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DaemonSeid 07-02-2007 07:54 AM

Old Classics vs the New Hotness
 
This game is kinda like a then and now and also goes hand in hand with the I Love the 80's thread

Think of any fad ( clothing, music, gadgets, movies ANYTHING IS FAIR GAME) or technological innovation that you may remember.

Give what was cool 'back in the day' and give the comparison now

Let me get it started:

Old Classic: Sony Walkman
New Hotness: Apple Ipod, Microsoft Zune

Old Classic: Magic and MJ
New Hotness: Kobe and Lebron

Old Classic: 13in Color TV
New Hotness: 50in Plasma HDTV

Old Classic: Nintendo 8bit
New Hotness: X box 360 and PS 3

Old Classic: Sparkle
New Hotness: Dreamgirls

Old Classic: US vs Russia
New Hotness: US vs Iraq

Old Classic: Cordless phone (w' Antenna)
New Hotness: Cell phones

Old Classic: Stop Motion Animation (think Clash of the Titans)
New Hotness: CGI

Old Classic: FM Stereo
New Hotness: XM radio

Old Classic: Michael Jackson
New Hotness: Beyonce

AlphaFrog 07-02-2007 08:14 AM

Old Classic: Game Shows
Net Hotness: "Reality" TV


Old Classic: Patty Duke, Haley Mills
New Hotness: LiLo, Hilary Duff


Old Classic: Elizabeth Taylor
Net Hotness: Paris Hilton (although I still don't know why)

DaemonSeid 07-02-2007 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog (Post 1478194)
Old Classic: Game Shows
Net Hotness: "Reality" TV


Old Classic: Patty Duke, Haley Mills
New Hotness: LiLo, Hilary Duff


Old Classic: Elizabeth Taylor
New Hotness: Paris Hilton (although I still don't know why)

Old Classic: Celebrity Couples:Sonny and Cher, Sean Penn and Madonna, Demi Moore and Bruce Willis

New Hotness: Combined Couple Names aka Portmanteau:TomKat, Bennifer or BenLO, Brangelina

Old Classic: Rated R....take the kids at your own risk
New Hotness: Rated PG 13 sure...take the kids...at the risk of seeing a crappy movie

33girl 07-02-2007 10:13 AM

Old Classic: putting a disco tune on your latest album
New Hotness: selling your new album exclusively in Starbucks

summer_gphib 07-02-2007 10:27 AM

Old Classic: Barbie! :D
New Hotness: Bratz

Old Classic: MTV playing MUSIC with awesome VJ's like Nina Blackwood and Martha Quinn
New Hotness: MTV playing docudramas, reality TV, and other "shows"

Old Classic: Donahue
New Hotness: Jerry Springer and Dr. Phil

Old Classic: The Cosby Show
New Hotness: The Office

DaemonSeid 07-02-2007 10:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by summer_gphib (Post 1478280)
Old Classic: Barbie! :D
New Hotness: Bratz

Old Classic: MTV playing MUSIC with awesome VJ's like Nina Blackwood and Martha Quinn
New Hotness: MTV playing docudramas, reality TV, and other "shows"

Old Classic: Donahue
New Hotness: Jerry Springer and Dr. Phil

Old Classic: The Cosby Show
New Hotness: The Office

Old Classic: Watching TV

new Hotness: Watching YouTube

OneTimeSBX 07-02-2007 10:43 AM

old classic:taking secrets to your grave
new hotness: snitching

old classic: mistresses keeping their clientele a mystery
new hotness: writing a tell-all book about it, including names and dates

old classic: at least being married to most of your baby mamas
new hotness: knock 'em up and keep it moving

old classic: jazzercise
new hotness: pilates and hip hop abs

old classic: groups with actual back up bands (like earth, wind & fire)
new hotness: 5 cute guys/girls with a synthesizer (too many to name...)

DaemonSeid 07-02-2007 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OneTimeSBX (Post 1478292)
old classic:taking secrets to your grave
new hotness: snitching

old classic: mistresses keeping their clientele a mystery
new hotness: writing a tell-all book about it, including names and dates

old classic: at least being married to most of your baby mamas
new hotness: knock 'em up and keep it moving

old classic: jazzercise
new hotness: pilates and hip hop abs

old classic: groups with actual back up bands (like earth, wind & fire)
new hotness: 5 cute guys/girls with a synthesizer (too many to name...)

oooooo...that was fuuunnnyyyyy.....

old classic: scandalous people

New Hotness: haters


Old Classic: Oprah 20 years ago

New Hotness: Oprah now..... (that's really up for debate)


Old Classic - Taping yoru music on a cassette from the radio

New hotness - downloading your music and ripping it to ur mp3 device

Drolefille 07-02-2007 11:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid (Post 1478291)
Old Classic: Watching TV

new Hotness: Watching YouTube

I'd say
Old Classic: Watching TV
New Hotness: Buying the DVD set

summer_gphib 07-02-2007 11:33 AM

Old School: Omar Epps on ER (Dr. Gant)

New Hotness: Omar Epps on House (Dr. Foreman)

OneTimeSBX 07-02-2007 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by summer_gphib (Post 1478335)
Old School: Omar Epps on ER (Dr. Gant)

New Hotness: Omar Epps on House (Dr. Foreman)

he's all hotness to me ;)

old classic: dedicating a song on the radio at night
new hotness: scrolling a dedication across the bottom of the screen during TRL

old classic: andrew dice clay, vanilla ice
new hotness: eminem, paul wall

old classic: gold teeth
new hotness: platinum with diamond inlays

old classic: nose rings
new hotness: everything else getting pierced

old classic: lee press-on nails
new hotness: paying someone $40 for acrylics

old classic: double dare on nickelodeon
new hotness: extreme elimination challenge on spike (hey, they both have nasty obstacle courses lol!)

DaemonSeid 07-02-2007 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OneTimeSBX (Post 1478345)
he's all hotness to me ;)

old classic: dedicating a song on the radio at night
new hotness: scrolling a dedication across the bottom of the screen during TRL

old classic: andrew dice clay, vanilla ice
new hotness: eminem, paul wall

old classic: gold teeth
new hotness: platinum with diamond inlays

old classic: nose rings
new hotness: everything else getting pierced

old classic: lee press-on nails
new hotness: paying someone $40 for acrylics

old classic: double dare on nickelodeon
new hotness: extreme elimination challenge on spike (hey, they both have nasty obstacle courses lol!)


old Classic: Writing a letter, checking grammar and sending snail mail
New Hotness: Typing a letter with 'netspeech' (ur, BTW etc...) running a quick spellcheck and e mailing it


Old Classic - using the newspaper classified to find stuff to buy/sell
New Hotness - craigslist and ebay


Old Classic: Standing outside camping for concert tickets
New Hotness: Refreshing your browser waiting for them to go on sale.....

Old Classic: Women's Rights
New Hotness: Immigration Rights

OneTimeSBX 07-02-2007 12:08 PM

old classic: filling out applications after you found a job in person
new hotness: emailing a resume after seeing it on Monster lol

old classic: the dictionary
new hotness: spell check

old classic: a notebook with a lock on it
new hotness: blogs

old classic: oil of olay
new hotness: a facelift.

old classic: wonderbras
new hotness: implants

old classic: baking in the sun for hours
new hotness: spray on tans

DaemonSeid 07-02-2007 01:30 PM

Old Classics: Boy Meets Girl, Boy loves Girl, Girl leaves Boy for another Boy.
New Hotness: Boy Meets Girl, Boy loves girl, Girl leaves Boy for another girl.

OneTimeSBX 07-02-2007 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid (Post 1478436)
Old Classics: Boy Meets Girl, Boy loves Girl, Girl leaves Boy for another Boy.
New Hotness: Boy Meets Girl, Boy loves girl, Girl leaves Boy for another girl.

yep, those were the days...lol!

old classics: getting sent out of town when you got knocked up.
new hotMESS: going on maury and telling people you dont know who the hell your baby daddy is!


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