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Shows that I’m too young and too old for recent phenomenon
Posted on 10/25/24 at 6:40 pm
Posted on 10/25/24 at 6:40 pm
I’m posting this wondering if this is a new phenomenon or it’s always been happening and I’m now the right age for it (I’m 35).
There are lots of popular shows now that are based in the 80’s but geared towards teenagers. Two examples are Stranger Things and Cobra Kai.
It’s a genius idea, you capture the teenage audience, and their parents, two generations in one show, brilliant and successful, well done.
As a child of the 90’s (born ‘89) these shows miss me. They aren’t horrible, I’ve watched a few seasons of each, but they don’t resonate with me because I’m not a teenager so I don’t relate to the teenage drama, at the same time I didn’t grow up in the 80’s so the era doesn’t resonate with me either.
Are there other older examples of this type of show that I don’t know about? Is this a new phenomenon?
The Ready Player One book/movie is another great example of this.
There are lots of popular shows now that are based in the 80’s but geared towards teenagers. Two examples are Stranger Things and Cobra Kai.
It’s a genius idea, you capture the teenage audience, and their parents, two generations in one show, brilliant and successful, well done.
As a child of the 90’s (born ‘89) these shows miss me. They aren’t horrible, I’ve watched a few seasons of each, but they don’t resonate with me because I’m not a teenager so I don’t relate to the teenage drama, at the same time I didn’t grow up in the 80’s so the era doesn’t resonate with me either.
Are there other older examples of this type of show that I don’t know about? Is this a new phenomenon?
The Ready Player One book/movie is another great example of this.
This post was edited on 10/25/24 at 6:52 pm
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Posted on 10/25/24 at 6:48 pm to Tiger1242
quote:you too me?
I’m too you
me too you too
Posted on 10/25/24 at 6:53 pm to Kafka
quote:Thank God that was a typo and I’m not actually you old man
you too me?
Posted on 10/25/24 at 7:02 pm to Tiger1242
I loved Freaks & Geeks because that was set exactly in my timeline, even though the show came out 17 or so years after the fact.
I went to that same Who tour that Lindsey Weir took off to (different city though)
Posted on 10/25/24 at 9:03 pm to Tiger1242
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born ‘89
That’s the problem. Those of us that were lucky enough to have been born in 1980 have it the best.
Posted on 10/25/24 at 10:08 pm to Tiger1242
Give it another decade. They'll get around to us eventually.
Posted on 10/25/24 at 10:53 pm to jodyHighroller
quote:I graduated high school in 1977. We had days when nearly everyone dressed up like people did in the 50's. Guys wore plain white tees with the sleeves rolled up and saddle oxford shoes. It was because of the influence of American Graffiti and Happy Days. Both of them made the 50's look cool. My parents grew up in the 40's and were married in 1952. They never saw American Graffiti, and thought Happy Days and the Fonz were silly.
Give it another decade. They'll get around to us eventually.
Posted on 10/25/24 at 11:13 pm to chinese58
The cultural bleed over between decades is kinda interesting. While wfh I’ve been streaming Judge Judy on Pluto circa 1997-8, and many people on the show look more late 80s in appearance, hair and dress then what I think of as 90s. Good stuff though.
Posted on 10/26/24 at 10:02 am to Havoc
Yeah, that's not entirely unusual. When we see various Hollywood-produced movies/tv-shows from decades past, they usually sport the more cutting-edge fashions and looks. So we start associating those particular styles as being pretty definitive of the years such material was produced.
Conversely, when you look through mountains of old newspaper clippings, vintage directories, etc., of average folks out in mid-american vicinities, the photos always seem to show vast majorities of ordinary, middle-aged people still having fairly dated or more conservative styles, in clothing, hair, makeup, etc. I swear, there were some female school counselors in the 1970s still having circa-1958 Donna Reed hairdos, and there were still dads that looked like they'd just walked out of 1952.
Conversely, when you look through mountains of old newspaper clippings, vintage directories, etc., of average folks out in mid-american vicinities, the photos always seem to show vast majorities of ordinary, middle-aged people still having fairly dated or more conservative styles, in clothing, hair, makeup, etc. I swear, there were some female school counselors in the 1970s still having circa-1958 Donna Reed hairdos, and there were still dads that looked like they'd just walked out of 1952.
Posted on 10/27/24 at 8:08 am to Tiger1242
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This post was edited on 10/27/24 at 8:09 am
Posted on 10/27/24 at 12:55 pm to Aeolian Vocalion
quote:The 70's had some terrible looking clothes.Wide ties, wide lapels on suits and sport coats, Bell bottoms or at least flared pants. Shirts with belled sleeves. Platform shoes. All of that was what the cool people wore. Old men were wearing leisure suits.If you've ever seen Three's Company, that's what Mr. Furley wore.
Conversely, when you look through mountains of old newspaper clippings, vintage directories, etc., of average folks out in mid-american vicinities, the photos always seem to show vast majorities of ordinary, middle-aged people still having fairly dated or more conservative styles, in clothing, hair, makeup, etc.
In 50 years, I think our recent era of skinny jeans and suits and sport coats all being skin tight will be looked at the way I remember the 70's.
Posted on 10/27/24 at 1:51 pm to gizmothepug
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Those of us that were lucky enough to have grown up in the 1980’s have it the best.
Fixed.
Posted on 10/27/24 at 2:10 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
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Those of us that were lucky enough to have grown up in the 1980’s have it the best.
Very few actually decent automobiles from the 80s that hold up to the test of time. I love the Cutlass Supreme, IROC-Z and Fox Body mustangs but that is a very niche taste.
Posted on 10/27/24 at 4:09 pm to Tiger1242
You must not have had any older siblings. I’m only a few years older than you and I was obsessed with all the karate kid movies as a kid. A lot of that had to do with my older siblings having a major cultural influence on me. And the movies were always on tv in the 90s. So naturally, I love cobra Kai and stranger things.
This post was edited on 10/27/24 at 4:10 pm
Posted on 10/27/24 at 4:14 pm to Tiger1242
I just started Hysteria! on Peacock & the same thought struck me: who is this for?
It's also a teen drama, which at 45 years old I care nothing about, but it's also set in the 80's during the "satanic panic" which no teen today would have any frame of reference to draw from so what's the point.
Also, the show is really lazy on the 80's nostalgia. Some kids look like they are in 1980 while others look like they're from 1990 while others look like they are from 2024. Unlike Stranger Things, there's no cohesion to it. Like any teen drama today, it has open inter-racial relationships which I guarantee was not a thing in the small town midwest in the 1980's.
As a child of the 80's, it feels like a slap in the face when they half-arse these kinds of things.
It's also a teen drama, which at 45 years old I care nothing about, but it's also set in the 80's during the "satanic panic" which no teen today would have any frame of reference to draw from so what's the point.
Also, the show is really lazy on the 80's nostalgia. Some kids look like they are in 1980 while others look like they're from 1990 while others look like they are from 2024. Unlike Stranger Things, there's no cohesion to it. Like any teen drama today, it has open inter-racial relationships which I guarantee was not a thing in the small town midwest in the 1980's.
As a child of the 80's, it feels like a slap in the face when they half-arse these kinds of things.
Posted on 10/27/24 at 4:15 pm to chinese58
quote:Skin tight, sure. But actually fitted instead of crazy billowy nonsense? nah
In 50 years, I think our recent era of skinny jeans and suits and sport coats all being skin tight will be looked at the way I remember the 70's.
Posted on 10/27/24 at 4:31 pm to Aeolian Vocalion
Another thing most movies/shows get wrong is automobiles. A movie set in 1958 has everyone driving '57s or '58s. You never see anyone still driving a 1947 Packard in a 1958 themed production.
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