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Originally Posted by cc_in_oh
OTOH, I'm currently watching the George Gently series set in the 1960's and it's refreshing to see a mystery get solved without resorting to cell phones, DNA analysis, computer hacking, traffic cams, facial recognition or GPS tracking...
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I enjoy this as well, but it requires that the storyline be very firmly planted in the appropriate period. Problems arise when the story gets updated and now the plot devices no longer work so well.
It's even worse when issues like the one DrNefario mentions existing in a facelifted version of
Childhood's End where they may have been better of updating the wartime experience to 'Nam or even the Gulf War.