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Any Smokey and the Bandit film. Just no.
Any Police Academy film. Just no.
On the Buses. Was that really as successful as I think it was in the 70s? (disclaimer, I never thought it was briliant).
The royal family
Pot Rice
Louise
Most computer games. Even though by comparison from a graphics and complexity point of view they are a million times better, nothing seems as “good” as things like Elite, Wizzball, original Zelda, Leisure Suit Larry, etc…
Me.
Football, rugby, cricket, athletics etc. Sports people today are very far removed from Joe Public in terms of fitness levels and in some cases wealth. 40 years ago footballers had beer bellys.
Chip shop chips - look great, smell great but just not as good as they used to be (maybe newspaper print missing!)
Here's the thing - most of the food products you have mentioned with have changed. Manufacturers produce what sells - taking into account government and consumer demands. So with the move to natural flavours and colours, reduced salt, lower fat, lower sugar, vegetarian / vegan demands etc most products have changed significantly from the 1990 to now, let alone the 1970s.
Hence most will be worse - and generally a lot smaller, than you remember them
However things that are worse:-
Monty Python ( and most comedy) has aged badly
Blakes 7
Star Trek
Doner kebabs
Chip shop chips – look great, smell great but just not as good as they used to be (maybe newspaper print missing!)
Find a better chippy. We don't have chips very often but the one around the corner is vastly inferior to the one we occasionally drive to.
Hence most will be worse – and generally a lot smaller, than you remember them
Not always. Listening to a programme about obesity recently - your average pasta based main course in a restaurant has doubled in calorific value in the last 20 years.
Blazing Saddles. Watched it with my daughters when they were early teens. Told them what a great film it was and that the campfire scene was hilarious. They sat stony faced the whole way through, while I had to admit to myself it hasn't aged well. It's now my daughters' benchmark for a truly shite film.
People. back when I was growing up in the 70's and 80's only a minority out there were idiots. Now it seems there are gangs of Chavs just trying to out stupid each other.
The Thing is still great the practical effects are far better the GGI garbage we get in many movies. I borrowed an colour TV of my gran as she was away we could only afford a B&W one. I was 11 and stayed up to watch The Thing on it I was terrified.
The Young Ones I thought it was amazing (I was probably 9 at the time) but I tried to watch it again recently and it was rubbish.
Me. By which I mean my body mainly, brain also.
Gah. On edit, missed Richs_s's
Me.
So actually not me. Him.
The Young Ones I thought it was amazing (I was probably 9 at the time) but I tried to watch it again recently and it was rubbish.
Bye Neil!
nothing seems as “good” as things like
Elite, Wizzball, original Zelda, Leisure Suit Larry, etc
...Hungry Horace Goes Skiing 😉
Me.
You've only got yourself to blame.
Any Police Academy film. Just no.
Dunno, watched the first fairly recently and it was still quite entertaining. Obviously an 80s film though, and I have to agree with this review: "Police Academy is rude, crude, and proudly sophomoric".
Disappointingly and probably controversially - The Hitchithiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
I remember the series with incredible fondness, thinking it to be hilarious, but read it to my son (10 at time) last year and it was not. There's some great concepts but it wasn't anywhere near as amusing as I recall. I did insist on finishing the trilogy though. ;o)
Leslie Ash.
Joe Cocker.
Fred Perry shirts.
Waxl Rose.
Adidas Samba.
Sunday papers.
The BBC.
I love the first film, the whole cast are great, & it's totally different to the sequels which are just lame slapstick! It's very tame though compared to later "gross out" comedies."Police Academy is rude, crude, and proudly sophomoric"
Total Recall is still a great 80s film. Two weeks! Get your ass to Mars!
You'll be telling me Ferris Bueller is rubbish next. It's not. I still want to be Ferris when I grow up.
Yep, nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
I rather like the flawed theory that Ferris Bueller is actually Cameron's imaginary friend from his fever dream, even if it doesn't add up.
Fish fingers
Fish fingers
What? A man who's tired of fish fingers is tired of life. Fish fingers are as good as they've ever been (which is moderately good, let's not get carried away).
Fish fingers
I'm afraid that's just plain wrong, what kind of monster are you? Cheapo fish fingers mebbe, buy some good ones. A good fish finger sandwich is a thing of beauty. Thick cut crusty white bread, loads of real butter ready to melt when the fish fingers lay on it, loads of tartare sauce, at least five fish fingers (4 side by side, one along the top obvs). In fact, might have that for my tea, thanks!
In fact, might have that for my tea, thanks!
I think we have some in the freezer for just this sort of emergency.
I think we have some in the freezer for just this sort of emergency.
That's the kind of prepping I can get behind.
Kingsize sausage fingers (whoops wrong thread)
Ben Sherman shirts
Lambrettas
The Magic Roundabout
Drugs
It was quite the night out!
You’ll be telling me Ferris Bueller is rubbish next. It’s not. I still want to be Ferris when I grow up.
my legs
Tales of the Gold Monkey - bought the DVD box set when I saw it when dropping something off at a charity shop.
Not as good as I remembered it.
Most computer games. Even though by comparison from a graphics and complexity point of view they are a million times better, nothing seems as “good” as things like Elite, Wizzball, original Zelda, Leisure Suit Larry, etc…
I was playing Manic Miner at lunch just now.
Chip shop chips – look great, smell great but just not as good as they used to be (maybe newspaper print missing!)
Chips were never served directly in newspaper, not in living memory anyway. There's a food standards law dating back to like the late 1800s banning it. What you remember is an outer wrapper around food-grade paper.
I suppose it's possible that some places broke the law but wrapping food in used newspaper is pretty grim. Fish, chips, ink and bogeys twice please!
Monty Python ( and most comedy) has aged badly
The thing with Monty Python is, the wheat-to-chaff ratio is surprisingly low. For every Dead Parrot or Ministry of Silly Walks there's a dozen terrible sketches which rarely get aired any more.
Fawlty Towers and The Young Ones both ran for just 12 episodes. Monty Python had 45.
Exercise, it’s hurty.
Exercise, it’s hurty.
I played football - well, kicked a ball about - with The Boy on holiday a few weeks ago. I couldn't walk for about four days afterwards.
Most computer games. Even though by comparison from a graphics and complexity point of view they are a million times better, nothing seems as “good” as things like Elite, Wizzball, original Zelda, Leisure Suit Larry, etc…
I think you got the thread title mixed up but in any case, old computer games are rubbish. They were fun for a while as a 10 year old but not now, and my 10 year old thinks they are rubbish. What she plays is a million times better. Which, tbh, is an issue, as they are just too damn exciting and engaging.
Spam fritters ..treat when I was younger. Tried them again about 15yrs ago...truly horrific 🤮
Tetleys Bitter.
So actually not me. Him.
😂
My wife’s boobs…
…mine are coming along nicely though! 🤣
Fray Bentos pies like many other folks on here.
Taste sensation in the 70s
The thing with Monty Python is, the wheat-to-chaff ratio is surprisingly low. For every Dead Parrot or Ministry of Silly Walks there’s a dozen terrible sketches which rarely get aired any more.
Comedies of that era- Yes Minister is still exceptional, stands up to repeat watching and has very little wasted time.