I was 15 in 1983. Nancy's got a poster of Tom Cruise in her room. He wasn't really big as a teen heartthrob til Top Gun a few years later. In 1983, he'd only done All the Right Moves, Risky Business, and The Outsiders. All the Right Moves was still playing at the theater in her small town, after all. It would have…

Ah, gotcha. The internet failed me with conflicting dates. I knew it was for Less Than Zero, a great movie btw. There are a couple of music fails in the show. Do not ever feel ashamed of being nerdy. There's a reason little anachronisms like this pulled me out of the show. I can suspend disbelief for an upside down…

I love that song, but it didn't come out til 1985, two years after this scene is supposed to have taken place. I suppose it's not a true anachronism because the kids aren't listening to it. It's more soundtrack. That said, even though I love the music, those of us that were teenagers when this film takes place get…