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If Star Wars: The Phantom Menace had been released in the 1950s, this is how it would have looked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYAtAv04dd4

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Bonus: No Jar Jar Binks

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Have you listened to the latest podcast, which you take part in - it’s really cool 😎

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I haven't but I will. Thanks for the heads up, Andy.

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It was nice to hear your interaction.

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Were you on the Movie Chat podcast?

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Yes, the one that was uploaded recently.

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Is there a link to it? I tried searching for it on Spotify and found the one about Lawnmower Man (I saw your name in the description), but for some reason, it won’t play. In fact, it seems that many of the episodes won’t play at all. It just shuffles through a bunch and randomly picks one that works. It's bizarre.

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When are you going to join us? I'll be sure to be there for that one. Try Kowalski's link 👇

Signed, million man.

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I’m not sure, I don’t really watch movies much anymore — just old TV shows these days. Honestly, I don’t feel like I have much to contribute to the discussion.

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👍

Signed, million man.

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I’m waiting for the right movie to come up. If it’s a film I’ve already seen that sparks strong feelings — whether positive or negative — and I have something to say about it, that’s when I’ll join in on the fun. I want to have something to contribute.

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We could do a TV Show discussion in the future (I’m a big tv show fan).

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Yeah, I mostly watch TV shows. I do check out new ones now and then, but most of them don’t stack up to what we had during the Golden Age (1999-2015). Shows like Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, The Sopranos, The Shield, Sons of Anarchy, and Dexter. So, I tend to rewatch those or, more accurately, I watch reaction videos to them. It’s a way for me to experience the shows as though I’m watching them for the first time, through someone else's eyes.

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Golden Age was 1950s (Twilight Zone, I Love Lucy, Honeymooners, Playhouse 90, Outer Limits, Walter Cronkite...).

You all have to come up with your own title instead of stealing "The Golden Age" which belongs to the 50s.

No one is going to be watching most of those 90s shows in the future.

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The Golden Age of Television refers to the period from 1999 to 2015, sparked initially by The Sopranos. It revitalized TV with high-quality dramas, shifting the medium to something more cinematic. The term itself is a nod to the original Golden Age of the 1950s. Here's a Wikipedia article that goes more into the details:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Television_(2000s%E2%80%93present)

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"The term itself is a nod to the original Golden Age of the 1950s."

That's what I wrote.

You late bloomers should find your own term.

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Yes, I know — I was explaining the contemporary term and its connection to what you wrote. As for the name, don’t blame me, I didn’t invent it. As the Wikipedia article suggests, some people clarify by calling it the 'New Golden Age of Television' or the 'Second Golden Age of Television.'

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New or Second is ok.

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The only problem is that many people refer to it simply as The Golden Age of Television. So, if you say 'New' or 'Second,' they might think of the period from 2015 to the present instead of 1999–2015, which just adds to the confusion.

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I'm not sure about that. I was able to start it on my phone without any issues.

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I got the link from Kowalski and I'm listening to it now. Is that you around the 5:00 mark, where you compared Jeff Fahey to Trey Parker in BASEketball?

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No, that was someone else I believe. I bring up Freddy Got Fingered at some point.

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Ah ok. I'm about 18:00 minutes in.

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He also says his name when he starts talking.


Signed, million man.

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Yeah, I listened to the whole thing. It was a pretty good discussion.

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Just finished the podcast! It was great finally putting a voice to the man behind it. You did a fantastic job, Semi. Also, I totally agree — Freddy Got Fingered is definitely x/0.

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The posh English voice is me, lol.

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That's the one thing I don't like, it's hard to know who is who. It would be better as a video podcast.

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I agree that a video version would be fun.

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Nice, I'm glad you liked it. I didn't know you were a Freddy fan as well. Very cool.

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I was a huge Tom Green fan.

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We wouldn't tolerate his kind in the 50's.

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It was a better time.

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So true.

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👍

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I've never seen a movie from the 1950s where people and everything else look like CG renderings from a modern video game. They should have at least overlaid some film grain.

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I think they did a pretty good job considering that the whole thing is generated by AI.

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Which is why it looks like a video game, which is why it looks nothing like anything from the 1950s, which is before video games even existed, unless you count little dots of light on an oscilloscope screen. Adding film grain would hide the CGI look somewhat.

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Better

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For all of this movie's flaws, in the end, it felt like STAR WARS since Lucas still had his hands on it and when Disney took over, it's all downhill regardless of how much $$$$$ they made. Disney ruined Luke Skywalker. There's Mark Hamill and then there's Luke Skywalker. Nuff said

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