You Got Mail Around the Corner

So Summer is 'around the corner' and I have gotten my yearly summer/allergy cold that kicks me into the ground for a few days. But lucky me, I bounce back like it was never there just after the worse is over. And when I say worse, I mean it! But I almost never get sick...

So as I was trying to find something to put on my TV I saw my VHS of "You've Got Mail" with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks and I was reminded of the sick scene in it and felt like the scene was for me! So in the end I put it in my ol' VCR (that still works) that is hooked up to my box of a  TV. (So I was going vintage/retro/nostalgic)

This movie is one of my favorites from the late 90's, it is not the best movie out there but it is really good. This movie is also the second remake to Shop Around the Corner -witch is the name of Meg Ryan's Book store! Now, I don't usually like/or want anything to deal with remakes but both remakes of the original Shop Around the Corner are BEAUTIFULLY done! In this remake it points out things that were HUGE during the 90s that I knew/part of but never truly appreciated.

For example, AOL was the ALWAYS sending free trials to people so, many people had one and one of the biggest phrase you'd hear was, "You've Got Mail" is a male voice. Since everyone was getting the internet
people were always happy to get emails. (there wasn't that much spam and weekly/monthly emails from business) The only way one could get on line is if you'd tie-up the phone line and dial-up! Oh, hearing those screeches and bleeps brought back a lot of old memories! Also in this priceless movie you have the desktop computer screen and all the graphics that we had on our computer then.

But why would a second remake be any better or equal to the other 2?  It for the references to the other 2 movies before it, Shop Around the Corner and it's musical remake, In the God Old Summertime for me.

All were done with big named actors/ess of the time the movies were made; in the first one you had James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan and in the musical you had Judy Garland and Van Johnson and now in this "modern" day you have Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks!

The shop -as stated earlier, is named after the first movie and at some point you here the song "Over the Rainbow"  witch is song by Judy Garland in both her big brake movie (Wizard of Oz) and in the musical remake.

And after I finished watching it I wanted to go back to the 90s for about 20 min (about as long as it would take to get online) to enjoy how far technology has gone and wonder if they can or will do a remake to this beloved classic?