# Synchronic (of our time) elements in modern movies

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**Created:** [August 9, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synchronic-of-our-time-elements-in-modern-movies/917638 "2020-08-09T09:28:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synchronic-of-our-time-elements-in-modern-movies/917638/1 "2020-08-09T09:28:30Z")

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We’ve often mentioned the things that just don’t work any more from old movies and TV shows: waiting for the telephone to ring, finding a phone booth etc.

But I’ve just been enjoying “Yesterday” – which features lovely contextual use of Google, and some Uber movies, and I thought:

What did you like in a movie that couldn’t have been there 10 years ago?