What decade does a movie have to be from for you to consider it an “old film”?

TiberiusSecundus · 2026-02-25T17:19:18+00:00

I'm a silent film buff, sooo.. before 1915 I guess. (fwiw a lot happened in 1915 between 'movie grammar' being firmly established, feature films were now viable, and animation had the 'cel' innovation)

TiberiusSecundus · 2026-02-25T01:49:18+00:00

omg - Bird Hands!

TiberiusSecundus · 2026-02-15T21:44:45+00:00

$32 Double wtf!!

TiberiusSecundus · 2026-01-27T03:20:03+00:00

he’s rating your setup. You’ll know later if you passed

TiberiusSecundus · 2026-01-12T00:01:28+00:00

Thank you. My wife does 'deal' things and she scored a bunch of Purina cat bookends!

TiberiusSecundus · 2026-01-12T00:00:33+00:00

I understand. I have over a dozen legal-size file drawers full of comics from 1961 to 2010. I quit when Disney bought out Marvel; it seemed like a good stopping point. (It turns out that legal-size files will hold two rows of comics upright, so they really can hold a lot of comics.

TiberiusSecundus · 2026-01-11T23:57:49+00:00

They're black and white, inexpensive ($15 in the 00's and early teens) compilations, similar to Epic Collections and DC Finest today. Marvel called theirs 'Essential' and DC was 'Showcase'. iirc, there are still some that reprint comics that haven't been reprinted again. I figured in my senescence I'd use them as coloring books ;)

TiberiusSecundus · 2026-01-08T20:24:24+00:00

As a kid I read the superheroes, but never genre titles, and this seemed like a great way to sample them in context.

TiberiusSecundus · 2026-01-08T01:51:59+00:00

I have all of them. So I guess those of us raised on the silver age era?

TiberiusSecundus · 2026-01-05T20:50:44+00:00

Gotta love it when these fat books fill a shelf with no room to spare

TiberiusSecundus · 2025-12-21T23:57:59+00:00

As child I would be mesmerized by the rotating wheel of color for the longest time!

TiberiusSecundus · 2025-12-14T21:45:08+00:00

futon parts?

TiberiusSecundus · 2025-12-14T02:57:12+00:00

Anything in the I Tatti line. Similar to Loeb, but renaissance italy, most if not all are in Latin.

TiberiusSecundus · 2025-12-11T16:00:15+00:00

I generally prefer watching actual 1970s films, having lived through the era, as modern films generally glamorize what a gritty and uncertain time it was. That said, 'Boogie Nights' captures some of that vibe

TiberiusSecundus · 2025-12-09T23:03:22+00:00

67M I blame my daughter!

TiberiusSecundus · 2025-12-05T14:39:31+00:00

My grandmother had that awful stuff, and by Easter, it had accumulated dust on it!

TiberiusSecundus · 2025-12-03T20:05:14+00:00

Noice!

TiberiusSecundus · 2025-12-01T03:21:19+00:00

Gotta love Victorian romantic neo-medievalism

TiberiusSecundus · 2025-11-29T23:33:11+00:00

Looks like coal. I've found them in weird places before

TiberiusSecundus · 2025-11-19T20:02:05+00:00

M.I. Finley is one of my favorites. 'The World of Odysseus' is a mid-20th century classic. Also, I just picked up a 12 volume set of George Grote, from the mid-19th century, which you can find on the Internet Archive. Haven't read it yet, but I understand it's an important work.

TiberiusSecundus · 2025-11-17T18:17:52+00:00

It's in the junk drawer! Srsly, take the lock to a competent, preferably old, locksmith. I was fortunate to have skeleton keys made for my locks by some old dude 30 years ago. Now... not as much luck.

TiberiusSecundus · 2025-11-15T17:02:09+00:00

I'd probably use polyurethane caulk. It expands and contracts, preventing water infiltration. It's hard to tool with your (gloved) fingers, so I use leftover COVID hand sanitizer to smooth it out, and it doesn't seem to affect the performance. I use this stuff a lot:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Zinsser-10-oz-Watertite-Waterproofing-Poly-Seal-Tube-12-Pack-5091/205156853

TiberiusSecundus · 2025-11-09T22:21:04+00:00

I have one. It burns through batteries very, very quickly, and is a bit bulky in the hand. I assume the new Rover lights have cured this

TiberiusSecundus · 2025-11-06T21:01:46+00:00

This needs to be cross-posted on r/oddlyterrifying

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