FabSwingers.com forum: Horrifically dated shows/movies

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I’ve been there too many times where a film I may have enjoyed a decade ago has parts that are horribly dated be it utterly nonsensical references or outdated attitudes.Ir can take me out of the experience sometimes

Anyone else had that experience?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've recently started watching only fools again and the language used in it is quite shocking. Same with most old comedies, what was acceptable then certainly isn't now.

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By *hil most chillMan
over a year ago

South East & Europe

I used to think Ace Ventura was hilarious, but now remember the final scene where Ace discovers he kissed a trans woman and has to wash himself in the shower for ages out of shame and disgust

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I am a huge lover of friends however I have recently started rewatching them and a lot of that is actually really outdated and it doesn't age well.

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By *orksRockerMan
over a year ago

Bradford

I still find it very funny, but some of Little Britain is very un-PC. It was at the time, but more so now. I'm glad I bought the DVD because there wouldn't be reruns on Dave etc unfiltered or uncut

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By *luebell888Woman
over a year ago

Glasgowish

Been watching lots of Benny Hill recently and it is so wrong but so very funny. He was a very talented man and the sketches are hilarious.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Real McCoy and South park

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By *lynJMan
over a year ago

Morden

Fawlty Towers.

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By *he love catsCouple
over a year ago

South Wales

EastEnders last night like going back in time.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"EastEnders last night like going back in time.

That was a brilliant episode and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Are you being served

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By *idesWillTurnMan
over a year ago

Berkshire

Mallrats

Thought it was hilarious at college but has not aged well

Whereas Clerks is still genius

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

How can shows not become outdated?

Going back before film and TV using Charles Dickens or Jane Austen as examples the same could be said about literature. I thy things need to be watched or read bearing their original context in mind

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By *ocothumpaMan
over a year ago

Herts

Watching something from the 90s and people are smoking and it’s not even the fact that they’re doing it inside; it’s the fact that I don’t know anyone who smokes. Back then I knew what brand everyone smoked.

If you smoked Malboro Red = head

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By *obbi_sutherlandTV/TS
over a year ago

Dornoch

"How can shows not become outdated?

Going back before film and TV using Charles Dickens or Jane Austen as examples the same could be said about literature. I thy things need to be watched or read bearing their original context in mind"

And yet they keep making films/series based on Dickens/Austen/writers of that era

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"How can shows not become outdated?

Going back before film and TV using Charles Dickens or Jane Austen as examples the same could be said about literature. I thy things need to be watched or read bearing their original context in mind

And yet they keep making films/series based on Dickens/Austen/writers of that era"

I think it seems old fashioned if it's within living memory and classic if it's not. That's not a criticism

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"How can shows not become outdated?

Going back before film and TV using Charles Dickens or Jane Austen as examples the same could be said about literature. I thy things need to be watched or read bearing their original context in mind

And yet they keep making films/series based on Dickens/Austen/writers of that era"

I know. Wish they wouldn't. They are sooooooo fooking boring.

It's just literary snobbery.

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By *ealthy_and_HungMan
over a year ago

Princes Risborough, Luasanne, Alderney

conversely Monkeydust was so ahead of it's time it has become even more on point

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By *iltsTSgirlTV/TS
over a year ago

chichester

I love some dated stuff it’s quite amusing reflecting on the world that was

Visually dating though things like crt televisions. Old brick phones Walkmans etc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Anything featuring Bernard Manning

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Friends, the Big Bang theory, my wife and kids?

Films, umm I actually can’t think off the top of my head.

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By *idnight RamblerMan
over a year ago

Pershore

Any gig by Bernard Manning

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I've recently started watching only fools again and the language used in it is quite shocking. Same with most old comedies, what was acceptable then certainly isn't now."

I noticed that aswell, doesn't seem as family friendly now

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By *etcplCouple
over a year ago

Gapping Fanny

Eddie Murphy’s standups Raw and Delirious.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

We've recently watched a couple of programmes showing music videos from the 80s. They look so amateur to our 21st century eyes but they bring back good memories

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Love Crocodile Dundee but the part with the trans woman is very transphobic and a bit of an uncomfortable watch now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Obviously as previously mentioned, Little Britain, just, crazy looking back.

As to it being a problem, well its all relative to the context, as per usual.

You have to consider the time, the zeitgeist of the population as well as the development of other social norms.

Can it be a little jarring, certainly, however, look at it this way, we've progressed. That's a good thing, and the ability to look back and note this change, but also demonstrate it, is important too.

Is it a good thing or a bad thing, once again that depends on the individual case and the context within which it is considered.

Except Little Britain. Fuck those guys.

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By *an de LyonMan
over a year ago

welling

"I am a huge lover of friends however I have recently started rewatching them and a lot of that is actually really outdated and it doesn't age well. "

Friends is terrible now, they really aren’t very nice people and how they can call themselves friends after some of the things they do to each other is beyond me!

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By *ohn KanakaMan
over a year ago

Not all that North of North London

"I am a huge lover of friends however I have recently started rewatching them and a lot of that is actually really outdated and it doesn't age well. "

Yes I tend to rewatch from the start periodically on Netflix but as I do more and more of it sits uncomfortably with me.

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Only Fools was and still is ace. People being normal. They've cut the p word and a few other bits but it was actually by and large an inclusive show.

Dated is shows populated by middle class whites entirely.

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

"Only Fools was and still is ace. People being normal. They've cut the p word and a few other bits but it was actually by and large an inclusive show.

Dated is shows populated by middle class whites entirely. "

OFAH

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

I love watching old films from the 1960’s/1970’s.

The motorways were so clear back then!

And London streets - you could actually cross the road back then; it’s almost surreal!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No i watch things that are funny just because more people are offended these days dont stop them being funny shows or movies

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By *iltsTSgirlTV/TS
over a year ago

chichester

"Eddie Murphy’s standups Raw and Delirious."

that is a still a masterpiece of comedy to this day

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By *iltsTSgirlTV/TS
over a year ago

chichester

"Love Crocodile Dundee but the part with the trans woman is very transphobic and a bit of an uncomfortable watch now. "

I am a trans woman , and I still find that scene funny tbh .. its just comical .. the whole film is comical and of its time ... when your trans you need to learn to not take everything so personally .. otherwise life is going to be very hard for you ... comedy pokes fun at all people . religion/size/race /sexuality ....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Anything with Alf garnet total legend would never get aired again

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I've recently started watching only fools again and the language used in it is quite shocking. Same with most old comedies, what was acceptable then certainly isn't now."

Dice sertonly wouldn’t go down well in this day and age

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love older stuff and to be honest I enjoy the outdated views. It’s comedy and things have changed but why can’t we have a laugh at how things were.

Remember hale and paces Yorkshire airlines sketch? I could be offended by that as I’m a Yorkshireman but I never would be because it’s just a funny piss take. How people seem to look at things these days is way better than it was but we need to appreciate a bit of piss taking too otherwise comedy will die.

Roll on the hateful messages and blocks but I will still laugh at the older stuff. Sometimes because of the lack of education, sometimes because it’s just funny.

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By *aomilatteCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

"Anything with Alf garnet total legend would never get aired again "

Good job we've got the box set

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By *he Artful TodgerMan
over a year ago

Yorkshire but travel

"Been watching lots of Benny Hill recently and it is so wrong but so very funny. He was a very talented man and the sketches are hilarious. "

I was going to mention Benny Hill, yea time that too, imagine his comedy and nudity these days…

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By *lynJMan
over a year ago

Morden

"Been watching lots of Benny Hill recently and it is so wrong but so very funny. He was a very talented man and the sketches are hilarious.

I was going to mention Benny Hill, yea time that too, imagine his comedy and nudity these days…

I'm sure Benny Hill is still being broadcast on one of the channels sky carries.

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By *aul DeUther-OneMan
over a year ago

Sussex

Knowing what we know now... any episode of Top of the Pops featuring Jimmy Saville.

How did anyone not notice what was happening to those young women who were bunched around him?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Greece. Never saw it as a child, tried watching it a few years back. Not only is it a pile of shite it's incredibly misogynistic too.

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By *icolerobbieCouple
over a year ago

walsall

Blazing Saddles?

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By *0tt0nSu3Woman
over a year ago

London

Saturday Night Fever.

The r*pe scene in the back of the car. Hated it when I saw it first. Still hate it now.

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

"Blazing Saddles?"

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

That episode of The Simpsons where they befriend a gay guy and Homer worries that it will turn Bart gay... It still cracks me up, especially the scene with the steel workers, but it's views, depictions and general attitude is very outdated.

Also, many of the episodes of Friends feature some very homophobic moments

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