I'm the opposite. Things that came out during my lifetime are usually harder for me to get into.
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When is too old too old for you, media wise?
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Normally if its older then 1950 I have real trouble, however I really like the old twilight zones.
However Im not opposed to watching old media, its just a lot of old stuff I have seen is really boring.
Games I will play anything. I love putting 50p at a local pub with a retro arcade machine for a few rounds of pong, space invaders etc
Music I dont care what year, I like quite a bit of old classical stuff.
Music is really quite timeless. And modern games and movies introduce me to old music a lot of times.
However Im not opposed to watching old media, its just a lot of old stuff I have seen is really boring.
Games I will play anything. I love putting 50p at a local pub with a retro arcade machine for a few rounds of pong, space invaders etc
Music I dont care what year, I like quite a bit of old classical stuff.
Music is really quite timeless. And modern games and movies introduce me to old music a lot of times.
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This. Plus it's super egotistical to expect the media to "connect" with you. Its important to learn to put yourself into different mindsets with things as I️ honestly do think it makes you more well rounded and accepting of others.
I don't think anything is too old. Even black and white movies are revitalized when they get hd releases. I don't watch silent movies but I will if it they are known to be good. I am more inclined to watch average movies from more recent era's but I will generally only watch acclaimed movies from periods that are very very old. If it's good it's just good regardless of the time period. Being modern in an of itself doesn't make it better.
I have a hard time listening to music before studio equipment got higher quality. So I guess the early 60s would be my cutoff for music.
For movies it's around the mid 60s. From an aesthetics perspective the closer anything looks to the 2 kids, dog, living in the suburbs with a white picket fence depiction of the "American dream" the more I hate it. Blue Velvet being the sole exception.
For books as long as the English doesn't sound too King James Version I'm good.
Edit: forgot games.
For games I have 2 tracks. For Computer games I can go back as far as Rogue. For console gaming I guess the NES would be my cutoff.
For movies it's around the mid 60s. From an aesthetics perspective the closer anything looks to the 2 kids, dog, living in the suburbs with a white picket fence depiction of the "American dream" the more I hate it. Blue Velvet being the sole exception.
For books as long as the English doesn't sound too King James Version I'm good.
Edit: forgot games.
For games I have 2 tracks. For Computer games I can go back as far as Rogue. For console gaming I guess the NES would be my cutoff.
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Film - i can't watch stuff in black and white.
Music - pre 1970's. Not that the music was bad, just that anything before rock is not my kind of music.
Games - there are two cut offs. For 2-D, anything before the SNES is to simplistic to go back to. For 3-D, anything before the PS2 is just straight up bad, the camera controls especially.
Music - pre 1970's. Not that the music was bad, just that anything before rock is not my kind of music.
Games - there are two cut offs. For 2-D, anything before the SNES is to simplistic to go back to. For 3-D, anything before the PS2 is just straight up bad, the camera controls especially.
I don't remember very many movies in the suburbs. Before World War II suburban life wasn't very big.
Half my age + 7?
Really, I find it's the content and not it's age that's the indicator. If you give it a chance you can find stuff you'll enjoy that's probably beyond what you think your limits are.
It's making the effort of wading through it all to find it that's the turn off, so I get it.
Really, I find it's the content and not it's age that's the indicator. If you give it a chance you can find stuff you'll enjoy that's probably beyond what you think your limits are.
It's making the effort of wading through it all to find it that's the turn off, so I get it.
I've been using a spreadsheet (along with line graphs) to keep track of movies I watch by year and decade.
'20s: 12
'30s: 22
'40s: 23
'50s: 57
'60s: 105
'70s: 90
'80s: 225
'90s: 264
'00s: 269
'10s: 269
If the movie was made during a time where minorities would never be considered for anything other than servant roles then I'm not watching it. I know that rules out a lot of "classics" but I'm fine with that.
You see movies with that look more in the 80s (Nostalgia pieces)
What if you find something from your favorite genre and it's from 2016, like something that you genuinely like the idea of. Do you just go "oh well" and ignore it? I'm just really curious because I've never heard this stance before :)
Edit: to contribute to the thread. Anything goes for me. I even watch and listen to stuff outside of my interest zones. How could I otherwise find new interest? I'd just stagnate. Culturally retard, so to say.
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Lot of interesting responses here. I can't imagine having any of these rules (no black and white movies?).
I mean, I still enjoy reading books about myth and legends. Do you loop art into this? I'm still kinda obsessed with ancient Egypt.... such a strange concept to limit your intake to only new things or things created after a certain date.
I was joking about, I think its ridiculous to avoid media because of when it was made.
Aaah *woosh* joke went right past me.
Hard to judge when reading some responses in here.
I really need to see more non-English speaking cinema. I saw a Turkish horror movie a week ago, Baskin, really nicely done.
That would be possible. Just only play games that just came out and only watch movies in the theaters.
No limit from me. It's always interesting and haunting in a sense to consume old media. I've been meaning to smoke out and watch old movies, I think I'll check out Metropolis.
No time limit - meaningful experiences can be from anywhere. A friend and I just watched Seven Chances (1925) with Buster Keaton the other day - had stunts that would make a modern stunt man cringe, let alone an actual movie star.
While on the other hand, the flagrant racism and misogyny is horrifying to watch from a film history perspective.
As a general rule though, people should really give the silent film era physical comedies a chance, they absolutely hold up (granted, when they're not overtly embracing offensive ideas). I would start with Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin)
While on the other hand, the flagrant racism and misogyny is horrifying to watch from a film history perspective.
As a general rule though, people should really give the silent film era physical comedies a chance, they absolutely hold up (granted, when they're not overtly embracing offensive ideas). I would start with Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin)
Charlie Chaplins films are all timelessNo time limit - meaningful experiences can be from anywhere. A friend and I just watched Seven Chances (1925) with Buster Keaton the other day - had stunts that would make a modern stunt man cringe, let alone an actual movie star.
While on the other hand, the flagrant racism and misogyny is horrifying to watch from a film history perspective.
As a general rule though, people should really give the silent film era physical comedies a chance, they absolutely hold up (granted, when they're not overtly embracing offensive ideas). I would start with Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin)
Nothing is off limits. The only issue sometimes is finding a copy of whatever in good condition.
I'll never understand the "i dont identify with it so im not watching/listening/reading it". Go outside your Confort bubble,learn about different ways of looking at the world.
I forgot to mention, while growing up in school they would show us a lot of old movies and have us discuss them. And on portuguese tv before cable was a thing, they would show a lot of classics so that helped aswell.
I'll never understand the "i dont identify with it so im not watching/listening/reading it". Go outside your Confort bubble,learn about different ways of looking at the world.
I forgot to mention, while growing up in school they would show us a lot of old movies and have us discuss them. And on portuguese tv before cable was a thing, they would show a lot of classics so that helped aswell.
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I'm probably not about to get into silent films, and I don't listen to very much music that came out before the 60s but there's been plenty of exceptions it seems limiting to me not to bother with things because it's below an arbitrary line I've drawn. especially with things like books and plays, some of the best stuff is from a really long time ago.
the one thing I do struggle with is old tv, mainly dramas. That stuff has gotten so much better from the late 90's onwards.
the one thing I do struggle with is old tv, mainly dramas. That stuff has gotten so much better from the late 90's onwards.
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For movies and music almost nothing is too old. For books, I'd say stuff before the 1800s is hard for me to get into. I had to read Gulliver's Travels in university and didn't really like it. For games I skew more recent as I've started losing interest in NES and anything before that.
For films, when I was a kid anything pre-technicolor felt too ancient for me, but I eventually grew out of that. Now anything is fair game, even silent films.
Books: when they have been lost to history I guess. I do tend to enjoy literature from the 18th century to present more than older books.
Comics: I haven't read comics for a few years, but I tended to prefer stuff from the 80s up. Silver age is interesting from an art and historic perspective, but was not really my thing.
Movies: I tend not to watch silent films, but I wouldn't rule anything out.
TV: Most shows that I pick to watch after the fact are pretty recent. Late 90s to present. Further back for sci fi in some cases.
Videogames: I will admit that I rarely play games from the 80s that I didn't originally play as a kid. I will do so for 90s titles fairly often. I am not against trying missed 80s games. I just gravitate to other things.
Music: No specific limitation. I like music from many different eras. But I tend to mostly listen to more recent stuff.
Comics: I haven't read comics for a few years, but I tended to prefer stuff from the 80s up. Silver age is interesting from an art and historic perspective, but was not really my thing.
Movies: I tend not to watch silent films, but I wouldn't rule anything out.
TV: Most shows that I pick to watch after the fact are pretty recent. Late 90s to present. Further back for sci fi in some cases.
Videogames: I will admit that I rarely play games from the 80s that I didn't originally play as a kid. I will do so for 90s titles fairly often. I am not against trying missed 80s games. I just gravitate to other things.
Music: No specific limitation. I like music from many different eras. But I tend to mostly listen to more recent stuff.
