Weird and small outdated stuff on TV and film
I'm not talking about the obvious things, like Zack Morris' giant cell phone, but strange and small things.
In the pilot episode of Six Feet Under, which aired the summer of 2001, Nate and Brenda have sex in an airport closet. Something that became much less believable a few months later.
On 30 Rock, Jenna starred in a film called The Rural Juror, which was based on a novel written by the less-successful brother of John Grisham, and directed by the less-successful Affleck brother, Casey. Now that he has a string of acclaimed performances and a Best Actor Oscar, the joke doesn't really work.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | May 26, 2020 3:45 AM
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The card catalog and lack of computers in the library in Buffy (and others shows, I'm sure).
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 26, 2020 3:28 AM
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Jerri Blank listening to Wilford Brimley on tape in Strangers with Candy.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | May 26, 2020 3:30 AM
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Movies as late as 1995-2000 often had characters smoking in office buildings and other enclosed public places.
It's weird because much of the clothing is similar to today; it's not like a 1940s movie where your eye accepts it and moves on.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | May 26, 2020 3:30 AM
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A tape cassette plays an important part in Bloodline, a drug cartel series set in modern times.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | May 26, 2020 3:31 AM
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MP3 players show up in a lot of mid-2000s movies and shows.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | May 26, 2020 3:32 AM
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Ruining someone's photos by exposing the film.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | May 26, 2020 3:34 AM
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Also: establishing shots of New York City that show the World Trade Center in shows like "Friends."
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | May 26, 2020 3:35 AM
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When people are visiting someone else's house and asks if they can use their phone.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | May 26, 2020 3:45 AM
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