Current Events > Do you think there's just an over-reliance on nostalgia in general?

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The Sock
09/08/18 5:20:01 AM
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Movies being rebooted is nothing new. However, I've noticed that there's a new trend with TV shows, and by that I mean reviving old shows and continuing where they last left off. It's been happening a lot over the past couple of years. Even Star Trek: The Next Generation is continuing (in a way) with Patrick Stewart returning as Picard! And of course, remasters of old video games are now the norm.

I love nostalgia as much as the next guy, but do you think this could also be a bad thing since living in the past really doesn't do one any favors in the long run? (This is one of the reasons I liked Ready Player One, btw. I liked how one of its themes is: nostalgia is fine, but it can be dangerous if we just keep living in the past and never move forward.)
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Dash_Harber
09/08/18 5:25:38 AM
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I think it's a bit of a trend now that technology and proliferation of media has allowed us to revisit a lot of old, beloved characters and concepts, but that it's been a pretty common trend for most of our existence. Even TNG is, itself, guilty of it. Really, we've been retelling the same damn stories for most of our existence. As I've said before, that is fine, because it's actually how we tell the story that is important, not the story itself.
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Guerrilla Soldier
09/08/18 5:30:04 AM
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wouldn't call it overreliance
glad they're at least trying to do it before everyone dies
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