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I think this is just another consequence of Millennials becoming the dominant cultural force. There are the stars they grew up on.
by standardUser 4y ago
I think this is just another consequence of Millennials becoming the dominant cultural force. There are the stars they grew up on.
- lapcat 4y agoTop Gun was 1986. Millennials were born in the 1980s. So, no. As usual, everyone forgets that GenX exists.
- asdff 4y agoMillenials knew Tom from Mission Impossible.
- lapcat 4y agoEveryone knows Tom. What's the explanatory force of Millennials? It used to be that Millennials were held responsible for killing everything. Now they're held responsible for saving everything?
- _carbyau_ 4y agoWell, I mean with the way the climate is going... if they don't save everything when they age into power, who will?
- kyleee 4y agoand from top gun since it's a fairly classic movie, I'd say
- tomc1985 4y agoAnd that weird video with him literally babbling on about Scientology
- mixmastamyk 4y agoI wouldn’t have agreed about GenX yesterday. But above was the third comment I’ve read today that misidentified them.
- XorNot 4y agoThe part you're missing is that Top Gun would've been readily available in rental stores around when those kids (and I was one of them) were starting to be able to get our parents to let us watch them.
- lapcat 4y agoThe part I'm missing is how Millennials being familiar with Tom Cruise and/or Top Gun is particularly relevant when everyone is familiar with Tom Cruise and/or Top Gun. These are bankable assets because everyone is familiar.
- Ekaros 4y agoIt is more of the long tail of distribution. These are the stars that were seen on TV in repeats of the same movies. Or rented and taped videos. One reason might also be how consumption of media have changed. The same stuff isn't repeated as much on main delivery channels.
- sbf501 4y agoI think you mean Gen Z. Millenials are still closer to Gen X than Gen Z. They are like Gen X but with pokemon and goosebumps.