Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt test out memorable nostalgic items. Their movie, The Electric State debuts March 14, only on Netflix.
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00:00But you can walk around with this.
00:01It's called a Walkman.
00:03Oh, OK.
00:04I didn't know that.
00:05I play a 90s teen in our new film, The Electric Speed.
00:08And I was a real life 90s teen.
00:10Let's see who had it better.
00:12I would just take a selfie like this.
00:16Ours, we would have to turn this on.
00:18I think you have to turn it on and charge it.
00:19You had a mirror, no?
00:20You can't see yourself.
00:22OK, ready?
00:24Oh my god, it was on.
00:26And it comes out like this.
00:27Yeah.
00:28And then you shake it like a Polaroid.
00:30Ever heard that?
00:31No.
00:31Of course you haven't.
00:32So depressing.
00:35Which of these items do you think helps a person listen to a song?
00:37Obviously, it's out of these two.
00:41It's this.
00:42This thing, you didn't know what it was.
00:43It's called a Walkman.
00:44Wait, what are these then?
00:45Those are answering machines.
00:47What?
00:48That's like a voicemail.
00:49Voicemail would stick.
00:49Wow.
00:50You would record your own voicemail onto a tape.
00:52You would have an outgoing message.
00:54That was like my Instagram as a kid, my outgoing message.
00:57I would always make it funny.
00:58First time I could entertain someone through technology.
01:00This is cool.
01:00I like this.
01:01I would use this now.
01:02This is pretty cool.
01:03If I didn't want to listen to It's Your Thing,
01:05I would have to fossil through all of It's Your Thing to get to Dreams to Remember.
01:08That's correct.
01:09That's horrible.
01:10Here's the art.
01:10There was once a time when artists who made tapes,
01:12they curated their music into a very intentional list.
01:16I like that.
01:16So you would start with the first song and then the second and third.
01:19Now it's just like, go to whatever your platform is and hit and just go.
01:22Taylor Swift curates her album from start to finish.
01:27You don't have to listen to her album that way.
01:29You can go on Spotify and hit shuffle and listen to it however the A.I. decides.
01:32A true Swifty wouldn't.
01:34You don't understand.
01:34You can't send a text on that.
01:35Yeah, you can.
01:36You have to press the buttons to the letter.
01:38Four, three times.
01:40Space.
01:41It would take a very, very long time.
01:42Did you send like smiley faces?
01:45I would write out 8-0-0-8-5.
01:488-0-0-8-5.
01:51If you don't know, now you know.
01:53Chris Pratt.
01:54How does it feel to be walking with the Millie Bobby Brown?
01:57Incredible.
01:57Can you zoom in on that thing?
01:59Can you zoom in?
02:01Not like me.
02:02Did you have SD cards?
02:03No.
02:04This would actually go onto a tiny tape inside of here.
02:07And then that tape would fit inside of a VHS tape that would have a cassette opener.
02:11You'd slide at it and then close it and then you'd be playing it on the fly.
02:14And also no way to edit.
02:15So we had to learn to edit on the fly.
02:19That's what I thought that was.
02:20Yeah, tape recorder.
02:21That's so cute.
02:22That's so cute.
02:23I would go on my voice memo app.
02:25Stop.
02:26And then I go...
02:27Wait, does this have a tape too?
02:28Yeah.
02:28And then I rewind it.
02:31Oh, it's kind of eerie.
02:33Yeah, it is.
02:34It's very CIA and it's very like Donnie Brasco, you know?
02:37I don't know who that is.
02:39Oh, okay.
02:39So clearly the 90s were better in every way and I just feel bad for today's teens
02:43and their little tiny sleek devices.
02:44See more 90s nostalgia in The Electric State only on Netflix.