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Post by Deexan on Apr 1, 2016 7:10:36 GMT -5
The furore over the banning of the word "ninja" was the most British thing to have happened in the 1980s.
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Post by Justin on Apr 1, 2016 9:15:12 GMT -5
One of my Swedish friends told me how his country banned the word as well. For whatever reason, it was deemed too "aggressive" or something.
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Post by Neverending on Apr 1, 2016 22:43:16 GMT -5
The furore over the banning of the word "ninja" was the most British thing to have happened in the 1980s. Mum, may I be a Hero Turtle for Guy Fawkes Day? |
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Post by Deexan on Apr 2, 2016 1:12:16 GMT -5
THAT'S BONFIRE NIGHT TO YOU, RUMMY.
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Post by Neverending on Aug 2, 2016 0:33:35 GMT -5
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Post by Justin on Aug 7, 2016 21:01:46 GMT -5
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Post by Neverending on Aug 8, 2016 0:25:22 GMT -5
No? I did dress up as a Power Ranger in '94 but I don't remember which gloves it came with.
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Post by Neverending on Dec 6, 2016 18:19:25 GMT -5
Growing up means getting shitty Christmas presents. Not that it matters - Christmas shouldn't be about the gifts. But consumerism is a giant part of the holidays and some of our fondest childhood memories. With that in mind, what are/were your favorite Christmas presents? I think the most impacting one I ever got was Batman (1989) on VHS. Doomsday and I have bonded over the fact that Batman (1989) is the movie we've watched the most times. I must have watched this movie at least once-a-month for the first decade of my life. It's a miracle I never wore out the tape. I also had an action figure that must have been some version of this:  It was the only impressive Batman toy I had. Most of my Batman action figures looked like this:  In fact, I'm sure I had that same exact toy. You could get them dirt cheap at K-Mart. Basically, they made ONE toy design and just painted them in various costumes and sold it as different toys. Warner Bros. was printing money back then. |
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Post by Neverending on Dec 7, 2016 15:40:32 GMT -5
DeexanI don't think I had too many Ninja Turtles toys. My bedsheet was of Ninja Turtles. I had stuffed toys - mostly as bed decoration. I remember a punching bag. I dressed up as a Ninja Turtle for one Halloween. That's what I can recall right now.
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Post by Neverending on Aug 18, 2017 14:12:43 GMT -5
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Post by Deexan on Aug 18, 2017 20:03:39 GMT -5
Best Caption thread
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Post by Frizzo the Clown on Nov 18, 2017 15:56:55 GMT -5
I am in none of those catergories.
I am old.
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Post by Neverending on Nov 18, 2017 16:31:20 GMT -5
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Post by Wyldstaar on Nov 18, 2017 16:39:59 GMT -5
The entire first column has no business being associated with Millennials. The only exposure Millennials had to any of that stuff was through reruns on TV and their parents old video game systems that got dragged out to keep the kids occupied.
This did cause me to take a look at Generation X culture, and it's a very mixed bag. We grew up in an era in which more than half of the media available consisted of reruns from the 50's, 60's and 70's. All the UHF stations played non-stop reruns of shows that Baby Boomers grew up on. Until deregulation, most children's programs consisted of ancient live-action shows like The Adventures of Superman, Dennis the Menace, Gilligan's Island, Leave it to Beaver, and the Brady Bunch or ancient cartoons like Looney Tunes, Pink Panther, The Flintstones, or Rocky & Bullwinkle. Even the modern (at the time) TV line-up was all about the past- Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, MASH, Little House on the Prairie, The Waltons and Kung Fu. It was a weird time to grow up.
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Post by Neverending on Nov 18, 2017 17:11:44 GMT -5
The entire first column has no business being associated with Millennials. whatis.techtarget.com/definition/millennials-millennial-generation According to Iconoclast, a consumer research firm, the first Millennials were born in 1978. Newsweek magazine reported that the Millennial generation was born between 1977 and 1994. In separate articles, the New York Times pegged the Millennials at 1976-1990 and 1978-1998.Disagree 100% We were more cultured, as crazy as that may sound. The PG Cooper generation thinks that Seinfeld/X-Files/Friends are "old." Meanwhile, we grew up watching content as old as The Three Stooges. Imagine if the oldest media we were exposed to was Three's Company? That's why everything today is so... bland. That's why every Marvel movies are so cookie-cutter. Kids today only know one thing. I had this very discussion with PG Cooper when he did his Batman marathon back in the old CS!. To him, Batman is Christian Bale. To me and Doomsday, Batman is... Batman. We had Adam West and the animated series on television and Michael Keaton on the big screen. Batman could be molded into... anything. So when Doomsday and I talk shit about Bale it's because we've seen better and we knew Ben Affleck was on the horizon. Bale is just one piece of a larger picture. We can embrace diversity. The day Marvel decides to re-cast all their superheroes, that's gonna be hilarious to watch. Meanwhile, I'm here ready to watch Jake Gylenhaal as Batman. Matt Reeves wants Spider-Man lookalike as Batman? Fuck it! Let's do it. |
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Post by Dracula on Nov 18, 2017 17:31:42 GMT -5
The entire first column has no business being associated with Millennials. The only exposure Millennials had to any of that stuff was through reruns on TV and their parents old video game systems that got dragged out to keep the kids occupied. This did cause me to take a look at Generation X culture, and it's a very mixed bag. We grew up in an era in which more than half of the media available consisted of reruns from the 50's, 60's and 70's. All the UHF stations played non-stop reruns of shows that Baby Boomers grew up on. Until deregulation, most children's programs consisted of ancient live-action shows like The Adventures of Superman, Dennis the Menace, Gilligan's Island, Leave it to Beaver, and the Brady Bunch or ancient cartoons like Looney Tunes, Pink Panther, The Flintstones, or Rocky & Bullwinkle. Even the modern (at the time) TV line-up was all about the past- Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, MASH, Little House on the Prairie, The Waltons and Kung Fu. It was a weird time to grow up. I think you're a bit off on that. I'm millennial as fuck and definitely remember most of that stuff being part of my childhood, maybe not Bevis and Butthead which was probably aimed at the older gen Xers. |
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Post by Dracula on Nov 18, 2017 17:35:58 GMT -5
We were more cultured, as crazy as that may sound. The PG Cooper generation thinks that Seinfeld/X-Files/Friends are "old." Meanwhile, we grew up watching content as old as The Three Stooges. Imagine if the oldest media we were exposed to was Three's Company? That's why everything today is so... bland. That's why every Marvel movies are so cookie-cutter. Kids today only know one thing. I had this very discussion with PG Cooper when he did his Batman marathon back in the old CS!. To him, Batman is Christian Bale. To me and Doomsday , Batman is... Batman. We had Adam West and the animated series on television and Michael Keaton on the big screen. Batman could be molded into... anything. So when Doomsday and I talk shit about Bale it's because we've seen better and we knew Ben Affleck was on the horizon. Bale is just one piece of a larger picture. We can embrace diversity. The day Marvel decides to re-cast all their superheroes, that's gonna be hilarious to watch. Meanwhile, I'm here ready to watch Jake Gylenhaal as Batman. Matt Reeves wants Spider-Man lookalike as Batman? Fuck it! Let's do it. I have kind of been wondering if there's any way for young people today to be exposed to classic TV. Classic movies are well canonized and aren't too hard to get caught up on, but getting exposed to classic TV is not easy without syndication and even if they're available on Netflix it's kind of hard to picture a kid just deciding to start watching I Love Lucy or something. |
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Post by PG Cooper on Nov 18, 2017 17:47:03 GMT -5
Disagree 100% I had this very discussion with PG Cooper when he did his Batman marathon back in the old CS!. To him, Batman is Christian Bale. Don't put words in my mouth. You of all people should know who my Batman is.  |
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Post by Neverending on Nov 18, 2017 18:35:58 GMT -5
maybe not Bevis and Butthead can't take claim to Beavis and Butt-Head. thebtskink and I were watching that too. It was almost Simpsons level of popularity. The Simpsons was like... 2nd grade for me. Kids in my class were really into it. Believe it or not. Parental supervision clearly wasn't a priority back then. Beavis and Butthead was like... 4th grade. So both shows inhabit the same space for me. The thing about Beavis and Butthead is that it came out at the same time as NickToons. Animation-wise, it's more or less the same shit as Doug and Rugrats. If parents weren't paying attention, they didn't realize you changed the channel. Ren & Stimpy, Rocko and AHH! Real Monsters were actually much weirder than Beavis and Butt-Head. So, really, parents had no idea what the fuck we were watching. Adult and children animation blended together. It's still kinda like that. Adventure Time and Rick & Morty are kinda the same thing, for example. But now, adult animation has really embraced cartoon violence. You watch a split second of Rick & Morty and it's obviously not for kids. You can't do that with Beavis and Butt-Head. It's just two weird-looking characters sitting on a couch and watching music videos. it's kind of hard to picture a kid just deciding to start watching I Love Lucy or something. Hulu is trying. There's a lot of old shows on it. But you're right. They need a push. The Golden Girls found a millennial audience cause they turned it into a meme. If you want kids to watch I Love Lucy, you're gonna have to sell the feminist angle. I Love Lucy WAS about this woman refusing to be a housewife by trying to get into show business. We were sold on it because of the physical comedy. One of the famous scenes was Lucy and Ethel working at the chocolate factory and struggling to keep up at the assembling line. That won't catch millennial's attention. But if you focus on the Lucy and Ricky dynamic, that'll spark their interest. You of all people should know who my Batman is.  Noted. |
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Post by Wyldstaar on Nov 18, 2017 18:44:38 GMT -5
It was a weird time to grow up. Disagree 100% We were more cultured, as crazy as that may sound. The PG Cooper generation thinks that Seinfeld/X-Files/Friends are "old." Meanwhile, we grew up watching content as old as The Three Stooges. Imagine if the oldest media we were exposed to was Three's Company? That's why everything today is so... bland. That's why every Marvel movies are so cookie-cutter. Kids today only know one thing. I had this very discussion with PG Cooper when he did his Batman marathon back in the old CS!. To him, Batman is Christian Bale. To me and Doomsday , Batman is... Batman. We had Adam West and the animated series on television and Michael Keaton on the big screen. Batman could be molded into... anything. So when Doomsday and I talk shit about Bale it's because we've seen better and we knew Ben Affleck was on the horizon. Bale is just one piece of a larger picture. We can embrace diversity. The day Marvel decides to re-cast all their superheroes, that's gonna be hilarious to watch. Meanwhile, I'm here ready to watch Jake Gylenhaal as Batman. Matt Reeves wants Spider-Man lookalike as Batman? Fuck it! Let's do it. Being more cultured is one of the ways we're weird. I didn't say it was a bad time, just a weird one. Specifically, it's weird when compared to the generations who came before and after us. Baby Boomers grew up in a fresh new world born from the changes in society and technology after WWII. All there TV was brand new because there was no such thing as reruns yet, and Rock & Roll was being born. Millennials grew up in the Information Age, with 500 channels on TV which were full of brand new programs made just for them, and haven't experienced a world without the internet. Generation X is weird because, while we grew up during our time, we spent it being constantly exposed to heavy doses of the the Baby Boomers culture, as well as the Greatest Generation. Gen X barely gave a second thought to watching a Black & White movie or TV show, even though nobody made B&W media anymore by the time we were born. Good luck getting the average Millennial to watch anything in B&W without holding them at gunpoint. They get tiny doses of it here and there, but it's usually because it's been integrated into something new. They learn about Classic Rock by playing Guitar Hero and watching movies with retro soundtracks. They discover elements of Gen X pop culture because it gets referenced on Family Guy or The Simpsons. |
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Post by Neverending on Nov 18, 2017 19:02:07 GMT -5
Good luck getting the average Millennial to watch anything in B&W without holding them at gunpoint. One of my favorite shows as a kid was Disney's Zorro and anytime they aired the colorized version I felt like throwing something at the television. Imagine a kid today having that feeling. But at the same time, I hated the black & white Gilligan's Island. That's an example of being cultured. Somehow, even as a kid, I understood aesthetic. I don't wanna watch a bunch of people on an island in black and white. It's the tropics. Get me some fucking colors. But Zorro, yeah, I want that in black & white. I wanna see him lurk in the shadows. Kids today grew up on the plain look of Apple. They're puzzled by Seinfeld and Friends looking completely different even though it was made at the same time. That didn't even cross our minds in the 90's because to us it was just part of the diverse landscape. I could switch the channel to Fresh Prince and THEY would have their own look. I could put on Roseanne and THEY had their own look. That was the norm to us. We didn't grow up with everything looking the same. Anyway... I'm still gonna disagree with you. Baby Boomers had literature. Hercules. King Arthur. Robin Hood. All this shit is old as fuck and they grew up on it. |
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Post by Jibbs on Nov 18, 2017 19:21:14 GMT -5
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Post by Dracula on Nov 18, 2017 20:04:49 GMT -5
it's kind of hard to picture a kid just deciding to start watching I Love Lucy or something. Hulu is trying. There's a lot of old shows on it. But you're right. They need a push. The Golden Girls found a millennial audience cause they turned it into a meme. If you want kids to watch I Love Lucy, you're gonna have to sell the feminist angle. I Love Lucy WAS about this woman refusing to be a housewife by trying to get into show business. We were sold on it because of the physical comedy. One of the famous scenes was Lucy and Ethel working at the chocolate factory and struggling to keep up at the assembling line. That won't catch millennial's attention. But if you focus on the Lucy and Ricky dynamic, that'll spark their interest. Hmmm... I love that show, but calling it remotely feminist is a bit of a stretch. Lucy does keep trying to break out of her role as a housewife but every attempt blows up in her face and Ricky "sets her straight" and everything turns back to the "proper" status quo. The chocolate factory episode is a good example; Lucy and Ethel make a bet that the women can get jobs and the men can keep up the house, both fail spectacularly, and the lesson everyone learns at the end is that men should be men and women should be women. I'm sure some people did draw some inspiration from the fact that Lucy keeps on trying, but the intended message of the show does strike me as fairly retrograde. |
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