LogFAQs > #892882796

Mainstream media has always been stagnant. The past just seems better because there was more time for gems to emerge; if you look at any decade as a whole, there's more formulaic lowest-common-denominator than stuff that is worth while.

It might even be a category mistake to say media can be stagnant, because ultimately, humanity has always been entertained by very basic and common motifs. Masterworks of art and entertainment are just the perfection of these common motifs, and it's ridiculous to expect perfection at all times. EDIT: What I mean by this is that instead of saying media is stagnant, it might make more sense to say it's static* because what underlies media never really changes.
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