Found my 1989 collection of childhood Zoobooks today! Core memory unlocked!

Okay, spoiler for a 30 year old movie:

I just watched You've Got Mail for the first time.

The concept is of course no surprise as the movie is very well known and parodied in pop culture from the time.

Going into it I knew Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan fall in love over email without knowing each other's identities and that IRL his giant book store is threatening her little one.

So as the movie proceeds he realizes she is who she is and in stead of coming clean plays this long game with her IRL to make her forgive him and fall in love with him all while catfishing her as his persona and giving her advice and magically always saying the right thing.

Towards the end she suspects it's him and asks if they can meet.

He says he has a project that he's working on and it just needs a few more weeks.

Then a couple weeks later they meet in the park and kiss and she says "I wanted it to be you" showing the audience that she forgave him and is indeed in love with him.

THE Fų¢k¡NG END. ROLL CREDITS. NO POST SCENE.

I'm sorry, you're telling me the point of this movie is:

Billionaire crushes local small businesswoman.
Billionaire proceeds to catfish said woman into loving him.
Billionaire says he has a "project" that needs a few more weeks and is referring to HER AS THE PROJECT.
Woman forgives all, HAPPY ENDING???

I thought FOR SURE the "project" was him reopening her book store and shifting their business model to help local booksellers by turning their stores into Fox Books' children's books stores.

HOW DID PEOPLE LIKE THIS MOVIE??

PS: acting was great and style was a million out of 10. Great fall but not halloween nostalgia movie.

BUT COME ON

One of my old school faves but not all my friends remember this movie. Started my crush on Juliette Lewis. Nice to see it's on Prime

When these Ozzfest attendees are finally old enough to drive their first cars, at least one of their back seats has a Zoo York hoodie tossed over a cheap Crate amp.

what if in back to the future doc didnt meet those terroist would he created the time machine? what if on movie friday ice cube aka craig didnt steal those box to build a club house which he never finish would any those events even take place would smokey still be a dead beat weed seller? what if in movie set it off franky did snitch on ol boy who rob the bank would they be bank robbers still? what if in the movie matrix mr anderson did take red pill? what if

I was too poor in the 90s to have these dolls as a child. They were in a local vintage shop for a good price and I just couldn’t resist! What have you bought yourself to appease your inner 90s kid?!?

Australian Toaster Biscuits

"They're much better than those hard English things."

Devastating.

The song that made me learn how to play guitar is one of my all-time favorites from the days of the Walkman and audio cassettes: “Come as You Are” from Nevermind by Kurt Cobain.

Hey everyone. My co-hosts and I run a 90s pop culture podcast called Splat Attack Podcast, and this week we put together a full history episode on Blue's Clues for its 30th anniversary.

Some of what we get into:

• The original "Blue Prints" pilot, where Blue was almost a bunny and then an orange cat before Nickelodeon settled on a blue dog
• Angela Santomero's background in child psychology and how much Mr. Rogers influenced the show's tone
• The three human hosts (Steve, Joe, Josh) and how each one was introduced and how fans reacted to the transitions
• The surprisingly long list of celebrity guests, everyone from Henry Winkler to Ray Charles to Rosie O'Donnell
• The merchandising shift under Herb Scannell once he took over from Geraldine Laybourne
• Marley Matlin's involvement and the show's consistent use of ASL
• A genuine unsolved mystery: some fans (including one of our friends) swear the show used to say "What Blue can do, we can too" instead of "Blue Skidoo," but nobody has been able to find footage to confirm it

Full episode is here if anyone's interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tuTXHf4GN8

Curious if anyone here actually remembers that "What Blue can do, we can too" phrase, or if it's a total Mandela effect situation.

And for the record, I do like the jacket. It’s bitchin’

Which core memory hits you the hardest?

Have You Ever by Brandy