Seriously?? Some people really don't know Vader is Luke's Father???
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Colin Droidmilk
Sr Member
Fail to see why this girl is guilty of freakiness. To be ignorant of some crap in some film (because in the wider picture that's all it is) is not blameworthy. In fact it's to be commended! Maybe she doesn't dig sci-fi...
I'm considered an utter freak because I don't care a flying toss about football. Same thing...
I'm considered an utter freak because I don't care a flying toss about football. Same thing...
Mr Fett
Sr Member
Me too.
me three!
punisher
Sr Member
I mean its believable, not everyone likes starwars. I bet theres tons of shocking things I should know about star trek but I dont because I dont watch it :lol but you shouldnt be ashamed, I mean... it's just a movie.
dropshipbob
Master Member
Add to that, that just about all the movies are played semi regularly on many different cable channels, you'd think people would have seen most of them by now.
But I guess if you don't have cable...
But I guess if you don't have cable...
Zombie_61
Master Member
Jeez, I thought it was just me; couldn't care less about sports, not a big drinker, and don't know who any of these kids are that are starring in all the new films and/or releasing new CDs.
But then, a large majority of the "sports freaks" I've known over the years don't know much about movies, so I figure we're even. :cool
Lancer
Sr Member
I was struck by this recently. Being a copper means I do contact various strata of society, and a lot of juvenile miscreant ne'er do wells and it was horrifying when in conversation you make reference to something and they don't get it.
think about it now. anyone born mid 80's on will not have experienced this as we did
happy days and the fonz
cartoons
transformers
centurions
hong kong phooey
godzilla
chorlton and the wheelies and many many more
star trek TNG, on TV
a whole generation who never held a £1 note, only ever seen £1 coins. never ordered sweets by the measure of weight. stuff like that. hell never even saw records maybe, only CD's
think about it now. anyone born mid 80's on will not have experienced this as we did
happy days and the fonz
cartoons
transformers
centurions
hong kong phooey
godzilla
chorlton and the wheelies and many many more
star trek TNG, on TV
a whole generation who never held a £1 note, only ever seen £1 coins. never ordered sweets by the measure of weight. stuff like that. hell never even saw records maybe, only CD's
Zombie_61
Master Member
I've seen this in person. Years ago when it became clear CDs were going to be the new music medium, our local music shop moved their remaining LPs (vinyl/record albums, for you youngsters) to the very back of the store. As I was standing in line to make a purchase, a young girl approached the counter with an LP in her hands and asked the clerk, "Is this a calendar?" When the clerk tried to explain to her what the item was that she was holding, she just shrugged and, with a confused look on her face, put it back where she found it. I can only guess her parents weren't music lovers.
Mind you, in the very same shop in the late 70s I saw a girl (who was holding a Beatles album) turn to her friend and say, "I didn't know Paul McCartney was in a group before Wings." :confused
Reminds me of the many confused questions clerks would get at the old Suncoast near where I live (before it closed) about why they stocked Record LP's (they were pointing to the Laserdisc section). I found it odd, even before i owned an LD player I knew what they were.
The the strangest thing is I remember like this was going on a date in college with this girl.. we were both about 19 or 20 at the time and somehow it came up that she had never used, nor *seen* an audio cassette tape. Keep in mind this date took place back around '96 or '97. I mean I still had a tape deck in my car at the time (which she found hilarious of course), and even if one had fully embraced CD's at that point you'd think she'd have grown up and at least *seen* the format when she was a kid. If someone said that to me today and they were 19, I could probably go with it, but back then, I found it unbelievable.
But it is a part of POPCULTURE and has stood the test of time unlike , so many things nowadays, that are going to be minor blips and than forgotten. My father hates science fiction and even he knows Vader is Lukes father.
Paracord Junky
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my story is from middleschool. this girl hadn't seen SW, IJ, or The Rocketeer. totally blew my mind. to me those movies were like walking; you didn't just 'not know' this stuff.
i just turned 22. that puts a whole other level of "WTF?" on it. people my own age are making me feel old.
i blame the parents.
dude i'm getting nostalgic. you left out underdog, Captain Planet, Pirates of the Black Water, Jonny Quest, and who was that guy with the laser sword attached to his wrist?
oh man, now i'm goin' back through Hey Dude, Wild and Crazy Kids, Legends of the Hidden Temple, and Carmen SanDiego.
i've got chills.
i just turned 22. that puts a whole other level of "WTF?" on it. people my own age are making me feel old.
i blame the parents.
dude i'm getting nostalgic. you left out underdog, Captain Planet, Pirates of the Black Water, Jonny Quest, and who was that guy with the laser sword attached to his wrist?
oh man, now i'm goin' back through Hey Dude, Wild and Crazy Kids, Legends of the Hidden Temple, and Carmen SanDiego.
i've got chills.
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CTF
Sr Member
The first two, definitely. But not the last one.
Paracord Junky
Well-Known Member
ok, i guess i can give you The Rocketeer. it's just that i'd seen it about a hundred times, used to run around the house wearing foil-covered cardboard tubes with a piece of putty stuck to one of them, so someone having never even heard of it was a strange idea to me at the time.
that was middle school, by the way, not highschool. my bad.
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defstartrooper
Sr Member
Watched a show the other night called never did me any harm, they take a family and get them to live back in the time when the parents grew up, this one went back to the 70's so everything in the house is taken back to the 70's, this womans 17 year old son had his games console taken away and within seconds he was crying like a 3 year old it was hilarious.
Darius Alucard
Sr Member
Thundarr The Barbarian
propologist
Sr Member
It' kinds like when people say " VINTAGE" they mean SW from 1996 toys. scares me every time i see that on ebay.
Ttaskmaster
Well-Known Member
Ain't no thang.
People are often shocked at the commonplace films, shows and songs I'm not familiar with. Almost as shocked as the odd stuff I am too familiar with for my age!
I know naff all about most of the internet fads, all the 'base belong to us' and other such.
Bottom line is that we can only see so much of the myriad stuff out there. If you get the chance - share it.
People are often shocked at the commonplace films, shows and songs I'm not familiar with. Almost as shocked as the odd stuff I am too familiar with for my age!
I know naff all about most of the internet fads, all the 'base belong to us' and other such.
Bottom line is that we can only see so much of the myriad stuff out there. If you get the chance - share it.
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