Stuff happened longer ago then you think...

rubadub

bridget84 wrote: »

Dawson's Creek started 15 years ago. People who were born in the year that it started are now the same age as the teenage characters in the first series!

And the original actors are still not nearly old enough to be talking like they did back then, and they were old back then. It was like listening to a bunch of 70 year old english professors trying to outdo each other in a contest to see whats the most complex vocabulary they could come up with, AND being allowed use a thesaurus.

salad dodger

There are kids preparing for their leaving cert this june who weren't born when i did mine in '95!!
Makes me feel very old

renofan

renofan wrote: »

Who remembers Windows 95? MS Paint and Solitare FTW :eek:

I remember our school getting just the one copy.
The girls weren't allowed to use it.

Lelantos

Moonbaby wrote: »

I remember our school getting just the one copy.
The girls weren't allowed to use it.

Ah the good auld days eh?!

Standard Toaster

renofan wrote: »

Who remembers Windows 95? MS Paint and Solitare FTW :eek:

http://home.messiah.edu/~deroos/csc171/LogoLab/LogoHelp/logosqr1.jpg

MickFleetwood

9/11 happened 12 years ago.

Since then airport security has been maddeningly tight.

K-9

April O Neill wrote: »

The 1970s? Comparatively the '90s were pretty poor cinematically.

The 70's was ground breaking, I just think 1990-96 was when 70's type movies was perfected and became mainstream, though thinking about it, maybe it was the return of 70's movies after a lull in the 80's.

Anyway, I don't think we'll ever see either period again, The Player which parodied the power of producers and accountants was true and unfortunately Hollywood only got worse.

Da Shins Kelly

K-9 wrote: »

The 70's was ground breaking, I just think 1990-96 was when 70's type movies was perfected and became mainstream, though thinking about it, maybe it was the return of 70's movies after a lull in the 80's.

Anyway, I don't think we'll ever see either period again, The Player which parodied the power of producers and accountants was true and unfortunately Hollywood only got worse.

I think there are some incredible films being made these days. In the last year both Paul Thomas Anderson and Michael Haneke released two extraordinary films in The Master and Amour that are two of the best that I've seen in a long time. This generation is lucky enough to have these directors/writers working today and producing consistently brilliant work that continues to raise the bar. They are both as good as anyone who has ever worked in film, in my opinion. It feels exciting to be around while they're making films, anticipating what's coming next.

To be honest, I think cinema has been doing great. I think music has suffered far more, although there is still amazing music being made.

Galwayguy35

20 years since The Snapper was made.

Yawlboy

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

20 years since The Snapper was made.

seems longer

DellyBelly

My mum and dad were talking about punts and pence last night and I had no idea what they were. Was born in 2001 so only know euro's and cents. I saw an old irish punt we have had at home and it is so big looking

krudler

DellyBelly wrote: »

My mum and dad were talking about punts and pence last night and I had no idea what they were. Was born in 2001 so only know euro's and cents. I saw an old irish punt we have had at home and it is so big looking

That was proper money kid.

flyingsnail

Version 1.0 of Photoshop was released 23 years ago

ceegee

K-9 wrote: »

1990-96, Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Casino, Natural Born Killers, Leon, Bad Lieutenant, the Piano, In The Name of the Father, True Romance, The Player, Pret-a-Porter and so many others.

I felt I had the joy of going to the cinema when Hollywood was at its best, mainstream Hollywood and Indie movies were one in the same.

Twas the time they were sick of sequels and long before re-boots.

Didn't last long but it was a glorious period.

There was still plenty of sequels about in the early 90s, both good and bad. Terminator 2, robocop 2&3, Rocky V, batman returns and forever, police academy 7, star trek generations, predator 2. Etc.

ixoy

DellyBelly wrote: »

Was born in 2001 so only know euro's and cents. I saw an old irish punt we have had at home and it is so big looking

I can recall seeing the Irish punt coin for the first time and being amazed, never mind the fact I was already working, having graduated college, before I saw my first euro. You make me feel so old.

vitani

DellyBelly wrote: »

My mum and dad were talking about punts and pence last night and I had no idea what they were. Was born in 2001 so only know euro's and cents. I saw an old irish punt we have had at home and it is so big looking

Now I feel old.

Antar Bolaeisk

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

20 years since The Snapper was made.

And Jurassic Park, the first PG film I was allowed to see.

rubadub

Wrestlemania 3 was 26years & 7 days ago, hulk hogan vs andre the giant.

I thought hulk hogan looked pretty old back then for a wrestler, and seems he was still wrestling a few years ago.

George foreman grills are out 19 years.

Standard Toaster

Standard Toaster wrote: »

"Who loves orange soda? Kel loves orange soda. Is it true? Mm-hmm! I do, I do ,I do, I do, I do-ooh!") - 13 years ago.

It just goes to show how good that show was when, 13 years later, people of my age are still saying "I... put.. the.. screw.. in.. the.. tuna".

Xivilai

That episode was actually 17 years ago

Maude Flanders died 13 years ago.

Ash.J.Williams

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

20 years since The Snapper was made.

I tried to watch the snapper with my nephews a few years back...had to turn off!! It's not as funny (for kids) as i remembered!!! ...and that funny "that was A1 sharon" scene.....is bloody Rape these days!!!

B.A._Baracus

rubadub wrote: »

Wrestlemania 3 was 26years & 7 days ago, hulk hogan vs andre the giant.

I thought hulk hogan looked pretty old back then for a wrestler, and seems he was still wrestling a few years ago.

Some interesting trivia about that match:

- Andre was in terrible pain at the time as he had health problems due to his size and weight.
- It's said that Andre was coked up in order to go out and perform.