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<blockquote data-quote="Kenny Coyote" data-source="post: 197412" data-attributes="member: 102">Yeah, it has definitely changed the world, even the TV world that we have internet and cell phones and not always in a good way. I&#039;m probably going to be in the minority here, but I think the internet has been destructive as a whole to our society. Kids growing up now have no idea on what they missed out on in the 80s and 90s - that was our society&#039;s golden age. I love 70s stuff too, but was too young in the 70s to appreciate it. The 21st century has been very stagnant in many ways compared to the 20th century. Sure there are some advantages to how things are now, but overall, the late 20th century blows away the early 21st century.I&#039;m going to have to try to remember other plot points in Dallas that only worked because it was before the internet and cell phones, but I bet there are lots of those!The only one that comes to mind right now is the &quot;Who Shot JR&quot; storyline and keeping the secret. That was wonderful for the audience, and sadly, it would probably be ruined if it had been done these days because someone would have ruined the surprise for everyone else - just to get his name known as the one who discovered who the shooter is. As unbelievably inconsiderate as it would be to do that, f**king all the millions of the fans in the process, as well as all the hard working people in the show, I really believe that these days, some little bastard would do that just to get the notoriety of being the one to ruin the story. I don&#039;t understand that mentality - why would ruining the story for millions of people give anyone satisfaction?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kenny Coyote, post: 197412, member: 102"] Yeah, it has definitely changed the world, even the TV world that we have internet and cell phones and not always in a good way. I'm probably going to be in the minority here, but I think the internet has been destructive as a whole to our society. Kids growing up now have no idea on what they missed out on in the 80s and 90s - that was our society's golden age. I love 70s stuff too, but was too young in the 70s to appreciate it. The 21st century has been very stagnant in many ways compared to the 20th century. Sure there are some advantages to how things are now, but overall, the late 20th century blows away the early 21st century. I'm going to have to try to remember other plot points in Dallas that only worked because it was before the internet and cell phones, but I bet there are lots of those! The only one that comes to mind right now is the "Who Shot JR" storyline and keeping the secret. That was wonderful for the audience, and sadly, it would probably be ruined if it had been done these days because someone would have ruined the surprise for everyone else - just to get his name known as the one who discovered who the shooter is. As unbelievably inconsiderate as it would be to do that, f**king all the millions of the fans in the process, as well as all the hard working people in the show, I really believe that these days, some little bastard would do that just to get the notoriety of being the one to ruin the story. I don't understand that mentality - why would ruining the story for millions of people give anyone satisfaction? [/QUOTE]

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