Things that Instantly Date Films

[dark_b]

Full pubic hair in rated X films.

isnt it still the same ?

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

^^
Not at all, even men shave nowdays and women sport the "metro ticket" or "the Hitler mustache".

 

[CashforStash]

I remember watching Pulp Fiction and being stunned at how blocky the cell phones were.

If it weren't for that, I'd be thinking it was a early 2000's film, but then I get reminded it's an early 90's film.

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[scifiwolf]

Sometimes dating isn't a bad thing. Like with Wall Street, as someone mentioned. That really was a period piece that just happened to be made during the period. What really dates films, IMO, is when they're set in the future and contain very period references. Yes, 2001 has come and gone, but that doesn't alone date A Space Odyssey. Things like Bell Atlantic (or was it Bell South?) in the film, with oldschool touchtone phones dates the movie. Seeing CRT TVs and monitors all over futuristic movies dates them horribly.

Somebody brought up Back to the Future. Well, yes and no. It's a bunch of period films in each movie. For me, the real dating in the trilogy is, again, in the future with all the 80s stuff being shoehorned into 2015 (like flying Wranglers and BMW's from the 80s). The 1985 stuff is supposed to be dated, as it contrasts with the 1950s, 2015s, and 1880s. I think some of you kind of miss the point of when a film is dated in a good way.

 

[redhawk23]

No one ever said dating was ever necessarily a bad thing, just pointing elements that will inevitably do so.

 

[shieldmaiden]

So yea pop culture references date movies the most.

Unless it's a flying monkey.

"I actually got that one!"

 

[Franklin Richards]

^^
Not at all, even men shave nowdays and women sport the "metro ticket" or "the Hitler mustache".

If they shave they're not men.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Any of those 90's cyberspace films (eg: "Lawnmower Man"). Also that identity-theft movie 'The Net' with Sandra Bullock would be laughable these days with social networks like Facebook. You wouldn't be able to get away with that. Also I love how they show the Internet is so advanced, by having her order a pizza online. Seriously dated film.