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    Zando777 — 13 years ago(January 16, 2013 01:30 AM)

    The problem is that Rubik's cubes (and Walkmans) are quintessentially 80's items. So their inclusion is a glaring error in a 70's film. Kind of like having Reagan as President.

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      CocksureBurns — 12 years ago(November 25, 2013 06:41 PM)

      Having Reagan as President was a glaring error of the eighties. In REAL life!

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        alstone58103 — 12 years ago(February 08, 2014 09:55 PM)

        Indeed.

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          montoblonde — 11 years ago(August 12, 2014 03:26 PM)

          Interesting and misguided statement.

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            tomisinthehouse — 11 years ago(January 01, 2015 07:12 AM)

            Actually Reagan could have been president in the 1970's but it was that darn Ford guy who was nominated. I still like the fact that Reagan was president during the 80's. He was the best President this country ever had. We all love him.

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              Zeppelin75 — 12 years ago(January 28, 2014 06:33 AM)

              Yeah I agree, today the Rubik's Cube is really a cornerstone of the 1980s, and they referenced it in 1979 a few months before it was named that.
              But, in reality, when you are actually old enough to remember, you won't really care(or perhaps even remember) about a few months.
              "I'm pretty sure there were no aliens in 1979 either. :)"
              There was an Alien, but you are right No Alien(s) in 1979, perfect joke! Great little subtle reference right there, even if you didn't make it on purpose.

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                tube517 — 14 years ago(December 17, 2011 10:37 PM)

                I didn't see a Walkman in stores until about 1981. They took alot of liberties w/these things.

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                  bainf — 13 years ago(April 10, 2012 09:55 PM)

                  Walkmans was a lame way to have a major event happen and be "missed" by a dopey teenager. It wouldnt have mattered if it was 1960, I think they would still have stuck that scene in. Dissapointing they could not come up with a better scene to have events going on and no one notice. I expect better from Spielberg
                  But I did like some of the period things like film in cardboard boxes and rush jobs taking 3 days
                  PS my rich friend in our country town had the first walkman I saw and that was 1983 when his parents came back from Japan. I got a cheap? ($39) Sanyo in 1984. Two tapes and the batteries were dead plus the plastic belt clip snapped the first time I bent over lol. Things may exist a long time before they become popular. My uncle had a microwave in the 60's

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                      Jacuk — 13 years ago(June 17, 2012 04:24 PM)

                      If you had 2 in 79 you would either live in Japan or perhaps your just a liar.

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                          Jacuk — 13 years ago(June 17, 2012 06:50 PM)

                          True but still having two is 400$ around 2000$ in current $
                          But as i have said in other posts it would be possible since they came out in 79

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                              Zando777 — 13 years ago(January 16, 2013 01:34 AM)

                              The gas station attendant clearly wasn't.

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                                sun_scryer — 12 years ago(June 26, 2013 09:51 PM)

                                Having two walkman's in 1979 isn't being a tech junkie it's called 'being rich'. So you're also a rich person. It's not the same.

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                                  king_of_bob — 11 years ago(September 01, 2014 07:33 AM)

                                  Yeah, because nobody ever imported anything
                                  Prof. Farnsworth: Oh. A lesson in not changing history from Mr. I'm-My-Own-Grandpa!

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                                    sunshinesoda — 13 years ago(October 05, 2012 01:19 AM)

                                    Total Back to the Future awesomeness right there! "You know we had two"

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                                      fluffchop — 12 years ago(October 10, 2013 09:14 PM)

                                      Liberties were taken and no you didn't unless you were a completely rich spoiled brat. Either way I couldn't care less what you had. It only supports the fact that liberties were taken as this kid in a small town working nights in a gas station happens to have a Walkman in 1979? Total BS. And no they wouldn't have heard of a Rubik's cube also. No way no how.

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                                        booyahboy_uk — 14 years ago(December 26, 2011 07:41 AM)

                                        The first continuity error I noticed was when the kid who directs the movie starts screaming oh my god every 5 seconds which I'm pretty sure no kid did back in those days.
                                        "If they moveKill 'em!"

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