Mainstream movies are def worse imo. They all feel like AI generated plots that are super predictable and only give a shit about appealing to the most broad audience possible to get the best return on investment.
Could be for sure. I just remember movies taking more chances. Like the mid-budget movies that would try to do something different instead of some sort of reboot or superhero movie that all have massive budgets.
Id argue that mainstream horror is worse. I've watched movies that are horror and were successful mainstream films from the 70s and 80s and I feel so few modern mainstream horror movies hold a candle to them. Hell, even their schlock seemed more fun.
tbf this might kind of parallel this issue with music, where we remember the good stuff and forget all the trite shit that was popular.
Nickleback sucking is a meme over a decade after the band lost relevance. And before that, there was Creed. And all along the in-between there was the Mickey Mouse Club to Porn Star pipeline of a dozen identical young girls groomed into generic American music idols. And then the Boy Bands... holy fuck the boy bands.
Hell, you can trace this shit all the way back to Elvis and further still if you're really curious. I grew up listening to 50s music and watching 50s movies, then watched them recycled and reinvisioned and reproduced until they were just a gray smear of media waste that was weaponized into the Culture War. Madison Avenue didn't always rule our world, but they've been in the driver's seat for at least three generations.
Mainstream movies are def worse imo. They all feel like AI generated plots that are super predictable and only give a shit about appealing to the most broad audience possible to get the best return on investment.
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Could be for sure. I just remember movies taking more chances. Like the mid-budget movies that would try to do something different instead of some sort of reboot or superhero movie that all have massive budgets.
Id argue that mainstream horror is worse. I've watched movies that are horror and were successful mainstream films from the 70s and 80s and I feel so few modern mainstream horror movies hold a candle to them. Hell, even their schlock seemed more fun.
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Compare The Thing or The Exorcist with anything made in the last 25 years
Nickleback sucking is a meme over a decade after the band lost relevance. And before that, there was Creed. And all along the in-between there was the Mickey Mouse Club to Porn Star pipeline of a dozen identical young girls groomed into generic American music idols. And then the Boy Bands... holy fuck the boy bands.
Hell, you can trace this shit all the way back to Elvis and further still if you're really curious. I grew up listening to 50s music and watching 50s movies, then watched them recycled and reinvisioned and reproduced until they were just a gray smear of media waste that was weaponized into the Culture War. Madison Avenue didn't always rule our world, but they've been in the driver's seat for at least three generations.
Definitely helps to remove any complicated plots or dialogue so that it travels overseas well