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The Goonies (1985) - Commander Exclusive Bonus Episode
🕑 Added 2025-11-14 18:17:17 +0000 UTCHey you guys! 1985 season is upon us, and you know what that means? It means it's our time. Our time to watch The Goonies.
This is a film that Rob and Dave love so much that they couldn't risk its inclusion on a public vote. A film about friendships, childhood, and adventure, and plugged in to a specific nostalgia for a specific time, when no adults seemed to be watching, and wherever you wanted to be most in the world was only a BMX ride away.
Also, we do some weird talk about food pipelines and chicken oviducts, which I think it's best for everyone that we never mention again.
Comments
BDT33
The giant octopus made an appearance in The Goonies ZX Spectrum game. 5 year old me never could get past it.
Jennifer
I won't rewatch this film becaaaause I'm afraid of the feelings Rob expressed -- theres a nostalgia for it that I don't want to ruin 😝 Amusingly, I was WILDLY against watching Stranger Things because the main cast was kids, and then someone described it to me as "ET meets Goonies meets X Files" and I couldn't resist that recommendation.
Dennis Gallagher
On the lab-grown meat thing: there was a TV special comedy mockumentary where, sadly, Gregg Wallace, who's had a public and despicable fall from grace, investigates meat grown from human tissue. There's a whole section where they end up testing out meat grown from kids because it's the most tender and there's a bunch of children getting grabbed and scraped for tissue samples - very funny and worth a watch if you can stomach Gregg Wallace.
Colin
Speakimng of pre-football match things that were not the main event, the yrear after this was released. my OH and I were one of a bunch of 100+ viking reenactors doing a battle at Hampden before an Old Firm Cup Final. Boy, the cops were somewhat perplexed and worried.
