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- inactive, on 01/12/2009, -1/+79Being a kid in the late 70's/early 80's was rather fun :)
- WebmastuhB, on 01/12/2009, -3/+73Its almost difficult to remember that when the movie came out in '77 there were three channels on tv, no home tv recording or playback of any kind, computers were as big as a bathroom, and phones weighed 20 lbs and hard to be bolted to the frame of the house (but dammit they worked 100% of the time.)
- gordonp, on 01/12/2009, -0/+42I just hate this kid:
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…………….¯”””””¯¯¯.\„_„„„----~~~”””””””””¯”””¯”””~~~-----“”¯ - dekuscrub, on 01/12/2009, -0/+30Show it to them the same way we saw it -- 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3.
Well, okay maybe just 4, 5, 6. - kelvinlls, on 01/12/2009, -1/+29How nostalgic! I remember I used to have a Star Wars lunchbox that I bring to Kindy.. =)
- CosmoP, on 01/12/2009, -3/+30We had so much fun in the 80's without all this cell phone, internet, Domo, LOL Cats crap. We also had to walk uphill for a mile in the snow to get to and from school and we liked it. You young whippersnappers just don't know how much fun you missed.
- slagmacg, on 01/12/2009, -0/+26Dugg because I grew up the same way and many of the pictures of my kids look the same way today (even though their full of Clone Wars crap).
- jonesyno, on 01/12/2009, -1/+27I miss the Yub Yub song.
- santiago1, on 01/12/2009, -1/+24 I remember, and rather miss those times! We didn't have video games to occupy our every waking moment and if we weren't in school, would spend our every waking moment outside playing. On hot summer nights, we could sleep with all the windows open (and sometimes front door), all the neighbors knew and took care of each other. Life was a lot easier and happier back then....
- GiJoeBob, on 01/12/2009, -0/+20Start with "A New Hope" and end with "The Return of the Jedi".
Burn the other ones. - aornoe785, on 01/12/2009, -0/+20Show them the classic (not special edition/reedited *****) IV, V and VI.
And never, ever mention the new ones to them. Ever. - rragle, on 01/12/2009, -1/+19I want to be 8 again...
- AYork, on 01/12/2009, -0/+17Holy crap, they all look like my childhood pictures. I vividly remember watching Star Wars in the theater as a kid; the sand people scared the living CRAP out of me. I actually hid under the seat in front of me. Hey, I was 5, OK?
It's kind of cool; my son is the same age I was when I was nuts for Star Wars, and he now sleeps on my old Empire Strikes Back sheets. Just as much a Star Wars nut as I ever was. - CosmoP, on 01/12/2009, -0/+16What the hell happend to the door knob in this picture?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maraid/3093825682/in/ ... - chrisexv6, on 01/12/2009, -0/+16Mom and Dads "special" room?
- SneakyNinja, on 01/12/2009, -0/+16That is awesome. Reminds my of my Star Wars sheets... too bad they don't make them for queen sized beds. :(
- commiecat, on 01/12/2009, -0/+15I got an AT-AT and the Millennium Falcon on two separate Christmases. Best holidays ever.
Funny thing is that I have a few of my toys still on a shelf next to my computer. My 5-year-old nephew was over for Thanksgiving and wanted to play with them, so I took out a few and we played Star Wars old-school style. I have my AT-AT, an AT-ST, a Y-Wing and Slave I. Took some video -- he's a funny kid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdQmEffHCDw&fmt ... (2:09)
I thought it was so cool that the AT-AT had those little pegs inside it that let you stand up action figures. When I showed my nephew I think he was as blown away by it as I had been. Good times. - inactive, on 01/12/2009, -1/+16You forgot the ones with your pics, Growing up *****
- theboozer, on 01/12/2009, -0/+15HAN SHOT FIRST.
- indubitably, on 01/12/2009, -0/+14What the hell were those kids thinking! Don't they know how much market value those toys lost once they opened the package!! /s
- DickyT83, on 01/12/2009, -0/+13Man I still have the large AT-AT from when I was like 4 years old. It's so bad ass.
- gordonp, on 01/12/2009, -0/+12I sometimes transfer 8mm film to DVD, and I see a lot of this sort of thing. Kids getting a lot of cool toys that I never got. Then they slam them into each other going "Pew-Pew-Pew!"
No real hate intended. Just a little tinge of "I wanted that". - inactive, on 01/12/2009, -0/+12why?
- Krissam, on 01/12/2009, -1/+12Dugg for pedobear in pic #8
- hanger69er, on 01/12/2009, -0/+11no brainer imo, release date of course!
- santiago1, on 01/12/2009, -1/+12 Well, on VHF frequency, there was 3 major channels: NBC on channel 3, ABC on Channel 13, and CBS was on channel 10 (I think), then you could switch over to UHF and if you adjusted the fine tuning, you could get channel 40, which was where the movies and stuff was. If you timed it correctly and was lucky, you tuned into channel 40 about 3pm and you could get a Merry Melodies cartoon if the movie finished early.
Jeez, I feel like I'm describing life in the 1940's-50's! :-P - ZincSaucier, on 01/12/2009, -0/+11TOOTH
5 INCHES - elizabethb221, on 01/12/2009, -1/+11That little C3PO boy was the most adorable thing I've ever seen.
- fuckingusername, on 01/12/2009, -1/+11nice flash back
- theboozer, on 01/12/2009, -0/+10Don't forget to throw the Holiday Special in there for good measure...
- unsigneddigger, on 01/12/2009, -1/+10Not to be pedantic but while there were only three Television Networks in the US in 1977, there were more than 3 channels on TV.
- ThreeHives, on 01/12/2009, -1/+10dugg for Darth Vader in front of an ARP 2600
- inactive, on 01/12/2009, -0/+9I ask this of all Star Wars fans. This was while back, but still an interesting question.
As a parent getting ready to show my children the Star Wars movies for the first time, what order should I show them in?
The order they were released on the big screen - or - Episode number order - TheAngryMob, on 01/12/2009, -0/+9Actually...they do. I'm not sure if it's a "cool" thing or a "dear lord grow up thing."
http://www.potterybarnkids.com/srch/index.cfm?word ...
But there you go. - BigPapi, on 01/12/2009, -0/+8I miss those days too. I'd spend almost every day outside after school with the kids in the neighborhood until my parents yelled down the street to call me in for dinner... and then we all got Nintendo's for Christmas one year.
- AYork, on 01/12/2009, -0/+8antistupid: I think you misunderstand. She'd be freaked out that somebody killed the monsters. She's a pretty die-hard animal lover.
But yeah, she needs to get over it. I've been feeding her horsemeat for the past few weeks, and tonight we're going to tell her. Then we're going to say we're just kidding, and it's really unicorn. - tatewatkins, on 01/12/2009, -3/+11You sir are a *****.
- BpWally, on 01/12/2009, -1/+9For a sec I thought it was all the same kid till I saw the asian kid
- gluechunk, on 01/12/2009, -3/+10- There were more than "three channels on tv" in 1977. But if you were just referring to the major networks then yes, there was no FOX, etc.
- There was equipment available to record/playback tv, but it was pricey (investigate the setup that Elvis had).
- Computers such as the Commodore PET 2001 fit in space much smaller than a bathroom.
- A typical rotary phone (that you would lease from the phone company) weighed a few pounds, not 20, and would sit on a table or counter (it didn't need to be "bolted to the frame of the house") - chuckDontSurf, on 01/12/2009, -0/+7I mainly miss summer vacation. Goddamn working sucks.
- readme, on 01/12/2009, -0/+6Reminds me of my sister's wedding in 1980. I wouldn't put on a tux unless I could wear my Star Wars t-shirt underneath. In the wedding pictures you can see the Star Wars logo through the shirt. Good times though my sister is still pissed about it nearly 30 years later :)
- ArenaRon, on 01/12/2009, -0/+6I had the R2D2 costume when I was 5 or 6 in the early 80's, and let me tell you something - damn did I feel like I was the shiznit (yes I said "shiznit".
- jerrycan, on 01/12/2009, -0/+6I'm 40. I loved starwars when it came out. Bought Luke C3P0 R2D2 and the land speeder when it came out. Saved my Kenner points to get Boba Fett before Empire came out. I loved those times. I feel bad for anyone who wasn't around then, but I'd never think less of young star wars fans. We had bloody Ewoks, but hey got Jar jar. Poor bastards...
It was a great time for the resurgance SF movies back in the late 70s/80s. Buck Rogers, Battlestar Galactica, Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (just kidding). - copypastry, on 01/12/2009, -1/+7Dugg for darth vader + arp 2600
also dugg for the girl dressed up as a clown from the david bowie "ashes to ashes" video. - ZincSaucier, on 01/12/2009, -0/+6have you ever been to any store before?
- anotherjack, on 01/12/2009, -10/+16I have noticed that every American generation describes their childhood as a kinder wonderful time. Without exception. Forget Vietnam, forget Son of Sam or Kitty Genovese, the recession, the hostages and shortages...it was a perfect time when nobody locked their doors and kids were safe.
I liked the 1970's and I get warm fuzzies over all the nostalgia, but look at these cheap costumes, these awful sharp-edged spray-painted plastic masks and yucky printed plastic outfits. This was a poor time for our country.
The children of today will one day say they miss the good old 2000's...when it "took a village" and everyone cared about "family values", with good old president Bush, who looked so nice and said soothing things. We remember the good old days because kids are happier than adults. It seems to have almost nothing to do with the environment at large. - inactive, on 01/12/2009, -0/+6Wait, what did I do?
- elizabethb221, on 01/12/2009, -2/+8Well, I was born in 1987 and probably couldn't comprehend the idea of loving a movie until the nineties, sooooo I'm sorry?
- PhantomJM, on 01/12/2009, -0/+5It warms my heart to see my kids get excited to watch the movies I grew up with. It's even better when even my 9-year-old says Jar Jar is annoying.
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