All I watch now are 80s 90s movies. Even old serials like Outer Limits, Bonanza, Moonlighting etc amazing shows with incredible writing that all holds up the test of time. Honestly their is so much content from the 60-90s I could never watch any new movie/tv show ever again and be 100% content.
The problem lies all in how the show was filmed, and a major problem with a lot of 90s shows, is that none of it was shot on film (it was expensive and required large equipment lugged around everywhere), so with VHS emerging as an industry standard, and most people unaware of TVs being on the verge of entering HD capabilities, (mostly) everyone just recorded straight to VHS. For these shows, it's really not even possible to upconvert the quality and move it from 4:3 to 16:9, it can only be done with shows shot 100% on film (since they're far above even 4k and shot wide angle and cropped to 4:3 for our 90s viewing pleasure, so we can easily go back and pull their master films to edit to 16:9). This is why a ton of 80s and 90s shows are still 4:3, yet we're seeing movies as old as Lawrence of Arabia and Wizard of Oz getting 4K releases
When they converted Wizard of OZ to digital for Blu-ray they decided to save time & money and scanned it at 8k. So they wouldn't have to scan the original films again for many years.
Some 90s shows had quality PAL (704×576) editions so those were used to make the wide screen HD version and used for the blu-ray releases.
Impractical Jokers have toned it down but haven't sold out. But they are love/hate. They are also very hit and miss. They also just seem like generally good guys. I also bought the full Office series many years ago when I dropped Netflix. It holds up pretty damn well in the wokeness department although some things come up here and there.
Other than that, I got a big collection of Alfred Hitchcock movies on DVD. And the John Adams HBO miniseries is great. But currently reading some Azimov The Gods Themselves.
I've been buying everything physical now, especially older stuff. I recently found myself watching reruns of Beavis and Butthead on Pluto TV and realized how edited they were (from the "Mike Judge Collection"), and it made me pine for the original releases. I haven't seen them in so long — as in, the real unedited episodes with music videos — because they've all been edited to shit. I managed to find a fantastic bootleg (free to torrent, but I paid for a physical set anyway) that has EVERY episode, unedited, with the music videos, etc. My god, brought me right back to childhood, and that show is so much greater than anyone even remembers, because we can't even see the original damn show anymore. The music videos, imo, are the best part.
I'm watching Night Court reruns and informational programming; most recently regarding our currency. I want to understand why we're not in the middle of massive hyperinflation yet.
Same. 70's, 80's, and 90's content that I have on my own server. It's amazing what you can find at Goodwill on DVD sets for older TV shows. Entire series for a few bucks.
I STILL want to see the elevator pitch for Hogan's Heroes... Imagine the brass balls you needed to pitch a weekly show about Allied POWs in a Nazi prison camp only a few years after the end of the war.... and it's a comedy.
Ohh, thanks for the idea, hadn't even thought of Hogan's Heroes (wife and I have been going through all the old shows lately. Incredible how difficult it is to find All in the Family anywhere... anyway). M.A.S.H. is another one we want to start. Has always been my grandfather's favorite show and I've never even seen it, so I think that may be next up on the list. Also been rewatching all the old Stargate SG-1 episodes. Great show, and I've never been much into sci-fi like that (star trek, etc).
The reason we dont have inflation yet is because people do not think we have inflation. When that changes and people all at once begin to think that their 1$ will only be worth .50 cents in a year that is when everything that is not nailed down will get bought up and the inflation starts. Its a confidence game not just a numbers game.
Yup, and it has started for anyone paying attention. Everyone been paying attention to their grocery shopping receipts? gas prices? bills in general? The dollar isn't worth what it was just 1 year ago, and it's going to get a lot worse.
Not to signal that this show was in the same class as Seinfeld and Cheers, but (because we've been watching recently) this just reminded me of the Friends episode when they're in London for one of Ross's like, 1000 weddings, and Joey is super homesick for America and keeps seeing the Cheers intro and just wants to be "back in good 'ol New York City.... where everyone knows my name [sigh]... and America's the best! [says something along those lines in his toast]" Oh! And then a few episodes later they excitedly name-drop seeing Donald Trump at the elevator in a hotel/casino in Atlantic City
I don't have the super classic collections of Looney Toons or vintage disney but I bought a lot of the 80s & 90s shows on DVD. Because I knew they were going to disappear. I need to finish those collections.
We need someone to set up a PeerTube instance on a TOR Node with all the vintage shows & anime.
I mostly watch cartoons now. Or old movies. The entertainment world is soaked in woke.
All I watch now are 80s 90s movies. Even old serials like Outer Limits, Bonanza, Moonlighting etc amazing shows with incredible writing that all holds up the test of time. Honestly their is so much content from the 60-90s I could never watch any new movie/tv show ever again and be 100% content.
More 90's shows should get the Seinfeld treatment. I like that they cropped the reruns to fit a 16x9 screen.
Im not even bothered by old standard def quality there’s a charm to it. I appreciate the story and characters more before woke hollywood took over.
The problem lies all in how the show was filmed, and a major problem with a lot of 90s shows, is that none of it was shot on film (it was expensive and required large equipment lugged around everywhere), so with VHS emerging as an industry standard, and most people unaware of TVs being on the verge of entering HD capabilities, (mostly) everyone just recorded straight to VHS. For these shows, it's really not even possible to upconvert the quality and move it from 4:3 to 16:9, it can only be done with shows shot 100% on film (since they're far above even 4k and shot wide angle and cropped to 4:3 for our 90s viewing pleasure, so we can easily go back and pull their master films to edit to 16:9). This is why a ton of 80s and 90s shows are still 4:3, yet we're seeing movies as old as Lawrence of Arabia and Wizard of Oz getting 4K releases
When they converted Wizard of OZ to digital for Blu-ray they decided to save time & money and scanned it at 8k. So they wouldn't have to scan the original films again for many years.
Some 90s shows had quality PAL (704×576) editions so those were used to make the wide screen HD version and used for the blu-ray releases.
Impractical Jokers have toned it down but haven't sold out. But they are love/hate. They are also very hit and miss. They also just seem like generally good guys. I also bought the full Office series many years ago when I dropped Netflix. It holds up pretty damn well in the wokeness department although some things come up here and there.
Other than that, I got a big collection of Alfred Hitchcock movies on DVD. And the John Adams HBO miniseries is great. But currently reading some Azimov The Gods Themselves.
I've been buying everything physical now, especially older stuff. I recently found myself watching reruns of Beavis and Butthead on Pluto TV and realized how edited they were (from the "Mike Judge Collection"), and it made me pine for the original releases. I haven't seen them in so long — as in, the real unedited episodes with music videos — because they've all been edited to shit. I managed to find a fantastic bootleg (free to torrent, but I paid for a physical set anyway) that has EVERY episode, unedited, with the music videos, etc. My god, brought me right back to childhood, and that show is so much greater than anyone even remembers, because we can't even see the original damn show anymore. The music videos, imo, are the best part.
I'm watching Night Court reruns and informational programming; most recently regarding our currency. I want to understand why we're not in the middle of massive hyperinflation yet.
I'm such a party animal.
Lol literally just watched some Night Court myself. 80-90's tv & movies is pretty much all I do anymore.
Same. 70's, 80's, and 90's content that I have on my own server. It's amazing what you can find at Goodwill on DVD sets for older TV shows. Entire series for a few bucks.
I've been watching night court too. Another new favorite of mine is Hogans Heros, you cant beat a German pow camp for good entertainment.
I STILL want to see the elevator pitch for Hogan's Heroes... Imagine the brass balls you needed to pitch a weekly show about Allied POWs in a Nazi prison camp only a few years after the end of the war.... and it's a comedy.
Ohh, thanks for the idea, hadn't even thought of Hogan's Heroes (wife and I have been going through all the old shows lately. Incredible how difficult it is to find All in the Family anywhere... anyway). M.A.S.H. is another one we want to start. Has always been my grandfather's favorite show and I've never even seen it, so I think that may be next up on the list. Also been rewatching all the old Stargate SG-1 episodes. Great show, and I've never been much into sci-fi like that (star trek, etc).
The reason we dont have inflation yet is because people do not think we have inflation. When that changes and people all at once begin to think that their 1$ will only be worth .50 cents in a year that is when everything that is not nailed down will get bought up and the inflation starts. Its a confidence game not just a numbers game.
$4/gallon gas is coming by summer.
Already over 4 in some states!
America has been a house of cards for a long, long time. Can't last forever, won't be pretty.
Fucked up part is, its not just America. Many Europeans do not realize their countries' coffers were raided as well.
So when we crash we're going to take everyone else with us.
Yup, and it has started for anyone paying attention. Everyone been paying attention to their grocery shopping receipts? gas prices? bills in general? The dollar isn't worth what it was just 1 year ago, and it's going to get a lot worse.
Great show.
Seinfeld holds up pretty well, but wow does it seem like a different world. The 2000s have been pretty harsh.
Same with Cheers; don’t mean sound like an old man. But those were the good ol’ days
Not to signal that this show was in the same class as Seinfeld and Cheers, but (because we've been watching recently) this just reminded me of the Friends episode when they're in London for one of Ross's like, 1000 weddings, and Joey is super homesick for America and keeps seeing the Cheers intro and just wants to be "back in good 'ol New York City.... where everyone knows my name [sigh]... and America's the best! [says something along those lines in his toast]" Oh! And then a few episodes later they excitedly name-drop seeing Donald Trump at the elevator in a hotel/casino in Atlantic City
Same with Friends.
How about old cartoons? Been showing my kids old Looney Tunes. They LOVE IT. It's been wonderful.
I want to meme Foghorn Leghorn as a White Supremacists Icon. Looney Toons are the best.
I don't have the super classic collections of Looney Toons or vintage disney but I bought a lot of the 80s & 90s shows on DVD. Because I knew they were going to disappear. I need to finish those collections.
We need someone to set up a PeerTube instance on a TOR Node with all the vintage shows & anime.
HASSAN-CHOP!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siqPMOYh7DA
A lot of good foreign TV-series like Skyrojo, Better than us, To the lake, Babylon Berlin, Giri/Haji.