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re: Things that age poorly in movies in terms of cultural relevance
Posted on 3/25/22 at 11:38 am to jlovel7
Posted on 3/25/22 at 11:38 am to jlovel7
It’s funny that the special effects themselves hold up fantastically in Jurassic Park, but the computer screens when shown are definitely dated like other tech references made in the thread.
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Posted on 3/25/22 at 12:48 pm to jlovel7
I always notice things related to phones. We're so used to everyone having a cell phone in their pocket that we forget there was a time when people had to run to a payphone or ask someone to call for help or figure out a clever way to contact someone you are separated from.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 1:03 pm to jlovel7
Cigarette smoking EVERYWHERE in old movies=====hospitals, restaurants, airplanes, etc.
Gang movies of old where turf wars were fought with fists, chains, bats, the occasional knife, unlike today where there's still gang turf wars, but done so with AK's, Glocks, AR-15's often unloaded during drive-bys.
Gang movies of old where turf wars were fought with fists, chains, bats, the occasional knife, unlike today where there's still gang turf wars, but done so with AK's, Glocks, AR-15's often unloaded during drive-bys.
This post was edited on 3/25/22 at 1:13 pm
Posted on 3/25/22 at 1:04 pm to CaptainsWafer
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It’s funny that the special effects themselves hold up fantastically in Jurassic Park, but the computer screens when shown are definitely dated like other tech references made in the thread
My oldest wanted to rent out a theater and watch Jurassic Park for his birthday last year. $150 well spent.
I was in wonder at how well the FX held up over the years. I always say “It’s a Wonderful Life” life is my favorite movie and it truly is but I still have a special place in my heart for Dinosaurs on the big screen being done so well. Flawed, but truly magical movie making.
ETA: beat me to it.
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The Net & Hackers are laughable when viewed through the lens of modern technology. Johnny Mnemonic, too.
To the computers, my wife and I recently watched the Net and Hackers. If you want to talk about dated computer screens. I recommend both.
This post was edited on 3/25/22 at 1:08 pm
Posted on 3/25/22 at 1:17 pm to jlovel7
Posted on 3/25/22 at 1:41 pm to AUFANATL
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I always notice things related to phones. We're so used to everyone having a cell phone in their pocket that we forget there was a time when people had to run to a payphone or ask someone to call for help or figure out a clever way to contact someone you are separated from.
For example, the classic Seinfeld episode, The Chinese Restaurant:
Posted on 3/25/22 at 7:37 pm to RebelTheBear
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I’m younger than most on this board, and I had a hard time getting through “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
Your youth aside. In fairness to you man, it was a shitty movie.
I'm too young to know what it's like to live in 1930 but if you set a movie during that time period and it's worth watching, I'll like it.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood just straight up sucked.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 7:47 pm to jlovel7
Anytime they refer to computer metrics - like CPU speed, storage, etc - in a futuristic setting.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 7:48 pm to 3nOut
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Hackers
Hackers depiction of hacking was laughable when it came out as well. Still a fun movie.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 8:32 pm to CaptainsWafer
Posted on 3/25/22 at 8:48 pm to jlovel7
The opening scene of Tropic Thunder will make no sense in a few decades (the fake movie trailers). When watching on DVD, it takes a second to realize they're part of the movie. If no one's watching DVDs however, people won't be used to trailers and the joke is wasted
Posted on 3/25/22 at 9:10 pm to jlovel7
Blackface on white actors
Posted on 3/25/22 at 9:19 pm to TotesMcGotes
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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).
With that girl from The Bus? I did a little reading, and I realized it wasn't that far-fetched.
Posted on 3/25/22 at 9:30 pm to PowerTool
It's fun to watch a reaction on youtube to an old movie like Blazzing Saddles with outdated jokes. The really interesting part is the young people reacting to it still laugh most of the time.
Posted on 3/26/22 at 10:59 am to bcoop199
Some of the old Bond movies are crazy….James straight up forces himself on every woman he sees and some are actively trying to get him to stop.
Posted on 3/26/22 at 11:09 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.
That's called a period piece, dude, and no you're wrong. Period pieces actually age much better than the average film since they go out of their way to put you in the mindset of the time. Period pieces don't make assumptions on where the culture is going and wholly lives in the present of the story.
Even though it took place at the present it was set, Superbad is also a period piece going out of it's way to explain the modern culture at the time, and because of that it has aged magnificently. Like the Big Lebowski is only five years removed from the events, and while everyone at the time of it's release remembered that history well, the fact that it goes out of it's way to explain things that an audience 40 years from now wouldn't understand makes it great and timeless.
Posted on 3/26/22 at 11:12 am to Master of Sinanju
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Looney tunes pops into my mind. So many jokes and impressions of personalities of the 40s that go over my head.
Looney Tunes have aged magnificently. It was the biggest influence on Mel Brooks and Dave Chapelle's comedy for reference.
Posted on 3/26/22 at 11:13 am to AUFANATL
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I always notice things related to phones. We're so used to everyone having a cell phone in their pocket that we forget there was a time when people had to run to a payphone or ask someone to call for help or figure out a clever way to contact someone you are separated from.
Yeah, in order to have the Bubble Boy plot from Seinfeld, they'd have to set up for two or three minutes why George and his girlfriend do not have their phones or why their phones are dead.
Posted on 3/26/22 at 11:15 am to Bama Bird
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If no one's watching DVDs however, people won't be used to trailers and the joke is wasted
I have a lot of DVDs and most of them these days don't have any trailers at all and just go straight to the menu.
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