I have to admit it's getting better, it's getting better all the time

[ducklingsmith]

It's an almost universal truth that there is stuff that we liked when we were younger that just plain sucked. There are treasured memories of media we consumed that we caught a re-run of recently, and we are totally ashamed of our devotion to it, and simultaneously gutted that it really isn't as good as we remember. And how we wish it was

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[crocodilewings]

I would say 'Allo, 'Allo, but really that just gained more depth to sink to.

[aarondb]

Visionaries got a little deeper. A little more interesting, I'd say. Count Duckula and Danger Mouse remained (mostly) funny.

ThunderCats, Transformers and practically everything else? Less so. If I could shut down my Internal Nostalgia Generator (The ING Drive), I'd probably loathe them. As it is, I can stomach them if there's really nothing else to do in the day.

Transformers the Movie is the diamond in the rough that serves as a delicious exception to the rule, however. And because you were mean about it, you are now dead to me.

[keep_warm]

Rainbow Brite, when I found out there was a psychological explanation for why Murky Dismal wanted to steal all the colours in the universe.

[greatest_twitch]

I managed to see Ghostbusters on the big screen at a film festival recently. I still love it. Sequel isn't bad either.

The second hand DVD shops within walking distance of my (Paris) flat are chock full of Transformers and Ulysses 31 and He-Man and Thundercats and whatnot. A DVD of each is, in English money, about 60p in some places. I went a little crazy when I first arrived and bought a ton of MASK and Transformers, and a couple of French programmes my girlfriend was nostalgic about (Cobra, anybody? Nicky Larson?). Sadly, I found each and every one of them dull. Nearly a year later, I still haven't watched every episode in my He-Man box set.

[aarondb]

I just realised, Christ, is that a Bertha icon? Damn, that takes me back.

Anyway, I need your email addy, old bean.