Category: What is a Classic?
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Lost Classic: Finding ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’
Two of my favorite movies from 1984 are Ghostbusters and Gremlins. I turned twelve that year and both movies were aimed squarely at me. But it was a banner year for classic movies that geeks love. Along with those two, there were the other big hits I love – Indiana Jones and the Temple of…
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Classics We Might Honor in 200 Years
While I was visiting England earlier this month, I went to an excellent ‘Sunday Roast’ at The High Flyer, a restaurant named in honor of a horse that was born before my own country! While it’s easy for Americans to marvel at the deep history of places we visit overseas, this made me think of…
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TV Classics in 500 Years?
Is there anything more popular than the TV show Friends? Well, by the ratings it was the most watched series of only its 2001 to 2002 season. It had the fifth most watched finale of any TV show (the ever depressing M*A*S*H is number one). So, sure, there are more popular things in the world…
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What Makes Something A Classic?
We see it in Star Trek and other sci fi media, references to the popular culture of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Are these references to be avoided or embraced when writing of the distant future? They connect with the reader (at least with our contemporary readers) and can provide moments of levity or…
Arthur P. Dutton 