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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Jan 24, 2013 16:37:36 GMT -5
A Christmas story. I've heard everything from the 30s to 1947. We may be able to get some type of time period if we can find out when Red Ryder BB Guns started being made (the father even says he had one when he was Ralphie's age). According to Wikipedia "Director Bob Clark stated in the film's DVD commentary that he and author Shepherd wished for the movie to be seen as "amorphously late 30s, early 40s," but a specific year is never mentioned." It seemed like it was pre war. But Also after Wizard of Oz, so really puts it 39 or 40, possibly 41.
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Post by Bam Neeley on Jan 24, 2013 16:41:55 GMT -5
Tim Burton's Batman.
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Post by Evilution E5150 on Jan 24, 2013 17:27:19 GMT -5
Predator 2, is it the future? i dont get it
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Jan 24, 2013 18:15:34 GMT -5
Predator 2, is it the future? i dont get it It's set in the far future of 1997
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Jan 24, 2013 18:21:53 GMT -5
A Christmas story. I've heard everything from the 30s to 1947. We may be able to get some type of time period if we can find out when Red Ryder BB Guns started being made (the father even says he had one when he was Ralphie's age). Red Ryder guns debuted in 1938.
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Post by Evilution E5150 on Jan 24, 2013 18:25:32 GMT -5
Predator 2, is it the future? i dont get it It's set in the far future of 1997 yeah i guess as a kid i didnt take into account the year it was actually made some mother f***er trying to convice me the other day that Predator 2 is far superior to Predator 1, what a crazy person
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Jan 24, 2013 18:29:16 GMT -5
Batman TAS is even more confusing. The film noir/art deco vibe of the buildings, fashion and vehicles scream 1930s/40's, yet we get brief flashes of futuristic technology that still would be impossible in 2013- and yet all the TV is in black and white.
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Jan 24, 2013 18:36:34 GMT -5
Batman TAS is even more confusing. The film noir/art deco vibe of the buildings, fashion and vehicles scream 1930s/40's, yet we get brief flashes of futuristic technology that still would be impossible in 2013- and yet all the TV is in black and white. That's what I love about Burton's and the TAS, it's a timeless comic world
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Jan 24, 2013 19:30:53 GMT -5
Batman TAS is even more confusing. The film noir/art deco vibe of the buildings, fashion and vehicles scream 1930s/40's, yet we get brief flashes of futuristic technology that still would be impossible in 2013- and yet all the TV is in black and white. That's what I love about Burton's and the TAS, it's a timeless comic world Exactly. Bruce Timm has said before that the art direction for Batman: The Animated Series was inspired by the fact that they all loved the old serial style, and they thought it provided a great setting for Batman.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Jan 24, 2013 20:55:06 GMT -5
That's what I love about Burton's and the TAS, it's a timeless comic world Exactly. Bruce Timm has said before that the art direction for Batman: The Animated Series was inspired by the fact that they all loved the old serial style, and they thought it provided a great setting for Batman. Oh, I wasn't knocking it at all, I think it's one of the best looking cartoon worlds ever created.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Jan 24, 2013 21:06:10 GMT -5
Until they show a gravestone at the end, The Royal Tenenbaums has this vibe. Wes Anderson said he wanted to make it seem like time stopped in their universe when the decline of the family started.
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Post by kidglov3s on Jan 24, 2013 22:41:20 GMT -5
Streets of Fire, it truly does create the feeling of being in Another Time, Another Place.
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Post by CMWaters on Jan 24, 2013 22:45:21 GMT -5
The second Ator movie, known to us MST3K fans as Cave Dwellers.
We have cavemen, medieval, and hangliders all in one movie.
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Post by Johnny B. Decent on Jan 24, 2013 22:50:09 GMT -5
The Hong Kong kung fu comedy movie classic Shanghai/Millionaire's Express. Could be as early as 1870 or as late as 1930.
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Post by Glitch on Jan 24, 2013 23:53:38 GMT -5
My sentiments too. It likes early 60s, but they got waterbeds.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2013 3:30:51 GMT -5
Naruto
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Post by skulldouggory on Jan 25, 2013 5:06:53 GMT -5
Yeah that really through me off, I thought the whole movie was set in the late 70s or early 80s, and then i remembered that Napoleon's brother used the internet to meet his girlfriend. Well, it is set in Idaho. *zing* That's what i also thought, maybe it's just a regional thing.
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