The Weekly Links: Breakfast Club Turns 30, 8-Bit 'Scarface', Dreadstar Comic Being Adapted For TV

Welcome to another edition of The Weekly Links, your weekly source for the best '80s content on the web! It's been an up-and-down kinda week for me, but the highlights included a couple things I shared this week.

I've been wanting to put together a name generator for awhile and figured I might use one of the popular '80s properties for the subject matter. Turns out, many have already been put together so I came up with my own...the '80s Band Name Generator! Using your own initials, you can come up with your lead singer and your band name with an '80s slang adjective. My band is "Johnny 5 and the Heinous Goobers." It's been fun seeing people post their results on social media, so be sure to try it and let me know what you get!

Last night I decided to peruse the Kindle store for comics and surprisingly found 8 G.I. Joe comics for FREE! I've linked each one in the post, so be sure to download them today before they disappear. They are the modern series books, but a couple are still written by Larry Hama, the godfather of the Real American Hero series. 

My favorite video this week crams 80 pop culture facts about my favorite decade into one video! Watch Mental Floss' John Green drop some serious knowledge on us about TV, movies, music, and more.

TWL Video of the Week

"80s Facts abot the '80s" by Mental Floss

Enjoy the rest of this week's links! And don't forget to check out RD80s' Rad Retro Stuff website for all things retro and collectible including a first look at the new Karate Kid ReAction figures!

MOVIES

Let's All Wax Nostalgic With This Musical Tribute To '80s Teen Movies - UPROXX

'The Breakfast Club' Then and Now: The Teen Classic Turns 30 - Yahoo! Movies
'The Breakfast Club': Read THR's 1985 Review - The Hollywood Reporter
Happy Anniversary to Us: 'The Breakfast Club' Is Coming Back to Theaters - Pajiba
17 Times "The Breakfast Club" Offered A Totally Unrealistic Picture Of High School - BuzzFeed Rewind
What Character From The Princess Bride Are You? - PlayBuzz

A Comprehensive Look Back At Michael Keaton's 1980s Cinematic Mastery - UPROXX

Top Ten 80s Actors - Retromash

Holy Xenomorphs! Neill Blomkamp WILL Be Making His Alien Movie After All - io9

Ghostbusters: "conventional" sequel might still happen - Den of Geek

15 Times Princess Leia Was The Greatest Woman In The Galaxy - BuzzFeed Rewind

Everything You Never Knew About The Making of Conan The Barbarian - io9

Updates on New FRIDAY THE 13TH and HALLOWEEN Surface - Nerdist
Investigating the Young Sherlock Holmes novelization… - Branded in the 80s

82 Thoughts You Have When You Watch "Labyrinth" For The First Time - BuzzFeed Rewind

My Top 5 Horror Films of the '80s - Moviepilot
5 Unknown Facts About 'Pretty In Pink' - Fashion & Style

TV

Dreadstar, The Craziest Scifi Comic Of The '80s, Is Coming To TV - io9

Revisiting Star Trek TNG: Legacy - Den of Geek

MUSIC

Watch Police Drummer Stewart Copeland Jam With Members of Rush, Tool, and More - Billboard
The Ghostly Remains of "Tom's Diner" - Mental Floss

"Private Eyes" - The Story Behind the Song - Song Facts

A pregnant woman tries to induce labor by dancing to 'Thriller' - Mashable

Eddie Van Halen Shares Life Story, Van Halen Update at Smithsonian - Rolling Stone

VIDEO GAMES

Scarface As An NES Shooter - Kotaku
A Famicom that can Fit in the Palm of your hand - Retroist

Movie Plots According to LJN Games - Pop Rewind

Giant 3D Tetris Cushions Are the Perfect Fort-Building Tool - Gizmodo

Which 'Mario' Character Are You? - PlayBuzz

Video game hall of fame established at The Strong Museum - Polygon

Ninja Gaiden - Retro Gamer Magazine

Nintendo's Ballsy Star Wars Knock-Off - Kotaku

CULTURE

A Red Hot Nickel Ball Melts a Rubik’s Cube Into a Pile of Plastic Goo - Laughing Squid
Masters of the Universe Panini sticker album - Retromash

The 7 Worst G1 Transformers (and Their Best Variants) - Topless Robot

Very cool Transformers toy leaflet from 1985 - Retromash

20 toys from the 80s that we'd totally forgotten about... until now - Metro

1980s Science Fiction Where The Cold War Never Ends - Gizmodo