Your Most Dated Movie Ever?
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Your Most Dated Movie Ever?
Some movies simply don't age well. Bad clothes, big hair, funky set design or strange dialog can either ruin a movie or make it a fantastic flashback to a bygone era. (Anyone remember those valley girl flicks of the 80's?).
I'd like to read about some of the movies you have in your collection that make you say, "What the F#@& were they thinking?"!! Please only include movies that have "accidentally" become dated over the years, not any that were purposely created to be cute or retro.
Don't forget to include whether the movie is GOOD or BAD because I might be persuaded to add it to my Netflix que.
"Sometimes stinky cheese is quite enjoyable!" - The French
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Here are a couple of movies that I find to be stuck in a different reality:
1) Roller Boogie - Starring Linda Blair
Oh my god, it looks like the 1970's threw up on the screen! Women in lycra, men in short-shorts, and everyone in knee-length tube socks with colored stripes!! I'm not sure, but I think this movie was trying to brainwash me into believing that the thigh is the most beautiful part of the human body (since everyone is practically nude from their knees to their pubic area)! Roller Boogie is enjoyable though and worth a rent if you enjoy movies like Xanadu (but with a little more storyline).
2) Can't Stop the Music - Starring Steve Guttenberg and the Village People
This flick is soooo bad they should have called it "Can't Stop the Movie"! I had high hopes that it would send me into retro overdrive, but all it did was put in a coma.
3) A Clockwork Orange
Loved the movie, but Kubrick's idea of the future sure looks like the 1970's to me!! Remember Future World at Disney World? Remember how it didn't look like the future at all? That's what this movie's sets remind me of: a vision of the future that has turned into a much-dated reflection of the way people predicted things would look. At least Disney World has renovated Future World! Once again, I must say it's still a great movie!
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Now let's hear about your movies!
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I'd like to read about some of the movies you have in your collection that make you say, "What the F#@& were they thinking?"!! Please only include movies that have "accidentally" become dated over the years, not any that were purposely created to be cute or retro.
Don't forget to include whether the movie is GOOD or BAD because I might be persuaded to add it to my Netflix que.
"Sometimes stinky cheese is quite enjoyable!" - The French
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Here are a couple of movies that I find to be stuck in a different reality:
1) Roller Boogie - Starring Linda Blair
Oh my god, it looks like the 1970's threw up on the screen! Women in lycra, men in short-shorts, and everyone in knee-length tube socks with colored stripes!! I'm not sure, but I think this movie was trying to brainwash me into believing that the thigh is the most beautiful part of the human body (since everyone is practically nude from their knees to their pubic area)! Roller Boogie is enjoyable though and worth a rent if you enjoy movies like Xanadu (but with a little more storyline).
2) Can't Stop the Music - Starring Steve Guttenberg and the Village People
This flick is soooo bad they should have called it "Can't Stop the Movie"! I had high hopes that it would send me into retro overdrive, but all it did was put in a coma.
3) A Clockwork Orange
Loved the movie, but Kubrick's idea of the future sure looks like the 1970's to me!! Remember Future World at Disney World? Remember how it didn't look like the future at all? That's what this movie's sets remind me of: a vision of the future that has turned into a much-dated reflection of the way people predicted things would look. At least Disney World has renovated Future World! Once again, I must say it's still a great movie!
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Now let's hear about your movies!
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Originally Posted by The Bus
Fahrenheit 9/11 is pretty dated, everyone likes Bush now and terrierrism or war isn't a problem anymore.
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Originally Posted by Tyler_Durden
Are you serious? (But it was always true that F9/11 would be slightly dated after the election. However, it remains an important subjective account of the time.)
Are you serious? Important? A DVD full of half-truths and information taken out of context by the biggest jackass of our time is just plain trash. The DVD will be a footnote in a few years and all but forgotten relatively soon.
Back on topic: Oh, and I find movies like Running Man that are supposed to be about the future to be kind of funny - They always have weird outdated fashion or some sort of trend that has yet to happen. There are several movie that fit this discription that is just the first one that comes to mind.
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Originally Posted by speedyray
Are you serious? Important? A DVD full of half-truths and information taken out of context by the biggest jackass of our time is just plain trash. The DVD will be a footnote in a few years and all but forgotten relatively soon.
Which leads us to another question on the topic of "dating": can works of art that either intend to capture a specific moment in time or acknowledge their inevitable ties to the time in which they were created, ever be "timeless"? Personally, I think so, and offer Hitchcock's "Psycho" as an example.
And my original question "are you serious?" (not directed to you, of course) was meant in earnest. I don't live in America and wasn't aware of any major shift in Bush's popularity. The post seemed sarcastic at first but as I've often discovered on this forum, statements like the one I was originally referring to occasionally are actually voiced in all seriousness.
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Originally Posted by rich-y
Loved the movie, but Kubrick's idea of the future sure looks like the 1970's to me!! Remember Future World at Disney World? Remember how it didn't look like the future at all? That's what this movie's sets remind me of: a vision of the future that has turned into a much-dated reflection of the way people predicted things would look. At least Disney World has renovated Future World! Once again, I must say it's still a great movie!
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I thought there would be more, but the only one in my limited collection is Tim Burton's Batman. In the age of these new superhero movies, a pudgy Jack Nicholson dancing to Prince music just doesn't do anything for me anymore.
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Originally Posted by Tyler_Durden
Calm down. I didn't mean to instill yet another debate on this subject. I meant "important" from a cultural standpoint. The film was very widely seen and discussed. It portrayed one side of a polarizing and popular issue that had (and continues to have) global implications.
Which leads us to another question on the topic of "dating": can works of art that either intend to capture a specific moment in time or acknowledge their inevitable ties to the time in which they were created, ever be "timeless"? Personally, I think so, and offer Hitchcock's "Psycho" as an example.
And my original question "are you serious?" (not directed to you, of course) was meant in earnest. I don't live in America and wasn't aware of any major shift in Bush's popularity. The post seemed sarcastic at first but as I've often discovered on this forum, statements like the one I was originally referring to occasionally are actually voiced in all seriousness.
Which leads us to another question on the topic of "dating": can works of art that either intend to capture a specific moment in time or acknowledge their inevitable ties to the time in which they were created, ever be "timeless"? Personally, I think so, and offer Hitchcock's "Psycho" as an example.
And my original question "are you serious?" (not directed to you, of course) was meant in earnest. I don't live in America and wasn't aware of any major shift in Bush's popularity. The post seemed sarcastic at first but as I've often discovered on this forum, statements like the one I was originally referring to occasionally are actually voiced in all seriousness.
Anyways, back to the topic on hand.
Escape from New York - most likely because it starts the movie off with a date right away, but this seems so incredibly dated to me.
Logan's Run - really the same situation as Clockwork Orange. Most 70s Sci Fi seems to fall into this hole.
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Originally Posted by aukevin
I thought there would be more, but the only one in my limited collection is Tim Burton's Batman. In the age of these new superhero movies, a pudgy Jack Nicholson dancing to Prince music just doesn't do anything for me anymore.
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Originally Posted by The Bus
Fahrenheit 9/11 is pretty dated, everyone likes Bush now and terrierrism or war isn't a problem anymore.
Oh, you mean "terrorism." Never mind.
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I'm embarrassed that I ever liked "Around the World in 80 Days" (the 1956 version). It's racist, it's sexist, it's imperialist, and worst of all, it's not funny. Here's a movie that was a grand spectacle and the height of the cinematic craft 50 years ago, but which today almost serves as a primer for everything that was wrong with our political and cultural attitudes then -- and which produced the divided and intolerant political and cultural climate we live in today.
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Originally Posted by The Bus
Fahrenheit 9/11 is pretty dated, everyone likes Bush now and terrierrism or war isn't a problem anymore.
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Are you kidding? People acting like dogs are ruining our cities! The way they run around on all fours, biting people's ankles, humping their legs, crapping on the sidewalks... I think the government should declare war on terrierism!Oh, you mean "terrorism." Never mind.
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Dated? I'd say E.T. - that whole alien landing on earth thing was soooo 80's.
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2001: A Space Odyssey - There's no rotating space station or a station on the moon. And there's no AI computer like HAL 9000. And Pan Am ain't around anymore. Plus there's no star child.
Just kidding.
Just kidding.
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I'm gonna get clobbered for this, but Star Wars is majorly dated for some of the hair styles and clothing choices... attack of the mullets and poofy hairstyles on the guys especially!
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I don't want to get into the Bush discussion however I don't think everyone likes him or what he is doing LINK
On topic, I would say my Omega Man is a little dated as well as 2001: A Space Odyssey. Also I recently watched The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977) and it seemed a little dated but still watchable.
On topic, I would say my Omega Man is a little dated as well as 2001: A Space Odyssey. Also I recently watched The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977) and it seemed a little dated but still watchable.
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Pardon me for not thanking the people who tried to turn this into a discussion regarding the pros and cons of George Bush, but I started this thread to discuss DVDs - not politics!
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I agree with the previous post - The Omega Man was really dated!
In addition, it was also really bad (in my opinion). Although I didn't turn it off early, I did fast forward through the second half! The whole idea of a "religious-like" cult of albino, pseudo-zombie, night-walkers really threw me off. The sets and the costumes really scream 1971, but I found myself screaming for having rented this flick!
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I agree with the previous post - The Omega Man was really dated!
In addition, it was also really bad (in my opinion). Although I didn't turn it off early, I did fast forward through the second half! The whole idea of a "religious-like" cult of albino, pseudo-zombie, night-walkers really threw me off. The sets and the costumes really scream 1971, but I found myself screaming for having rented this flick!
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Originally Posted by rich-y
Pardon me for not thanking the people who tried to turn this into a discussion regarding the pros and cons of George Bush, but I started this thread to discuss DVDs - not politics!
I liked how you wrote this in really tiny font size