Things that are VERY '90s
- Shaquille O'Neal
- Circuit City
- RadioShack
- The intro to 101 Dalmatians: The Series
- The logo of WISH-TV Indianapolis
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i guess it's just "one associates it with a bygone era", e.g. VHS lines on videos
but it's just something associated with that time period
not inherently part of that time period
furthermore, time periods such as decades are arbitrarily defined, while societal changes occur according to either:
* gradual change, or
* sudden change according to events that are generally not tied to any particular numbering system of years
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i just don't like the notion of "era-shaming" and calling things outdated as if it's a bad thing
some things are worse for certain purposes or according to certain standards, and it is natural for things to get better according to commonly-used standards, but that does not necessarily mean that newer stuff is better
one frequent problem with newer things is that they may require more energy and/or effort to create
nothing is more 90s than those
nostalgia implies a fondness for a bygone time because it's bygone, and and also implies a certain romanticization of said bygone time
that requires an acknowledgement that something IS bygone in the first place
that doesn't mean we can't appreciate old things for what they are, while understanding that we are not part of the original intended audience and that our response is unlikely to be the same as that of the audience it was intended for - because that's just the way of it, culture changes and audiences are part of that culture and shaped by that culture.
i feel history is something that should never be forgotten, but that doesn't mean new directions are bad... you are bound to your past but you don't have to be bound by it
in CN's case i think their older properties should have a place and should still get shown, but i don't think they should be treated as though they're the same as their newer properties, because they aren't
but that's like giving up on aspirations one has created in times past
Maybe i've missed something.
i wouldn't say it unsettles me, although sometimes franchises are milked too much i think.
i wouldn't have come up with Rewind if i thought old cartoons needed to be forgotten
conversely i wouldn't have come up with Rewind if i thought old cartoons needed to be treated the same way as contemporary ones
And, well, look at Loonatics Unleashed.
i feel some things are of their time and are better left unspoilt, as historical objects to be enjoyed and appreciated, but not ongoing franchises. Like i think it's fair to sometimes show The Flintstones on TV nowadays but i don't think there's any particular need to 'revive' the franchise.
And i feel space needs to be made for new, fresh content. Old things can be good, but new audiences lack the context to appreciate them to their full potential. i think it makes sense to dedicate particular stations or timeslots to older content, where i think it will find a more sympathetic audience.
of course the dilution of channels is a problem... things should not be sent to nostalgia channels so they can 'hurry up and die', that's an abuse of the channels
i know that if there were no H-B there would be no CN. You will never hear me dispute that.
Also i don't think i ever said CN was ideal.
Admittedly i *don't* honestly think CN has a responsibility to H-B just because that was how they started out (that seems kind of genetic fallacy-ish) but i didn't say, or mean, that they shouldn't show H-B cartoons.