WTF Happened to Movie Posters?
#26
Re: WTF Happened to Movie Posters?
I understand it doesn't make a whole lot of sense but I guess back in the 1980s renting or buying a movie was a real novelty and you had to put in a fair amount of effort and money to get a movie.
Nowadays when the same things are instantly available and cheap (or free) they don't have much meaning and are considered disposable.
I imagine when the teens of today reach forty or fifty years old, they'll be nostalgic for a long lost technology or an old method of doing something that has been replaced by newer technology.
Nowadays when the same things are instantly available and cheap (or free) they don't have much meaning and are considered disposable.
I imagine when the teens of today reach forty or fifty years old, they'll be nostalgic for a long lost technology or an old method of doing something that has been replaced by newer technology.
"Really? That's so cool. I've often wondered how great it must be to watch a movie and not know what's going to happen in it. You know, be surprised. Movies must have been fun then."
#27
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Re: WTF Happened to Movie Posters?
I'm actually nostalgic for the days before video, when I had to get up at 3:00 to watch some rare gem on the late late show. Also, films were more special when they were harder to obtain. Wizard of Oz has a special place in the hearts of our generation because it was only available a certain time of year. Now, youths think of it as just any other movie, if they've even seen it, ironically because it is too available.
This isn't to say that I would go back. But having lived through a time when movies were a more rare and precious commodity makes me appreciate how available they ARE now.
This isn't to say that I would go back. But having lived through a time when movies were a more rare and precious commodity makes me appreciate how available they ARE now.
#29
DVD Talk Legend
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I can't believe a talent like Ricky Blitt would stoop to such levels. And it's his follow-up to writing a segment in Movie 43 to boot!
#30
DVD Talk Legend
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I also don't long for the "old" days because I much prefer renting a high def movie from my couch than having to drive to the local video store on a Friday night and spend an hour there looking for something to watch. And I also like not having to find a newspaper to see what movies are playing. I'm sure people from that time had similar ideas about the way things before too.
I seriously don't get the nostalgia for a time when things were FAR less convenient.
I seriously don't get the nostalgia for a time when things were FAR less convenient.
One is that going to the video store was a shopping experience. Sometimes you were going there to acquire a specific title, usually the newest release of some blockbuster. But just as often, you were just there to shop for a movie. Having all the boxes set out on shelves so you could wander around and consider your options. Finding an old favorite or making a new discovery. Letting your curiosity roam.
Two is that the video store was a social experience. I remember going to a "Mom and Pop" shop with my friend when were in high school. We were young guys interested in good movies, the guy that worked there was a film nerd who loved to talk to customers and make recommendations. Also if you went to the video store with a date, you got the chance to walk around and talk about movies, and find out what you liked, and what you have and haven't seen.
The modern experience is far more convenient. No going to get the movie. No having to return the movie. But the ritual surrounding "a movie night" is not something to be dismissed as a pain in the ass from the past.
#31
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Yeah the video store experience was awesome and I miss it at times. I loved going out and about roaming the video stores and looking at all the great cover art and being lured in just by things that looked cool. Sometimes it didn't work out but I found some gems that way. It really was an event and something special to do on the weekends. I like convenience too at times but to me streaming just isn't the same.
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Ah, remember the good ol' days before Photoshop when all movie posters were hand painted and so much more original, with none of this floating head nonsense.
#34
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I worked at a video store for several years during college. I had zero desire to ever set foot in one again.
There are plenty of ways to discover new and different movies. Netflix has a ton. I don't obsessively watch trailers so I don't really know what's going to happen in a movie I'm watching.
I dunno...just seems like nostalgia for the video store is glossing over all of the annoyances that went along with it. I've rewound more tapes than I care to count.
There are plenty of ways to discover new and different movies. Netflix has a ton. I don't obsessively watch trailers so I don't really know what's going to happen in a movie I'm watching.
I dunno...just seems like nostalgia for the video store is glossing over all of the annoyances that went along with it. I've rewound more tapes than I care to count.