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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 364460" data-attributes="member: 57984">Yes, the word is used all sorts of ways. Anything filmed last Wednesday could be called "dated" because, y'know, it's Saturday.IMHO, I think "dated" means something that was once perceived to work given the pretenses of its time, but entirely doesn't hold up under the merciless gaze of contemporary scrutiny. (And, to be honest, some of early DALLAS is indeed dated by that definition in terms of its vibe and ambience, while some of the scripting of the later seasons doesn't avoid feeling dated either --- because it did at the time).Seasons 6 and 7 (per DVD count), however, can never look "dated" no matter how the clothes and couture may obviously reflect another era, because they're just too good.The script was completed in early December 1977, they started filming on the cusp of Jan/Feb 1978.[ATTACH=full]46096[/ATTACH]</blockquote>