Movies/Music/Shows That Didn't Age Well

[the fly]

The film clip for ‘Ratcat’s’ ‘that ain’t bad’ would not survive made in today’s world.

I didn't see the original version of the clip with Naomi Watts until a few years ago.

 

[Jobe Watson]

Can we talk about some of the insane reality shows that used to air on broadcast TV in the early 2000s.

- Boy Meets Boy: a gay dating show where some of the contestants are actually straight, and if a straight contestant manages to fool the gay bachelor into picking them they alone win a cash prize.
- There's Something About Miriam: a transexual woman pretending to be cisgendered attempts to find love with a bunch of straight guys who have no idea about her sexuality.
- Joe Millionaire: a dating show where a dirt poor construction worker is made out to be a wealthy, successful bachelor to con materialistic, gold-digging women into competing for his affections.

I don't think any of these would even make it out of the brainstorming meeting these days.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Superbad is a great movie. Like mentioned before, it's based on how teenage boys talk so obviously it will be somewhat offensive. What was overly homophobic?

Waiting with Ryan Reynolds would be up there. Great movie but with how easily offended some people get, would not be hard to see how people get their knickers in a twist about it these days. The whole premise of "the game" inside this local eatery is pulling out your utensil, trying to get a guy to look at it inadvertently and when he does you get to kick him repeatedly and call him a fa.ggot

 

[Shell]

Not homophobic. Talk of drugging women and ****ing them tho...

 

[JackOutback]

Superbad is a great movie. Like mentioned before, it's based on how teenage boys talk so obviously it will be somewhat offensive. What was overly homophobic?

Waiting with Ryan Reynolds would be up there. Great movie but with how easily offended some people get, would not be hard to see how people get their knickers in a twist about it these days. The whole premise of "the game" inside this local eatery is pulling out your utensil, trying to get a guy to look at it inadvertently and when he does you get to kick him repeatedly and call him a fa.ggot

Seth Rogen himself says he regrets some of the blatantly homophobic, anti-gay language in the film. He apparently started writing it when he was 13, so can understand it somewhat, but he says he wouldn't write it now and it wouldn't pass muster either. It's easy to say, 'this is what teen boys say', but the movie makes the insults seem funny and cool, which just perpetuates it.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Seth Rogen himself says he regrets some of the blatantly homophobic, anti-gay language in the film. He apparently started writing it when he was 13, so can understand it somewhat, but he says he wouldn't write it now and it wouldn't pass muster either. It's easy to say, 'this is what teen boys say', but the movie makes the insults seem funny and cool, which just perpetuates it.

But if it's meant to be realistic you can't really change it. Simple if you're offended then don't watch

 

[tryitout]

Channel V. Always thought it was the coolest thing as a young kid but watched some old clips the other day and it is very try hard.

 

[iluvparis]

Channel V. Always thought it was the coolest thing as a young kid but watched some old clips the other day and it is very try hard.

Then again Yumi Stynes and Chloe Maxwell when i was 15....would

 

[Richard Pryor]

Can we talk about some of the insane reality shows that used to air on broadcast TV in the early 2000s.

- Boy Meets Boy: a gay dating show where some of the contestants are actually straight, and if a straight contestant manages to fool the gay bachelor into picking them they alone win a cash prize.
- There's Something About Miriam: a transexual woman pretending to be cisgendered attempts to find love with a bunch of straight guys who have no idea about her sexuality.
- Joe Millionaire: a dating show where a dirt poor construction worker is made out to be a wealthy, successful bachelor to con materialistic, gold-digging women into competing for his affections.

I don't think any of these would even make it out of the brainstorming meeting these days.

This is one of the worst ones in terms of mean spiritedness:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstar_USA

The WB's Superstar USA is a television show that spoofed the popular show American Idol. Essentially its polar opposite, Superstar USA told contestants they were looking for the best singer when they were actually looking for the worst.

Hosted by Brian McFayden, people first audition before three judges (Christopher Briggs, who also produced the show; rapper Tone Lōc and singer Vitamin C) in four cities across the United States. Finalists were chosen based on the lie that they were the most likely to be able to parlay their win into a successful recording contract based on talent. However, the audition process was the opposite of American Idol as good singers were mocked and rejected while bad singers were given gushing praise and passed to the next round.[1]

Eventually the contest was "won" by Jamie Foss, who could barely carry a tune. Throughout the competition she was constantly mocked by judges with thinly veiled references to the largeness of her breasts.[2] She was awarded $50,000 in cash and a $50,000 budget to produce a record, which had not yet surfaced. The truth was revealed to her on stage in front of the audience she had just sung for.

One producer, worried that the live audience members would be unable to respectfully compose themselves during the final performances, falsely informed them that the singers were all terminally ill young people who were having a wish fulfilled by a charitable organization. The Los Angeles Times reported the said organization as the Make a Wish Foundation, which later received an apology from the WB. In an interview with USA Today, executive producer Mike Fleiss straightened out the details: "First of all, it was me. But I did not say 'Make-A-Wish.' I said, 'Who's heard of the One Wish Foundation?' and people raised their hands. There is no One Wish Foundation. It was a prank on top of a prank. It was the only way to get it to work."[3]

 

[iluvparis]

Holy s**t!

 

[nicky]

The Cosby Show:

Ouch too funny

 

[nicky]

Money on the fridge.

I was watching an interview with richard e grant and the writer of withnail and i and they were saying that some youth of today find the film very offensive. Calling it homophobic and racist.

FUUUUUCCCCKKKKK!!!!

 

[Syd]

Loved the Antz Pantz ad

 

[emuboy]

Some certain genres of TV shows now seem to have become outdated in the modern media landscape.

For example, soap operas are in decline around the world. When a long-term soap ends, no new soap appears to replace it. Australia has Home and Away and Neighbors, both of which were launched over 30 years ago, but if either show ended would 7 or 10 be in a hurry to make a new soap in its place?

Another type of show seems to be slipping into the past is television block programming, where presenters introduce a block of related TV shows. Saturday Disney, which ran from 1990-2016, is a good example of a television block and was popular with lots of Australian kids for over a quarter of a century. But now, would modern kids be interested in such a show, or prefer to watch the cartoons and live action shows online?