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Seeing yourself in old home movies..
Posted on 10/9/26 at 7:01 am
Posted on 10/9/26 at 7:01 am
So ive been transferring VHS tapes to DVD-R over the last few days.
All of the tapes are from super 8 and regular 8 films.
I look at how I behaved in some of them and hate myself more.
I would be nice to be able to use AI to clean up and color correct this old footage.
A lot of the footage I shot when I was somewhere between 8 and 12. Those really sucked.
All of the tapes are from super 8 and regular 8 films.
I look at how I behaved in some of them and hate myself more.
I would be nice to be able to use AI to clean up and color correct this old footage.
A lot of the footage I shot when I was somewhere between 8 and 12. Those really sucked.
Posted on 10/9/26 at 7:07 am to Tempratt
You watched yourself as a kid and felt hatred about yourself? As a kid?
Were you sadistic or something?
Or did it bring up old memories you wanted to suppress?
Were you sadistic or something?
Or did it bring up old memories you wanted to suppress?
Posted on 10/9/26 at 7:12 am to Tempratt
I think it might be beneficial to reframe it by acknowledging how much you've grown.
A lot of people can't reflect on their past selves and be grateful that they have different ideas. Some people stay stuck in the same mindset.
You're a child between 8 and 12. You're literally learning how to be alive. How you behaved is a direct reflection of your environment in those years. Your job is to react and its your parents job to redirect you and teach you. You can do almost no wrong at those ages because your daily input is a novel experience most of the time.
This was the first year I've looked at old pics of myself in my early 20s and noticed my aging. I think I've aged pretty well relative to my peers, but it's noticeable. It's a very odd feeling.
A lot of people can't reflect on their past selves and be grateful that they have different ideas. Some people stay stuck in the same mindset.
You're a child between 8 and 12. You're literally learning how to be alive. How you behaved is a direct reflection of your environment in those years. Your job is to react and its your parents job to redirect you and teach you. You can do almost no wrong at those ages because your daily input is a novel experience most of the time.
This was the first year I've looked at old pics of myself in my early 20s and noticed my aging. I think I've aged pretty well relative to my peers, but it's noticeable. It's a very odd feeling.
Posted on 10/9/26 at 7:14 am to StringedInstruments
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You watched yourself as a kid and felt hatred about yourself? As a kid?
Seriously. What’s going on here OP
Posted on 10/9/26 at 7:17 am to Tempratt
Not Kansas but this version is nice.
Posted on 10/9/26 at 7:19 am to Tempratt
I was a younger, thinner version of the sarcastic smart arse I remain today.
Posted on 10/9/26 at 7:29 am to Tempratt
I used iMemories to digitize all of my home movies. They did an excellent job and reasonably priced, with a good turnaround time.
I had to almost ready myself as a lot of the most important people in my life are no longer with us. Seeing them move and hearing their voices was something I wasn't prepared for. For instance, one was a Christmas '89, and over half are dead now.
My Grandfather, who was my rock and meant so much to me, passed in the mid 90s. He was in a lot of the home movies. It's funny how we forget the little things, like the way they moved or sounded. I could still remember his voice, but to actually hear it and see him speaking was something else entirely. That was one of the best and worst parts of it. The room was dusty that day.
iMemories does have the ability to clean the videos as they did a lot of mine. Not a regret choosing them.
I had to almost ready myself as a lot of the most important people in my life are no longer with us. Seeing them move and hearing their voices was something I wasn't prepared for. For instance, one was a Christmas '89, and over half are dead now.
My Grandfather, who was my rock and meant so much to me, passed in the mid 90s. He was in a lot of the home movies. It's funny how we forget the little things, like the way they moved or sounded. I could still remember his voice, but to actually hear it and see him speaking was something else entirely. That was one of the best and worst parts of it. The room was dusty that day.
iMemories does have the ability to clean the videos as they did a lot of mine. Not a regret choosing them.
Posted on 10/9/26 at 7:31 am to StringedInstruments
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You watched yourself as a kid and felt hatred about yourself? As a kid?
No, what I meant was that I acted like a hyper little kid. Viewed as an adult.
My wife said that all kids do that.
Posted on 10/9/26 at 7:32 am to Tempratt
The weirdest thing to me on any recording is hearing my own voice, because it doesn't sound exactly like it did/does to me.
Posted on 10/9/26 at 7:33 am to Tempratt
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My wife said that all kids do that.
I was not pleased seeing my younger self. My kids thought it was funny, though.
Posted on 10/9/26 at 7:33 am to Tempratt
I used to carry around a miniDV camera in high school. I was that guy.
Every once in a while I'll take a peak at some of those videos. There are definitely things I'm not proud of on those tapes, but I have to remember I was a dumb teenager, and so were my friends. There are also things on there that are still funny, poignant, and sometimes impressive. There's good and bad in there, and I have to remind myself we had little concept of the world at that time.
I saw one recently where I was drunk at a party and this girl I had a crush on was filming me with my camera. Watching it made me want to crawl into a hole and die from embarrassment 25 years later
Then I saw another video where two friends and I built a nitrogen-powered golf ball cannon with a couple mile range. It was us firing it directly upwards and timing the arc to determine range. I'm watching it now as an adult and thinking of how stupid yet smart we were. Like, it could easily kill people, and we were just fricking around with it like it was nothing and treating it like a physics problem.
It's really interesting to see my perspective on life on those tapes when I look at pre and post-9/11 videos, as that happened during that time. Maybe I'm projecting something on to it, but it seems like I was much more cynical and assholish for a while after that. That could have just been age, too. Pre 9/11 was 16/17 years old, and post was 17/18.
I did not take the camera to college. For better or worse, those times are only on mental memory. I sometimes wonder if those memories are real or correct. I do not have the physical backup of those memories like the ones I have on tape from high school.
A couple years ago I picked a camera back up. Mostly for stills, but I try and make a point of documenting my kids' life on video from time to time. If I'm videoing them, I'm making sure to ask questions. I want them to know who they were like as kids. What were their dreams. What were their fears. Things that we forget as we age.
Every once in a while I'll take a peak at some of those videos. There are definitely things I'm not proud of on those tapes, but I have to remember I was a dumb teenager, and so were my friends. There are also things on there that are still funny, poignant, and sometimes impressive. There's good and bad in there, and I have to remind myself we had little concept of the world at that time.
I saw one recently where I was drunk at a party and this girl I had a crush on was filming me with my camera. Watching it made me want to crawl into a hole and die from embarrassment 25 years later
Then I saw another video where two friends and I built a nitrogen-powered golf ball cannon with a couple mile range. It was us firing it directly upwards and timing the arc to determine range. I'm watching it now as an adult and thinking of how stupid yet smart we were. Like, it could easily kill people, and we were just fricking around with it like it was nothing and treating it like a physics problem.
It's really interesting to see my perspective on life on those tapes when I look at pre and post-9/11 videos, as that happened during that time. Maybe I'm projecting something on to it, but it seems like I was much more cynical and assholish for a while after that. That could have just been age, too. Pre 9/11 was 16/17 years old, and post was 17/18.
I did not take the camera to college. For better or worse, those times are only on mental memory. I sometimes wonder if those memories are real or correct. I do not have the physical backup of those memories like the ones I have on tape from high school.
A couple years ago I picked a camera back up. Mostly for stills, but I try and make a point of documenting my kids' life on video from time to time. If I'm videoing them, I'm making sure to ask questions. I want them to know who they were like as kids. What were their dreams. What were their fears. Things that we forget as we age.
Posted on 10/9/26 at 7:34 am to Tempratt
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No, what I meant was that I acted like a hyper little kid. Viewed as an adult.
And your wife is right. Kids are hyper, imaginative, loud, rambunctious, impulsive, inquisitive, imprecise….
That’s why childhood is fun. You aren’t squashed by society’s inhibitions yet.
Most people see themselves back then and long for that persona to return. Sure, kids can be obnoxious and obtuse, but they’re the ones who are living with pure sincerity. Just a bundle of intensities experiencing the world.
It makes me sad for you, brother. I hope you’ll revisit those videos with a different perspective.
Posted on 10/9/26 at 7:39 am to StringedInstruments
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Nostalgia - its delicate, but potent. Teddy told me that in Greek nostalgia literally means “the pain from an old wound.” It’s a twinge in your heart far more powerful than memory alone. This device isn’t a spaceship, it’s a time machine. It goes backwards, and forwards… it takes us to a place where we ache to go again. It’s not called the wheel, it’s called the carousel. It lets us travel the way a child travels - around and around, and back home again, to a place where we know are loved.
Don Draper
Posted on 10/9/26 at 7:41 am to Tempratt
I’m at an age right now where I don’t watch our old home movies not because I see myself as a little shite, but because I see so many people who are gone now. Makes me sad. I’m sure a time will come though where that will change and I’ll enjoy watching them again; perhaps as my time gets closer to go on to glory and I’ll see them all again.
Posted on 10/9/26 at 7:47 am to Odysseus32
Some of it was shot while in high school by GF at the time.
She kept zooming in on my arse.
I did look better then, and thinner.
But yeah, it is very noticeable how much I've matured.
She kept zooming in on my arse.
I did look better then, and thinner.
But yeah, it is very noticeable how much I've matured.
Posted on 10/9/26 at 7:47 am to Tempratt
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and hate myself more
Posted on 10/9/26 at 7:50 am to UptownJoeBrown
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Not Kansas but this version is nice.
Youtube Link
That redhead lady is very pretty.
Now I have to buy that song.
Posted on 10/9/26 at 7:50 am to Tempratt
quote:You’re bullying yourself.
I look at how I behaved in some of them and hate myself more.
Bold move there Cotton.
Today, the only day any of us can fix is today.
Let it go. Onward upward, make today & tomorrow better.
This post was edited on 10/9/26 at 7:51 am
Posted on 10/9/26 at 7:55 am to udtiger
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I was a younger, thinner version of the sarcastic smart arse I remain today
Same.
But with an added dose of social awkwardness.
Posted on 10/9/26 at 8:03 am to Spaceman Spiff
quote:same.
had to almost ready myself as a lot of the most important people in my life are no longer with us. Seeing them move and hearing their voices was something I wasn't prepared for. For instance, one was a Christmas '89, and over half are dead now.
Digitizing a huge batch of video you haven't seen in decades and alot you've forgotten about is a gut check unlike any other when you first hit "play".
I was sobbing like a baby when I got back my movies. Just had to be alone the first time I watched them through because the emotions you didn't know you even had surfaced with a vengeance.
Sad and beautiful.
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