OT: Air is a pretty good watch

[RedStickHusky]

From starting the soundtrack with Blister in the Sun, the whole thing is 1984 time capsule. I enjoyed it.

 

[RedStickHusky]

I meant to tag this OT, my bad .

 

[Durks07]

I meant to tag this OT, my bad .

Are any threads really OT threads in the offseason?

 

[jibsey]

From starting the soundtrack with Blister in the Sun, the whole thing is 1984 time capsule. I enjoyed it.

Yup. Quality film and a lot of insight into the birth of the sneaker/hoop shoe game. I'll never forget my first pair of $2.75 cons which were " expensive" .. and they still make them!

 

[NEforceUConn]

Yup. Quality film and a lot of insight into the birth of the sneaker/hoop shoe game. I'll never forget my first pair of $2.75 cons which were " expensive" .. and they still make them!

Cons purchased from Herb’s Sporting Goods, downtown Hartford.

Ah, the good old days.

 

[storrsroars]

For those unaware we have a movie thread: Air review.

 

[HuskyHawk]

From starting the soundtrack with Blister in the Sun, the whole thing is 1984 time capsule. I enjoyed it.

Yeah, I didn't mention it in my review, but as someone who graduated HS in 1984, I thought the soundtrack was great. Also some visual reminders as to just how remarkable that year was overall.

 

[Mr. French]

Actually watched it the other night and DIDN'T fall asleep. I thought it was pretty good.

I have read and watched tons of stuff on that whole thing, Jordan Brand and Nike, so as a watchful critic I thought it went well. Some cheesiness, but that's almost expected. Chris Tucker was really good and so was Affleck. Also loved the storyline of the weird dude that designed the shoe, Moore.

 

[NEforceUConn]

Loved the movie. Should have ended with the guy running track looking up at a scoreboard with Breanna Paige!

 

[fatlucy]

Really good movie! His mom was something.

 

[RedStickHusky]

Cons purchased from Herb’s Sporting Goods, downtown Hartford.

Ah, the good old days.

My 11 year old granddaughter loves All-stars. In colors way beyond the black, white or red of my day.

 

[wheelerdog]

Watched it Saturday night. Really liked it

 

[HCCForever]

Cons purchased from Herb’s Sporting Goods, downtown Hartford.

Ah, the good old days.

Cons from Herb's and $8 bell bottom jeans from UFO on Union Place.

 

[jibsey]

Cons from Herb's and $8 bell bottom jeans from UFO on Union Place.

Herb's sounds great like the little store I got mine from in upstate NY. Wish we still had that it was pre Herman's.

 

[Waquoit]

Cons purchased from Herb’s Sporting Goods, downtown Hartford.

Moneybags. We had to go to Shoe Outlet in Manchester for reject Jeepers.

 

[NEforceUConn]

Moneybags. We had to go to Shoe Outlet in Manchester for reject Jeepers.

Had to deliver a lot of papers for those cons

 

[HCCForever]

Moneybags. We had to go to Shoe Outlet in Manchester for reject Jeepers.

I remember being disappointed when my parents bought me Jeepers at Sears I believe. Then I started buying Cons with money from my two paper routes.

 

[Deepster]

Herb's sounds great like the little store I got mine from in upstate NY. Wish we still had that it was pre Herman's.

My old man would take me to Herb's at the beginning of baseball season and buy me a new bat (wooden, of course). One year, it literally was in the first 10 swings, I broke it. He put a screw in it and wrapped it in black electric tape. I played the rest of the season getting shockwaves through both arms any time I made contact.

 

[HCCForever]

My old man would take me to Herb's at the beginning of baseball season and buy me a new bat (wooden, of course). One year, it literally was in the first 10 swings, I broke it. He put a screw in it and wrapped it in black electric tape. I played the rest of the season getting shockwaves through both arms any time I made contact.

As kids in Hartford, we would grab the broken bats at the park and do the same until we started making money on our paper routes to buy our own. The bats lasted a while once we put one or two screws in and taped them up.

 

[limkangyoun]

The movie is understatedly good, in my opinion. Watched it yesterday morning, surprised I didn't find out about it until recently.

 

[AreBee1969]

The Boss and I really enjoyed it dug the soundtrack too. If Matt Damon and Kevin Costner made a sports movie together I'd probably stroke out.

I wore the Converse Weapon (white/gray) one season in high school. It was like running with concrete blocks strapped to your feet.

 

[meyers7]

Watched Air last night. Thought it was pretty good. Had read a bit about Vaccaro and had seen the 30 for 30 on him.

I wish I could have had Converse when I was younger, mom always bought us Keds.

 

[storrsroars]

I wish I could have had Converse when I was younger, mom always bought us Keds.

Mom bought us no-name sneakers at Grants or Kings (Stamford). I swear some were simply all plastic. One time she did splurge on PF Flyers for me.

 

[NEforceUConn]

Sorry thread went kind of haywire. Guess one titled “My first pair of Cons” and another titled “Herbs Sport Shop and Downtown Hartford “ would be appropriate.

I do remember bell bottoms at UFO and believe there was an Army/Navy store near there which had some great items.

The eye candy at UFO definitely trumped that at Army/Navy.

 

[HCCForever]

Sorry thread went kind of haywire. Guess one titled “My first pair of Cons” and another titled “Herbs Sport Shop and Downtown Hartford “ would be appropriate.

I do remember bell bottoms at UFO and believe there was an Army/Navy store near there which had some great items.

The eye candy at UFO definitely trumped that at Army/Navy.

Sam's Army Navy on Asylum.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

Mom bought us no-name sneakers at Grants or Kings (Stamford). I swear some were simply all plastic. One time she did splurge on PF Flyers for me.

Wow…Kings. Haven’t thought about them in years. As I remember...a poor man's Kmart?

I had Pro Keds and Puma Clyde's. The Puma's turned your sox blue when they got wet...but I was a Walt Frazier fan.

I cannot remember where I bought my sneakers in Stamford as a kid...maybe Thom McCann's?

 

[storrsroars]

Wow…Kings. Haven’t thought about them in years. As I remember...a poor man's Kmart?

I had Pro Keds and Puma Clyde's. The Puma's turned your sox blue when they got wet...but I was a Walt Frazier fan.

I cannot remember where I bought my sneakers in Stamford as a kid...maybe Thom McCann's?

King's was such a dump. It made Caldor look like Bergdorf Goodman.

I want to say Thom McCann was where mom bought me Buster Brown shoes. Never sneakers. Too high scale, lol. In addition to Grants & KIngs, we used to do school clothes shopping at Bradlees, and I recall getting sneakers there too.

 

[HCCForever]

King's was such a dump. It made Caldor look like Bergdorf Goodman.

I want to say Thom McCann was where mom bought me Buster Brown shoes. Never sneakers. Too high scale, lol. In addition to Grants & KIngs, we used to do school clothes shopping at Bradlees, and I recall getting sneakers there too.

I do remember clothes shopping at Thom McCann's for shoes. We also shopped at Bradlees, Two Guys on the Berlin Turnpike, and Sears at Corbin's Corner. Other less than stellar stores were Topps and J.M. Fields in East Hartford. We did quite a bit of shopping in Downtown Hartford before the malls were built.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Wow…Kings. Haven’t thought about them in years. As I remember...a poor man's Kmart?

I had Pro Keds and Puma Clyde's. The Puma's turned your sox blue when they got wet...but I was a Walt Frazier fan.

I cannot remember where I bought my sneakers in Stamford as a kid...maybe Thom McCann's?

Shaky, you're from Stamford too?

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I still remember back then. Had a paper route from when I was nine, at that time depending on the season would shovel snow, take leaves, cut grass for some cash because it was either wear what the parents were willing to but or spend your own money if you wanted something better.

Keds were ~$8.00 Pro Keds (black high top with the big white patch) were ~$10.00 and Converse All Stars were ~$12.00 (this was 1970 so...).

A couple years later (the first time I heard of them was 1972 or 1973) Puma Clyde's hit the market and they were ~$28.00 a pair. When I first saw an ad for them I thought it was insane to pay more than double what Cons cost. My older brother bought a pair and I was never more jealous in my life.