It's about time, I hate cellular phones!

That's your opinion and I respect it. Personally though I'd rather die than embrace this sad century we live in. I still use film cameras, a CRT television and a VHS tape player, pencils, pens, paper, a film projector, a super 8 camera, paper maps, printed newspapers - and I've tried a number of tablets, cellular phones and other digital junk and hated them all, aside from one old laptop computer that's useful for publishing books with (paperbacks and hardcovers, definitely not E-books, I don't care if there's a bigger market for e-books these days). I still send letters all the time, having a paper letter that somebody took the time to write out by hand, is more valuable to me than a typed-up email that can be deleted like it never existed. I'm an analog person living in a digital world, I might not comply with the swiftly-changing digital age but I certainly don't have to embrace it. I'm also not that old. I was born in 1998, and frankly the future isn't looking too good lately. Microchip implants for humans, drones that can spy on people through their windows, phones implanted into peoples brains, film and paper becoming obsolete (and yes I realize that there are digital cameras and E-readers, but what if you despise those things and you really enjoy paper books and celluloid film?), selective memory removal through electric impulses, autonomous weapons - at what point does technology cross the line and become unethical and immoral? I can understand having a phone for work or for using as a GPS, but when people are getting into fatal accidents on the highway because they decided to text while driving, or when they have symptoms of withdraw when forced to be separated from their phones, that's not a good sign. It makes me want to build a concrete hole in the ground and wait below for humanity to come to its senses. I'm not trying to sound paranoid or anything, but the digital age is disturbing. And what if you can't stand using a cellular phone at work? What if you'd rather use an "old-fashioned" telephone, or just talk to people face-to-face (and without Skype, too)? Then would there be accommodations so that you could find a good job, or would you be screwed, living on the street because you didn't want to be caught up in the digital addiction? It's easy to say "let go of the past and embrace the future", and maybe it's easy for you to do so, but some people either see the future as a threat, see digital technology as unnecessary, they have much better memories of the past, or analog technology is their passion and they'd be devastated to let it go. Some people just wouldn't be able to get over it because it's what they love. That would be like me telling you that you should throw away your Smartphone and replace it with a rotary telephone and a paper fold-out map just because I think those things are better. In my opinion nothing should ever become obsolete so long as there are people who enjoy using it.

There is nothing wrong with a child taking a photograph (I hate the phrase "selfy" though) - but posting it up on social media sites, with little understanding of how once you post a picture up, it's not going to ever just go away, is really not a good idea. It's not the child's fault, it's the fault of the parent for not teaching their child how to use the phone responsibly before giving it to them. And cellular phones block out human interaction; like I said, I've seen couples texting each other when they're sitting right next to each other. I've seen people pushing their children out of the way so that they can text. I've seen people at weddings and funerals, texting during the services. That might not bother some people, but to me, it's disrespectful and a total disregard for others around them and for human life. A phone can be turned off. It can be put away, it can be set aside for more important things. A child or a friend or a spouse is far more important than an electronic device.

Also, hypothetically speaking, suppose there was a nuclear bomb dropped (the electromagnetic pulse would render most electronic devices useless)? Or a sudden large disaster? All those phones and DVD players and computers would just be boxes used to hold open doors. They'd be completely useless. And tons of people would go into withdraw, wondering frantically whether or not they still remember how to write by hand, or wondering how they'll be able to live without video games or social media. They'll be more concerned about their followers on Twitter than they will about the people around them. If there was a nuclear bomb, people would be so busy trying to get that last selfy photo in front of the mushroom cloud, that they'd fail to realize just how important life is. There are some intelligent people who like digital technology, but there are a vast majority or idiots who also like it and they're addicted to it. I'm sure you could live without a phone if you wanted to, but many people these days just wouldn't be able to function without one because they've come to rely on them so heavily. :(

I apologize for ranting, but I have my reasons. 1408 was a pretty good film, so hopefully Cell will be a good one, too. :)

"The 21st century is all flash but no substance." ~ Smog City

Having a device for everything. What an exciting time the 90's were.

I disagree with you and let me tell you why.

Some years ago, my state as well as five or six other states on the East Coast were the victims of our first earthquake. In terms of magnitude, it was maybe 2 or 3. I actually felt our house shake. When I went to pick my cell phone to call for help, there was dead silence. To this day, no one has been able to explain to my why and some folks find it funny that I couldn't get a dial tone.

This is not the first time this happened. On 9/11, there were massive cell phone outages in many parts of the US, primarily here on the East Coast. I recall one of my relatives couldn't use her cell phone either.

So you say the original poster is living in the past? Well, maybe they should because at least they don't rely on technology as much as the rest of us do. Question, I'm curious as to how the survivors of this film will be able to cope without cell phones or any other form of technology that emits some form of signals?

Now, my question to you is what good is all this technology when it fails at crucial moments?

Whatever you say, but I'm not about to buy some money-sucking godawful phone just for the sake of being reachable 24/7. I understand that some people find those things useful and that's all well and good, but giving up the real world the way so many others do for digital technology just because it's a flashy trend is downright idiotic.

Also, I don't need an analog signal to watch things on a CRT TV. I have loads of films and TV shows on VHS and to get the news I read a newspaper - oh, but I guess that makes me Amish now, eh? So I like 20th century technology and think that the world was perfectly alright without all the digital hype, how is that bothering you? And I think texting is a waste of time and I don't want to be reachable 24/7, is that really that backwards? Some people need to be reachable that often for their career (even though up until the late Nineties there was certainly no need for it), but I'm still able to hold down a job, have friends and function in life without a phone. The idea that they're necessary is the same way winos think booze is necessary. I'm not saying we should throw ourselves back to the time of covered wagons and horse-drawn buggies or anything, all I'm saying is, I like my film cameras and printed books and written letters and CRT and rotary phone. Why give up something I'm happy with that all works out really well, just so I can get a phone and be like every other sheeple on the street? Phones seem convenient but I got an iPhone 5 for my birthday - it was a burden, it was annoying and I ended up giving it away to my neighbor who wanted one after a week of putting up with getting endless garbage with it and finding that it just wasn't what I wanted and to me it was worthless.

And why shouldn't the way other people use their phones bug me? When someone you knew has died and you're at a funeral to remember them, what right does anyone have to lean over the coffin and take a selfie with big goofy grin on their face, and what right do they have to sit there texting because their Twitter feed is more important to them than the real world? How is t right, when people are proclaiming their vows at a wedding, for somebody to sit there texting someone about trivial matters? If there's an emergency, sure, calling someone during a funeral or wedding is fine, but selfies and social media? If that's "Luddite behavior" to think that society has come to a depressing rut when things like that go on, well, I'd rather be a Luddite than a moron who can't look up from their shiny new glowing screens and chrome and realize that there's a problem.

Yes, I realize that if there was a nuclear bomb or similar disaster that there'd be bigger concerns than technology, but in this day and age, if a disaster like that did happen, there'd certainly be a lot of people who would think that they couldn't live without these devices. Have you ever seen the way people act when their devices aren't there with them? I was doing a college exam last year, and this guy a couple of seats ahead of me started to break down and cry. I thought at first that it was just that he was overwhelmed by the test questions, but it turned out that he was having a freakout because he wasn't allowed to use his phone calculator or look at the photos he took of the notes for class, and he wanted to text his girlfriend because he'd told her that he would at the same time he was writing the test. Without his phone, he was this adult man crying over it. He wasn't the only one, a couple of girls did the same thing during a math assessment when I was in high school. They've even started handing out pamphlets at that school about tech addiction because they've had so many problems with kids in school not being able to do work without their phone. I think part of those kids' behavior is just immaturity, but it shows that there are people, and not just one oddball or something, but there are people who seriously can't stand being separated from their phone. I've never had a problem with not having a phone during an exam, but that's probably because I'm just living in the past as you say. Maybe in the future we'll have flying cars and robotic butlers and we'll all eat soylent green to solve all our problems, so they'll just throw exams out the window because our cell phones will do everything for us. 😅

"The 21st century is all flash but no substance." ~ Smog City

Thank god someone agrees with me, I think the world was way better off without cell phones. I guess I'll have to accept that the technology isn't going anywhere anytime soon, but I'm glad I'm not the only one who hasn't decided to indulge in a cell phone. :)

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"The 21st century is all flash but no substance." ~ Smog City

They really are like mindless zombies and if you think its bad now, wait until the kids today grow up. They have been using cell phones since like 8-10 years of age. Honestly, they will be like robots. Never speaking to each other, just constantly texting.

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"The 21st century is all flash but no substance." ~ Smog City

I see the same things almost every day, and it's sad to drive through town and see that, instead of playing at the park and interacting and forming lifelong friendships, kids are all just texting away like sheep. It's not so much the phone itself that's the problem, it's that almost every person these days has no consideration for the others around them. When I go to the film store nowadays, phone zombies laugh at me for buying a reel of super 8 or 35mm film, and I'm worried that sooner or later stores will just stop selling film altogether. It's like the world is going to hell over an electronic device. It's pathetic. When I started college my family tried to convince me to buy a Smartphone so I could "make more friends" - I ignored that, I've never had a cellular phone, just a landline telephone, and I see no reason to throw my money away for the sake of texting. I'm not all that old, I remember being a kid in the early 2000's, and I never saw a kid with a phone. Everyone seemed so much happier and real, but then right around 2009, suddenly almost every kid I knew had a phone and had it in their hands 24/7. I wonder where it all went wrong...

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"The 21st century is all flash but no substance." ~ Smog City

Yes, I can understand how many people find that useful. I honestly see no reason to tezt though when I can just speak to people, either with a telephone or in person. And when I'm on the road, I don't want any mobile connection. It's illegal in the province I live in to text while driving or to use any mobile device while driving for that matter, including Bluetooth stuff. Everybody still uses it while driving anyway, but I'd rather be safe than sorry. And I don't do digital photography. I love film. Film isn't superior to digital or vice-versa, each one has its pros and cons, but I've been using film all my life, I was born with film and I'll die with film. I understand that in some cases digital tech is very useful for some people, especially if they use it for their job, but I just don't like it. It's just a matter of opinion.

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"The 21st century is all flash but no substance." ~ Smog City

There is nothing wrong with it if you use it in moderation, but there in lies the problem as a significant portion of the population are not using thier cell phones in moderation. Thier cell phone usage could EASILY be described as abusive and they could easily be classified as being addicted to cell phone usage.

Its like the difference between some jack*s texting while he is driving and the person that has the sense to wait until they are stopped at a light or actually pull over to take a call or make a text. There is nothing wrong with a cell phone if the person pulls over and uses it properly, but there is a LOT wrong with someone texting while they are driving. The number of innocent people that are bing killed by idiots who can't wait a couple minuted to make a text is nothing short of frightening. So no, there is nothing wrong with a cell phone when its used in moderation and used in a proper manner, but there is a LOT wrong with cell phones when people abuse them and use them improperly, like when driving. And unfortunately, right now there are a FAR greater number of people using them improperly/abusing them than using them moderately or in a proper manner.

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I think if you paid half as much attention in shool as you do to you cell phone, you might actually have the education to complete a proper sentence. Thats what I think about that.

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I hope you get pulled over by the cops. If you want to text while driving and be a hazard to others around you on the road because you're seriously just that stupid, well that's your choice (and by the way, if you're driving a car right now as you say, how are you even getting the WiFi to post on IMDB?. You should really grow the hell up, you know. I don't know what's more pathetic, that you're so wrapped up with your phone that you're going to be on it while driving, or your smug attitude about it all. Very immature, go back to school.

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"The 21st century is all flash but no substance." ~ Smog City

I see where you're coming from, but I really think you're taking what I've said out of context.

My hatred for cellular phones has nothing to do with never having the chance to experience them myself, nor is it about nostalgia for the past. I simply think devices from "the past" (or are they really from the past if they still exist in the present day?) are better. Are devices like film projectors and landline phones better for society in general? Maybe, maybe not, but I know that older devices are better for me. I've had a few cell phones in the past that I ended up giving away, selling and tossing in the dumpster because I saw no need for them.

My problem isn't so much with phones themselves even though I greatly dislike them personally. If people need a phone for work, or if they want one for whatever reason, that's their right. My problem is with the way cell phones invade every space in the world. You can't go anywhere without seeing a cell phone anymore. It gives a sense of claustrophobia and depression to not be able to go anywhere without seeing people indulging in their phones, as addicted as heroin, not bothering to pay attention to the world around them. They're missing out on life every day, and the people who text and drive are not only moronic, but a threat to others on the road. At least once a month where I live there's an accident caused by texting while driving, most of them causing minor vehicle damage, and a few more serious ones causing the deaths of innocent people.

No, cell phones don't need to be banned completely. That's not my decision to make and that would strip people of their freedom to own one. But there should be a tighter leash on the people who irresponsibly use them. Look at all the issues caused by phones every day: cyberbullying, car accidents, easier sharing of pornographic images, phones with little built in camera thingies that can take pictures of anyone who goes into a public space, the environmental impact of phones being improperly disposed of. Every time the latest iPhone comes out, people feel the need to automatically toss out their old phones without properly doing so. There are huge pile-ups overseas of these phones, with people, mostly women and children, sorting through the piles to salvage valuable material like copper. They're exposed to all the heavy metals and battery contents of the phones, and the plastic casings are being incinerated in unsafe ways. Kids are growing up without knowing how to read a book or do a math problem because they think that their phones will solve everything for them. There are people who sneak phones into cinemas and illegally record content to share on torrent sites, not to mention glowing phone screens disrupt others from enjoying the movies. There are people who, without a phone, are socially isolated from their peers because their peers are apparently too lazy or just unwilling to speak out loud anymore. It's a high price to pay just to have an electronic toy, which is most of what cellular phones are with all the little apps and games. Now, I could buy a phone if I really wanted one. I could be able to text and call people from outside my house. But I don't need to do that. I work from home, and I call up my friends on a rotary phone. I have no reason to buy into the digital hype and even if I did have a reason, I wouldn't want to join in with the rest of them. I grew up in a digital age, it's chaotic and unpredictable and I'd rather not be a part of it.

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"The 21st century is all flash but no substance." ~ Smog City