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And the thing is there is plenty of new content targeting that generation that is very good. There is a lot of changes in cultural values and norms that just a
by cruffle_duffle 2y ago
And the thing is there is plenty of new content targeting that generation that is very good. There is a lot of changes in cultural values and norms that just aren’t captured by all our old 1980’s movies. For example views on gender, race and sexuality are wildly different than what we encountered as 80’s kids. Not to mention socioeconomic and geopolitical changes too.
That isn’t to say that 1980’s movies are garbage. Far from it. It’s just like the parent said… trying to get 12 year old me into old junk like pink panther or whatever cartoons were watched in the boomer era.
I mean hell, half the plot lines in older shows don’t work if everybody has a powerful internet connected computer in their pocket.
- kleton 2y agoOedipus Rex doesn't work if there are paternity tests but that doesn't mean it can't be appreciated.
- borggambit 2y agoI would say the topics mentioned were basically non-topics in movies of the past unless explicit like Mississippi Burning. I think it is more like the Matrix. Super relevant with AI but traveling through phone lines and pay phones, what? It would have to seem so dated the way black and white movies have always just felt too distant for me.
- KingMob 2y ago> trying to get 12 year old me into old junk like pink panther or whatever cartoons were watched in the boomer era I caught a few of them in reruns in the 80's, and for a long time, I assumed those were what the Pink Panther was. It wasn't until college that I learned about the live-action Inspector Clouseau movies that the cartoons came from. They're amusing farces, and still hold up pretty well. (Though honestly, the Marx Brothers hold up better.)