Some thoughts on how quickly times have changed!

[Medusa]

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]

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]

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

[Prairie Purrs]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[kokopup]

When looking back a movies they ofton seem very corny by today's standards. You can find cheese running pretty much through the movie industry. You don't have to go back to the 60's to find them either. You just have to view it 10-15 years later. One movie that has scared every generation since 1939 is "The Wizard of Oz"

[ChrisH]

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 ...

[Medusa]

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 ...

Y'know, I thought I had read that somewhere. JD is one of my favorite actors and I can only imagine how good he'd be at playing a vampire. The ones today are so wimpy and whiney. Remember Brad Pitt? Ugh! I'd like to see a vampire who really LIKES being a vampire, one who WANTS to entice his victims, not one who regrets it. (Ok, I'm sick. Whatever.) And this pic of David Selby is smashing! He's still very handsome. Thank you, Chris.

[Prairie Purrs]

OK, so maybe I've still got a big ol' crush on David Selby!

[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