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Post by TrueLoveWays on Aug 21, 2017 20:42:26 GMT
Do you think there will ever be a good decade like the 60s, 70s, 80s, or 90s again?
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Aug 21, 2017 20:58:35 GMT
Do you think there will ever be a good decade like the 60s, 70s, 80s, or 90s again? |
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Post by Archelaus on Aug 21, 2017 21:48:58 GMT
To me, describing a decade as "truly good" is very simplistic and vague. Every decade has its challenges, disappointments, achievements, and triumphs. The 1990s were truly good for technological innovations with groundbreaking digital visual effects, the Internet, and personal computers, the explosion of home video formats such as VHS and DVD, and pop culture entertainment such as television shows, music, and films that showcased different cultures and ethnicities rarely seen before.
Politics here in the United States began to grow more divisive with 24-hour cable news growing into prominence. Race relations were just as bad then as they are now. The United States was still involved in Middle Eastern affairs, but at least we won the Persian Gulf War. Terrorist attacks like the Oklahoma City and Atlanta bombings proved that terrorists don't have to be foreign in order to hit us. Wars and genocide overseas back then were still just as bad.
At least to me, the 1990s was a step up in few areas than from the 1980s, a step down in others, and definitely a step up from the 2000s. It was a decent decade overall.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2017 22:15:15 GMT
No
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Post by kleinreturns on Aug 21, 2017 23:49:32 GMT
To me, describing a decade as "truly good" is very simplistic and vague. Every decade has its challenges, disappointments, achievements, and triumphs. The 1990s were truly good for technological innovations with groundbreaking digital visual effects, the Internet, and personal computers, the explosion of home video formats such as VHS and DVD, and pop culture entertainment such as television shows, music, and films that showcased different cultures and ethnicities rarely seen before. Politics here in the United States began to grow more divisive with 24-hour cable news growing into prominence. Race relations were just as bad then as they are now. The United States was still involved in Middle Eastern affairs, but at least we won the Persian Gulf War. Terrorist attacks like the Oklahoma City and Atlanta bombings proved that terrorists don't have to be foreign in order to hit us. Wars and genocide overseas back then were still just as bad. At least to me, the 1990s was a step up in few areas than from the 1980s, a step down in others, and definitely a step up from the 2000s. It was a decent decade overall. Interesting points. |
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Aug 22, 2017 5:00:17 GMT
Not my favourite decade by any means, but way better than the 2010s. 1990s still had a lot of the things I love about the 20th century.
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Post by novastar6 on Aug 29, 2017 5:29:00 GMT
1. Yes.
2. No.
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Post by Vodkie on Aug 29, 2017 15:23:40 GMT
No, because things didn't go downhill until several years into the 2000s decade.
That's why I get easily annoyed by people overly obsessing over the 90s. a lot of people act like the year 2000 instantly sucks for not being a 90s year and that's just stupid
I saw one person complaining on facebook that TeenNick aired "as told by ginger". and they weren't complaining that they thought the show sucked, they were complaining that it 'wasn't 90s', which is ridiculous.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Aug 29, 2017 16:52:33 GMT
Do you think there will ever be a good decade like the 60s, 70s, 80s, or 90s again? Are you talking about the TV shows in those decades? |
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Post by Jayman on Sept 2, 2017 3:28:31 GMT
To be fair I think nostalgia plays a big part in that. People in their 30's probably think the early 2,000's were the greatest thing ever because that's what they grew up with.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Sept 2, 2017 8:12:51 GMT
To be fair I think nostalgia plays a big part in that. People in their 30's probably think the early 2,000's were the greatest thing ever because that's what they grew up with. Maybe some do, but I'm 26 and consider the 2000s to be a wretched decade. (that said, the early 2000s weren't too bad, but the decade just kept going downhill). |
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Post by bonerxmas on Sept 2, 2017 8:47:42 GMT
there was nothing good about the 90s
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Post by twothousandonemark on Sept 5, 2017 5:14:52 GMT
Yes & no. Geopolitically, the 90's were probably as good as we'll get. Culturally? Not really... the later years towards Y2K got juvenile. Recall post 9/11 when the world felt okay, drunken party's over, time to be engaged in the world again on a higher level.
Geopolitics, the internet... the 90's will forever have those as cornerstones & those are big things.
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Post by PreachCaleb on Sept 8, 2017 15:36:43 GMT
No and Yes.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2017 22:15:05 GMT
Yes and no.
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Post by OmegaWolf747 on Jan 29, 2018 19:33:14 GMT
For TV? Yes. I don't even watch anymore.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2018 23:20:46 GMT
No, the 2000's were. And the 1990's are extremely overrated, IMO with the obvious exception of 1999.
And no decade 110% great or 110% terrible, by the way. All decade have many good things and bad things about them. To say everything went downhill once 2000 rolled around and nothing good came out of the 2000's is totally ridiculous. I hate the 2010's, but if I were to say that the whole decade is shit and there is nothing good about would be very ignorant and stupid because there have been some great things to happen in this decade especially in my personal life and no one should hate a decade completely 110%.
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Post by jrdmln on Jul 28, 2018 19:47:03 GMT
No decade is completely good or bad. Each decade has its good things and bad things. When it comes to Tv shows, I do think the 1990s was one of the last good decades for Tv shows. Since the 2000s, there have not been as many good Tv shows. I think the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s were the best decades for Tv shows.
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Post by jamesottosweetheart on Jul 30, 2018 1:56:19 GMT
To me, there won't be one as good as the 90's, but the ones that have happened after in my opinion do have their gem TV shows.
God bless you always!!!
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Post by telegonus on Dec 18, 2018 19:30:40 GMT
Like the Sixties and Seventies? No, never. Black and white film stock was integral to the Sixties, and I can't see it coming back. It was dominant in prime time through the 1965-66 season, then vanished but for reruns. In those days genre as often as not played like drama, whether westerns (Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Rifleman), police shows (Naked City, The 87h Precinct), war (Combat! 12 O'Clock High) or sci-fi (The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits).
In the case of the latter two, which were anthologies, and featured no regular continuing characters, the emphasis was heavily dramatic, with strong emotional undercurrents. Drama was dominant in the "travelin' man" shows, too: Route 66, The Fugitive, Run For Your Life. One didn't watch them for the scenery. The sitcoms were more conventional, and as the years went by they got more "gimmicky", featuring Martians, genies and witches as their main characters.
Variety shows were, many of them, still rather old-fashioned in their appeal, whether the host was Ed Sullivan, Garry Moore or Danny Kaye. The Hollywood Palace, half-forgotten now, was closer to vaudeville, and it catered to a mostly older audience. Network news was dominated by middle aged white guys, was non-glamorous by nature, and not sexy in the least. The men were often graying or balding; many wore glasses.
As to the Seventies, I didn't watch much regular or prime time television. I was a movie buff, liked good drama and comedy, wasn't attracted to the new fangled cop, detective, lawyer or doctor shows; and that included MASH. Norman Lear's topical sitcoms like All In The Family had their day but after a while the envelope pushing came to feel safe and predictable, with their "issues of the week", and I lost interest in the whole lot of them. The comedy shows produced by Mary Tyler Moore's MTM company I liked a lot better. They felt closer to life and genuinely contemporary as to what their leading characters were going through. There was a sense of continuum to each of them, a kind of family feeling. Not much controversy or thrills, but after a while I came to find that a relief.
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