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<blockquote data-quote="Wofano Wotanto" data-source="post: 9345285" data-attributes="member: 7044704">I don't think &quot;movie&quot; has an expiration date as such.&nbsp; &quot;Talkie&quot; went away when the novelty wore off and all films had soundtracks, but we aren't going to stop showing &quot;moving pictures&quot; and what better shorthand descriptor can you think of?&nbsp; Vids?&nbsp; Maybe someday that'll have the same connotation, but I don't see it in my lifetime.&nbsp; At the moment it mostly evokes youtube content, or for older folks even VCR tapes.I remember wondering about that even back in the 80s, but I assumed the weather planetside was so bad that knowing where the fronts were (everywhere!) didn't really help all that much.&nbsp; Then again, unmanned drones weren't on her radar either, despite the concept originating before WW2.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wofano Wotanto, post: 9345285, member: 7044704"] I don't think "movie" has an expiration date as such. "Talkie" went away when the novelty wore off and all films had soundtracks, but we aren't going to stop showing "moving pictures" and what better shorthand descriptor can you think of? Vids? Maybe someday that'll have the same connotation, but I don't see it in my lifetime. At the moment it mostly evokes youtube content, or for older folks even VCR tapes. I remember wondering about that even back in the 80s, but I assumed the weather planetside was so bad that knowing where the fronts were (everywhere!) didn't really help all that much. Then again, unmanned drones weren't on her radar either, despite the concept originating before WW2. :) [/QUOTE]

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