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Were to be made today, it would be set in 2007.

So, yeah,....Enjoy your day...

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16 minutes ago, lateshow said:

Were to be made today, it would be set in 2007.

So, yeah,....Enjoy your day...

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A new version of The Wonder Years would take place in 2004. 

No, it would take place in the 80s or 90s depending upon which decade the writer/director grew up in and romanticizes. 

ABC did a new version of The Wonder Years with an African American family. It was still set in the 60s. 

The point is the timespan between the setting and the air date. Late 60's to late 80's = 20 years. 

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34 minutes ago, mdmost said:

No, it would take place in the 80s or 90s depending upon which decade the writer/director grew up in and romanticizes. 

ABC did a new version of The Wonder Years with an African American family. It was still set in the 60s. 

You're overthinking it, pal. 

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38 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

The point is the timespan between the setting and the air date. Late 60's to late 80's = 20 years. 

So if they made Schindler's List today, it would be set in the early 70s?

1 hour ago, lateshow said:

Were to be made today, it would be set in 2007.

So, yeah,....Enjoy your day...

Fuck me running.

If Glory were made today, it would be set in 1898?

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The final scene would be pretty awesome with the gang driving in the Chrysler Concorde, listening to Hoobastank on their way to purchase Alicia Keys tickets.

1 hour ago, lateshow said:

Were to be made today, it would be set in 2007.

So, yeah,....Enjoy your day...

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The final scene would be pretty awesome with the gang driving in the Chrysler Concorde, listening to Hoobastank on their way to purchase Alicia Keys tickets.

 

You're off by almost a decade.

Pontiac Grand Am

Nirvana

Alice in Chains

Not so bad.

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5 minutes ago, smuggs said:

The final scene would be pretty awesome with the gang driving in the Chrysler Concorde, listening to Hoobastank on their way to purchase Alicia Keys tickets.

I like to think they'd be listening to Queens of the Stone Age on their way to purchase Rage Against the Machine reunion tour tickets.

Cause that's what I was doing as a slightly older (22) person in 2007.

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Honda Accord listening to Spoon, on the way to see Arcade Fire.

1 hour ago, mdmost said:

No, it would take place in the 80s or 90s depending upon which decade the writer/director grew up in and romanticizes. 

ABC did a new version of The Wonder Years with an African American family. It was still set in the 60s. 

It just depends on who’s making it. Linklater was 33 when Dazed came out. He set it the year the graduated, 1976. George Lucas set American Graffiti the year he graduated high school too (1962), and it came out when he was 29 (1973). 

So yeah, if a filmmaker in his early 30s was making their version, it would be set in the mid to late aughts and all the characters would be tweeting and bumping Black Eyed Peas songs. 

26 minutes ago, mdmost said:

If Glory were made today, it would be set in 1898?

If The Longest Day were made today, it would be set in 2008.

Boy, the French would be really confused as to why we were invading.

They would surrender by noon, though.

14 minutes ago, UncleSonny said:

It just depends on who’s making it. Linklater was 33 when Dazed came out. He set it the year the graduated, 1976. George Lucas set American Graffiti the year he graduated high school too (1962), and it came out when he was 29 (1973). 

So yeah, if a filmmaker in his early 30s was making their version, it would be set in the mid to late aughts and all the characters would be tweeting and bumping Black Eyed Peas songs. 

It's just supposed to be a funny math deal. i.e. Back to the Future would be set in 1994, etc.

1 hour ago, lateshow said:

You're overthinking it, pal. 

well we know you certainly didn’t.  good job posting a facebook meme, though. 

1 hour ago, DixonHur said:

Honda Accord listening to Spoon, on the way to see Arcade Fire.

Yeah, that was when "The Underdog" was actually a rock radio hit.

If anyone had gotten knocked up at the first shaggy happy hour, that kid would be in high school by now. 

4 hours ago, NorthLoop said:

A new version of The Wonder Years would take place in 2004. 

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1 hour ago, NorthLoop said:

If anyone had gotten knocked up at the first shaggy happy hour, that kid would be in special needs school by now. 

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1 hour ago, NorthLoop said:

If anyone had gotten knocked up at the first shaggy happy hour, that kid would be in high school by now. 

Dad?

21 minutes ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

If Star Wars were made today, it would take place a long long time ago.

In a galaxy even further away

2007 Dazed & Confused:

Wooderson, "That's what I love about these high school girls, man.  I get older...they stay the same age."

Chris Hansen, "Would you have a seat right there please."   

2 hours ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

If Star Wars were made today, it would take place a long long time ago. a few years after Armybrat was born.

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7 hours ago, NorthLoop said:

A new version of The Wonder Years would take place in 2004. 

A lot happened that year.  Roy Oswalt won 20 games, Pimp My Ride hit the air, and I graduated from Hillcrest elementary.

2 hours ago, DixonHur said:

In a galaxy even further away

as the universe is ever expanding this is a true statement.

Except for the fact that many galaxies are actually moving towards one another.  

You could have the underage drinking, smoking weed, defying authority, the sexual evolution of young people, even the lunatic shootout at the corner store.  But you couldn't show the pregnant woman with a cigarette.  

17 minutes ago, futureman said:

as the universe is ever expanding this is a true statement.

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1 hour ago, WBT said:

A lot happened that year.  Roy Oswalt won 20 games, Pimp My Ride hit the air, and I graduated from Hillcrest elementary.

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1 hour ago, futureman said:

as the universe is ever expanding this is a true statement.

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The lack of change from 2007 to now vs then is pretty amazing.  The movie was set in a totally different era vs 2007 to today.  Even the first iPhone came out in 2007.  

I am positive it would involve some purple drank and some xanex. Dj screw or his contemporaries would be blaring in their Hyundai. 

Maybe molly and arcade fire by that time. Fuck I am old.

11 hours ago, lateshow said:

Were to be made today, it would be set in 2007.

So, yeah,....Enjoy your day...

aggys last national championship is closer to the Civil War (74 years) than present day (85 years). 

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9 hours ago, futureman said:

well we know you certainly didn’t.  good job posting a facebook meme, though. 

God damn man. It was just a funny thought about how if a young director was to make a new movie that was nostalgic about his high school years that it would take place in 2007. Which seems like yesterday. Whereas when I first saw Dazed in 1994, 1979 seemed like a distant past. I didn’t think that needed to be explained.  

6 minutes ago, lateshow said:

God damn man. It was just a funny thought about how if a young director was to make a new movie that was nostalgic about his high school years that it would take place in 2007. Which seems like yesterday. Whereas when I first saw Dazed in 1994, 1979 seemed like a distant past. I didn’t think that needed to be explained.  

yeah I saw it on facebook too.  I understood the premise. 

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21 minutes ago, futureman said:

yeah I saw it on facebook too.  I understood the premise. 

Honestly, I didn’t see it on Facebook. But if it makes you feel better, I’ll keep it serious on the Movies and TV forum. 

I would feel better and I appreciate your willingness to adjust your approach. 

"Check out what Melba Toast is packing here, man."

-Uh, this looks like a 2007 Toyota Supra with a ground effects kit.  

"Yeah man, we're talking serious muscle.  Let's cruise it through curbside service at Top Notch."

-What the fuck is a Top Notch?  

4 hours ago, WBT said:

A lot happened that year.  Roy Oswalt won 20 games, Pimp My Ride hit the air, and I graduated from Hillcrest elementary.

Jesus, I have socks older than you.  

Why did I think you were old?

This is a perfect movie and never needs remade. This is my class, 1977. It rings very true in many ways. I’ve watched it a jillion times.

The book is enlightening and a solid read.

It just depends on who’s making it. Linklater was 33 when Dazed came out. He set it the year the graduated, 1976. George Lucas set American Graffiti the year he graduated high school too (1962), and it came out when he was 29 (1973). 
So yeah, if a filmmaker in his early 30s was making their version, it would be set in the mid to late aughts and all the characters would be tweeting and bumping Black Eyed Peas songs. 

The seniors were class of 77.
2 hours ago, Texzilla588 said:


The seniors were class of 77.

the movie was set in 76 you human paraquat. 

I don’t give a shit if they would graduate in 77.  the movie was 76. 

If Gone With The Wind were made today Clark Gable would be dead and quite frankly, wouldn't give a damn.

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