# What's going to date current and recent movies?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 3, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-date-current-and-recent-movies/146342 "2003-01-03T02:06:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-date-current-and-recent-movies/146342/81 "2003-01-15T00:50:21Z")

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LOL MrNeutron, I don’t think Mexican is on the way out anymore than _Canadian_ or _American_ is. It’s a political term, not a racial one.

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**Author:** ![Stentor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Stentor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stentor)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-date-current-and-recent-movies/146342/82 "2003-01-15T05:44:51Z")

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Any electronics, not just cell phones. The casings for stereos made in the 80’s look positively antique now. In 20 years the I-mac and anything that looks remotely like an I-mac will be either hopelessly dated or trendily retro.

BTW, this is my 100th post. And to think, it only took 3 years.

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-date-current-and-recent-movies/146342/83 "2003-01-15T14:55:07Z")

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As far as the airport nitpick I think at small regional airports (like Omaha NE) you can still go meet people at the gate.

Then for the ‘boarding’ nit pick of TTT. When did he ‘board’? Are you talking about sliding down the stairs on a sheild? I’m pretty sure people have slide down stairs on things in movies for a long time. The move seemed very Errol Flynn to me.

Now for something that will date a film.

If you look on the video or DVD or whatever box and read;

Two Thumbs Up – Siskel and Ebert

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**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-to-date-current-and-recent-movies/146342/84 "2003-01-15T15:34:22Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Troy McClure SF \*  
> **And as any Star Wars fan will tell you, the sparkling gold/green Lucasfilm logo, is an essential moment in any Star Wars movie.**

As any _Star Wars_ fan who was alive back when _Star Wars_ **first** hit the theaters will tell you, the Lucasfilm logo was better in its pristine original – plain, non-green, non-sparkly, sans-serif type. 😛

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