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If “Imagine” and other caltural icons are decaying, then “Forrest Gump” should display exponential decay.

Enjoy if you still “get it”. It’s a “classic”: https://youtu.be/rLDy4Glw9cY




Looking at that clip, it's remarkable that Forest Gump isn't just a nostalgia flick but a special effects tour de force... there's very definitely some showboating going on at the start with Lennon ducking in and around Forest. Perhaps the trained eye can discern subtle lighting glitches that give the game away but in the 90s this was mind-blowing.


the video was great - still seems to hold up ok, maybe because it was showing something which already looked dated at the time. the voicework got me - even just a few words in a wrong accent bugs me with beatles stuff :)


Forrest Gump is one of my favorite movies.

I'm from Germany, not the US and the first time I watched it as a teen I only got the obvious references. Each time I rewatched it, I found more and more references to US history, which just made the movie even better for me.


I will give it credit for the historical references, but it really is a circle jerk to baby boomers.

Thankfully they didn't film Forrest going to space that was in the book .




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