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[I collect VHS tapes]

there are a bunch of movies I absolutely loved as a kid - stuff that felt magical at the time. but now, as an adult, I find myself avoiding rewatching them, even though I'm super nostalgic about them.

part of me is scared they won't hold up and it'll taint the memory I have. do others do this too? have you ever rewatched an old favorite and regretted it?

these are 2 that have recently come to mind. loved both these films A LOT as a kid but have avoided rewatching them because I don't want to fuck up my childhood memories:

 

[Plies]

You fear that you've grown up?

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

You fear that you've grown up?

I think these movies are almost double your age

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

No

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

No

is robot jox good

 

[Werewolf Jones]

I liked this when I was like 5 or 6 and had a recollection of it in my late teens and tried rewatching it. I couldn't even finish it.

Also used to watch a lot of Christian movies based around Noah's Ark but I doubt I'd be able to watch them either. It is children's fiction after all.

 

[El Muerto]

I enjoyed horror movies when i was a kid. I introduced my wife to Puppet Master 1-3, Critters, Ghoulies, and Ernest Scared Stupid and she loved them. There's some kid movies i wouldnt want to rewatch like Prehysteria or Mac And Me. But i'll rewatch TMNT, He-Man, X-Men, Batman Animated Series all the time.

is robot jox good

It's bad, but it's also a fun watch.

 

[Wheeljack539]

It honestly really depends I think on how long it's been since you last saw it.

As I taped as much as I could when I was a kid I mostly grew up with it. There are some where I can see how it wasn't as good as a kid but I still do enjoy it time to time.

Some where strange like Thundercats to which I had the first four episodes taped from a rebroadcast. I've watched those episodes so many times during the years that when the dvds were released and clips started popping up on youtube I found myself puzzled as the late (as in close to when it was finished/cancelled) episodes the acting was a lot more flat compared to the first episodes where they were at the top of the game and sounded really good.

Then you had the opposite stuff like Voltron where it started a bit rocky and flat but got better over time. Like for example the acting in the first episode they formed Voltron:

17:42 mark if it doesn't take you there directly


And here's the last time they did the sequence:

2:49 mark if it doesn't take you there


A massive improvement.

Then you get movies such as The Night They Saved Christmas that I really enjoyed as child but can see the camp now but will at least give it a watch every other year or so if it's on and nothing better is on or to do.

 

[TommyCronin6969]

So you wish to be a kid forever is what you're saying?

 

[poppabk]

I dunno, I watched The Last Starfighter last night with my son and the cutting edge CGI was just as I remembered :

Still terrible.

 

[Rran]

Eh, most stuff I liked as a kid is still pretty great. I'll defend Boy Meets World and the Super Nintendo to my death.

Even some stuff that's got kinda weak writing like the Super Mario Bros Super Show still has some goofy campy appeal.

 

[violence]

Beetlejuice was this for me. But I saw it again a year ago and it was pretty good

 

[Days like these...]

No, what is wrong with you? There is therapy for that.

 

[kevboard]

nope, and most of mine hold up pretty well I'd say.

haven't seen Beethoven in a while tho... loved that movie as a kid. the second one was also fine.

 

[Rien]

nope, and most of mine hold up pretty well I'd say.

haven't seen Beethoven in a while tho... loved that movie as a kid. the second one was also fine.

I couldn't stand the oldest girl of the family so I never liked the movies just because of her

 

[GymWolf]

No, but it happen with games.

 

[Audiophile]

Not quite childhood (was 17 when it came out), but I'm endlessly tempted to go back to Assassin's Creed II. It's by far my favourite videogame. I often listen to the soundtrack, but I worry if I go back to it either in original form or in the Ezio Collection it won't hold up in the same way.

I mean...I kinda expect it not to anyway, there was plenty of jank at the time I played it, but the world, the charm, the characters, the score and most of all the atmosphere feel so sacred, I worry they won't hit like they did.

Back on the subject of TV/Movies, I just saw this came out on Blu-ray and I've been considering just checking it out for the fun of it, I think it's gonna rough though:

Mr Ooze!

 

[Punished Miku]

Robot Jox was never good. That was the whole point lol.

 

[Baemono]

I tried some:

Fresh Prince:

It is super bland, not funny at all. Like people living their life, and I don't know why I should care.

Power Rangers (first seasons):

Doesn't make sense most of the time, now the japanese cuts seem super obvious, and the stake are too high (saving the world) to goof around like this, why the government isn't involved ?

Harry Potter:

Worst school ever, like kids almost die every two days, and no one really does something about it, I wouldn't send my children there

 

[Trogdor1123]

there are a bunch of movies I absolutely loved as a kid - stuff that felt magical at the time. but now, as an adult, I find myself avoiding rewatching them, even though I'm super nostalgic about them.

part of me is scared they won't hold up and it'll taint the memory I have. do others do this too? have you ever rewatched an old favorite and regretted it?

these are 2 that have recently come to mind. loved both these films A LOT as a kid but have avoided rewatching them because I don't want to fuck up my childhood memories:

Robot Jox and the last star fighter are fantastic! I need to rewatch those.

 

[dorkimoe]

i dont watch the original star wars or any of my childhood favorite movies. They ABSOLUTELY wont hold up

 

[Lunarorbit]

Watched the 1st season of Hercules the legendary journeys last week. Fucking dope. The fighting style gets old (just punching everything) but a bunch of people die. I remember xena starting off bad but she's a killer.

And holy shit does Hercules get sexual harassed/assaulted each week by the horniest chicks. WAY more sexual than I remembered.

1St season definitely holds up

 

[kunonabi]

Nah, I watch old favs all the time and I still enjoy them as much as I did as a kid. Probably because I take them as they are instead of looking at them from super critical, jaded, adult perspective.

Occasionally some things aren't quite as good as I remembered but it's rare.

 

[bitbydeath]

Nah, I've always had good taste.