Cavatt
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So as a kid i lived on Star Trek, and later Kung fu, the Carol Burnet Show, Mash, and the original SNL..
i rewatched kung fu, which was cringeworthy in terms of casting white guys to play Indians, and the first season fight scenes were pretty lame. But i liked the show anyway and was surprised by some early appearances by future stars ( Harrison Ford, jodie Foster)..
I will never tire of Star Trek original series.
Tim Conway was the funniest person alive and his old man routine still busts me up..
Mash, the Movie and the TV show were both awesome and remain so..
Star Wars defined my generation. I love the first three films..
I liked altered states at the time, but i dont think its special effects are passable by todays standards.
Pretty sure todays kids would look crosseyed at Satruday Night Fever..
Rocky is still solid.
A lot of the brat pack movies have lost their shine. I loved the Breakfast Club, but recently watched it with my nephews. Was ok, but a little over emotional and stereotyped and to be honest, no way that movie gets done today without any diversity. still love the music..
I should probably rewatch Apocolypse Now.. i always viewed that as the best of the vietnam era movies..
Blade Runner, Mad Max (original) are timeless.
I also still watch The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, or once upon a time in the west..
Oh and oh brother where art thou, casablanca, the big easy, have to be mentioned in the timeless category. Patton, battle of the bulge, Dirty Dozen were also pretty good..
I watched Saturday night fever recently, nad while the dancing is pretty amazing, it is a bonkers movie with no real plot, it is really more a bunch of what is going on culturally in Brooklyn at the time. Lots of the neighborhood ethnic gangs beating the shit out of each other. The one guys kills himself over getting his gf pregnant. Oh man it is a mess.
Good the bad and the ugly i will watch any time it comes on. Once upon a time is great, but not as good.
Apocalypse now is still good, but really disturbing of course. I feel like the scene where the guys want to surf is almost more politically relevant today. Our leaders just want to enjoy their millionaire lifestyles rather than do the work.