FC/OT: Dazed and Confused…

[Midnighter2]

That's why I posted it. It's the perfect movie for you.

This movie fits your exact speciations even down to it being one night. One really awesome night.

The tunes? I don't recall any STP or Soundgarden so that might be the one demerit. Maybe the rave music is important.

It has an *excellent* soundtrack - stuff specifically for the movie from No Doubt and Fatboy Slim. The actual movie also has a great scene that features Massive Attack's 'Angel' (but isn't on the soundtrack). Cast is solid too - Timothy Olyphant, Sarah Polley, Katie Holmes, Scott Wolf, William Fichtner, and Jay Mohr. It didn't capture *my* HS experience, but seems like a pretty typical night for kids who go to HS in/around LA (raves, drugs, etc.).

As for 'best' single day movies, I'll throw in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Do The Right Thing, Breakfast Club, Clerks, and honorable mention for Superbad (which is technically disqualified for having a 'morning after' scene).

 

[Monlion]

In Europe, the Pill changed society. For several generations now families have been mostly single child families. So kids have no siblings and their parents had no siblings. So in a lot of families a kid today has no brothers, no sisters, no aunts or uncles, and no cousins. Let that sink in.......

I forgot about aunts, uncles and cousins. My mom had 10 brothers and sisters so in addition to all the neighborhood kids there were at least two dozen cousins.

Kids have it much tougher today, not only are there less kids, they are bombarded by sex and violence from TV, online and video games. All we had was the Sears catalog, the SI swimsuit issue and Ginger and Mary Ann.

 

[Tri-Power65]

Kids have it much tougher today, not only are there less kids, they are bombarded by sex and violence from TV, online and video games. All we had was the Sears catalog, the SI swimsuit issue and Ginger and Mary Ann.

Seriously, I used to have to work hard for my porn. Kids today have it so easy.

 

[wbcincy]

The interesting thing is that it just doesn’t feel (at least to me) that the American society changed as much between 2005 and the present as it did between 1976 and 1993. Maybe it is just that I was a child in the 70’s and 80’s, and a young adult in the 90’s. When we look back at past decades, the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s are all characterized as having had distinct identities. In many way the last 20 years or so have felt like one continuous decade.

Completely agree, I’ve been saying this for a while now. What defines the past couple decades? What fads are there now that will seem indelible to the era in the future? It seems there’s none. You see a picture from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, or 90s, and you can immediately state the decade. Image quality being the same, I didn’t think you can tell that from 2001 to 2021. That’s odd, and strangely sad to me.

 

[wbcincy]

This kind of perspective hits hard.

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The one hit me even harder was: If The Wonder Years aired today set in an equal time from the past, it would begin in 2001.

 

[republion]

I read the message before I saw who posted it but I have an answer so l'll share it.

I always felt that the movie "Go" really captures the late 90's scene. And it's an excellent film. And it even has a great ensemble cast.

I loved GO and thought it was great. But I wouldn’t put it in the category of a period movie such as D&C.

 

[republion]

As much as I liked D&C, American Graffiti, Last American Virgin, Fast Times, Superbad, Go, etc., there is one movie that is the end all be all of ALL the high school party movies and that is Project X. It simply takes it to the next level and doesn’t stop. Great movie. It wraps up the 2010’s nicely.

 

[Lion Son/Husband/Father]

Seriously, I used to have to work hard for my porn. Kids today have it so easy.

As do we

 

[Midnighter2]

The one hit me even harder was: If The Wonder Years aired today set in an equal time from the past, it would begin in 2001.

Why I tuned into The Wonder Years…

 

[Locolion]

2 things:

First, I’ve seen this movie about 100 times, the first time being in State College at the movie theater. Great movie.
And B, along the lines of when this movie would be set if made today, did you know that 2021 and 1980 are just as far apart as 1980 and 1939. Let that sink in.

I just threw up on my shoes. That is horrifying. I just realized I am no longer young

 

[heckmans]

Here's another one to make you feel old.
Dan Ruettiger sacked the GaTech QB in 1975. Rudy was released in 1993 (18 yrs later)
It's been 28 years since 1993

 

[bdgan]

What???? 2005 seems like it was about 3 years ago. Similar perspective - was listening to some 60's tunes while driving with my college student daughter last night. Good stuff, and she liked most of it. Made me realize that 60's music to her is like 20's music to me. Argh.

We listen to a lot of music from the 60s and 70s. On XM, Amazon music, live bands, etc. I looked at my wife one time and asked what our kids were going to listen to when they get old. Most of their music sucks.

 

[jabba2]

Partly because or mainly because of the internet and shows like American Idol. It seems like the 2000's have been just one long continuous era.

 

[Fac]

Seriously, I used to have to work hard for my porn. Kids today have it so easy.

I remember the excitement of finding a playboy walking through the woods and then hiding for another look another day.

 

[Big 0]

I graduated high school in 1976. It was an epic year.

Same here. Graduated PSU in 1980 after some of the best years in my life.

We listen to a lot of music from the 60s and 70s. On XM, Amazon music, live bands, etc. I looked at my wife one time and asked what our kids were going to listen to when they get old. Most of their music sucks.

I have said the same thing. We used to gather with friends, talk and listen to whole record albums. Now the kids stream a single song from some unforgettable one hit wonder artist. I have over 450 CD’s worth of music from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s on my phone that I use as a music player. Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, Sabbath, UFO, Thin Lizzie, GnR, Scorpions, Dokken, etc. to 90’s alternative such as Live. Put the music on random play and it’s like listening to a commercial free AOR station from the mostly the 70’s and 80’s. And no Madonna or other crap like that.

For radio at least I have a classic vinyl station that even plays some of the more esoteric music or non-commercial album cuts every now and then as well as WSRQ, an oldies station (LECOM radio actually out of Erie) that plays sometimes lesser known music of primarily the 60’s and 70’s. I was turned on to it by a friend who was a Boston rock station DJ in the late 60’s and early 70’s. He does his own podcasts - Dave Mager Music (NOT the chiropractor podcasts by an individual of the same name).