Anything you look back on fondly that hasn’t aged well?

[Nextmanup]

The entire Star Wars world.

 

Go back and watch the first 3 movies; they are not particularly good movies.  I was obsessed with them as a kid back in the '70s.  

 

Growing up I thought the coolest character from the Star Wars world, bar none, was Boba Fett.

 

Go back and look at his costume; it looks like something kids made out of pajamas in the garage in about an hour, using whatever stuff they could find in the garage.  It's ridiculously stupid looking to me now.  

 

Boba, like Star Wars itself, has not held up well.

 

Most of the special effects (most) have stood up pretty well, however.  But the acting, writing, plot line, it's pretty below average stuff.

What is funny is that this has not stopped the franchise from being pretty much the most successful film franchise of all time, and it made George Lucas a billionaire 3 times over.  

 

So there's that!  

 

On 7/31/2021 at 12:11 PM, Just Jack said:

Tori Amos

 

 

Then...

 

 

 

Now

 

 

I thought the same thing when I recently saw a photo of Sinead O'Connor.

 

 

 

 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

Grandma in the 'Daddy, Grandma is scaring me!' thread.

[dpberr]

On 8/3/2021 at 7:53 PM, gomper said:

Professional Wrestling.  I was spoiled back the day. Wrestlers with great mic work who could really sell and well thought out story arcs. I watched WWE a few weeks ago.  I lasted 8 minutes.  Horrible. 

 

As a kid, Buffalo TV was great on Saturdays.  Mid-Atlantic at Noon on 29. Maple Leaf on 11 at 1. WWF at Midnight.  Plus, MSG. Philly and Cap Center house shows on International Cable 10.

 

Ah. memories. 

Concur.  The actors and actresses today don't "buy in" to their characters like the "old timers" did because they they all want to be the Rock and Cena with dreams of mainstream movies and appeal.  Can't get too weird, too crazy.  

 

I really blame Hulk Hogan for that.  Remember in the 90s when UPN essentially took Weird Al's UHF and made it a reality and started pumping out random shows? 

 

I think they hit it big with Star Trek TNG, but Hulk Hogan had a dumb show on there where he literally rode around in an invisible speedboat.  Hahaha.  

 

 

[RaoulDuke79]

I'll go the other direction. The Three Stooges are timeless. As good today as the original. Watched a few episodes the other day and still laughed.

[LeGOATski]

Not that I looked on this fondly, but I saw it linked to a newer article and had to laugh...

 

https://zonecoverage.com/2021/bills/josh-allen-deserves-a-mega-contract-but-wont-get-it/

[Johnny Hammersticks]

Candy cigarettes.  There were the chalky ones with the one end dyed red, and then there were the good kind made of gum.  Those had the powder stuff inside the wrapper so it kinda looked like smoke was coming out.  Ahhh...those were the days.

 

[Buffalo716]

50 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

Candy cigarettes.  There were the chalky ones with the one end dyed red, and then there were the good kind made of gum.  Those had the powder stuff inside the wrapper so it kinda looked like smoke was coming out.  Ahhh...those were the days.

 

Those were the best!

[SinceThe70s]

On 8/6/2021 at 2:24 PM, RaoulDuke79 said:

I'll go the other direction. The Three Stooges are timeless. As good today as the original. Watched a few episodes the other day and still laughed.

 

100%.

 

So is Looney Toons. I introduced my kids to Bugs and company when they were growing up and they laughed as much as I did as a kid.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

7 hours ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

Candy cigarettes.  There were the chalky ones with the one end dyed red, and then there were the good kind made of gum.  Those had the powder stuff inside the wrapper so it kinda looked like smoke was coming out.  Ahhh...those were the days.

 

just had a debate with a friend a few days ago about which candy cigarettes were better. I only liked the gum ones, which I would puff. He swears by the candy/chalk ones. In fact, he said he still buys the chalk ones. I always thought those were meh.  

[Bad Things]

On 8/7/2021 at 6:24 AM, RaoulDuke79 said:

I'll go the other direction. The Three Stooges are timeless. As good today as the original. Watched a few episodes the other day and still laughed.

Totally agree, and yet... females still don't "get it".

[Another Fan]

Fred Durst/Limp Bizkit

 

They had some good aggressive songs I liked as an angry teen.  But I’d never listen to them even for nostalgia purposes 

14 hours ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

Candy cigarettes.  There were the chalky ones with the one end dyed red, and then there were the good kind made of gum.  Those had the powder stuff inside the wrapper so it kinda looked like smoke was coming out.  Ahhh...those were the days.

 

PEZ was a favorite of mine.  Haven’t seen that in ages 

[boater]

Jamie Lee Curtis. She was pretty hot during the scream films early in her career. It's diminished a bit.

[thenorthremembers]

17 hours ago, boater said:

Jamie Lee Curtis. She was pretty hot during the scream films early in her career. It's diminished a bit.

Id say hes doing ok for his age.

[Pete]

my girlfriend.  What happened to the sweet girl I used to know?

[T&C]

On 8/9/2021 at 7:24 AM, Another Fan said:

PEZ was a favorite of mine.  Haven’t seen that in ages 

I saw a PEZ display at Big Lots last week, hadn't seen them in a long time either. They had a whole section of old time candy actually, pretty cool. Cracker Barrel might have them too.

[Max Fischer]

2 hours ago, thenorthremembers said:

Id say hes doing ok for his age.

 

Yeah, that was 40 years ago. This example only works if he was in love with her then but now cannot understand the attraction. 

[Max Fischer]

On 7/31/2021 at 10:18 PM, LeGOATski said:

I'd go

 

1a. PJ

1b. AiC

3. Nirvana

4. STP

 

I believe Nirvana belongs in a category by itself. IMO, their music doesn't fit the emotive style of mid-to-late 90s bands. Nirvana is like proto-Rage Against the Machine, early Sleater-Kinney, with rock and punk roots. I feel the others are more pop-influenced. 

[ExWNYer]

A buddy of mine and I used to go clubbing back in the mid-'80s in parachute pants like the ones pictured below (not the big, poofy MC Hammer kind). I still can't believe I did that. Seems like a thousand years ago. 😂

 

[Gugny]

On 7/31/2021 at 9:34 PM, RaoulDuke79 said:

AIC >Nirvana.  Lane Staley was an amazing singer. I've said it before, I'll take AIC and STP over Nirvana and Pearl Jam 7 days a week.

 

They (and Soundgarden) are all very different bands lumped into the same "genre," which I've always thought was irresponsible.

 

None of these bands sound anything like each other.  Nearly everything about each band is different.

 

The one thing, in my opinion, that they have in common .... all loaded with talent.

[That's No Moon]

Chris Berman