Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****
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<p>When I was a kid, the local video store had a school holiday "Two videos for $5 as long as you return them by 5pm" deal. So many Chuck Norris movies were watched.</p>
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<p>The trinity movies were popular at our school</p>
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I was lucky enough to to grow up with a dad who couldn't see the problem with making his 9 year old son watch family classics like The Exorcist, Halloween, Jaws, An American Werewolf in London...
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<p>I was lucky enough to to grow up with a dad who couldn't see the problem with making his 9 year old son watch family classics like The Exorcist, Halloween, Jaws, An American Werewolf in London...</p>
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<p>Our neighbour bought the first vhs in the street and I got invited over to watch the first film with them, it was Deer Hunter. I was eight.</p>
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First VHS movie we saw was Raiders of the Lost Ark<br>
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<p>First VHS movie we saw was Raiders of the Lost Ark<br>
Is early 1970s to say mid 80's just the coolest period in movie history?</p>
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<p>Hell yes, anyone remember this?</p>
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<p>Exorcist was a freak out I remember. A major freakout</p>
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<p>Remember those "Killing Asia" vids? First time we saw real death on a screen. Now the kids have been desensitized to all that stuff (I think)</p>
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<p>When I was 6 a friend of mine came round with a video his mum had let him rent, Commando. It was the R rated version where the dude gets his arm cut off. I think I was too young to be freaked out. Watched "this really funny film about Aliens" at the same friend's place a couple of years later. That was Aliens, which freaked me out far more.</p>
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<p>The ads for Arachnophobia also scared the shit out of me. I guess that was because a farking evil little spider could get you anywhere at any time.</p>
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<p>Just seeing pictures of Freddy Kruger used to give me nightmares.</p> -
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<p>First VHS movie we saw was Raiders of the Lost Ark<br>
Is early 1970s to say mid 80's just the coolest period in movie history?</p>
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<p>Without a doubt.</p>
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<p>How good was Goonies for example?</p> -
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<p>Hell yes, anyone remember this?</p>
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<p>Conclusive proof that a certain South African referee is older than he's letting on:</p>
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<p>The Omen...</p>
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<p>Sunday Night Horrors, one called Blackula gave me nightmares! </p>
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<p>TR Jnr was about 4 when he first watched Jurassic Park, an adult asked him if he thought it was scary, he looked at them like they were stupid and replied "they're not real!"</p> -
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<p>The Omen...</p>
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<p><strong>Sunday Night Horrors, </strong>one called Blackula gave me nightmares! </p>
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<p>TR Jnr was about 4 when he first watched Jurassic Park, an adult asked him if he thought it was scary, he looked at them like they were stupid and replied "they're not real!"</p>
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<p>Sunday Mutha fucken Night Horrors, how cool were they. Every week would get the Listener ( is that still around?) and would immediately go to Sunday and check to see what was on that night.</p>
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<p>You couldnt go past 2 things in the 80's as a kid, Star Wars and anything Speilberg had a hand in. Goonies, Gremlins, Back to the Future, Indiana Jones, E.T, Poltergeist and probably a fuck ton more im missing.</p> -
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<p>The Omen...</p>
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<p>Sunday Night Horrors, one called Blackula gave me nightmares! </p>
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<p>TR Jnr was about 4 when he first watched Jurassic Park, an adult asked him if he thought it was scary, he looked at them like they were stupid and replied "they're not real!"</p>
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<p>When i saw Jaws i literately couldnt go near water (and that included lakes!) for a month.</p> -
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<p>Hate to be "that" guy but I have no choice:</p>
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<p>Is this latest SW set after Return of the Jedi?</p>
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<p>and, if so, what was the status of the characters at the end of that movie?</p>
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<p>Han and Lea gettin it on?</p>
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<p>Luke a fighter pilot?</p>
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<p>C3PO and R2D2?</p>
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<p>Vader died?</p>
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<p>Bad guys all dead?</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Crucial" data-cid="531791" data-time="1445381129"><p>If you want to know some of the new canon that precedes the new movies then this is a good read. A series of books and videogames etc that fill in the gaps have been released and if you can't be bothered reading them, here is a summation of what is known so far (what happened after ROTJ etc)<br>
<br><a class="bbc_url" href="http://io9.com/everything-we-know-about-star-wars-post-return-of-the-j-1729549100">http://io9.com/everything-we-know-about-star-wars-post-return-of-the-j-1729549100</a></p></blockquote>Crucial posted this catchup to bring you up to date -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Virgil" data-cid="531922" data-time="1445404444">
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<p>They teach Star Wars at school now?</p>
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<p>My school had two videos - Star Wars and Mary Poppins - we alternated each Friday afternoon between the two of them. We watched the incredible journey one time too.</p>
<p>We also used to have the old reel to reel movies as well.</p>
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<p>Our neighbour bought the first vhs in the street and I got invited over to watch the first film with them, it was Deer Hunter. I was eight.</p>
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<p>My spellcheck doesn't recognise vhs, fark that makes me feel old.</p>
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<p>Shit, the Deer Hunter is rough going for an 8 year old.</p>
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<p>The first videos I watched as kid were Omen and Fist if Fury. I was completely traumatised, one was freaky as shit and the other had a women getting beaten up.</p>
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<p>Terence Hill And Bud Spencer!</p>
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<p>Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure was one of my favourite films as a kid. I had no idea that they were dubbed at the time. </p>
