Beside the mimicry there's also a lack of "cultural tension" (as in physical force). A simple thing in the 80s was a magical item from a lot of new ideas and ne

Beside the mimicry there's also a lack of "cultural tension" (as in physical force). A simple thing in the 80s was a magical item from a lot of new ideas and new efforts. Today there's such a gluttony of capabilities that you're drowning and can't feel anything. It's like x-ray.. new improvements happen so fast, they go through you.. with either extremely high emotional response (iphone waiting lines) or very mild one (renew your flagship from 2 years ago). Same goes for music IMO.. people are looking at the past because today's culture is lacking. Some of it is from my generation nostalgia, but a lot of it isn't, I was very surprised to see new filters to imitate VHS tapes or CRT screens being used in new youtube videos, even though everything sold is about 4K, 120fps and whatever. There's also an anthropological aspect about this.. watching 70s videos, with lots of glare, or halos, probably limitations of optics/film .. but giving some pretty aesthetics. Having more physically correct capture of an event doesn't improve that aspect. People are romantics.