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GoneOffShore

(17,602 posts) Sun Jan 18, 2015, 12:34 PM Jan 2015

Just saw Network again after many years.

Although prescient in many ways, it seemed really dated and more than a bit preachy.

It seemed like an overwrought graphic novel.

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Just saw Network again after many years. (Original Post) GoneOffShore Jan 2015 OP

It's the model for Faux News Galileo126 Jan 2015 #1

Culture shock pscot Jan 2015 #2

Galileo126

(2,016 posts)

1. It's the model for Faux News

Reply to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Sun Jan 18, 2015, 12:50 PM

Jan 2015

1/2 the country hates it - 1/2 the country can't get enough of it.

Oy.

pscot

(21,037 posts)

2. Culture shock

Reply to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Sun Jan 18, 2015, 12:57 PM

Jan 2015

I used to really enjoy the Astaire/Rogers films. They're still nice to look at, but now days the characters seem so brittle and cynical I can only watch them with the sound off.

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