Kids are so stupid nowadays, including my own.
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can't remember said:
There are young people out there who have never seen The Jerk, Blazing Saddles or Withnail and I. I suggested them as films to watch when my niece said she had seen everything on Netflix. She and her circle of friends now think I'm some sort of film guru.
For the love of all that's holy don't encourage them to watch Blazing Saddles - they'll either self combust or report you for being hitler's more racist cousinslopes said:
I do too because i'm a bibliophile but it doesn't mean i have to have seen the film.
As to the coment by someone else of am i 90 years old because i haven't seen Ferris Buellers day off or Breakfast Club? No, they just don't interest me.
I think the original expressions of surprise were because people were saying that they’d never heard of Zorro, I remembered the name of Zorro because it was a TV show when I was a kid, but I’d never seen a Zorro movie, although I knew that Antonio Banderas was in one.As to the coment by someone else of am i 90 years old because i haven't seen Ferris Buellers day off or Breakfast Club? No, they just don't interest me.
You’re aware of Dracula and Frankenstein because you’re an avid reader, that’s how I know of them too, I know that films have been made about them, but I’ve not seen one, as they’re not my bag.
CanAm said:
I believe there was a similar quote dating back to Shakespeare's day.
Shakespeare’s one would be modern compared to Socrates:The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.
toastyhamster said:
That's just terrible parenting 
, my kids definitely know who Ferris Bueller is and it's one of their favourite films that gets rewatched. I introduced them to Guest House Paradiso this week (it's on Netflix). Also, GroundHog Day, Goonies, GhostBusters etc. Not got to Alien yet though.
I was terribly disappointed when I got my kids to watch Alien. Mrs rxe has refused to let me show it to them - she still hasn’t seen it all the way through. They laughed all the way through - thought the special effects were hysterical. Bloody yoof of today..., my kids definitely know who Ferris Bueller is and it's one of their favourite films that gets rewatched. I introduced them to Guest House Paradiso this week (it's on Netflix). Also, GroundHog Day, Goonies, GhostBusters etc. Not got to Alien yet though.ben5575 said:
slopes said:
I've never seen The Breakfast Club either or Ferris Bueller's Day Off for that matter.
Are you 90 or something???But seriously, I'm extremely jealous; you only get to see them for the first time once. Go with Ferris first
irocfan said:
For the love of all that's holy don't encourage them to watch Blazing Saddles - they'll either self combust or report you for being hitler's more racist cousin
Probably not , if it is on Netflix/Amazon/broadcast TV it will almost certainly be the edited version that manages to remove all instances of 'racial slurs', which is quite a feat seeing as it is used every other line.Some edited versions went even further and removed things like the farting scene and even changed characters names if they were a bit fruity!
gregs656 said:
CanAm said:
I believe there was a similar quote dating back to Shakespeare's day.
Shakespeare’s one would be modern compared to Socrates:The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.
slopes said:
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hstewie said:
hstewie said:Pothole said:
HIS kid
Any kid.It's old man barks at the moon stuff.
It's like asking a 90 year old who Stormzy is and acting surprised when they don't have a clue.
Just weird.
Shuvi McTupya said:
irocfan said:
For the love of all that's holy don't encourage them to watch Blazing Saddles - they'll either self combust or report you for being hitler's more racist cousin
Probably not , if it is on Netflix/Amazon/broadcast TV it will almost certainly be the edited version that manages to remove all instances of 'racial slurs', which is quite a feat seeing as it is used every other line.Some edited versions went even further and removed things like the farting scene and even changed characters names if they were a bit fruity!
paua said:
slopes said:
bhstewie said:
hstewie said:Pothole said:
HIS kid
Any kid.It's old man barks at the moon stuff.
It's like asking a 90 year old who Stormzy is and acting surprised when they don't have a clue.
Just weird.
Gandahar said:
I was talking to my 18 year old daughter today who is probably better classed as a young adult, as Ben Elton would say, and we had this pithy conversation:-
Her " I don't want to go to the BBQ because I will have to wear a mask"
Me " If you wore a black mask you can put a Z on the front and look like Zorro"
Her "Who's Zorro ? "
I could have expected that if I had said Jimmy Tarbuck, Lennie Godber or Lee out of Peters and Lee, but Zorro? Does she not know her Saturday morning TV Mexican history for godsake? Obviously not.
It seems to me that the generation classes now have to be re-done as -->
BABY BOOMERS
GENERATION X
MILLENIALS / SNOWFLAKES
GENERATION DUMBNUTZ
They know feck all apart from social media.
Hopefully we can put them all on a Hitchhikers style ark and send them off to another planet before it is too late.
I'll be waving at the quay with my hankie, filmed in black and whit,e and shouting "Watch out for interplanetary methane icebergs "
Bon Voyage.
The answer from you should have been to pull up YouTube and make her sit through an episode.Her " I don't want to go to the BBQ because I will have to wear a mask"
Me " If you wore a black mask you can put a Z on the front and look like Zorro"
Her "Who's Zorro ? "
I could have expected that if I had said Jimmy Tarbuck, Lennie Godber or Lee out of Peters and Lee, but Zorro? Does she not know her Saturday morning TV Mexican history for godsake? Obviously not.
It seems to me that the generation classes now have to be re-done as -->
BABY BOOMERS
GENERATION X
MILLENIALS / SNOWFLAKES
GENERATION DUMBNUTZ
They know feck all apart from social media.
Hopefully we can put them all on a Hitchhikers style ark and send them off to another planet before it is too late.
I'll be waving at the quay with my hankie, filmed in black and whit,e and shouting "Watch out for interplanetary methane icebergs "
Bon Voyage.
Shuvi McTupya said:
irocfan said:
For the love of all that's holy don't encourage them to watch Blazing Saddles - they'll either self combust or report you for being hitler's more racist cousin
Probably not , if it is on Netflix/Amazon/broadcast TV it will almost certainly be the edited version that manages to remove all instances of 'racial slurs', which is quite a feat seeing as it is used every other line.Some edited versions went even further and removed things like the farting scene and even changed characters names if they were a bit fruity!
I've seen the American TV version. The farting scene was still there, but with the sound effects removed. The actors each quietly stood up, performed in silence, and the canned laughter roared away. Bloody ridiculous!
Shuvi McTupya said:
Probably not , if it is on Netflix/Amazon/broadcast TV it will almost certainly be the edited version that manages to remove all instances of 'racial slurs', which is quite a feat seeing as it is used every other line.
Some edited versions went even further and removed things like the farting scene and even changed characters names if they were a bit fruity!
They used to show it quite frequently in it's full form on the BBC. These days not so much. Some edited versions went even further and removed things like the farting scene and even changed characters names if they were a bit fruity!
Strange really because as a child it shone a light on racism that as a good, white, middle class kid I had never experienced. Taught me a valuable lesson then and it's still got a strong message today.
bloomen said:
I gathered my kids together to reminisce about Muffin the Mule. When they professed ignorance I was forced to shove them all into a wood chipper. One was left alive to clean up the sludge that had flown up the walls. Then I luzzed that one off the nearest multi story car park.
Top work, Bloomen. 
Please may I borrow your wood chipper?
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