12-18-2009, 09:29 PM
The production values have risen over the years, and looking "back" at the classics is harder and harder to do as the gulf of years increase.When the person didn't "grow up" with looking at any older films, the issue is even worse. It's coming to a point like it did with books, that you really had to look to get to the classics.. if your cravings for horror films or films in-general are satisfied with what you see these days, there's no incentive to look back to the classics.It's only a couple of generations old at the moment, but the fact that some films never got a DVD release really hurts them, and it'll only get worse as Blue-Ray completes it's takeover. Like DVD's did with VHS.Compare an old VHS copy with a high def copy and even before you look at thinks like "Beats per minute", "antiquated special effects', the gulf in quality difference is already HUGE with regards to detail levels, color, and sound.Not to mention Laser disks, Betas etc.. It's hard for a non-fanatic to understand that the original "mummy" was at least as entertaining as the new ones with all the CG effects (many of us would likely even say it's better). As a result, many wont ever give it a try.