Some thoughts on how quickly times have changed!

**Alysser** · 08-10-2009, 09:03 AM

Originally Posted by Medusa

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** · 08-10-2009, 09:06 AM

Originally Posted by Alysser

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** · 08-10-2009, 10:08 AM

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!

**Medusa** · 08-10-2009, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by 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!

You'd love my sister's home then. She still has a rotary phone and the furniture that she bought when she got married in 1954. It looks like it just came off the showroom floor. When I visit, I tell my friends that I'll be in the time warp.

**Kirsten** · 08-10-2009, 12:36 PM

I agree, these old b/w movies with their subtle horrors were eerie!! More than the gory stuff of latter decades.

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

I was born in the 60s (1965), but don't remember much of it. Sadly enough, my parents were not too fond of the flower power area.

Some things I do remember is the food my mother used to prepare for birthday parties, or New Years those days. Strange stuff, like hedgehogs formed out of raw ham and salt sticks, or toadstools make of a boiled egg, and one half of a tomato. So funny how even our eating habits change with the passing of time! LOL

Kirsten

**Prairie Purrs** · 08-10-2009, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by Alysser

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** · 08-10-2009, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by Prairie Purrs

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.

**Prairie Purrs** · 08-10-2009, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by Alysser

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.

I think it was a first-season episode. Most of the special effects seemed pretty cool at the time because we didn't have anything better to compare them with (and if you want to see some of the worst production values ever, check out "Dark Shadows," which ran during those years). But the Horta, well, it was just a big rock with an attitude. Seriously unimpressive.

**Medusa** · 08-10-2009, 04:02 PM

Originally Posted by Prairie Purrs

I think it was a first-season episode. Most of the special effects seemed pretty cool at the time because we didn't have anything better to compare them with (and if you want to see some of the worst production values ever, check out "Dark Shadows," which ran during those years). But the Horta, well, it was just a big rock with an attitude. Seriously unimpressive.

OMG! Dark Shadows! Really cheesey but I watched it every flippin' day.

**Prairie Purrs** · 08-10-2009, 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by Medusa

OMG! Dark Shadows! Really cheesey but I watched it every flippin' day.

As did I. I had a big 'ol crush on David Selby, who played Quentin Collins (a werewolf, I believe).

**Medusa** · 08-10-2009, 07:25 PM

Originally Posted by Prairie Purrs

As did I. I had a big 'ol crush on David Selby, who played Quentin Collins (a werewolf, I believe).

Yes, you're right. He played in a few movies afterwards but disappeared from the scene. He was really handsome.

**ChrisH** · 08-11-2009, 05:35 AM

Originally Posted by Prairie Purrs

As did I. I had a big 'ol crush on David Selby, who played Quentin Collins (a werewolf, I believe).

He's still around and working and looking pretty good too imo.

The Dark Shadows series has a big cult following now including a fan club and a yearly festival. http://www.darkshadowsfestival.com/Quite a few clips from the show on youtube too.

As a Brit I have never seen it (only the clips) but the reason I know a lot about it is that it is being made into a film by Tim Burton starring guess who.

Been on the cards for a couple of years and now it is official.

Tim Burton says Dark Shadows with shoot next year

Johnny as a vampire ...