Does it hold up? | The Verge The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts. 2017-04-01T17:30:01+00:00 https://www.theverge.com/rss/does-it-hold-up/index.xml https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/verge-rss-large_80b47e.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1 D. M. Moore <![CDATA[The setting is the most interesting part of the original 1995 Ghost in the Shell movie]]> https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/1/15142948/ghost-in-the-shell-1995-original-setting-most-interesting-part 2017-04-01T13:30:01-04:00 2017-04-01T13:30:01-04:00

Does It Hold Up is a chance to reexperience favorite childhood books, movies, TV shows, video games, and other cultural phenomenon decades later. Have they gotten better like a fine wine, or are we drinking cork?

The last time I saw the original 1995 Ghost in the Shell was when I was in college, more than a decade ago. It was the most recent DVD release, which at the time looked amazing on my convex curved CRT TV. What stuck out to me at the time were the action scenes - they're slow to build but quick to unfold, with quick flashes of extreme violence that verge on body horror, as the organic and inorganic parts of people are torn apart. Re …

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]]> Kaitlyn Tiffany <![CDATA[In 2010, The Social Network was searing — now it looks quaint]]> https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/17/14946570/the-social-network-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-president-of-the-world 2017-03-17T09:15:01-04:00 2017-03-17T09:15:01-04:00

Does It Hold Up is a chance to re-experience childhood-favorite books, movies, TV shows, video games, and other cultural phenomenon, decades after release. Have they gotten better like a fine wine, or are we drinking cork?

When David Fincher's Oscar-winning movie The Social Network hit screens in 2010, Facebook had 500 million users and a valuation of $25 billion - facts which appear on the film's closing slides, along with the information that Mark Zuckerberg had recently been minted as the world's youngest billionaire.

As of the end of last year, the company's own statistics claim it has 1.86 billion active users. It's valued at around $ …

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]]> Kaitlyn Tiffany <![CDATA[The near-futurism of Disney Channel original movies — does it hold up?]]> https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/5/14470436/pixel-perfect-smart-house-disney-movies-tech-the-future 2017-03-05T11:00:01-05:00 2017-03-05T11:00:01-05:00

Does It Hold Up is a chance to re-experience childhood favorites of books, movies, TV shows, video games, and other cultural phenomenon decades later. Have they gotten better like a fine wine, or are we drinking cork?

A cornerstone of any pre-teen's life between 1998 to 2007 was the Disney Channel original movie. If you grew up during that time you do not need a refresher on why movies like Halloweentown or Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century were popular - they were your main option for entertainment because you were constantly at home! (That is what it is like to not have a driver's license.) But you may need a refresher on their content, be …

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]]> Adi Robertson <![CDATA[In Trump’s America, The Handmaid’s Tale matters more than ever]]> https://www.theverge.com/2014/12/20/7424951/does-the-handmaids-tale-hold-up-dystopia-feminism-fiction 2016-11-09T09:01:00-05:00 2016-11-09T09:01:00-05:00

Does It Hold Up is a chance to re-experience childhood favorites of books, movies, TV shows, video games, and other cultural phenomenon decades later. Have they gotten better like a fine wine, or are we drinking cork? This piece was originally published in December 2014.

A few weeks ago, I mentioned to a friend that I was in the middle of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. "It's like 1984 for feminists, right?" he asked. Sort of, I said. But it's a lot scarier. It's about how you'll lose every right you have, and none of the men you know will care. Then I said he would probably betray me if they froze all women's bank accounts. That was …

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]]> Kwame Opam <![CDATA[Ten years ago, Batman Begins kicked off Hollywood’s gritty reboot rut]]> https://www.theverge.com/2015/6/15/8784353/batman-begins-anniversary-gritty-reboot-hollywood-criticism 2015-06-15T15:30:18-04:00 2015-06-15T15:30:18-04:00

Batman Begins, arguably the first truly great Batman movie since 1989, turns 10 today. When it was released in the summer of 2005, it wasn't the only superhero movie on the block, but it was by far the best, and the impact it had continues to reverberate to this very day. We wouldn't have Christian Bale's Batman voice without it, for one - nor would we have its even more beloved 2008 sequel The Dark Knight. Most importantly, Batman Begins made dark reboots a thing, a successful template that studios would bank on for years to come. And that's why I'm calling it out. Batman Begins was the beginning of a rut that Hollywood still hasn't managed …

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]]> Kwame Opam <![CDATA[Batman & Robin is terrible, and here’s why you should watch it immediately]]> https://www.theverge.com/2015/2/3/7965963/batman-and-robin-netflix-defense-superhero-movies 2015-02-03T09:36:06-05:00 2015-02-03T09:36:06-05:00

Does It Hold Up is a chance to re-experience childhood favorites of books, movies, TV shows, video games, and other cultural phenomenon decades later. Have they gotten better like a fine wine, or are we drinking cork?

Did you know that Batman & Robin is one of the worst movies ever made? That it killed Batman until Christopher Nolan resurrected it? Well, I have a confession to make: I love it. Sincerely. I recognize that I'm rare here - it took Netflix just one month to realize it made a grave error in adding the film to its streaming movies stable. But almost 20 years after it very nearly killed all love for superhero movies at the box off …

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]]> Josh Lowensohn <![CDATA[Does ‘ToeJam and Earl’ for Sega Genesis hold up?]]> https://www.theverge.com/2014/11/8/7174927/does-toejam-and-earl-hold-up 2014-11-08T12:00:02-05:00 2014-11-08T12:00:02-05:00

Does It Hold Up is a chance to re-experience childhood favorites of books, movies, TV shows, video games, and other cultural phenomenon decades later. Have they gotten better like a fine wine, or are we drinking cork?
Opening presents is one of life's few consistent pleasures. I enjoy it now as much as I did when I was a little kid. But does the joy of shredding the wrapper off a box to see what's waiting inside translate into the virtual world?

23 years ago I became obsessed with virtual presents through ToeJam and Earl, a game for the Sega Genesis that was kind of like Zelda for everyone who didn't buy a Nintendo - only weirder and more co …

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