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Mukatsuku · 12-06-2007, 11:05 AM

I am watching Conan The Barbarian for the first time in around 18 years and i am starting to think it's not quite the epic masterpiece I remember it being as a child.

What films have from your childhood have you gone back to and felt disillusioned by?

Kendra Bancroft · 12-06-2007, 11:18 AM

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob does not hold up.

Jellin Pico · 12-06-2007, 11:43 AM

This was horribly disappointing when I rented in a few months back.

Squeedoo S · 12-06-2007, 01:09 PM

I have to watch The Dark Crystal to find out.

Edav Nomad · 12-06-2007, 04:04 PM

History of the World Part 1, it just doesn't seem as funny as it use to be.

Aimee Weber · 12-06-2007, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Mukatsuku

I am watching Conan The Barbarian for the first time in around 18 years and i am starting to think it's not quite the epic masterpiece I remember it being as a child.

What films have from your childhood have you gone back to and felt disillusioned by?

You know, whatever anybody says about the movie, Conan had one of the best soundtracks I have ever heard.

As for movies that disillusioned me ... I would have to say Star Wars. Don't get me wrong, I still love the original movies, but when I was a kid they seemed like perfection in cinematic art. Today I think the script is kinda bad and the acting really stiff.

Michael Bigwig · 12-06-2007, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Mukatsuku

I am watching Conan The Barbarian for the first time in around 18 years and i am starting to think it's not quite the epic masterpiece I remember it being as a child.

What films have from your childhood have you gone back to and felt disillusioned by?

*GASP*

What!?! Conan most certainly is a masterpiece...it is THE 'sword and sorcery' film of all time.

It's not Shawshank Redemption in terms of acting or script...but it's most certainly a masterpiece in it's own right.

A movie I always thought was awesome as a child, but then watched as an adult and found the second half weaker than a 90 year old vegetarian...was Explorers.

Jessyanne · 12-06-2007, 04:15 PM

I think Michael just popped a wire

Michael Bigwig · 12-06-2007, 04:20 PM

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I think Michael just popped a wire

Dude (yes even androids say 'dude'), Conan is my hero...that's the barbarian, not O'brian.

Conan will be as good when I'm 90, as it was when I first saw it. I love every bit of it.

Jessyanne · 12-06-2007, 04:22 PM

I agree. And for that reason alone, I'll let the 90 yr old vegetarian thing slide

Cairo · 12-06-2007, 04:37 PM

Any Billy Jack movie.
Santa Claus versus The Martians
Sing Boy Sing

Walker Moore · 12-06-2007, 04:46 PM

Nightmare on Elm Street was the terrifying film that I illegally watched as an early teen. When I had a friend stay over, we'd watch it after my parents went to bed and it would haunt the crap out of me. I watched it again when I hit thirty and thought it was tacky and unmoving as hell.

scrim Pinion · 12-06-2007, 04:55 PM

The Crow.

Hoo, boy. Tried showing my gf that movie (she's a youngin...Pac Man's older than she is), convinced it was as bad-ass as I remembered it to be when I was 16 years old.

yeah...not so much. Kind of embarrassing, really.

prinţesă nină · 12-06-2007, 05:29 PM

i feel the same way about salems lot. i remember being terrified watching this as a kid, but now it almost seems like comedy.

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Nightmare on Elm Street was the terrifying film that I illegally watched as an early teen. When I had a friend stay over, we'd watch it after my parents went to bed and it would haunt the crap out of me. I watched it again when I hit thirty and thought it was tacky and unmoving as hell.

Io Zeno · 12-06-2007, 05:33 PM

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I am watching Conan The Barbarian for the first time in around 18 years and i am starting to think it's not quite the epic masterpiece I remember it being as a child.

You are sadly mistaken, then.

What is the meaning of life, Muka? You remember.

To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.

Wise words. Words to live by.

Michael Bigwig · 12-06-2007, 05:41 PM

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You are sadly mistaken, then.

What is the meaning of life, Muka? You remember.

To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.

Wise words. Words to live by.

God I love that quote...best line in a movie...ever.

Now he's the Governator...he'll crush your taxes, see them subtracted before you, and hear the lamentation of his rivals.

Io Zeno · 12-06-2007, 05:43 PM

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God I love that quote...best line in a movie...ever.

Now he's the Governator...he'll crush your taxes, see them subtracted before you, and hear the lamentation of his rivals.

Damn, you should be his speech writer.

Mukatsuku · 12-06-2007, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Jellin Pico

This was horribly disappointing when I rented in a few months back.

How dare you!!!
I saw this for the first time last year. It was great

But then maybe I was thinking of the Futurama episode based on it all the time, too

Mukatsuku · 12-06-2007, 06:19 PM

OK, I watched Explorers a few months ago and still quite liked it.

The thing with Conan is, that I also have Red Sonja and while I've not watched it recently (but will be soon), I know a sword wielding babe beats Arnie, for me

I will start watching Conan again and see if I like it better.

Is everyone thinking of Conan the Barbarian, btw, and not the sequel Conan the Destroyer?

Io Zeno · 12-06-2007, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Mukatsuku

OK, I watched Explorers a few months ago and still quite liked it.

The thing with Conan is, that I also have Red Sonja and while I've not watched it recently (but will be soon), I know a sword wielding babe beats Arnie, for me

I will start watching Conan again and see if I like it better.

Is everyone thinking of Conan the Barbarian, btw, and not the sequel Conan the Destroyer?

I've watched every single one, multiple times.

It's a guilty pleasure.

Mukatsuku · 12-06-2007, 06:24 PM

Now I want Krull
I got Labyrinth, so will be watching that later

Asher Bertrand · 12-06-2007, 06:28 PM

I'm torn.

Clash of the Titans. LOVED it as a kid. It would be utterly terrible now, but it is redeemed by its campiness. Does it suck? Is it a monument to all that is so bad it's good again? Yes. And yes.

prinţesă nină · 12-06-2007, 06:46 PM

wasnt there a big arnie, red sonja, stallone love triangle years ago? i think there was.

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Originally Posted by Mukatsuku

OK, I watched Explorers a few months ago and still quite liked it.

The thing with Conan is, that I also have Red Sonja and while I've not watched it recently (but will be soon), I know a sword wielding babe beats Arnie, for me

I will start watching Conan again and see if I like it better.

Is everyone thinking of Conan the Barbarian, btw, and not the sequel Conan the Destroyer?

Mukatsuku · 12-06-2007, 06:46 PM

Clash of the Titans is still very watchable for me

but nothing beats Flash Gordon - I like it more now than I did when I was a kid

as I kid I didn't notice how downright sexy it all is from BDSM scenes to lots of lycra and a drink that looks like absinthe and has a similar effect, to the bore worms, NOT THE BORE WORMS

Oneironaut Escher · 12-12-2007, 01:56 AM

A lot of the comedies I remember being great as a kid now seem so shallow and formulaic.

One of my favorite movies as a kid was Outrageous Fortune with Bette Midler and Shelley Long. I loved the whole 'using ballet to escape the bad guys' stuff.

In college, I recommended it strongly as a great comedy for a movie night. I was later embarassed by the choice. It's just not that great of a movie.

Other Shelley Long (Money Pit) and Bette Midler (Ruthless People) movies come to mind in thinking of movies that no longer seem good, so now that I think about

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Mukatsuku worried homesick Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: 兵庫、日本 Posts: 7,991 My Mood:	OK, I watched Explorers a few months ago and still quite liked it. The thing with Conan is, that I also have Red Sonja and while I've not watched it recently (but will be soon), I know a sword wielding babe beats Arnie, for me I will start watching Conan again and see if I like it better. Is everyone thinking of Conan the Barbarian, btw, and not the sequel Conan the Destroyer?

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Mukatsuku worried homesick Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: 兵庫、日本 Posts: 7,991 My Mood:	Clash of the Titans is still very watchable for me but nothing beats Flash Gordon - I like it more now than I did when I was a kid as I kid I didn't notice how downright sexy it all is from BDSM scenes to lots of lycra and a drink that looks like absinthe and has a similar effect, to the bore worms, NOT THE BORE WORMS