jetpack_monkey: (Inara - Oh  You Guys)
[personal profile] jetpack_monkey
You guys win this round. They're on order. I missed so much of 1980s cinema because I watched AMC growing up (back when it was decent) instead of HBO or one of those other movie channels. Unfortunately, when it comes to "geek cred" or "guy cred", Cary Grant and Boris Karloff don't pass muster anymore.

I ask you, is it a fault of mine or a fault of the process? I find any system suspect that denigrates the works of Cary Grant in favor of Matthew Broderick.

Shit. Does this mean I have geezer cred? I'm too young!

Date: 2007-04-11 02:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dhaunea.livejournal.com
I had NO tv growing up. Hah. Well, until age 12, when we got a tiny black and white and could watch PBS or CBS. When the weather was good.

... and Matthew Broderick makes me weep. Give me Cary Grant ANY day.

Then again, I'm already a geezer so mayhap you'd be better off listening to someone else. [shakes her cane] YOU DAMN KIDS GET OFF MY LAWN!

Date: 2007-04-11 03:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] invisionary.livejournal.com
You HAVE seen Ferris Bueller's Day Off, right?

Date: 2007-04-11 09:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com
Seen it, own it. I'm thisclose to taking pictures of my DVD collection to prove I'm not a cinematic cretin. *G*

Date: 2007-04-11 12:45 pm (UTC)
ext_26744: (Oz: actually it explains a lot)
From: [identity profile] qkellie.livejournal.com
Nah, no loss of cred. Honestly, someone can still be a credible geek about something by knowing a lot about the really old, classic stuff. I've always thought you were a FILM geek first, "geek" geek second. ;)

Plus, the guy who runs my college's Motion Pictures department has never seen Back to the Future. His students gave him hell until he reminded them he's seen every Orson Welles and Woody Allen film several times over. Thus, Robert Zemekis wasn't exactly high on his priority list.

Date: 2007-04-13 12:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] diannelamerc.livejournal.com
Shit. Does this mean I have geezer cred? I'm too young!

Sweetie, if you didn't see it *in the theater*, you're in no danger of geezer creds.

*snorts* HBO indeed! Kids today!

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