BoxTar
i got bored and posted something
Hello there everyone. Another thing has been on my mind that I would like to discuss with others.
Recently I have noticed, in a lot of forms of media, there has been a lot of reliance on Nostalgia to pull in viewers.
In movies, at least in the big blockbuster type movies, I see mostly sequels and remakes. For example, I went to the theaters just the other day, and saw the trailers for upcoming movies. The movies I saw trailers for:
Annie, the American remake of the original film, which was an adaptation of a Broadway musical
Planes: Fire & Rescue. A sequel to the Planes movies, which were a spinoff of the Cars franchise. Cuz everyone loved Cars that much.
A New Wizard of Oz movie...cuz that's never been done before.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Michael Bay explosions edition.
Transformers 4: Another Transformers movie...
Now, are these the only movies that are going to be in theaters? Of course not! There are also some original movies coming into light as well. Oculus is one that actually seems very interesting to me. But let's move onto the next point:
Nintendo. Ah yeah, we all (well, most of us anyways ) love Nintendo around here. And I got nothing wrong with Nintendo making new Mario, Zelda and Kirby games...but...can we get some new Nintendo originals? The last original characters I remember from Nintendo were Pikmin...and that was a while ago, back in the Gamecube era.
Now, don't take that the wrong way, I still loves me some Nintendo...but I think a part of the problem is that they are banking on Nostalgia WAY too much these days. With a game like Yoshi's New Island, which relied completely on Nostalgia, and even a game like ALBW, which relied heavily on ALttP nostalgia. Is that a bad thing? Well...no. But I feel as if its just another way we are getting taken advantage of these days, in terms of what we used to love.
For some reason, with all the iterations on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the return of certain cartoons like PowerPuff Girls and that...God awful mess of Teen Titans Go!...I feel as if producers these days are relying less on interesting, creative and new ideas and more on characters we used to know and love...
But hell, I may be completely wrong on this. But this is the way I see it: 70s was the hippie peace and love era, 80s was Disco, Hair Metal and bright neon colors, 90s was grunge and flannel...so what are we? The Nostalgia Age? Now rend my opinion to pieces!
Recently I have noticed, in a lot of forms of media, there has been a lot of reliance on Nostalgia to pull in viewers.
In movies, at least in the big blockbuster type movies, I see mostly sequels and remakes. For example, I went to the theaters just the other day, and saw the trailers for upcoming movies. The movies I saw trailers for:
Annie, the American remake of the original film, which was an adaptation of a Broadway musical
Planes: Fire & Rescue. A sequel to the Planes movies, which were a spinoff of the Cars franchise. Cuz everyone loved Cars that much.
A New Wizard of Oz movie...cuz that's never been done before.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Michael Bay explosions edition.
Transformers 4: Another Transformers movie...
Now, are these the only movies that are going to be in theaters? Of course not! There are also some original movies coming into light as well. Oculus is one that actually seems very interesting to me. But let's move onto the next point:
Nintendo. Ah yeah, we all (well, most of us anyways ) love Nintendo around here. And I got nothing wrong with Nintendo making new Mario, Zelda and Kirby games...but...can we get some new Nintendo originals? The last original characters I remember from Nintendo were Pikmin...and that was a while ago, back in the Gamecube era.
Now, don't take that the wrong way, I still loves me some Nintendo...but I think a part of the problem is that they are banking on Nostalgia WAY too much these days. With a game like Yoshi's New Island, which relied completely on Nostalgia, and even a game like ALBW, which relied heavily on ALttP nostalgia. Is that a bad thing? Well...no. But I feel as if its just another way we are getting taken advantage of these days, in terms of what we used to love.
For some reason, with all the iterations on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the return of certain cartoons like PowerPuff Girls and that...God awful mess of Teen Titans Go!...I feel as if producers these days are relying less on interesting, creative and new ideas and more on characters we used to know and love...
But hell, I may be completely wrong on this. But this is the way I see it: 70s was the hippie peace and love era, 80s was Disco, Hair Metal and bright neon colors, 90s was grunge and flannel...so what are we? The Nostalgia Age? Now rend my opinion to pieces!