One joy of older movies.....

October 28, 2018, 08:51 PM

fpuhan

Today I watched two back-to-back episodes of Wanted Dead Or Alive, starring Steve McQueen. In the first, one of the characters I swear was Mike Farrell, who later played Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt on M*A*S*H, although I didn't see his name on the credits, and he isn't listed on IMDB before 1963. The second episode had Martin Landau (who doesn't know Landau?) as the bad guy.

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October 29, 2018, 06:01 AM

Todd Huffman

Nicolas Cage and Anthony Edwards in Fast Times at Ridgemont High

October 29, 2018, 07:07 AM

Sigmund

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Originally posted by andronicus:
Harrison Ford for about 5 seconds in Apocalypse Now.

And "American Graffiti."

October 29, 2018, 09:28 AM

M'headSig

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Originally posted by newtoSig765:
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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
...One joy is viewing technology no longer in existence...

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The entire ending of "The Usual Suspects" relies on Keyser Soze's ID sketch being laboriously faxed and printed.

November 03, 2018, 12:06 PM

AUTiger89

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Originally posted by andronicus:
Harrison Ford for about 5 seconds in Apocalypse Now.

And Lawrence Fishburn.

November 03, 2018, 12:25 PM

amals

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Originally posted by Bisleyblackhawk:
Robert Duvall as Boo Radley from To Kill A Mockingbird back in 1962

Beat me to it; first person I thought of when I saw the post. Also the cab driver in Bullitt, still pretty early in his career.

November 13, 2018, 04:36 PM

CoolRich59

I don't know if Saving Private Ryan qualifies as an older movie, but I just noticed Brian Cranston as the War Dept. Colonel that notifies George Marshall of the deaths of the three Ryan brothers.

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November 13, 2018, 07:38 PM

83v45magna

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Originally posted by agony:
David Caruso in First Blood.

I also recall his having substantial roles in 'Officer and a Gentleman' and something called 'Blue City'.

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. -Ecclesiastes 9:11

...But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by Him shall glory, but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. - Psalm 63:11 [excerpted]

November 13, 2018, 08:13 PM

Pale Horse

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
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One joy of older movies (and TV shows) is no cellphones.

Speaking of that. One joy is viewing technology no longer in existence. There was a scene in a movie where the guy in the backseat is listening to his transistor radio. I recall some guys having an earpiece and listening to the ballgame in Church. I NEVER saw this in the movies and I went a lot in my teens. I guess people had more manners back then.

I like watching to see how they guessed the future would be. Nobody predicted cell phones. Most future phones are land line video phones. I love the “enhance” scene in Blade Runner.

A few weeks ago I took my kids to see a screening of the original Transformers cartoon movie from the 80s. The theater erupted with laughter when the voiceover said “It is the year 2005”.