How kids view classic movies

[CN Spots]

Whilst watching the 50's horror classic "THEM" with my 13 yo daughter the other night there was a particular scene where Dr. Harold Medford (the old scientist guy) was looking at a black 3 ring binder turned sideways. From the viewer's angle it looked like a familiar piece of modern technology. I let her watch for a while and then asked her "You think that's a laptop don't you?" She said "yes".

It took about 5 seconds for the epiphany hammer to drop at which point we had a good laugh followed by a brief history of computers.

It made me wonder how todays kids see these movies.

We see the damsel in distress running to the 1953 Buick, trip, fall at the door & turn around and scream for 5 minutes while the ant/grasshopper/wasp/alien/robot/gelatinous blob/vampire/mummy/werewolf/severed hand/gila monster/lobster etc. creeps up to her and we yell "get in the car and drive, dummy!"

They see the same thing and say "Get in the car and press the On-Star button, dummy!"

 

[robert graham]

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Yep, kids now seem like they're from a different planet....maybe we seemed that way to our parents and grandparents. I was 10 years old when we got our first TV and I enjoyed it a good bit, but I'll have to say, life was pretty darn sweet without TV, mostly me and my dog and rabbit and squirrel hunting every day. Modern young folks miss out on a lot, sitting around texting each other a lot of useless gibberish, don't even know how to change a light bulb for themselves!

 

[WIMUSKY]

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About as classic as it gets for my 14 year old daughter, we were both watching old episodes of Tom and Jerry this weekend and laughing. The good ol' days, frying pans, anvils, 2x4s, axe handle across the head. Bouncing off or flying thru closed doors. Such violence. How did we ever survive as kids and not grow up to be serial killers. Well, I guess some did.....:facepalm:

 

[ajgraz]

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You only have to go back to the late 70's. Just the other night I was describing to my daughter that part of the charm of the original Star Wars trilogy was that the space shots were models and the movies were filmed on location (Morocco, Redwoods in N. California, etc.). She always thought all that was added CGI like they do today.

 

[CN Spots]

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Yeah, as much as I like the cgi stuff it just doesn't have the same feel as the old school movies. I guess we've educated our imaginations too well. I remember watching The Land that Time Forgot on Saturday afternoon TV when I was a kid and I could have sworn those dinosaurs were real back then! These days it has to come through the screen and chase me into the parking lot before I'll buy into it.

 

[RogersJetboat454]

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About as classic as it gets for my 14 year old daughter, we were both watching old episodes of Tom and Jerry this weekend and laughing. The good ol' days, frying pans, anvils, 2x4s, axe handle across the head. Bouncing off or flying thru closed doors. Such violence. How did we ever survive as kids and not grow up to be serial killers. Well, I guess some did.....:facepalm:

You have to put it into perspective though WIM. Back when T&J was made, it was light slapstick between an animated cat and mouse which neither of them got hurt. If you wanted to see anything more serious then that, you were buying a movie ticket to an R rated film. Fast forward to this day and age, it takes a very short time flipping through very few channels before you find a scene of someone realistically being greased.

P.S. See if your daughter will stand to watch the Stooges. Seems like not very many women these days like them.

 

[Woodnaut]

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Every year we spend a week at the coast and I make it a point to bring along some old sci-fi classic or other appropriate flick. (By the way, I own a copy of "Them".) Almost every year we watch "The Creature From The Black Lagoon", but this year I pulled out the 1963 version of "Flipper" followed by "The Incredible Mr. Limpit".

 

[southkogs]

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We dumped TV long ago, and don't go to movies too much. Instead we started pulling out some of the old cowboy stuff (Roy Rogers, Lone Ranger, etc.) and a few of the old drama's like Adam12 and Dragnet. The kids have loved them! And it's been a real crack-up to watch the shows again. Right now we're plowing through the old Zorro series ...

 

[Mark42]

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Found Astro Boy on Netflix. Kids (7 & 11) watched all 50 episodes. They thought it was great! I was amazed at how much of the "heavy" story line went over my head as a kid, so even I got a kick out of it. And it was nice to watch them commercial free.

 

[aspeck]

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1 Adam 12, 1 Adam 12, see the man at the corner of elm and sycamore ...

Don't forget Chips, and Emergency! Oh man, now you done got me thinking of the older TV shows. Because of the Geico commercial with Foghorn Leghorn, I had to pull up the youtubes of him for my youngest ... she LOVES Foghorn now.

We regularly watch TCM and AMC ... kids get a steady diet of the classics - and love them!

 

[WIMUSKY]

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I love Foghorn Leghorn and the little Chicken Hawk! Wife can't stand them. We've been watching alot of the Hub lately. Happy Days, Doogie Howser and Wonder Years. The kid really likes HDs and WY. I get a kick out of watching them too, especially the real early HDs. Have cable, but it seems like there are many days a week where there is nothing to watch....

 

[LippCJ7]

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This past Memorial day was awesome for me, I got to watch all kinds of old war movies that I love and have loved watching my entire life, my youngest daughter (15)decided to sit down and watch Midway with me and asked me questions here and there, then finally asked me "wait a minute...this is a true story isn't it?"

OH MY GOD......

 

[puma4440]

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I sat down and watched the original True Grit followed by the re-make both for the first time the other night, and I must say, I enjoyed the original alot more. I've never been a "classics" fan of movies, but I believe that may have turned me to the other side. I was never into the old horror flicks with the bats on strings, but last year while my sister in law(18) was visiting, we watched Return of the living dead(one of my favorites), and she said thats the way horror flicks should be, no mind bending plots, just people getting their brains eaten,lol.

Old tv shows are more of my thing, I love Bonanza, The Rifleman, Dragnet, All in the Family, Looney toons, ect.

 

[rogerwa]

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I watched "Father Goose" with Cary Grant with my 18 y/o daughter and she loved it. She asked me to find more lioke that. She loves the older movies that have the great stories and humor. My sons love the old WWII movies.

 

[reddogg]

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I was sooo bumed when I couldn't get my son to watch the original godzilla with me. He keeps telling me I'm old, I just smile and say time halts for no man thinking I hope I live long enough to see his kids do it to him

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[ezmobee]

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I can't get over how much more action there is in modern TV shows compared to older movies. You watch an older cop movie like Beverly Hills Cop or something and NOTHING HAPPENS. Way more happens in a modern half hour or 40 minute TV show that they're making a new episode of every week. Amazing.

Old movies though....one of my favorites is Wait Until Dark. That's some classic suspense right there.