See now, if we actually took the time to make that merchandise, I think people would buy it. Then we’d be sued! It would be grand.
There’s no denying nostalgia is “in”. I think it’s fantastic…if there’s one thing we like, it’s stuff we used to like, right? I know it. You know it. The people selling us all this stuff know it…has it always been this way, or I am just noticing it more now that it’s my childhood being dug up, dressed up, and put on display?
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I think we are seeing it more simply because our childhoods were “richer” with ideas to pull from. Our parents saw fashion come back, but the toys and stories they had were nothing like what we did. We even did the stuff they did have better. GI Joe from our days was a vastly more viable property for a rebirth than the ones our parents had. Just as one example.
Very good point…huh. Wonder if it’s going to happen again in ten or fifteen years to the children of this generation, or if we were special.
I want to make fun more specifically, but I have no idea what kids are into these days
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Pookie-mans and You-Gee-ohs right?
Exactly
. In 2025, we’ll have a dark live-action reimagining of…Beyblades lol.
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Speaking of which…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDX1m0Y2Vkg
LOL…see now, I would probably see that
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I wanna see a properly done Power Rangers
A more serious, PR or Voltron would be fairly awesome. I think I would even prefer PR simply because of its modern setting. V is too far into the future/alien stuff. A serious, but fun, well written PR Trilogy would be pretty epic. Knock the origin into expositions, have the team established and do Rita and the Green Ranger arc right off the bat. Do Zed, one of the best villain designs ever, for part two have Tommy “sacrifice” himself some how and have Zed take over the planet. Part 3 is the Rangers and earths forces fighting to take the planet back with Tommy returning as the white ranger!
Yeah I am such fucking geek, but who can tell me that would not be epic?
Agreed. Epic. But I think we’re all fucking geeks
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It has not always been like this. Two words: latchkey generation. Gen-X was the first generation to be raised largely by the television because both parents worked, and as average childbearing age and single motherhood has increased, it’s only gotten worse over the years.
In short, we’ve all bonded with 27-minute toy commercials instead of our families, our friends, sports, or just dicking around in the woods. Modern-day marketers aren’t selling us nostalgia, they’re selling us our surrogate parents.
Well put
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