I just watched this piece of shit movie for the 1st time since about 1981...and I loved it. It was so cheesy and just plain horrible. But I was singin along with the tunes (I'm Alive!!), droolin over Oliva (in the little tiger mini skirt rockin out at the end), and getting all nostalgic. Why do I like this piece of crap?

Pagey said:

Pagey said:

It had a good soundtrack w/Oliva Newton John and ELO but the plot stunk. Who knows why you like this film?

you must embrass the cheese factor..

case in point, as a kid i loved...wait, thats not strong enough a word....i idolized Rollerboogie...

as an adult, i watched it and appreciated it for what it was...CHEESE!!

we must never discredit our previous pleasures...embrass them for all their worth. even if they artistically suck big donkey dick.

sosgemini said:

When I was a kid, Xanadu and The Wiz were my favorite movies.


I was a strange child

I had the biggest crush on Olivia!

althom said:

U have a crush on anything female!!!

Ocean said:

Yeah!

althom said:

Men your all the same

Oh I fucking love this movie! I was living in Okinawan, Japan and had it on Bata-Max in 1980. I was in 1st grade and we'd watch it over and over and over... then go outside and roller skate! I'd pretend I was outlined in blue! I've got it on DVD now and I still love it, just don't watch it over and over and over anymore!



These glamorous movie-stars hairstyles for you to re-create are worn by Olivia Newton-John in Xanadu, a film that features costumes and hairdos from the forties and eighties.

1. Hair is set, then combed into a coronet and pinned in place. Bangs and rest of hair tumble in loose waves.
2. Blown dry and fluffed to make it light and feathery, hair is then simply allowed to fall loose.
3. Large rollers are used to achieve wide, loose waves and wrispy bangs.
4. A roller set on the ends plus side combs create a forties pin-up-girl look.
5. Hair is blown dry, then set on large rollers to get a relaxed curl. Small side combs hold hair back; narrow ribbons are a young, appealing touch.
6. Medium rollers add curl and bounce to Olivia's long silky hair.
7. First, hair is brushed to one side; then it's set on large rollers to create a young evening hairdo.
8. 8 roller set to start; then a sleek comb-out creates a high pompadour and long loose pageboy that's much less rigid than those of the forties.

Hairdos by Martin Samuel, Los Angeles
Woman's Day 9/2/80








I'm Alive

OH!! I fucking love this movie!!

I saw Olivia on a chat show last week, i've a lot of admiration for her after what she's been through. Best thing is, she's still superhot!

Oh my God!!! I loved this movie too. My best friend in grammar school loved it so much, she named her first born daughter Kira.

Olivia Newton-John was so pretty. I wanted to be her so badly!!! I fondly look back at those times with her. hee hee

Grease, Xanadu, Ice Castles....going to the roller rink and thinking you were the greatest roller skater in the world. hahahahahaha

What is wrong with you people.

gemini13 said:

You and I would of had fun together as children!

AsianBomb777 said:

Ok? What was one of your favorite movies when you were about eight or nine years old?

Be honest now.....

gemini13 said:

Saturn 3, starring Kurt Douglass.

AsianBomb777 said:

Oh... you can't roller skate!

CynthiasSocks said:

AsianBomb777 said:

Oooooh, that's a classic, huh?

gemini13 said:

AsianBomb777 said:

Wasn't Farrah Fawcett in that?

CynthiasSocks said:

I think so.

gemini13 said:

HELL YES!!! Xanadu is a classic!!!! It's so beyond the "it's so bad it's good" category. It's just plain awesome!

I saw Olivia Newton-John perform Xanadu live just two weeks ago.

It was in the Once Upon A Time... show at Parken, Copenhagen, in celebration of the 200th birthday of Danish fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen.

I guess Olivia chose to sing Xanadu because it's from a fairytale story, too.

Tina Turner performed too, but I missed seeing her.

I was working that day, see. PR business. You meet a lot of celebrities. I missed Tina Turner because I was called to the VIP area for a briefing as we had to get all the VIPs out of Parken and into their transportations. I held the door open for the entire Danish Royal Family.

But seeing Olivia was great. She's still very beautiful after all these years. I was standing in the press pool when she arrived and all the photographers commented on how beautiful she is.

And seeing her perform live was just great. Physical is one of my all-time favorite albums. I never cared much for Xanadu, but just seeing her live after all these years - even if only for one song - was just highclass, baby.

Xanadu Quiz

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scififilmnerd said:

Were you planning to stab her?

later he said:


and then:
Mine too

Oh God!! I just ordered the soundtrack on CD Universe. I am shamed but I just need to hear I'm Alive again. Everyone promise me you won't go tellin my fellow Zep heads that I just bought this ok?
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PANDURITO said:

No Pandookootchiekoo. I just really wanted to see Tina Turner live. Who knows if the chance comes again? After all, she is retired. And I missed this opportunity! And for what?! To open some sodding door for the sodding queen?!

I mean... Doesn't she have her own people to do that sorta thing, anyway? Why Did It Have To Be Me? (Also known as Happy Hawaii.)