When does a movie become "old"?

[CyberCubed]

The modern Star Wars trilogy already began over 10 years ago. That's crazy to me. I feel like the prequel trilogy is 10 years ago but those are like 25 years ago now.

[oldmanwinters]

I say the same rules ought to apply as they do for classic cars: has to be at least 20 years before it's a true "classic."

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

I say the same rules ought to apply as they do for classic cars: has to be at least 20 years before it's a true "classic."

Oh, that's a good shout!

"Classic" is a less vague term than "old". A game like The Witcher III is oldish by now since it came out in 2015 already. It's going to turn 11 in May this year. But I'm still refraining from calling it a classic. A classic is Super Mario World or Final Fantasy VII.

As for movies, I don't keep up with movies anywhere near as much as I keep up with video games, so I can't give you any examples of movies from 2015-2016 I might have watched. I did a quick google search of movies that came out in those years and I haven't seen a single one of them.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by Prowler

As for movies, I don't keep up with movies anywhere near as much as I keep up with video games, so I can't give you any examples of movies from 2015-2016 I might have watched. I did a quick google search of movies that came out in those years and I haven't seen a single one of them.

I've seen so many movies now than 10+ years ago, the illegal streaming websites really broke down the barrier for movies. Back in the day you either had to go to the theater, or buy the DVDs to watch a certain movie, or catch it randomly on regular TV but even that is rare.

Nowadays every movie is uploaded for free on the illegal streaming websites, so that "barrier" to watch things is over. I've watched far more movies over the last 10 years than I did for the first 25 years of my life when I only watched the big pop culture movies or action movies. Now I can watch everything at 1.5x speed and its glorious.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I've seen so many movies now than 10+ years ago, the illegal streaming websites really broke down the barrier for movies. Back in the day you either had to go to the theater, or buy the DVDs to watch a certain movie, or catch it randomly on regular TV but even that is rare.

Nowadays every movie is uploaded for free on the illegal streaming websites, so that "barrier" to watch things is over. I've watched far more movies over the last 10 years than I did for the first 25 years of my life when I only watched the big pop culture movies or action movies. Now I can watch everything at 1.5x speed and its glorious.

I know how piracy works, pal.

I've never said there was a "barrier" stopping me from watching a dozen of movies that come out every single year. I'm just... not interested in 99.9% of the big movies that have come out in the last decade or so. Shocking, I know.

[sdp]

I'd consider movies that came out when this thread was made as old.
Jurassic World Dominion had not done out yet and re hat movie is old. We now have a new reboot that already came out a year ago.

[CyberCubed]

2015 is really over 10 years ago now, huh. It's funny, back when we were in 2015 it did feel like 2005 was a decade ago. But 2015-2025 does not feel like 10 years at all. Why is that.

[Mayhem]

A human generation so 20-25 years

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Mayhem

A human generation so 20-25 years

Generation is a word that means different things to different people, I've noticed.

I've seen people saying things like "the 1992 generation and the 1993 generation" as if people born a year or less than 1 year apart belong to different generations.

And I also am not a fan of naming generations Millennials, Zoomers, etc. That made sense for Baby Boomers since that generation popped up after the biggest world conflict in history. But there was a much bigger variety of experiences between people from all over the world being born after that. Some people grew up in dictatorships, while others in democracies, for example. Some people did not have video game consoles we all can name here as kids.

I was born in 1990. I don't see myself as being part of the same generation as someone born in 1981. But I guess this is a subject matter for a different thread.

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by Prowler

Generation is a word that means different things to different people, I've noticed.

I've seen people saying things like "the 1992 generation and the 1993 generation" as if people born a year or less than 1 year apart belong to different generations.

And I also am not a fan of naming generations Millennials, Zoomers, etc. That made sense for Baby Boomers since that generation popped up after the biggest world conflict in history. But there was a much bigger variety of experiences between people from all over the world being born after that. Some people grew up in dictatorships, while others in democracies, for example. Some people did not have video game consoles we all can name here as kids.

I was born in 1990. I don't see myself as being part of the same generation as someone born in 1981. But I guess this is a subject matter for a different thread.

Traditionally, a generation was understood as approximately 40 years.

[Mayhem]

Which certainly does not apply to the names. Aside from Boomers, they all scope about 15 years each