"It's dated"

Anonus

Because nothing should ever reflect the time period when it was made.

Odradek

Birth of a Nation

Sredni Vashtar

"Dated" doesn't just mean of its time; it means that certain qualities have aged badly.

Anonus

Baldanders said:

Birth of a Nation

that's an exception to my complaint

Sredni Vashtar said:

"Dated" doesn't just mean of its time; it means that certain qualities have aged badly.

right

LOAD Cherry

I would say that there is a good stretch of definition between "reflective of the era" and "dated"

To use an example, I'd say that Animaniacs is reflective of the time period it was made, but still entertaining, while the early episodes of the Pokemon dub are a little dated in their 90s-ness, and a bit cliched at times.

Whether something is "dated" has a lot to do with a combination of the quality of the source and what cultural qualities in the world have changed since then which reflect poorly on it.

I'd say much of Looney Tunes has aged well, while some of it has well, not.

Hexartes

A lot of people do mix up "dated" and "reflective" to be fair and call something the former when it is more the latter, to be fair to Anonus.

Sredni Vashtar

It is a subjective assessment, and not necessarily an insult to the full package per se.