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03-16-2018, 10:51 AM
Thierry Henry

Why did people talk in such a weird/funny way in films of a certain vintage?
03-16-2018, 12:53 PM
MrMatthews

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Originally Posted by NeoVamp

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03-16-2018, 12:53 PM
BonusKun

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Originally Posted by Thierry Henry

Thank you for posting this.~
03-16-2018, 12:57 PM
Thierry Henry

^^
I thought that maybe there might be a thread already created on the topic, but I was too lazy to search for it. :p
03-16-2018, 02:00 PM
Iron Lizard

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Originally Posted by Thierry Henry

Why did people talk in such a weird/funny way in films of a certain vintage?

You mean they don't fuck and shit so much? :D
03-16-2018, 02:39 PM
Thierry Henry

^^

Now see here, Mr. Weathersby, there's no more money in dog racing. The future is radio, you hear me, radio!

Listen here copper. You lay those mitts on me and I'll give you what for, I will.

Say doll, what say we go down the boulevard and catch the dirigible races?
03-16-2018, 02:52 PM
Mega Drive Bowlsey

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Originally Posted by Thierry Henry

^^

Now see here, Mr. Weathersby, there's no more money in dog racing. The future is radio, you hear me, radio!

Listen here copper. You lay those mitts on me and I'll give you what for, I will.

Say doll, what say we go down the boulevard and catch the dirigible races?

LOL! (old film) "I'll cut right to the chase, Mr Carlisle, I don't like you and the way you play fast and loose with the truth. I put it to you that you're a cad, sir. A cad and a bounder of the highest order."

(new film) "I've always fucking hated you, Carlisle, you lying fuck. You are a fucking piece of shit and you're gonna get what's coming to you!"
03-16-2018, 02:55 PM
NeoVamp

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Originally Posted by Thierry Henry

Listen here copper. You lay those mitts on me and I'll give you what for, I will.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOMDmEP5QE0
03-16-2018, 03:00 PM
Thierry Henry

^^
I was replacing a broken gear in an old CED player, and after I finished I tested it with a few of those videodisc movies. 'His Girl Friday' was one of them.
The way they deliver their lines and that particular type of accent, is a little annoying yet funny at the same time. lol
03-16-2018, 05:02 PM
JCU

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Originally Posted by MrMatthews

My wife and I were just talking about this. Online shopping is killing speciality shops like TRU and others, but Wal-Mart and Target are driving just as many nails into the coffin.

Mom & Pop stores? Sure. TRU did it all to itself. If Target and Walmart were as encompassing as people believe, why are other B&M stores still functioning? I can write a litany on how bad TRU has been since the early 2000's.
03-16-2018, 07:25 PM
MrMatthews

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Originally Posted by JCU

If Target and Walmart were as encompassing as people believe, why are other B&M stores still functioning?

Like... who, exactly?

And for the record, I’m not coming at this from the angle that Wal-Mart and Target are evil. One-stop shops are as much a part of modern consumerism as online shopping.
03-16-2018, 11:25 PM
NeoVamp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDJlUSYlhL0
03-17-2018, 12:17 AM
profholt82

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Originally Posted by Thierry Henry

^^
I was replacing a broken gear in an old CED player, and after I finished I tested it with a few of those videodisc movies. 'His Girl Friday' was one of them.
The way they deliver their lines and that particular type of accent, is a little annoying yet funny at the same time. lol

I love that movie. Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant. Idk, man, different dialects I suppose. In that case, you're dealing with a cultural dialect (or accent as some call it), as well as newspaper journalist jargon of the 1930s. And Russell plays a fast talking news gal who's one of the guys, which was a fairly common character type in some movies of that era.

You could watch other popular movies from around the same year, and the people will sound completely different, however. So it's not as if His Girl Friday is a reflection of how people spoke in the movies of that era. It was a comedy about the high pressure, fast paced newspaper industry. Within a year of its release, the movies The Grapes of Wrath, Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, Wizard of Oz, and Citizen Kane for instance, are all very popular Hollywood movies that came out, and I don't think the actors in any of those movies speak in the same way.
03-17-2018, 03:25 AM
Thierry Henry

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Originally Posted by profholt82

Within a year of its release, the movies The Grapes of Wrath, Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, Wizard of Oz, and Citizen Kane for instance, are all very popular Hollywood movies that came out, and I don't think the actors in any of those movies speak in the same way.

I haven't yet seen Grapes of Wrath. With regard to Citizen Kane, I just don't see what the fuss is about. Must have seemed like "revolutionary" camera techniques and way of storytelling/filming for the time, but I found the whole thing completely underwhelming. At or near the top of almost every movie best all-time list. Yeah, ok. I can't see myself doing a repeat viewing of that, though. Speaking of Orson Welles, I felt a similar way about The Third Man. I guess I need a more refined taste to appreciate them. :p

I'll tell you a couple old-time actors I do enjoy.

William Holden. Especially his tough/gritty roles.
Gregory Peck. Smooth. Gentleman. It's, for me, that thing they call "gravitas" that he brings to his performances.

Anyways, back to off-topic,

Anyone thinking of picking up a few of these replacement Sega CD/Saturn/PS1 longbox cases?

https://www.amazon.com/Sega-Saturn-r...70_&dpSrc=srch
03-17-2018, 03:35 AM
Leynos

Man, it's sad how Holden died. He was an alcoholic and fell slammed his head into a table and bled out alone and wasn't found for several days. He also killed a guy drunk driving.