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Is Friends "too 90's to work today"?

posted 8 years ago by Clayman82
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...so that millennials can relate to it?
Besides technology, of course, I've got the impression millennials are less invested in talking and speculating about relationships today. They deal more with web trends, or the niche they belong too.
I'm interested in point of views on the theme. I often ask myself "How much of the 90's (and early 2000 too, before invasive technology took over and changed humans on an anthropological level, as well as on a sociological, psychological and behavioural one, of course) is sticking around so far, and how much left for good?"

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[–] blakgard 8 years ago

My brother and sister are early Millennials (circa 1980), and it's one of their favourite shows. But those born towards the end of the generation might not like it as much.

[–] Clayman82 8 years ago

Sure, I was referring to "core millennials", being an early one too (b. 1982).

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[–] tsnide34 8 years ago

My daughter, born in 1999, absolutely loves it. She streams it all the time.

[–] mjn-seifer 8 years ago

In my opinion no. People are still invested in talking about relationships today, hence why it is still a subject in TV shows. Even with web trends allegedly becoming more of a thing, people today are no different from how they were in the 90s when you scratch the surface. You're just looking at them the way an older person looks at a younger person, which is a mistake in my opinion.

[–] Moonlighty 8 years ago

Seeing as a lot of fans are younger than the original audience, obviously it still works today.

I've got the impression millennials are less invested in talking and speculating about relationships today.

That sounds weird and baseless. You think all the young people with their twitters and their tinders and the smart technologies have completely done away with relationships and fck anyone who walks by or that they have relationships, but there is absolutely no desire to ever discuss them, like they are always clear and a given? Because...no people aren't really changing that much. For example, once people are old enough, they all complain how lazy and different the younger generation is until a few years pass, then the new older people can do the same thing.

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[–] pbfan103 8 years ago

No

it's never Joan Van Ark- Marge Simpsons

[–] speccyboy 8 years ago

SSDD - Same Smeg, Different Day.

[–] Redhawkof2008 8 years ago

Not really. The overall of premise of a group of friends and their day-to-day lives is common in sit-coms to this day. And as a millennial (born in 1990), I watched the last 3-4 seasons in their original airing.

Maybe that bloody dagger will lead us to the murder weapon.

[–] jajceboy 8 years ago

No, not really. The premise of the show is timeless and can be found in sit-coms today.
There's nothing about Friends, part from the fashion and hair, that puts it in the 90's. The best sitcoms are like that: Funny whenever you're watching them.

Also you're not doing yourselves any favour OP by saying that every one born in the 90's are not interested in talking face to face
That's the biggest piece of crap I've heard. You might be like that but I & many with me aren't like that.

[–] Clayman82 8 years ago

So you think saying

I've got the impression millennials are less invested in talking and speculating about relationships today

and saying

every one born in the 90's are not interested in talking face to face

is the same thing, meaning-wise?

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[–] tsnide34 8 years ago

I admit to making the same logical leap. They of course don't mean the same. That doesn't help your case, though, as I now realize the OP is even further from the truth.

[–] Clayman82 8 years ago

Of course it's not about how they deal with universal themes. It's about how people, after invasive technology changed their ways (especially for the younger ones), are able to recapture those themes through the vibes the show gives.
Besides, my post is not looking for "truth", it's looking for debatable opinions (not based on statistics, but on how Friends fans perceive such matter).

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[–] eileen-guthrie555 8 years ago

Yeah, It's called the Big Bang Theory.

[–] computermaster 8 years ago

My brother used to watch this all the time. The "friends" had some of the most sheltered lives i've ever seen. None of them ever seem to care about anything about themselves, their relationships and anyone or anything that doesn't fit into their annoying ass yuppie clique.

[–] knifeparty2004 8 years ago

How are they a yuppie clique? Joey and Phoebe for the most part are broke for the whole of the series...

[–] Moonlighty 8 years ago

It's comments like these where people take things so personally I wonder if they realize it's a sitcom and that they aren't just watching real life through the magic box in their living room.

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