- Long Lost Movie Moments of Yester-Year

Long Lost Movie Moments of Yester-Year

01:19, 17-Feb-2009 .. Posted in Movie Stuffs .. 22 comments .. Link

One thing I've found since coming back to university and being surrounded by 18 year-olds is that a lot of the films I consider classics, that I cannot imagine my library being without, are unheard of to the majority of my peers. The Crow, for example.

Even the few that have been heard of, have never been seen. I was floored by the number of people who'd never seen Pulp Fiction. Many hadn't seen a single Tarantino film!

The upside is, it's fun to introduce people to my childhood, as I did tonight by watching the original Transformers: The Movie with a friend. Admitedly, I do cringe at some of the overboard 80s cheese, but for the most part, it still makes me giddy.

One thing I hadn't realised before was just how different the theme tune was. Obviously I knew they'd hair-metalled up the original, but only when listening to the two together did I realise what an impressive piece of musical adaptation it was:

It's even received a more modern update:

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02:36, 17-Feb-2009 .. Posted by gypsy

I had the exact same moments all the time at TAFE (college).

I was older than most of the others and spent a lot of time feeling exasperated that nobody understood my references!! After being there a couple of years I started to get annoyed that they were all so unadventurous.

12:02, 17-Feb-2009 .. Posted by bebbet
Fortunately, my DVD collection is extensive enough to introduce people to much of what they've missed.

I just need to remember to bring the Alien series back with me next time I go home.

09:14, 17-Feb-2009 .. Posted by Twist
I um...*cough* haven't seen Pulp Fiction. Or any of the Alien series.

Or quite a lot of old, "classic" movies.

02:58, 18-Feb-2009 .. Posted by bebbet
Something that shall have to be remedied!

08:43, 18-Feb-2009 .. Posted by Twist
You know where I am, boy - come edumacate me! :P

12:00, 18-Feb-2009 .. Posted by bebbet
Who can turn down an offer like that?! ;)

03:56, 19-Feb-2009 .. Posted by birdsnest
dude freak'em out with some total 80's cheese, like the last dragon, the last boy scout(eh...early 90's), the last star fighter, anything with the word last in it.
road house.
big trouble in little china
short circuit
tron
yeah!

03:59, 19-Feb-2009 .. Posted by birdsnest
oh and flash gordon!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNIVp...NIVpMXHqlk

11:19, 19-Feb-2009 .. Posted by engieviral
I am apparently not as culturally devoid as these people as I have seen those films (along with almost all of birdie's list)

Then again, I am a borderline cinephile

01:10, 19-Feb-2009 .. Posted by bebbet
I've introduced one to Big Trouble in Little China and she loved it; and others to Planet Terror: they were baffled.

Tron and The Last Boy Scout I'll also have to bring back with me next time I go home.

The Lost Boys was surprisingly well received :)

01:57, 19-Feb-2009 .. Posted by birdsnest
the lost boys. shit forgot that one.

05:50, 19-Feb-2009 .. Posted by bebbet
Your powers are weak, old man.

Just got The Thing today to also subject them too >:)

05:57, 19-Feb-2009 .. Posted by birdsnest
dude im like a few yrs older than you.
trip em out with some old school anime. like appleseed, vampire hunter D and ninja scroll.

06:04, 19-Feb-2009 .. Posted by bebbet
I've got the new Appleseed here with me. The old one's at home on VHS (a double feature with Battle Angel Alita). I also left New Dominon Tank Police behind.

I do, however, have Patlabor, Ghost in the Shell and, of course, Akira.

06:21, 19-Feb-2009 .. Posted by birdsnest
nice.

12:30, 20-Feb-2009 .. Posted by engieviral
GITS will mess with their heads :)

02:18, 20-Feb-2009 .. Posted by bebbet
The first is tricky, but not so bad. I do, however, have Innocence at home. That would mess with their heads...

08:43, 21-Feb-2009 .. Posted by strangecloud
the transformers cartoon intro...nostalgic!! :P

03:25, 25-Feb-2009 .. Posted by DeeJay
I'm doing that with my students. It is always fun to see what movies they don't know and to introduce them to some of the really good ones out there. I'm always recommending something to them.

12:10, 25-Feb-2009 .. Posted by bebbet
Pulp Fiction!!

;)

12:18, 25-Feb-2009 .. Posted by gypsy
LOL!

"That's a pretty fuckin' good milkshake."

(Have I got that wrong? It's been years.)

12:22, 25-Feb-2009 .. Posted by bebbet
Nope, that's right :)

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