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[not-so-newguy]

On the upside, I'm taking courses at CCSF this semester, and I'm generally impressed with my classmates' writing skills.

Go Rams!

 

[MGibster]

It really bothered me until a colleague pointed out that it's really difficult to get modern audiences, especially post-Internet generations, to see how revolutionary Kane is because so much of what Welles and Tolland did became standard vocabulary for filmmakers. It's like watching someone design the sentence.

That's a pretty common problem across all artistic endeavors I think. I didn't see The Godfather until I was in my early 30s, but I had seen it referenced in so many other sources that it almost felt as though I had already seen it even though it was the first time for me. Birth of the Nation was revolutionary in establishing some technical aspects of filming movies that are still in use today and the same is true of Citizen Kane, but it's hard to appreciate how revolutionary some things really are when it's just always been there for you.

The Blair Witch Project came out in 1999, but just a few short year later I heard people complaining, "None of them had a cell phone?" In just a few short years, cell phones had become so common that it was hard for some people to remember a time when they weren't ubiquitous. Back in 1999 I was the same age at the protagonist in the movie, and I didn't know any college student my age who had a cell phone. While they were becoming more affordable, they were too expensive for a lot of us, even middle class young people. Especially if you were a graduate student.

 

[Tony Vargas]

a lot of them didn't know how to properly use commas.

But, I, learned, how to, use, commas, from, William, Shatner!

Clearly, I need to see Them!

It's the atom-age GOAT. (I guess 'all time' doesn't really apply when talking about a trend in movies that lasted maybe a decade?)

"Shoot the antennae! They're helpless without them!"

 

[Warpiglet-7]

You don't even have to go back that far. Go watch The Changeling from 1980 starring George C. Scott. It's a great ghost story, but, man, would audiences who grew up with YouTube and TikTok have a hard time with the pace of the film.

As a kid it scared the crap out of me

 

[Warpiglet-7]

My premise is that the previous generation, heroes collected items of power from ancient tombs to stop a Great Evil, but then kept them. Now the original owners want them back

That’s what I’m talking about!

A mix of “good” and “not so good” owners might be interesting and might change the party’s tactics depending on their bent

 

[MGibster]

As a kid it scared the crap out of me

The scene with the wheelchair at the top of the stairs gave me goosebumps when I was a kid. And it gave me goosebumps again when I watched it again ten years ago.

 

[Jd Smith1]

What, is that an unpopular opinion?

I didn't it was an opinion, or option, at all.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Clearly, I need to see Them!

If you can wrap your head around the fact its was made in the 50's, with what that entails in terms of social expectations and the limits of special effects, its well worth your while.

 

[Thomas Shey]

It's the atom-age GOAT. (I guess 'all time' doesn't really apply when talking about a trend in movies that lasted maybe a decade?)

"Shoot the antennae! They're helpless without them!"

I dunno, it might have been most intense then, but you still see tropes it created in movies of very recent vintage. Its just that "large groups of relatively normal scale monsters" sort of monster movie is not as common as it was in that period, but when you see them, you can still see echoes of that film a lot of times.

(In fact its an interesting discussion of why that sort of movie isn't done much any more; I suspect, in part, its because with modern communication and related technologies, its harder to make it work now (as relates to the cell phone discussion upthread)).

 

[Old Fezziwig]

If you can wrap your head around the fact its was made in the 50's, with what that entails in terms of social expectations and the limits of special effects, its well worth your while.

That's no problem — I've been working my way through a bunch of westerns and Jimmy Stewart movies from that period. Some of which are great and some of which are Strategic Air Command.