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Passing of time/old movies warning youngens...
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RE: Passing of time/old movies warning youngens...
(June 13, 2017 at 3:43 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: I recently watched First Blood for the first time in forever.

Holy crap that's a bad movie!

No shit, the Rocky movies brought in the dough at the time, just like the Rambo movies. But I really do think time removes the luster of anything. I am not kidding. I used to be into London Fog trench coats (NO I DID NOT WANT TO GO ON A KILLING SPREE)...... But didn't wear it that much and left it in a closet with a window with no shades. So one day I decide I want to wear it because it is cold, I pull it out, and the jacket had a sun fade on it.

There is no way around it, even with movies, time always takes the original shine and crispness of the colors, acting, sound effects and music away from it.

I think with the Rambo movies, what made it so popular was more political, it was shining light on the Nam war and how many who served came back feeling treated like shit. That is partially true, but unfortunately the left could not separate the soldiers from the government, and that was unfair because there was a draft at the time. Today both left and right now separate government policy from individual service.

There are very few old movies that I watch today that still keep me in the moment. And I do warn all the youngsters who "wow" at what is out currently, believe me, in 15 or 20 or 30 years from now, you will look back at today's movies and for most of them you will say, "WTF"?

You might still like the message or motif, but the new car smell will not be there.

I can remember the major networks replaying Jaws at the beginning of summer, up until the late 80s. I can also remember every spring one of the major networks would play the Wizard of Oz, the same way every Christmas someone plays "It's A Wonderful Life" or "Charlie Brown Christmas" or "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas".

But there are very few movies or TV shows that stand the test of time.
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RE: Passing of time/old movies warning youngens... - by Brian37 - June 13, 2017 at 4:30 pm

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