How I Know this Movie is Dated...


I had the opportunity to revisit this movie recently as it popped up on SHOWTIME last month,and there was one thing in the movie I had to chuckle at which reminded me how dated this movie really is...remember when Marlene starts piecing things together about Peyton and she goes to the library and starts looking up old newspaper articles on the microfiche? I started cracking up because I couldn't even remember the last time I saw anyone utilizing microfiche in a movie? My, how times have changed!

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NO cell phones and the cordless phones are ENORMOUS!

DO NOT be a bully OR spelling Nazi..These boards are for FUN! NOT to belittle people.

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Kind of a late reply but even the Internet deletes news articles after a while. You may see a headline on Google, click on it, and it will be gone.
That's where the library microfiche comes in handy. You can find stuff from the 1950's on there.

Knock if off Napolean make yourself a dang quesadil-la!

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Usually the scene of looking up something on microfiche is very dramatic in a movie. Doing a google search just isn't the same.

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Another late post; just watching the movie now on Lifetime. The scene in the beginning with Claire in the doctor's office, his nurse receives a call and talks about another patient, then leaves the room. That would not happen today; HIPAA laws and no gynecologist would examine a woman without a nurse in the room (except of course, one who has intentions to molest his patient).

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Yeah, the microfiche definitely dates it...these days a screen writer would just have her google search.

Smoking in a restaurant also massively dates it for me. It just seems really alien now.

The massive car phone instead of a normal mobile phone.

A huge fuss about sending a proposal by courier instead of just emailing it. (Even further, now a lot of offices actively strive to be paper free).

The big old alarm clock instead of a phone alarm (that's dated to me anyway, I haven't owned an alarm clock in years LOL).

Walking into a house to be a Nanny without an agency or a number of references...maybe that's just Claire's stupidity though? Maybe people back then would have demanded that anyway.

For me (being in the UK) the word 'retard' which is a complete no no over here now, it's pretty much beeped over like a swear word if people do use it on TV, and even then it's quite rare because it's become such a politically incorrect word.

Marlene's dress and big old hair LOL

On a similar note, the father's big old beard LOL (Although for some reason big old lumber jack beards are back...shiver)

However....I still love this film LOL It's just become a period piece, that's all :)

~ I hardly looked at his face. His knees were what I wished to see. ~

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Why would that make it dated?
The story is supposed to take place during the time the film was released, which was 1992.
You know you're watching a movie from 1992, so don't expect the characters to google names on their smartphones.
A dated, or out-dated movie, is a movie that's past it's best.


There are movies from the 2010s that takes place during the the 16th century where they use a guy on a horse to deliver messages. That doesn't mean they were dated from start.

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I admit I have watched older movies and shows and saw an old piece of technology that you would be hard pressed to find for an affordable price. Particular old computers and TVs. Sometimes Game Boys or older game systems.

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Old post, but did a quick scan and didn't see anyone mention the "Federal Express" rather than "FedEx" reference.

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