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Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...
Last post by Rev. Powell - May 09, 2026, 11:20:54 AM
#82
Bad Movies / Re: Friday Night Rentals: Whic...
Last post by claws - May 09, 2026, 10:58:35 AMAccording to AI
I guess the store is mixing both, Critical and chronological (old), under the "classics" umbrella term.
QuoteMovies are often called classics because they serve as a perfect time capsule for a specific decade's aesthetic. When a young viewer calls an 80s film a "classic," they are often acknowledging that it represents the peak of that specific "old" look, regardless of whether the movie is actually a masterpiece.
A movie often earns the "classic" label when it is no longer part of the active cultural conversation.
Contemporary: Everyone is talking about it now.
Modern: It came out in the last 10–15 years; your older siblings or young parents remember it clearly.
Classic (Old): It belongs to the "parents" or "grandparents" generation. If a teenager sees a CRT television or a corded phone in a movie, it is immediately categorized as "classic" because it represents a world they don't recognize.
It helps to distinguish between the two ways we use the word:
Critical Classic - A film that changed cinema or had massive cultural impact.
Chronological Classic - A film that is simply old enough to feel like it's from a different world.
I guess the store is mixing both, Critical and chronological (old), under the "classics" umbrella term.
#83
Entertainment / Re: New! Reading Anything Thre...
Last post by Rev. Powell - May 09, 2026, 10:49:44 AMAlso started a lighter read, "The Richest Man in Babylon."
#84
Games / Re: Answer the question with a...
Last post by bob - May 09, 2026, 10:40:46 AMyou're
Why are you popcorn?
Why are you popcorn?
#86
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by Rev. Powell - May 09, 2026, 10:24:45 AMRIFFTRAX: BIRDEMIC: Global warming causes birds to attack cars, and sometimes explode, troubling the romance between a software salesman and his underwear model girlfriend. Surely one of the worst widely-known movies made in the 2000s, with a poorly-paced script, zero acting talent, and infamously ridiculous "special effects." "They forgot to tell this movie it was in a movie..."--Kevin. Like SAMURAI COP, this is one of those classic "new" bad movies I feel like I should see on its own first, but what the hey? Free copy, and what are the chances I'll squeeze a screening of BIRDEMIC into my schedule? In a way, I dodged a bullet, because the entire first half of the movie is dull "character development" before the exploding bird gifs show up. 3.5/5.
#87
Games / Re: Movie Title Chains
Last post by Rev. Powell - May 09, 2026, 10:04:54 AMNeptune Frost
#88
Games / Re: Answer the question with a...
Last post by Rev. Powell - May 09, 2026, 10:03:02 AM
How much time have I got left?
#89
Bad Movies / Re: Friday Night Rentals: Whic...
Last post by Rev. Powell - May 09, 2026, 09:55:10 AMBetter selection than last time (although the store's definition of "classics" still mystifies me... I'm guessing it means any movie released before 2000).
#90
Good Movies / Re: 100 movies with FOOD in th...
Last post by Rev. Powell - May 09, 2026, 09:52:41 AM98. Buffet Froid (1979)