Since Steve more or less missed the entire television era -- and would have been too poor to have one of the 5000 televisions that were in private hands in the USA by 1942, he probably just accepts that video is on-demand and more surprised that you can play movies and shows on a device that fits in your pocket.
Oh, God, yes. He'd be amazed by the idea of movies in your pocket.
I was thinking about radio as he knew it, too. He's used to fifteen-minute serials that you had to turn on at the right time or you'd miss the episode...and now people can not only listen to episodes whenever they want, but watch them as well?
He'd probably be surprised by the passing of the Hays Movie Code, too. (It was in effect until 1968. Check out the link--it will take you the actual Code AND examples of period movies that broke it.)
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Date: 2012-04-20 12:25 am (UTC)Oh, God, yes. He'd be amazed by the idea of movies in your pocket.
I was thinking about radio as he knew it, too. He's used to fifteen-minute serials that you had to turn on at the right time or you'd miss the episode...and now people can not only listen to episodes whenever they want, but watch them as well?
He'd probably be surprised by the passing of the Hays Movie Code, too. (It was in effect until 1968. Check out the link--it will take you the actual Code AND examples of period movies that broke it.)