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Date Posted: 22:23:15 08/14/08 Thu
Author: Alan
Subject: How old is 'Old Enough' for the Universal Classics?

The time is rapidly approaching. My oldest grandkids are about to turn five, and it's still too soon perhaps, but what is the ideal age to try out the Universal Classics on the new(est) generation? These wonderful kids are by my stepson and stepdaughter, so I've never done this before. I'd love some thoughts and opinions!

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[> Re: How old is 'Old Enough' for the Universal Classics? -- Officer Torch, 09:01:49 08/15/08 Fri [1]

Hi Alan..I started to post and it became near term paper length...so much to say. Short version>> my opinion, these movies, serials, are the ones WE liked. WE are likely Depression, War Babies, Baby Boomers, many who were enthralled by the monster or scary movies and serials of yesteryear. Lots of us were glued to our TV sets in the 50s and 60s to see this stuff.

I would like to think that younger generations will continue to appreciate the classic material as we do, but, and sadly, I have doubts. I keep trying anyway..but it can be a downer when a relative makes a frown upon being gifted with an oldie trilogy...I made good on it later by getting a color CG loaded action flick.

Seems little ones today enjoy the more modern fare. Guess it's just the way of things. Dunno Alan, maybe the B&W oldies have limited appeal, even for many adults these days! My opinion...wait awhile until child nears perhaps middle school age. Likely many opinions out there...would be nice to hear some. Ok Alan, right or wrong, you've one opinion here.


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[> [> Re: Not old enough to appreciate the Universal Classics? -- Rick, 01:45:19 08/24/08 Sun [1]

A good question, Alan. The prime audience would be the ones that are listed by Officer Torch. I do believe there are younger people who would come to discover these films on DVD. There always is. Incidentally, America isn't the only country where Universal's horror films are released on DVD.

Europe has the films on other region DVDs from what I know. In fact, some titles were released over there before the US releases. Blu-Ray is the next step in marketing the horror films and the film quality will be brought out even better. The standard DVD releases do look and sound good. I mean, come on, VHS looks terrible next to them. Unlike standard DVD, Blu-Ray can use lesser discs to accomodate the horror films and bonus materials, too.

New packaging is one big issue and it won't be like many of the ones we've had to deal and complain about--rightly so, I should say. Of course, Universal made at least a few hundred films a year and if they could release some of the other films, that would be nice. Many of them are stored at Library of Congress in Virginia. It would be nice if that panned out.



Rick


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