Was surfing channels last night and came upon Rio Bravo on AMC. As happens when you see a really good movie, I stopped and got sucked in to the story, not even minding the commercial breaks. After it was over I was struck by how much I miss the old AMC, when it was American Movie Classics. It was a great place to go to watch old movies, without commercial interruptions. I still remember when they used to have Charlie Chan and Jungle Jim marathons back in the nineties, and their annual Monsterfest in October where they would show great classic Universal horror films. Of course those days are now gone as they show more modern films like The Rookie and Last of the Dogmen, and original TV shows like Mad Men. I know that times change and cable channels need to make a profit, but it was nice to see them show a true classic film now and then.
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Neal said
December 14 2009 @ 9:43 am
It seems as if all these cable channels feel compelled to morph into something else and it usually is something much worse than what they originally were. I don’t have the facts and figures to argue the commercial success of such changes, but almost every channel I once liked has turned into something horrible. AMC has made the least offensive changes, in my opinion, but I do miss the old programming. Their Tarzan weekend back in the 1990s was genius! I stayed up most of that weekend watching the entire history of Tarzan on film. What an amazing experience. And I loved how they would show so many exploitation films from the 60s and 70s. I don’t know what their identity is supposed to be now except the place where they show “Mad Men.”
Josh said
January 12 2010 @ 8:53 am
Yes .. Now where you look, everywhere, everything changes. What has unfortunately not for the better, I think. Pity …
Josh said
February 4 2010 @ 5:29 pm
Yes .. Now where you look, everywhere, everything changes.