an important and frightening thing to remember... a classic is often defined by the generation which was exposed to it.
for example, my mother might consider Gone with the wind to be a classic.
some 15 year old kid today might not.
that 15 year old kid might say snakes on a plane is a classic.
or he might say that the "final destination" series is a classic.
when in fact.. as far as many of us might be concerned it is far from a classic.
sad really, the older i get, the more the things that mean something to me slip away into death or obscurity.