Do you think our classic movies will still be around 1000s of years from now? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Frump · 07-09-2013, 07:07 PM

A random thought I wonder.... If the world continues and ppl continue to exist thousands and thousands of years from now, I wonder if like a thousand years from now will the classic movies that are so popular and known about now will still be around? Like in the year 3,000 will the Wizard of Oz still be around and will ppl be like, "Yeah that was made over 1,000 years ago!!" Will Gone with the Wind still be around? I just wonder this, b/c in the grand sceme of things television is fairly a new thing, so it's easy to talk about movie that were made in the last 100 years so I just wonder if these classic show and movies will endure over thousands of years?

Mr. Television · 07-09-2013, 07:12 PM

The movies will be around. How popular they will be is another matter? It seems like most of the younger people don't care about the classic era of Hollywood. I always found it fascinating. I even enjoy watching silent movies. I started to get into them when I was in my 20's. People thought I was nuts. lol I just like history and seeing how people of a certain time lived. that's why I don't mind if a TV show is dated or not. It's a piece of history.

gidgetgrape · 07-09-2013, 07:26 PM

Oh sure, I think the classics will be around forever, just in different formats from what we are use to now. As long as one person loves a movie enough to tell someone else about it, the classics will be around.

But.... will recent movies and the movies being made now be considered classics? I don't know about that!

Frump · 07-09-2013, 08:34 PM

It's interesting b/c it will just seem WEIRD like in the year 3000, for ppl to be watching a movie with ppl who lived over 1,000 years ago, I mean we can't even do anything remotly like that now, like watch something that was made thousands of years ago, and watch first had how ppl lived a thousand years ago.

Brad Russ · 07-09-2013, 09:39 PM

You know, to be honest with you I have no clue. There were no movies back thousands of years ago, so we can't compare it to history. My guess would be that a small handful of classics, ”Gone With The Wind” ”Casablanca” ”Schindler's List” etc will be remembered and the rest will be forgotten. Oldies music was 50's 60's and 70's and even it's getting harder and harder to find genuine oldies stations. Soon they will be non existant. I'm often shocked when talking to young people who have never heard of such music groups as the Beach Boys, Pink Floyd, Chicago, etc. Hopefully there will always be people who preserve history, but thousands of years is a long time, and we live in a very out with the old, in with the new society.

Frump · 07-09-2013, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Brad Russ

You know, to be honest with you I have no clue. There were no movies back thousands of years ago, so we can't compare it to history. My guess would be that a small handful of classics, ”Gone With The Wind” ”Casablanca” ”Schindler's List” etc will be remembered and the rest will be forgotten. Oldies music was 50's 60's and 70's and even it's getting harder and harder to find genuine oldies stations. Soon they will be non existant. I'm often shocked when talking to young people who have never heard of such music groups as the Beach Boys, Pink Floyd, Chicago, etc. Hopefully there will always be people who preserve history, but thousands of years is a long time, and we live in a very out with the old, in with the new society.

Oh don't even get me started ranting about how younger ppl don't know about a lot of ppl and TV shows that you and I prolly think of as commun knowledge.

Once I was talking to a younger person, he didn't even know who Carol Burnett was, and when I say younger I mean prilly like 7 years younger than ME.

Furienna · 07-18-2013, 04:40 PM

It's really hard to say. I have a hard time watching black & white movies and TV shows, and I'm only 29 years old. I think some people will still know about our classic movies, but most people won't care about them.

Tubehead · 07-20-2013, 09:30 AM

I always thought movies be around for long time I also think their be something like tv but maybe not tv but something els beside tv or videogames like in 100hunrder years from now I always imagined holograms like for movies or video games kind of like the jetsons

Tweety · 07-21-2013, 06:54 PM

Eventually we'll get to a point at which almost no one really cares about any movies that don't use a lot of computer-generated graphics. Having never gone to a movie specifically to see the "special effects", I don't understand why people don't like good movies with a good story... but it's probably just another manifestation of people wanting instant gratification.

Since I already know that anything can be done using computers, I'm never impressed with special effects.

Tweety · 07-21-2013, 06:56 PM

There are still a lot of people though, who value great works of art from hundreds of years ago... the great paintings from the 14th and 15th centuries.... so there's always a chance that classic movies will have at least a small following a few hundred years from now.

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Frump Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 06, 2003 Location: McMinnville Posts: 1,206	Do you think our classic movies will still be around 1000s of years from now? A random thought I wonder.... If the world continues and ppl continue to exist thousands and thousands of years from now, I wonder if like a thousand years from now will the classic movies that are so popular and known about now will still be around? Like in the year 3,000 will the Wizard of Oz still be around and will ppl be like, "Yeah that was made over 1,000 years ago!!" Will Gone with the Wind still be around? I just wonder this, b/c in the grand sceme of things television is fairly a new thing, so it's easy to talk about movie that were made in the last 100 years so I just wonder if these classic show and movies will endure over thousands of years?
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Mr. Television 23 Years at Sitcoms Online Forum Icon Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Location: Somewhere you're Not Posts: 62,132	The movies will be around. How popular they will be is another matter? It seems like most of the younger people don't care about the classic era of Hollywood. I always found it fascinating. I even enjoy watching silent movies. I started to get into them when I was in my 20's. People thought I was nuts. lol I just like history and seeing how people of a certain time lived. that's why I don't mind if a TV show is dated or not. It's a piece of history.
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Brad Russ Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 17, 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 10,085	You know, to be honest with you I have no clue. There were no movies back thousands of years ago, so we can't compare it to history. My guess would be that a small handful of classics, ”Gone With The Wind” ”Casablanca” ”Schindler's List” etc will be remembered and the rest will be forgotten. Oldies music was 50's 60's and 70's and even it's getting harder and harder to find genuine oldies stations. Soon they will be non existant. I'm often shocked when talking to young people who have never heard of such music groups as the Beach Boys, Pink Floyd, Chicago, etc. Hopefully there will always be people who preserve history, but thousands of years is a long time, and we live in a very out with the old, in with the new society.
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Tubehead Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 12, 2007 Location: chattanooga.tn Posts: 5,139	besides tv I always thought movies be around for long time I also think their be something like tv but maybe not tv but something els beside tv or videogames like in 100hunrder years from now I always imagined holograms like for movies or video games kind of like the jetsons

07-21-2013, 06:54 PM	#9
Tweety Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 18, 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 6,804	Eventually we'll get to a point at which almost no one really cares about any movies that don't use a lot of computer-generated graphics. Having never gone to a movie specifically to see the "special effects", I don't understand why people don't like good movies with a good story... but it's probably just another manifestation of people wanting instant gratification. Since I already know that anything can be done using computers, I'm never impressed with special effects.
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07-09-2013, 07:26 PM	#3
gidgetgrape Forever Gidget Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 20, 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 3,505	Oh sure, I think the classics will be around forever, just in different formats from what we are use to now. As long as one person loves a movie enough to tell someone else about it, the classics will be around. But.... will recent movies and the movies being made now be considered classics? I don't know about that!

07-09-2013, 08:34 PM	#4
Frump Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 06, 2003 Location: McMinnville Posts: 1,206	It's interesting b/c it will just seem WEIRD like in the year 3000, for ppl to be watching a movie with ppl who lived over 1,000 years ago, I mean we can't even do anything remotly like that now, like watch something that was made thousands of years ago, and watch first had how ppl lived a thousand years ago.

07-18-2013, 04:40 PM	#7
Furienna Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Oct 22, 2006 Location: Örnsköldsvik, Sweden Posts: 6,280	It's really hard to say. I have a hard time watching black & white movies and TV shows, and I'm only 29 years old. I think some people will still know about our classic movies, but most people won't care about them.

07-21-2013, 06:56 PM	#10
Tweety Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 18, 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 6,804	There are still a lot of people though, who value great works of art from hundreds of years ago... the great paintings from the 14th and 15th centuries.... so there's always a chance that classic movies will have at least a small following a few hundred years from now.