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Date Posted: 11:24:34 11/16/07 Fri
Author: Officer Torch
Subject: Re: When did you first see Universal Horror films?
In reply to: Tim 's message, "Re: When did you first see Universal Horror films?" on 20:38:50 11/15/07 Thu

Tim brought up some good points..allow me to share some experiences and thoughts. Being yet a few years older, with maybe one foot on a banana peel, I can go back further..with TV, radio, etc. Hmm...Lecture in Memories 101 Class.
Think..comfort food. It's eg cold out. You maybe recall as a kid gettin' a bowl of simple chicken soup from a red and white can. It tasted great, made you comfy, maybe you slurped it in front of TV watching an old "cowboy" movie, or kid show with a serial fill-in, maybe some cartoons, Howdy Doody, the Stooges, some movie, etc. Disclaimer> this relates to my experiences, in Northeast. Ok, let's time travel to now.

It's Nov.2007, a Saturday morn, TV was left on and I see some(now) animated cartoons..a Disney one, with Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and gang. They move human like..all smoothly, pix is smooth as silk, no visible flaws..and I say, hmm, tech stuff great, but something just not right.
Day goes on, you've free time..find a "cowboy" movie, it's in color, picture perfect, all politically correct ideas/cast, you channel surf, hmm, some sports..but you're not up to a 4 hour game now, a scifi or maybe action/adventure shoot-em-up flick, where CG may be used big time and stuff only happens in the movies? Want something lighter..so you switch to comedy on cable or satellite. First few minutes, maybe cursing and tasteless jokes..nah. Darn..room with your DVDs/Tapes is being cleaned-you can't get your stuff.

Ahh...heck with it..you pull out old still working cheapie record player and enjoy some old scratched up Beatles tunes, gladly maybe. Point is newer tech doesn't always satisfy..sometimes definitely, other times..you just need that comfort food, or watch an old cel type Woody Woodpecker cartoon or experience something as you once did. Maybe this day, you'd prefer a scratchier version of some old movie to watch...perhaps a tad grainy, some overscan, imperfect images/sound in this imperfect world of ours. Yes, you might have the best state-of-art this and that, BUT..sometimes, you'll associate snowy, grainy images and so-so audio, with fond memories from yesteryear!

This was a mini trip down memory lane. I saw tons of monster movies on Chiller, shows hosted by..umm, was it Zackerly?? Lots more...and I indeed have fond memories, by association, of seeing those movies as I did. I'm not against progress/improvement, and enjoy upgraded versions.. but, there's two sides to the coin. Hmm, I recall seeing a guy on a fixit/restoration type show recently, buying and scratching up, then refinishing a new cabinet to give it a "distressed" look. I dunno. Let's hear your stories.

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