Summer Review 2018

Revenge of the Eighties Kids

For those of you just tuning in via Anchor this episode, to make things worse if you're all confused, is part two of our summer predictions/review strand. You can listen to the predictions show at: http://theeightieskids.blogspot.com/2018/04/episode-120-we-are-80s-kids-summer.html Then you can come back here and see how we did, although, if you happen to know the box office returns for all the things in the predictions show, then you'll already know, clever clogs. For everyone else... the time of reckoning has come once more unto the kids from the 80s. It was a summer of blockbuster box office but also some bluster and blocked profits for titles that surely should have been bankable even though they were... erm... going solo. We ruminate for the mandatory amount of time about Sci Fi shenanigans, underwhelming dinos, overwhelming Star Wars ennui and purple dudes with universe-altering bling. But we are the 80s kids, and we are disciplined so on we trot in good time. Horror movies, kids movies, comedies, how did they fare in the summer of 2018, well, a hell of a lot better than your straight action thriller, that's for certain. As we ruin the Quiet Place with our noise and moan about the annoying rabbit we have to wonder, will Joe Carnahan ever get a break? In the comedies it would appear to be all about those Crazy, Rich Asians, leading to a question about whether things are as questionable as we first thought if they're making bank at the box office. One thing's for certain the summer of 2018 had its ups and its downs but Action Point still didn't make any money.