By the way, what is "dated movies"? :confused:[/QUOTE]
Steve D
Thanks for the question, Kenji Ol' Bean; it never occurred to me that the term "dated" would not be understood by all. Short answer: Remember those movies that had computers that were so big that they filled up a room. Well, that movie would be dated because computers come as small as laptops these days. Also, when a movie uses "slang" that is no longer used, it is dated. For the Bluesman, I didn't mean Serpico; the movie I was thinking of was an Al Pacino flick involving murders in the Gay Community. My brother and his friends have an annual get-together where they watch and make fun of this movie (famous line from this movie: "I can't believe you're not a little bit afraid.") Anyway, the depiction of Gays in this movie is very dated, laughingly so. Gerald Rice, I recall, also had a thing about dated movies needing updates. He hated those old sci-fi flicks with the cheap special effects, cheap, that is, compared to today's standards. For Lisa, even though "Silent Running" is dated, it still brings a tear to my eye when Bruce Dern sacrifices himself alongwith the injured robot in order save the last remnants of greenery left from Earth. Sniff. Let's all go hug a tree together.