# Things you've rewatched after years and have held up, things that have not **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, movies\ **Created:** [May 2, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-rewatched-after-years-and-have-held-up-things-that-have-not/1001064 "2024-05-02T12:29:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-rewatched-after-years-and-have-held-up-things-that-have-not/1001064/41 "2024-05-02T17:57:58Z")
I remember when **Logan’s Run** came out, me and my midteen friends thought it was the coolest movie ever until Star Wars debuted. I saw it again a few years ago and felt hugely embarrassed for liking it. It’s every bit the glitzy 70’s disco era variety show crapfest. I agree **The Big Lebowski** still holds up and remains my favorite movie. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-rewatched-after-years-and-have-held-up-things-that-have-not/1001064/42 "2024-05-02T19:01:05Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > > [@Chefguy](#): > > > > I tried watching the 1984 **Firestarter** with a very very young Drew Barrymore and David Keith. Couldn’t get past the opening scenes. It was just really dreadful. > > Do yourself a favor and skip the re-make. There was also a semi-official sequel starring the shoulda-been-a-much-bigger-star Marguerite Moreau as a grown-up Charlie that was passable cable fare. I watched the original followed by that one a few years back. It hadn’t aged as badly as I’d remembered; the fire effects were actually pretty great even after all those years. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-rewatched-after-years-and-have-held-up-things-that-have-not/1001064/43 "2024-05-02T20:42:17Z")
I have a soft spot for the original because I’ve been to one of the locations where it was filmed: the Orton Plantation just south of Wilmington, NC. It was one of those places where Mom says **Oh, how beautiful, I could stay here all day, I’d love to live in a place like this**. Dad is just happy Mom’s happy and us kids were hating every minute of it. When my sibs and I watched it on TV, we cheered when Charlie blew the fuck out of the joint. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-rewatched-after-years-and-have-held-up-things-that-have-not/1001064/44 "2024-05-02T21:24:57Z")
I’ve been watching **Murder She Wrote** over the past year, and IMHO it still holds up. The mysteries don’t seem any easier to solve than those of present day mystery shows. It’s also fun to see the occasional “before they were famous” guest stars like George Clooney and Courtney Cox. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-rewatched-after-years-and-have-held-up-things-that-have-not/1001064/45 "2024-05-02T21:28:20Z")
The original **Ghostbusters** is very watchable. The animated series **6teen** , although set in a Mall, remains quite good. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-rewatched-after-years-and-have-held-up-things-that-have-not/1001064/46 "2024-05-02T22:28:33Z")
I loved Mystery Men in the theater. When it came out on DVD, a few years later I rewatched it. I couldn’t understand what it was I liked so much. That was weird, such a change of taste. I love old TV. We are watching Streets of San Francisco. I think it is as good as any modern cop show, with the bonus of the travelog of 70s SF. It’s fun to get Google street view out an match up locations. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-rewatched-after-years-and-have-held-up-things-that-have-not/1001064/47 "2024-05-02T22:46:31Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I loved Mystery Men in the theater. When it came out on DVD, a few years later I rewatched it. I couldn’t understand what it was I liked so much. It’s still funny in individual scenes as vignettes, but all together, the joke is old almost immediately. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-rewatched-after-years-and-have-held-up-things-that-have-not/1001064/48 "2024-05-02T23:00:00Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > but all together, the joke is old almost immediately. Part of the problem is we’ve seen a lot more of the “superheroes but they’re just regular people” kinds of things since then, so the joke isn’t a new as it was then. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-rewatched-after-years-and-have-held-up-things-that-have-not/1001064/49 "2024-05-02T23:32:03Z")
Rewatched **The Warriors (1979)** last month. A review said the opening is the best part of the movie and I agree. It’s actually extremely interesting UNTIL they take that weird long detour with the Lizzie’s which feels like it takes up 20 minutes of ultimately pointless screentime and doesn’t really recover from that. It’s no coincidence either pretty much all the most interesting characters in the movie are either dead or arrested by that point too. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-rewatched-after-years-and-have-held-up-things-that-have-not/1001064/50 "2024-05-03T00:06:21Z")
A while back, I watched some old episodes of **Mork and Mindy** , which was a favorite when I was a kid. It’s still fun to watch Robin Williams doing his schtick, but the scenes that don’t involve him Morking out are bland sitcom tripe. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-rewatched-after-years-and-have-held-up-things-that-have-not/1001064/51 "2024-05-03T00:06:40Z")
Battlestar Galactica (2004 version) always holds up well when I rewatch. Perhaps it is simply because I love the show. Bear McCreary’s music is such a gift to my ears every time I watch. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-rewatched-after-years-and-have-held-up-things-that-have-not/1001064/52 "2024-05-03T00:18:15Z")
My annual Thanksgiving time re-watch, “ **Planes, Trains & Automobiles** ”, never fails to work for me. It is now 37 years old. mmm ---
**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-rewatched-after-years-and-have-held-up-things-that-have-not/1001064/53 "2024-05-03T00:38:16Z")
The Princess Bride is just as awesome today as it was when it aired. Bourne Identity is another I will re-watch whenever it’s on, as is National Treasure. None are groundbreaking cinema, but all are still enjoyable. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-rewatched-after-years-and-have-held-up-things-that-have-not/1001064/54 "2024-05-03T01:27:15Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > _How about The Sting? I loved that movie when it came out, but haven’t seen it since._ I had a lot of things going on in my life at the time that film was released and had never seen it, though I knew it had been immensely popular in its day. So, I watched it a few months ago with fresh eyes and few preconceptions. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Newman and Redford were marvelous, and the costume and set design were outstanding. It was everything I had ever heard about it. People have mentioned “The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3.” That holds up quite well too. They were both made during an especially rich period in filmmaking, the late 60s-early 70s. Unfortunately, many films made during that time come off as trying to be too hip and look very dated as a result. In some cases, films like that can elicit a chuckle or a warm smile of remembrance for those of us who lived during that time. Others are often cringe-inducing. We watched “The Long Goodbye” recently, with Elliot Gould doing a 70s-style Philip Marlowe, and it just wasn’t good. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-rewatched-after-years-and-have-held-up-things-that-have-not/1001064/55 "2024-05-03T01:50:28Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Films from the 1970s that take place in the 1970s are extremely watchable 50 years later. Historical films (especially westerns and war movies) from that decade are almost laughable in the anachronistic fashions and attitudes. Agreed, though I’d make an exception for _Chinatown_. ---
**Author:** ![pirviii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pirviii/32/3233_2.png) [@pirviii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pirviii)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-rewatched-after-years-and-have-held-up-things-that-have-not/1001064/56 "2024-05-03T03:31:03Z")
The movie “Sneakers” holds up, even though the tech is out dated, the theme of digital encryption is still relevant. Plus you get Gandhi as a bad guy. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-rewatched-after-years-and-have-held-up-things-that-have-not/1001064/57 "2024-05-03T03:39:11Z")
Posting without reading the thread. I’ve just received Blu-Ray discs of _[Mister Roberts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Roberts_(1955_film))_ (1955), [_Operation Petticoat_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Petticoat) (1959), _[Father Goose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Goose_(film))_ (1959), and _[The Caine Mutiny](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Caine_Mutiny_(film))_ (1954). These are four films I never tire of, and also ‘go together’ because of my family and childhood film-watching. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-rewatched-after-years-and-have-held-up-things-that-have-not/1001064/58 "2024-05-03T04:04:05Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > Battlestar Galactica (2004 version) always holds up well when I rewatch. Perhaps it is simply because I love the show. Bear McCreary’s music is such a gift to my ears every time I watch. It does hold up, IMHO. Conversely, the original series does not hold up at all. Ages ago when I was assistant manager of a video store, we had the whole series and I could watch it at work while I did other stuff. I couldn’t even finish the pilot. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-rewatched-after-years-and-have-held-up-things-that-have-not/1001064/59 "2024-05-03T04:15:26Z")
Yeah, it was a low-rent _Star Wars_ knock-off. There were a few good episodes, but they worked better as fantasy than as science fiction. _Galactica 1980_, the last season, was even lower-budget, and even worse. But, “The Return of Starbuck”, the last episode of the last season, was actually the best episode in the entire franchise. (Although you have to be a fan of the franchise to care what happened to Starbuck.) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-rewatched-after-years-and-have-held-up-things-that-have-not/1001064/60 "2024-05-03T04:23:43Z")
> [@veryfrank](#): > > I watched the entire run of _TOS_ during the pandemic and was surprised how well a lot of it still works, conceptually. The worst stuff (“HERBERT!!!”) was very much a product of the late 60s. Yep, my buddy (a devoted trekkie) and I have almost finished binge watch it. Space hippies is bad now- but it was bad then. Spocks brain was also bad. But so many were great. I have several films I can rewatch- _The Wind and the Lion, 55 days at Peking_, most Disney animated films, etc > [@snowthx](#): > > **The Big Lebowski** is as quotable today as it ever was. But that’s just, like, my opinion, man. And mine > [@snowthx](#): > > **Revenge of the Nerds** has not aged well. It hasnt. The final scene/confrontation is still good, and the music contest, but so much of the rest is- well dubious today. > [@Briny\_Deep](#): > > I tried **M.A.S.H.** on Hulu not long ago, which my family thought was hilarious and profound at the time. It’s neither, Yeah. It has moments, but much is cringeworthy. WKRP in Cincinnati still holds up. Barney Miller does also. > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Try the YouTube clips where the laugh track has been excised, it will make you _beg_ for the canned laffs. Yep- a show designed for a laugh track is flat without one. > [@crazyjoe](#): > > The Princess Bride is just as awesome today as it was when it aired. If not even batter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-rewatched-after-years-and-have-held-up-things-that-have-not/1001064.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-rewatched-after-years-and-have-held-up-things-that-have-not/1001064.md?page=4)