Do You Believe In "Untouchable Classics?"

[psychospacecow]

I think the concept of "untouchable classics" is somewhat of a personal perspective, if not a slightly dangerous one. To consider something untouchable is to say it is without fault worth considering. Now, I love me some Chrono Cross, but that doesn't mean the game wasn't overly ambitious, sometimes forgetting to give a character in its extensive party roster a backstory beyond their introduction (Funguy). I love Planet of the Apes. That doesn't mean we get to ignore that the main character's uncompromising nihilism literally brought about a new apocalypse, or the movie where they travel back in time, go on a shopping spree, then the pregnant woman gets drunk. If you don't acknowledge what something did wrong, you'll just recreate the same mistakes if you ever try to emulate something from it.