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> There’s a shortage of seriousness everywhere in society now. Exactly the opposite.

jwells89 3y ago
I tend to agree, and you can kind of see the creep of “seriousness” increase over the years in popular media (characterized by dark/edgy/gritty/“realistic” tones), with the Nolan Batman films being something of an inflection point. Compare the TV and movies from the past 15 or so years to that of the mid-late 90s and early 00s and there’s a stark contrast, with the older media having more of a tendency toward being colorful, optimistic, positive, fun, silly, campy, etc.
- lesuorac 3y ago
  Eh, I'm pretty sure the author is arguing about "seriousness" in a "professional" sense as opposed to a "large consequence" sense. I think the proliferation of "large consequence" has to do with lazy writing and if you have a bunch of people "save the world" now they need to one-up it so it becomes "save the star system". So when you have a ton of sequels being produced they need to keep getting larger and larger consequences for the plot line. However, on the lack of "professionalism" I think the author is spot on. Their initial example is that "Pumpkin Spice" contains no Pumpkin. Saying you're doing X while you'r e not doing X is very unprofessional (unserious).
  - musicale 3y ago
    > "Pumpkin Spice" contains no Pumpkin. And "Baby Oil" contains no Baby. Usually.
    - scotty79 3y ago
      So it's a spice for pumpkins?
      - pvdoom 3y ago
        Interestingly enough, what survives as pumpkin spice today used to be an incredibly popular spice mix - powder douce - going back to the Middle Ages, and used on everything from apple pie, to roast meat, to wine. Mulled wine is basically pumpkin spice wine.
      - TheCoelacanth 3y ago
        Yes, it's the spice mix used in pumpkin pie and some other pumpkin dishes.
    - ndsipa_pomu 3y ago
      > And "Baby Oil" contains no Baby. Usually. And bathrooms don't usually have a bath
      - musicale 3y ago
        How am I supposed to rest in the restroom when people keep coming in and making noise?
  - TheCoelacanth 3y ago
    Even save the star system seems to be too small now. There's now save the universe plots or even save the multiverse plots.

I tend to agree, and you can kind of see the creep of “seriousness” increase over the years in popular media (characterized by dark/edgy/gritty/“realistic” tones), with the Nolan Batman films being something of an inflection point. Compare the TV and movies from the past 15 or so years to that of the mid-late 90s and early 00s and there’s a stark contrast, with the older media having more of a tendency toward being colorful, optimistic, positive, fun, silly, campy, etc.

lesuorac 3y ago
Eh, I'm pretty sure the author is arguing about "seriousness" in a "professional" sense as opposed to a "large consequence" sense. I think the proliferation of "large consequence" has to do with lazy writing and if you have a bunch of people "save the world" now they need to one-up it so it becomes "save the star system". So when you have a ton of sequels being produced they need to keep getting larger and larger consequences for the plot line. However, on the lack of "professionalism" I think the author is spot on. Their initial example is that "Pumpkin Spice" contains no Pumpkin. Saying you're doing X while you'r e not doing X is very unprofessional (unserious).
- musicale 3y ago
  > "Pumpkin Spice" contains no Pumpkin. And "Baby Oil" contains no Baby. Usually.
  - scotty79 3y ago
    So it's a spice for pumpkins?
    - pvdoom 3y ago
      Interestingly enough, what survives as pumpkin spice today used to be an incredibly popular spice mix - powder douce - going back to the Middle Ages, and used on everything from apple pie, to roast meat, to wine. Mulled wine is basically pumpkin spice wine.
    - TheCoelacanth 3y ago
      Yes, it's the spice mix used in pumpkin pie and some other pumpkin dishes.
  - ndsipa_pomu 3y ago
    > And "Baby Oil" contains no Baby. Usually. And bathrooms don't usually have a bath
    - musicale 3y ago
      How am I supposed to rest in the restroom when people keep coming in and making noise?
- TheCoelacanth 3y ago
  Even save the star system seems to be too small now. There's now save the universe plots or even save the multiverse plots.