When does a movie become "old"?

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by sdp

As a kid a good guide was that if a movie was airing in non-cable tv channels then it was OLD. No kid felt those movies were still current. I don't know how long it used to take back then but it felt forever.

The average was about two years, same as now. It felt like "forever" because kids have only been alive a couple of years and thus have no concept of time. For example, Ghostbusters was released in 1984 and was on network TV by the Fall of 1986.

Suffice to say, two years is not long enough to make something "old", kids simply have no perspective.

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Has there been any movies (not counting documentaries or things actually about CoVid, Fauci, etc) that have shown or referenced the pandemic? Like a movie about whatever else but you see people walking around with masks on or a 'get vaccinated' sign in the background or whatever?

I'm wondering if there'll be a time we watch a movie or TV show and some kid born post-pandemic asks why everyone is wearings masks we'll be like 'oh right, there was this pandemic back in 2020 to 20XX and this clown named Fauci..."

The director of the most recent Halloween movie has said that the next one will be all about the pandemic. Which assures me that I'll never watch it.