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Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...
Last post by claws - Today at 06:14:48 AMJust like those Ghibli-style videos, a new wave of AI-generated shorts has flooded feeds with titles like "You Wake Up And It's Christmas 1988," "1985," or "1981." Most likely churned out by content farms, these clips aim straight for pure nostalgia, evoking an era explicitly branded as "a long time before Wi-Fi."
These videos follow a remarkably predictable formula. They almost always feature a grandmother at the stove stirring pots while a younger relative puts the finishing touches on the Christmas roast. You can reliably expect a POV walk through a mall, shopping carts loaded with discontinued treats, a shot from inside a car driving through snowy streets, a husband hanging lights on the roof, and a cozy POV of someone holding a warm drink while watching a Christmas movie on TV.
Technically, the quality is surprisingly high, and I've noticed many are built using picture-to-video live-action techniques. Pop-culture nods default to Back to the Future or Home Alone, while the soundtrack in nearly every single video is Whitesnake's "Is It Love."
Lately, though, the trend has taken a weird turn, shifting its focus toward attractive young women, even featuring wildly out-of-place women in skimpy outfits cooking holiday meals. At this point, it honestly feels like being trolled.
Naturally, Summer and Autumn spin-offs of these 20-to-30-second clips have started popping up, too. It was fun for the novelty at first, but it's gotten far too repetitive, and it's obvious that the creators know next to nothing about what life in the 1980s was actually like.
These videos follow a remarkably predictable formula. They almost always feature a grandmother at the stove stirring pots while a younger relative puts the finishing touches on the Christmas roast. You can reliably expect a POV walk through a mall, shopping carts loaded with discontinued treats, a shot from inside a car driving through snowy streets, a husband hanging lights on the roof, and a cozy POV of someone holding a warm drink while watching a Christmas movie on TV.
Technically, the quality is surprisingly high, and I've noticed many are built using picture-to-video live-action techniques. Pop-culture nods default to Back to the Future or Home Alone, while the soundtrack in nearly every single video is Whitesnake's "Is It Love."
Lately, though, the trend has taken a weird turn, shifting its focus toward attractive young women, even featuring wildly out-of-place women in skimpy outfits cooking holiday meals. At this point, it honestly feels like being trolled.
Naturally, Summer and Autumn spin-offs of these 20-to-30-second clips have started popping up, too. It was fun for the novelty at first, but it's gotten far too repetitive, and it's obvious that the creators know next to nothing about what life in the 1980s was actually like.
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Bad Movies / Re: 100 *alliterative* movie t...
Last post by bob - Today at 05:29:10 AM13 Wayne's World
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Picture of the day, part I...
Last post by Trevor - Today at 03:01:58 AM
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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by Trevor - Today at 03:01:28 AMBIG BOOB BANGAROO
Not bad. 😉🦖
Not bad. 😉🦖
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Bad Movies / Re: 100 *alliterative* movie t...
Last post by zombie no.one - Today at 01:52:19 AM12. MR. MAJESTYK (1974)
hmm, there be a theme developing
hmm, there be a theme developing
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Picture of the day, part I...
Last post by lester1/2jr - Today at 12:00:29 AM
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Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...
Last post by Allhallowsday - July 31, 2026, 11:15:51 PMSERGE GAINSBOURG Aux Armes et Cætera
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: How's everyone doing?
Last post by Trevor - July 31, 2026, 09:44:32 PMQuote from: Rev. Powell on July 31, 2026, 03:03:25 PMGood to know Ed's OK, but how are Ego and Superego?
😆😆😂😄🐢
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Bad Movies / Re: 100 Historical Movies in O...
Last post by M.10rda - July 31, 2026, 07:05:57 PMI've got some for later in the 50s, but I defer to you for 1953.