On this day, August 10, 1984, "Red Dawn" was released. Wolverines!

[Vogon_Glory]

5. Yeah, I remember seeing it

That was back when I thought that the Soviets were ten feet tall.

I still wonder why anyone could think that the Cuban and Nicaraguan forces could get that far north. While the Mexicans might not have had much of a Cold War army, its population is far greater than Cuba’s and Nicaragua’s combined and the terrain is rugged enough to scare the hell out of anyone with a map (See all those funny things dotting the map is dark brown or gray, Clem? Those are called mountains. They’re like hills except that they’re really, really tall.

And those other things, the ones between the mountains? Those, Goober, are called canyons. They’re like gullies, except that they’re really, really deep).