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> and my memory of it If you revisit something years later, you find your memory will differ. Clearly we know Star Wars is always updated, and other films have
by iso947 7y ago
> and my memory of it
If you revisit something years later, you find your memory will differ. Clearly we know Star Wars is always updated, and other films have been too (ET comes to mind), but even films that haven’t been changed will have false memories — your mindset when you first watched it, stage of life, etc will affect how you remember and how you fill in the blanks
There’s then the technical changes - speeding up a 24fps to 25fps (in Europe), or 3:2 pull down in the US, changes to colour space, changes to aspect ratio, all add to subtle changes on how you perceive a movie.
Some people I sit that Froot Loops were Fruit Loops, that curious George had a tail (or didn’t?), that Mandela died in prison, etc.
Memory is a strange thing, just revisiting a film you watched as a kid even if it’s identical will be able to “ruin your memory”
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoAll true, and TV showing brings shortening, censorship and cutting or beeping a swear word (in the US), or violence (in the UK) etc. I grew up a little so I don't even hide any more when Patrick Troughton is about to be killed by Daleks! :) But I do like to revisit what it was, warts, ancient effects and all, rather than a moving target that keeps reinventing the wheel.
- iso947 7y agoYou never get the “as it was” though - you change. You get older, the characters you identify with change, the feelings change. The one thing I remember from watching “The Net” in the 90s was Sandra Bullock on the beach, as I was a hormonal teenager. I have no doubt there were other parts of the film. The emphasis will be different to my memory.