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Things that age poorly in movies in terms of cultural relevance
Posted on 3/24/22 at 8:45 pm
Posted on 3/24/22 at 8:45 pm
So I mean more than CGI or dated effects. I was just watching the other guys and early in the movie a reporter is interviewing someone and prefaces he’s from an online publication. This movie is from like 2010. The writing and tone made it seem like the reporter was a joke for only publishing things online.
Crazy to think as recently as 2010, online news was sort of just coverage of what publications put in their physical print media. And the people exclusively online were still considered fringe or non primary news sources. Now it’s basically online totally with print media declining each year.
The world moves fast and feels like it’s getting faster.
Crazy to think as recently as 2010, online news was sort of just coverage of what publications put in their physical print media. And the people exclusively online were still considered fringe or non primary news sources. Now it’s basically online totally with print media declining each year.
The world moves fast and feels like it’s getting faster.
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Posted on 3/24/22 at 8:54 pm to jlovel7
I tend to watch movies and TV shows in the period they are set in.
Posted on 3/24/22 at 9:23 pm to jlovel7
Calling gay people ****.
Posted on 3/24/22 at 10:51 pm to jlovel7
BMX dancing...
Those were the days...when you could take a bike to the Prom and dance your lights out.
And everyone thought it was rad.
Those were the days...when you could take a bike to the Prom and dance your lights out.
And everyone thought it was rad.
Posted on 3/24/22 at 11:30 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
I’d go to prom with you if you brought your bike and did that.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 12:40 am to jlovel7
Dated technology takes me out of movies to an extent. Like I can enjoy ‘Enemy of the State’ just fine today because it’s entertaining as hell, but the technology is funny. But the film turned out to be pretty prophetic, so it holds up.
A film like ‘The Net’, however, bet big on technology and whiffed. It’s absolutely laughable now (though it was never a good movie to begin with).
A film like ‘The Net’, however, bet big on technology and whiffed. It’s absolutely laughable now (though it was never a good movie to begin with).
Posted on 3/25/22 at 8:17 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Those were the days...when you could take a bike to the Prom and dance your lights out.
And everyone thought it was rad.
...and it was rad.
ETA...I really liked that model GT. You couldn't dance like that with a Supergoose. The gussets get in the way and wreck your flow.
This post was edited on 3/25/22 at 8:23 am
Posted on 3/25/22 at 8:32 am to jlovel7
Part of what you are describing happens in part due to how long it can take a movie to go from script approved to in theaters. Almost anytime a movie tries to show that it is a modern movie, it has a clock of like 4 months before it becomes dated feeling (or those lines do)
For example I watched a YouTube video recently reviewing New Guy (which I really liked) and they pointed how many like 2016 specific jokes are in it, because the script was originally written in 2016 and it didn’t get released until now.
And honestly this ^ doesn’t bother me a ton unless it’s just cringey writing, I usually roll my eyes more when it’s a period piece and they go out of their way to say a line or make a plot line happen because the writer read in the Wikipedia page about the era that people of that era used to do that.
For example I watched a YouTube video recently reviewing New Guy (which I really liked) and they pointed how many like 2016 specific jokes are in it, because the script was originally written in 2016 and it didn’t get released until now.
And honestly this ^ doesn’t bother me a ton unless it’s just cringey writing, I usually roll my eyes more when it’s a period piece and they go out of their way to say a line or make a plot line happen because the writer read in the Wikipedia page about the era that people of that era used to do that.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 8:37 am to TotesMcGotes
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Dated technology takes me out of movies to an extent.
This is the one right here. Funniest thing is that the movie itself may not seem dated at all but the speed with which technology has advanced dated it all by itself.
Sort of like old music. You can be super familiar with old songs to the point where you may forget exactly what the world was like when the song came out...then you see a video of the group doing the song or hear the song played in an old movie and you suddenly realize how old it is.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 9:33 am to jlovel7
Rambo helping train the brave Taliban in Rambo 3 didn't age well
Posted on 3/25/22 at 10:10 am to jlovel7
the entire scary movie franchise, especially the first one. i happened to catch it not long ago by chance and so much cringe worthy humor. so much reference humor that at this point is so played out it just makes you groan when you see it.
This post was edited on 3/25/22 at 10:12 am
Posted on 3/25/22 at 10:17 am to jlovel7
quote:It's still a valid joke. As dated as print or broadcast journalism might seem to you, they're still a closed community with an established status. "Online Journalist" could mean anything from Huffington Post to some guy posting on the poli-board.
This movie is from like 2010. The writing and tone made it seem like the reporter was a joke for only publishing things online.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 10:21 am to jlovel7
Pop culture and other forms of worldly references are a really easy way to date movies and can sometimes cause said movies to age poorly. I’m younger than most on this board, and I had a hard time getting through “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” I understand that the movie was made for an older audience, but I didn’t grasp some of the more subtle nuances of the movie (the food they ate, TV shows they watched, some lesser-known figures from the time period, etc.), and that made it harder for me to enjoy the film.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 10:30 am to caro81
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the entire scary movie franchise, especially the first one. i happened to catch it not long ago by chance and so much cringe worthy humor. so much reference humor that at this point is so played out it just makes you groan when you see it.
frick that SM 1 and 2 are still classics that I’ll throw on and laugh my arse off.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 10:32 am to jlovel7
The angry teens of 2015 in Back To The Future.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 10:33 am to RebelTheBear
quote:I tell you what... I don't get amped up over the 80's/90's nostalgia movies that people love in here, but every sound and visual in OUaTiH had me smiling. The radio DJ in the background, the sounds from random TV shows, the street scenes... top notch.
I had a hard time getting through “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” I understand that the movie was made for an older audience, but I didn’t grasp some of the more subtle nuances of the movie (the food they ate, TV shows they watched, some lesser-known figures from the time period, etc.), and that made it harder for me to enjoy the film.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 10:34 am to RebelTheBear
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Pop culture and other forms of worldly references are a really easy way to date movies and can sometimes cause said movies to age poorly. I’m younger than most on this board, and I had a hard time getting through “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” I understand that the movie was made for an older audience, but I didn’t grasp some of the more subtle nuances of the movie (the food they ate, TV shows they watched, some lesser-known figures from the time period, etc.), and that made it harder for me to enjoy the film.
Being in the over 50 crowd I will occasionally watch some the young movie reactors on YouTube when they view a film that I was fond of from decades past and I get a kick out of them totally missing the pop culture references.
Probably the biggest thing that has aged poorly is the lack of political correctness back in the day. Blazing Saddles for example could never be made today. Films used to poke fun at all races, religion and the gays really got worked over.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 11:33 am to TotesMcGotes
The Net & Hackers are laughable when viewed through the lens of modern technology. Johnny Mnemonic, too.
Bitch, I had that on my iPod in 2006
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I can carry nearly 80 gigs of data in my head.
Bitch, I had that on my iPod in 2006
Posted on 3/25/22 at 11:37 am to jlovel7
Did this age poorly or extremely well? I'm not sure.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 11:37 am to jlovel7
Looney tunes pops into my mind. So many jokes and impressions of personalities of the 40s that go over my head.
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