Detective Goren was Thor!
Holy crap! I just found out, not thirty seconds ago, that Vincent D'Onofrio, actor who is currently knockin' em dead as Detective Goren on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and whom I love in the first Men in Black movie, also played Thor in one of my favorite movies of all time, 1987's Adventures in Babysitting! (Weird tribute on YouTube) That movie just gets awesomer and awesomer as the years roll by.
I totally forgot that he was also amazing in Full Metal Jacket, the best Vietnam movie (imho) of that second wave.
The Karate Kid was on last night. I'd forgotten how hot Elizabeth Shue was back then. And she didn't take any crap from those rotten Cobra Kai scum, either!
Hven't kept up with Law and order. Good show. Great characters over the years. Jerry Orbach was one of my favorites. There must be a half dozen other stars that made it big on L&O.
I had (have?) a crush on Elisabeth Shue, dating from way back. My sistr and I used ot have Movie Festival Weekends, where we'd rent three movies on a theme, and the Elisabeth Shue Festival Weekend was always a good one. Lots of movies, and I couldn't really go wrong.
Seven-six-two millimeter. Full. Metal. Jacket.
Vincent D'Onofrio has a cameo in Ed Wood as Orson Welles.
I gotta say, between Elizabeth Shue and Phoebe Cates, the 80s was a hell of a time to be full of raging hormones.