Life Before IMDB (International Movie Data Base)
I love IMDB, and almost every movie or show I watch I will check IMDB at least once to find out where else I have seen an actor, where I recognize a voice from, or because the movie is so good that I want to know what else the director, actors, writers have done!
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I can’t imagine not being able to look up something right away. I should be able to, because I lived back in the dark times before IMDB *shivers* I have hazy, pain-filled memories of wracking my brain for hours trying to figure out who was doing the voice of a cartoon character, or what else I had seen that actress in.
My eyes feasted on the credits, pathetically hopefully that their name would ring a bell and I would be able to remember the information I was searching for.
Days would pass sometimes before the answer would come to me. I would be walking with friends gossiping about boys and window shopping and suddenly call out “Star Trek, that’s where I know him from!” My friends would look at me like I was crazy. I would explain how I was watching a movie, and couldn’t remember where I had seen the actor before and it suddenly came to me, Star Trek.
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“Oh, okay,” they would say gently, as if loud noises would make me explode into a female Mr. Hyde. “What movie?”
Of course I could never remember the name of in that moment. This insured another random outburst hours or days later.
What is your favorite info website or app?
January 14, 2013 @ 8:43 am
Yes, life before IMDB was painful. I am exactly the same way, looking up actors or movies immediately after watching something. Just recently I was watching Downton Abbey and was in agony trying to figure out what I’d seen an actress in before. I actually tried to remember on my own (tried for ages), but had no luck. I finally looked her up and it took me 3 minutes to find out that she’d played Catherine of Aragon in the Tudors. I should have looked her up sooner and saved myself the trouble!
January 16, 2013 @ 7:42 am
I usually have my phone right next to me and look people up right away- I just don’t have a patience.
January 14, 2013 @ 11:17 am
I love IMDB too. I discovered it only about a year ago, and now I go frequently (pretty much whenever I know I know an actor or actress but have that tip of the tongue phenomenon).
January 16, 2013 @ 7:43 am
Only a year ago- you poor woman! I’m glad you have finally found it!
January 14, 2013 @ 1:28 pm
I use IMDB all the time. I’ve even gotten bad enough that I have the app on my phone. Makes it pretty easy to not have those terrible can’t remember anything moments.
January 16, 2013 @ 7:43 am
Oh I haven’t done the app yet. I’ll have to get it 🙂 Thanks Gilliad
January 16, 2013 @ 6:56 pm
I just reads the interwebz. I’m up to “g.”
January 21, 2013 @ 8:47 am
LOL
January 17, 2013 @ 4:25 pm
Many times I’ll be working on my laptop while my mom’s watching Netflix, and she’ll ask me to go over to IMDB and find out about a movie she’s looking at. So convenient.
January 21, 2013 @ 8:48 am
Yep use it all the time. Usually on my phone while watching TV 🙂