# Movies/TV Shows/etc moments that seem really dated now... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 13, 2002, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-etc-moments-that-seem-really-dated-now/128226 "2002-09-13T04:39:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-etc-moments-that-seem-really-dated-now/128226/221 "2020-05-24T14:17:28Z")
Also, shows building hyper-advanced robots and AIs using the tech of the day, making with an 8088 something that is still impossible with a modern supercomputer. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-etc-moments-that-seem-really-dated-now/128226/222 "2020-05-27T12:34:51Z")
> [@Limmin](#): > > Well, you know, why not? Star Wars, being squarely in the realm of space fantasy, can always adapt its technology to fit. For instance, don’t all these small fighters have “deflector” screens or fields, to deflect incoming projectiles and beams? This has been “lore” since 1977, “…switch your deflectors on, double-front!..” > > OK, so just tune them such that they deal with an oncoming atmospheric air flow, to provide lift and maneuverability, and reduce drag and atmospheric heating. Boom, done. Well, yeah, not only that, but I completely forgot about the fact that they’re shown flying around in Cloud City at the end of TESB. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-etc-moments-that-seem-really-dated-now/128226/223 "2020-05-27T14:37:49Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > Before the new Star Wars movies, it did not occur to me at all that TIE fighters could fly in an atmosphere. That just seems aerodynamically impossible. I seem to remember TIE’s on Bespin? ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-etc-moments-that-seem-really-dated-now/128226/224 "2020-05-27T14:39:25Z")
Beat me to it! ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-etc-moments-that-seem-really-dated-now/128226/225 "2020-05-27T15:42:49Z")
> [@Limmin](#): > > Well, you know, why not? Star Wars, being squarely in the realm of space fantasy, can always adapt its technology to fit. For instance, don’t all these small fighters have “deflector” screens or fields, to deflect incoming projectiles and beams? This has been “lore” since 1977, “…switch your deflectors on, double-front!..” > > OK, so just tune them such that they deal with an oncoming atmospheric air flow, to provide lift and maneuverability, and reduce drag and atmospheric heating. Boom, done. TIE fighters specifically _don’t_ usually have deflector shields; [they](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/TIE_Series) are ultra bare bones, designed as fast but disposable. Short ranged, no hyperdrive, no shields. > [@](#): > > Very few TIE starfighters were equipped with combat shielding, though they were included on the Avenger and Defender and could be retrofitted onto most TIE types. This lack of shielding was a factor toward the TIEs extreme speed. Retrofitting of this type was fairly common in the New Republic era, as ships and manpower became more valuable to Imperial forces. ---
**Author:** ![BigDfromLA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@BigDfromLA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDfromLA)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-etc-moments-that-seem-really-dated-now/128226/226 "2020-05-28T08:48:57Z")
It’s weird to watch Blazing Saddles now and become shocked at the massive use of the N-word throughout. Watching it 30 years ago didn’t produce the same reaction. And a couple of the uses were quite funny. ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-etc-moments-that-seem-really-dated-now/128226/227 "2020-05-28T10:49:43Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > (I know this: Open concept offices will get even worse, with workstations being 2 foot on a side, with four people sitting Knee to Knee and using VR goggles instead of screens. ) This is so 2019. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-tv-shows-etc-moments-that-seem-really-dated-now/128226.md?page=11)