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Hollywood can't seem to get over the 1980's...

posted 4 years ago by Rorikon (16364)
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One of if not the best era (imo as well as being born around that time along with the early 1990's) of great American cinema (movies and music; excluding fashion) and some from culture (although it's being destroyed by recent franchise reboots and/or sequels). So many 1980's setting shows from Stranger Things to IT movie to Weekend's latest album to xfinity E.T. commercial ad and the likes. Even the poster cover has a Thor: Ragnarok vibe to it and 80's electronic music.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

One of if not the best era (imo as well as being born around that time) of great American cinema and culture.

No, it wasn't. Not even close. I came of age in the 1980s and could never say it was the best era.

[–] lolkatz (475) 4 years ago

I think it's a reactionary phenomenon. The 1980s evoke an image of:
-all white neighborhoods
-reductions in government handouts, which was detrimental to the non-whites
-free market economy, with little regard to the concerns of the working class
-nationalism and jingoism
-faith-based programs sneaking into the government agenda.
-coke
-more coke
-etc.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 4 years ago

Coke is 70s. Where the hell you been?

Real coke, that is. Not yea-yo cut with smack, baby laxative, elephant tranquilizer or talcum powder. Real coke.

[–] BourbonKing (5612) 4 years ago

"real coke" was cosmopolitan in the 70s and if you were a working class kid in a major city you did have access to 70s coke but a majority of America didn't. Cocaine became more accessible to minorities and urban white kids in the 80s and crack cocaine exploded in the black community and caused, to this day, some irreparable damage.

[–] pioneergrrrl (2388) 4 years ago

it also could just be a reaction to our childhood now gone--I'm now 40. And the 1980s were when I was a kid and did not have to worry about the bills. Kinda like how our parents childhood in the 1950's came back in the 1970's.

[–] Satan2016 (23273) 4 years ago

The 80s was when universities were turning people into bigots like you!

[–] lolkatz (475) 4 years ago

since I'm critiquing it as a reactionary phenomenon, than I can't be counted as one.

[–] Satan2016 (23273) 4 years ago

You're not critiquing anything! Pure Marxist racism.

[–] TimMC (9143) 4 years ago

WOW Bigot much!

[–] Strazdas (2328) 3 years ago

Ill take coke over meth, thanks.

[–] Otter (24464) 4 years ago

I suspect a lot of Hollywood executives are middle-aged, and the 80s were their childhood or youth. They're nostalgic about the fashions, music, and pop culture of the decade, because everything seemed fun back then!

And of course Hollywood executives always think that everyone in the world likes the same crap they do.

[–] pioneergrrrl (2388) 4 years ago

I don't like ALL the music, fashions etc...but still remember dressing up as Wonder Woman one halloween and how much fun it was going around w my best friend. the JEM movie sucked btw

[–] ATG6 (3000) 4 years ago

The 80's had the best music. Fashion, not so much.

[–] Moonglum9 (10702) 4 years ago

I’d personally go with the 70s for the best music, at least as far as rock music is concerned. Ill let others make the call on the other genres of music.

[–] BourbonKing (5612) 4 years ago

Every era has good and shitty fashion. Don't think for once that what is considered cool looking in today's culture is going to stay cool.

There was a time in the 90s when everyone started wearing Jorts and parachute pants were cool.

[–] pioneergrrrl (2388) 4 years ago

loved the Saturday morning cartoons and the music. Fashions were hit or miss.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 4 years ago

Wrong. Musicologists cite the 40s as the best decade for popular music, with the 60s coming in second. Composers knew what an actual melody was back then.

[–] Joogle83 (4143) 4 years ago

im fine it with it i hope this doesnt retcon Man of steel

[–] Burk48917 (10966) 4 years ago

This is the tail end of it, and DC is a little behind the ball actually. This 80s theme is already played out, and you'll notice it when this gets released that this will feel dated.

[–] AndyKing1967 (33725) 4 years ago

Of course the 80s only happened in America.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 4 years ago

Other countries didn't exist yet at the time.

[–] Cheepshooter (672) 4 years ago

Simple reason. The 80s was the childhood/young adulthood of the majority of the movie making group and the group with the most buying power right now. In the 70s/80s, we had a lot of 50s/60s nostalgia for the same reason.

[–] BourbonKing (5612) 4 years ago

It was also the Boomers who were in the 80s spotlight. Gen X didn't even exist and were portrayed as horny, clueless teenagers for the most part. If there was any youth getting attention it was the Gen Jones people who are a subset of Baby Boomers because they were born in the late 50s/early 60s (Tom Cruise, Sean Penn, Brat Pack etc.)

Another think that I never see revisited in the 80s revisionism is the high focus on Baby Boomer angst about "getting Old". They're whole mantra in the 60s was that if you were older than them it was time to get out of the way. Ironically, by the time Reagan got into office the same Boomers embraced Uncle Ronnie and pretended to be back into the fold and completely forgot their political stances but reminisced about the free love vibes which are now categorically placed in iconic status today.

[–] pioneergrrrl (2388) 4 years ago

my parents were also in their 40's then. They were raising me and my brother and were no longer counter culture--had nice house w stable job which paid the bills.

[–] L1 (1316) 4 years ago

They are judging us!

[–] pioneergrrrl (2388) 4 years ago

Now it's our turn to get old. I understand why my dad pulled out his albums and constantly lisened to them over and over.

There is yes irony that we are in our 40's with covid--while our parents had the AIDS/HIV pandemic when they hit 40. I doubt it was intended but it is one of those things which looks unique.