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The more things change...

by Kurt
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...The more they stay the same.

It's been 36 years since this scene became famous. What's really changed in all those years?

  • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
    I can't think of any movie more deserving of a remake than Network.

    Updated of course to incorporate (pun intended) new developments since 1976.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kurt
      Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post

      I can't think of any movie more deserving of a remake than Network.

      Updated of course to incorporate (pun intended) new developments since 1976.
      If they did a remake, they wouldn't need to change a single word in the scene I posted.

      It amazes me how relevant that rant would be today.
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      • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
        That also blew me away too, Kurt.

        It certainly could have been written for today!

        But it sort of makes me wonder where we're heading. I mean, if we had those problems back then and haven't improved any of them by now, then Yikes!

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      • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
        Originally Posted by Kurt View Post

        If they did a remake, they wouldn't need to change a single word in the scene I posted.

        It amazes me how relevant that rant would be today.
        No argument from me on that.
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  • Profile picture of the author MoneyMagnetMagnate
    I loved the movie Network - and Peter Finch was Great in it...

    Personally, I always had a feeling Paddy Chayefsky might have gotten some of his inspiration from watching Frank Capra's 1941 movie Meet John Doe...
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  • Profile picture of the author Doran Peck
    The OP has a really good point....nothing ever changes...here we are in election year...and it just seems to me that every four years during campaign time it all just sounds the same...all the ear candy they give us...it sounds the same as it did every 4 years as far back as I can possibly remember.

    But in the end, the rich get richer, corruption gains more power, and our lives slide further into the crapper.

    ...its almost as if anyone we vote for actually works for someone else besides me and you....hmmm.
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