Some thoughts on how quickly times have changed!

[Laura's Babies]

I still have a VCR in my room on the boat. Can't tell you when the last time was that I watched a video on it LOL! I have my laptop and watch DVD's on that...

[krazyaboutkatz]

Yes,times have really changed. If I'm watching an older movie on tv it seems so funny to me when the people have to use a pay phone instead of just using a cell phone. We still have a fax machine at work that we use all the time. I also still have a VCR because I have many movies for it and I sometimes still record tv shows from it. I do have a DVD player too. It's actually a VCR/DVD player all in one. I still don't have a cell phone or even an ipod yet. I don't see the need for them just yet.

[Alysser]

I'm a big fan of old (generally 60's-80's)Sci-Fi, like Star Trek: The Original Series, and all that old crap they used to play on TV. I love the characters, plot lines, and scripts for most of the episodes but HOLY CRAP some of the acting, effects, scenery is so corny for now-a-days. It's so funny to watch, yeah I know it's good for that time period but I laugh at most of it. I still love the plots and stuff, they're well-written and I enjoy the episodes but some of the stuff is so funny.

In one episode there's an alien called the Horta - OH come on it looks like a giant meatball monster.

[Medusa]

I'm a big fan of old (generally 60's-80's)Sci-Fi, like Star Trek: The Original Series, and all that old crap they used to play on TV. I love the characters, plot lines, and scripts for most of the episodes but HOLY CRAP some of the acting, effects, scenery is so corny for now-a-days. It's so funny to watch, yeah I know it's good for that time period but I laugh at most of it. I still love the plots and stuff, they're well-written and I enjoy the episodes but some of the stuff is so funny.

In one episode there's an alien called the Horta - OH come on it looks like a giant meatball monster.

That's funny! I felt the same way about my mother's generation and her movies. She told me that the old Dracula movies w/Bela Lugosi scared her to death. You've got to be kidding me! For its time, though, it was scary stuff. Like you, I like the old movies and TV shows, too, which is why I'm watching "Upstairs Downstairs", an old Masterpiece Theatre show from PBS which began in 1971 and ran for 6 years. It's about life in England at the turn of the 20th century through WW1 and beyond. It really gives us a good look into that time period regarding customs, politics, family life, etc. Someone your age would more than likely find it to be boring, especially w/the archaic language w/words such as "scoundrel" and "scalawag" and songs such as "A Bicycle Built For Two". It was a simpler time then, the pace was much slower and the people were so much more polite to each other. I've always felt drawn to that time period and often wish that I had lived then instead of now.

[Alysser]

That's funny! I felt the same way about my mother's generation and her movies. She told me that the old Dracula movies w/Bela Lugosi scared her to death. You've got to be kidding me! For its time, though, it was scary stuff. Like you, I like the old movies and TV shows, too, which is why I'm watching "Upstairs Downstairs", an old Masterpiece Theatre show from PBS which began in 1971 and ran for 6 years. It's about life in England at the turn of the 20th century through WW1 and beyond. It really gives us a good look into that time period regarding customs, politics, family life, etc. Someone your age would more than likely find it to be boring, especially w/the archaic language w/words such as "scoundrel" and "scalawag" and songs such as "A Bicycle Built For Two". It was a simpler time then, the pace was much slower and the people were so much more polite to each other. I've always felt drawn to that time period and often wish that I had lived then instead of now.

I agree with you, I so wish I could live through the 60's. LOL, I know what you mean about the old "horror" films. Like the old Dracula's, I actually watched one on the monster channel not too long ago. The film was so grainy and it was in black and white. It was really funny to watch, but I didn't watch all of it. The werewolf movies are pretty awesome though. I like seeing how they made the actor transform into the werewolf, it wasn't too bad actually. I'm not really interested in regular old series like "Upstairs Downstairs" but, who knows? I am sure it is good for some people who like those kind of shows, I am into Sci-Fi/Action type junk. Star Trek is actually not TOO bad compared to some of the Sci-Fi I've seen, some of them are so low budget, it makes it 10 times worse. I remember a period between episodes, it might have been the last (3rd) season where they needed to re-use minor actors and SCENERY xD It was so obvious. It was funny how Spock's dad also played the Klingon Ship Captain in another episode and it kinda threw me off.

It really does give you a good look at life back then, and it's fascinating to me. I enjoy learning about things like that. Especially graphics, music, and all that stuff. I enjoyed the new 2009 movie, but it just wasn't the same, I need the corniness of 60's Sci-Fi to enjoy it. If they hadn't used good actors (Nimoy specificially) Star Trek would have been off the air much sooner then it had.

Just for laughs, this is the Horta:

[Medusa]

I agree with you, I so wish I could live through the 60's.

I find it even funnier that you consider the 60's as a time period in which you would've liked to have lived because that's my generation. LOL

[smokey the elder]

I love movies with rotary phones! It really is amazing how communication has changed so dramatically over the last 20 years. Now everyone has a cell phone or PDA, it seems. New laws have even been written to remind people not to do stupid stuff like text while driving!

[Prairie Purrs]

Just for laughs, this is the Horta:

Heh. I remember watching that episode when it first aired. I was 10. And I remember thinking even back then that the "monster" was really, really, exceptionally cheezy.

[Alysser]

Heh. I remember watching that episode when it first aired. I was 10. And I remember thinking even back then that the "monster" was really, really, exceptionally cheezy.

LOL, maybe that was one of the low budget episodes then? I actually enjoyed the episode though, the idea is great although the science behind some of the plots are completely unreal to. I think it's titled "the devil in the dark". I don't remember the season it was in though. What I also found funny is when they do a close-up of Spock or a Klingon and you can see where the ear make-up is starts. I know, I have no life or maybe I'm just observant LOL I don't know.

[Catherinedana]

I'm watching "Upstairs Downstairs", an old Masterpiece Theatre show from PBS which began in 1971 and ran for 6 years.

I'll be gosh darned! We're watching that too! I was too young to appreciate the nuance of that show when it first came out but since I love British TV I figured I'd watch it now. My husband and I just finished the first season. I love it!!

But then again, we also love "True Blood" on HBO. . .guess there is room for the old and the new.

If you like USDS, then you'll love "I, Claudius" and "All Creatures Great and Small", if you haven't watched them already.

Side note on how things have changed, the first thing I thought of was how I wouldn't use an ATM machine when the banks started installing them, thinking it was unsafe. Now I would DIE without my debit card!

Cathy

[catfamily]

I still have a VCR in my room on the boat. Can't tell you when the last time was that I watched a video on it LOL! I have my laptop and watch DVD's on that...

Funny,I still "SAY" VCR instead of DVD.Just yesterday I asked mike if he finally hooked up the VCR in the bedroom,when it was a DVD i meant to say...lol

And Kirsten,that book sounds awesome.I think i'll try to get that one.thanks for telling us about it.I love those kind of books.The kind that keeps you up all night reading,scared about the killer and scared to shut the light off after...lol
I really love them...my husband doesn't understand why i scare myself with these kind of books.i don't either

ChrisH...Excellent picture,thanks : )

[Kirsten]

Funny,I still "SAY" VCR instead of DVD.Just yesterday I asked mike if he finally hooked up the VCR in the bedroom,when it was a DVD i meant to say...lol

Noticed that many people still say that!

And Kirsten,that book sounds awesome.I think i'll try to get that one.thanks for telling us about it.I love those kind of books.The kind that keeps you up all night reading,scared about the killer and scared to shut the light off after...lol

I love stories like that, too. It's eerie stuff. As far as I know, "Freeze Frame" is no longer available, but you may still get a used copy on ebay, or amazon.

Kirsten

[Catherinedana]

I love stories like that, too. It's eerie stuff. As far as I know, "Freeze Frame" is no longer available, but you may still get a used copy on ebay, or amazon.

or at the LIBRARY - remember those? Hee hee!

I actually just recently rediscovered the library here where I live and am having a grand time just pulling random books off the shelf and reading them. If they stink it doesn't matter - I didn't pay for them!

[Kirsten]

or at the LIBRARY - remember those? Hee hee!

I actually just recently rediscovered the library here where I live and am having a grand time just pulling random books off the shelf and reading them. If they stink it doesn't matter - I didn't pay for them!

LOl, yes, I remember there's such a thing as a library! We even have one here, but I haven't entered it for decades! During the 80's and 90's, I used to buy my books in bookstores because those days, paperbacks were not expensive, but meanwhile, I order them second hand from amazon to save money.

BTW, there's going to be a tv report tonight about the musical culture of the 80's (synthy pop, wave, etc.). Comes too late for me to watch it, but I think I'm going to record it with my old vcr! I love the 80s, sort of feels like my decade, so to speak...

Kirsten

[phesina]

Not only is the book available through amazon.com, there are lots of "used" copies, many in "good" or even "very good" condition, available for $0.01, i.e., ONE RED CENT! (plus $3.99 shipping): http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi...condition=used

I don't know what the availability and prices might be in other countries.