How long have you been following the sport?

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  1. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    What do they call people in this general age group? They're not boomers... I forget the term. Blah.
     
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    Reznik calls them," Old Farts" ,or perhaps he's referring to just me?
     
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    Well, I wouldn't call anyone that because it's disrespectful. No reason to **** on boxings seniors or err, older fans? I don't know, hahah.
     
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    It's no problem.
     
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    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Irregardless, if there is indeed a joke on this forum it's on the younger fans, not the older ones.

    So you guys were around when boxing was good... how about film? Anyone old enough to remember when movies weren't bloated messes that are merely trying to be derivative of much finer, already established works? Am I just too cynical?
     
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    My partner says I only watch B&W films,and to be fair many of my favourites are the old classics such as :
    Treasure Of The Sierra Madre
    Citizen Kane
    Casablanca
    SevenSamurai
    Les Infants Du Paradis
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    etc
     
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    27 years old started in 96..grew up on Oscar, Hopkins, Floyd and the klitschkos
     
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    I watched "The Day The Earth Stood Still" from 1951 with my girlfriend a few night ago. I loved it. Such a smartly written and character driven story, with real intelligence and a point behind it. Great acting as well.

    Classic enough for your tastes, Mcvey?
     
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    I'm nearly 65, and I've been following the sport since about '62 or '63....and boxing has devolved,...at least it has for me...certainly it has since the 70's, in almost every conceivable way. I don't even bother following the modern scene...boxing exists for me through this forum, You Tube, and my memories.
     
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    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Russell, you don't have to answer to anyone regarding classic tastes. That was a great movie...they'd only turn out an inferior 3rd degree copy if they attempted a remake...maybe they already have, since there hasn't been any quality or originality in hollywood for years.
     
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    1963 circa Emile Griffith certainly was quality...but I think his greatest fight was in April of 1966.
     
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    Magnificent selection of movies...great taste you have sir!:beer-toast1:
     
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    Also nearly the exact same age as my father. The man doesn't know what he missed over the years, I'm telling you.

    I sat him down and I had him watch Franklin vs Johnson II earlier this evening while he had a little free time. He loved it. Said He "Really liked that Franklin guy".

    As for the answering for taste post, I was just messing around with Mcvey mostly. I do have tastes that in general tend to be for older things, but I think that's more an indication of the higher quality of, say, boxing and film in previous years.

    When do you think Hollywood really shat the bed? I look back now at the mid 90's when CGI in movies started to get really big, and they started creating movies with actors in front of a green screen as opposed to a movie full of dialogue, interesting cinematography or anything of actual substance. Twister comes to mind. Remember that movie? Big, loud, dumb and stupid just about explains it all.
     
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    After my first few sessions at the boxing club in 1970 was when i started following the sport, ably assisted by my Father who was a massive boxing fan, so it is in my genes.... (well that's what i used to tell the young ladies anyway);)

    My interest in boxing history was from 1976 after i was given a book called Superfists, which gave the history of the Heavyweight title from Sullivan to Ali, i was hooked after that.
     
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    hollywood took a priceless, class A gem,...The 3:10 to Yuma,... they
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    to do a remake...and it was hopelessly inferior...same thing with The Thing IMO....The Addams Family, The Nutty Professor, The Island of Lost Souls (remade as The Island of Dr. Moreau), The Magnificent Seven, Ben Hur, ...etc.,...the list goes on and on...they just can't leave perfection alone.
    Yes, big, loud, dumb and stupid expresses it very well!
     
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