RaphaelsRedemption said:
I'm a girl, born in 1987, and I didn't know half the stuff on that list, except Rainbow Brite and My Little Pony.
Question: Why, to be adult, does the film have to be live action? I happily watch clay animation, computer animated, stop motion animated and hand drawn animation movies all the time. Why imply that to be "adult", we need to be live action?
Thank you for making me feel less like a man, since I'm a guy who also was born in 1987 but knew most of the stuff on the list.
Though I think the main reason why it have to be in live action is so that people who are nostalgic about said thing can feel more apart of it since they themselves are similar live action proportion. Which is the main reason I think most of the fans of Transformers that do like the Transformer live action like it. Feeling nostaglic about the past they can relive it threw a movie, and can place themselves into it. I don't get it. Since playing with old toys does the trick better. Though I think the difference is what is more socially appropriate.
With a big movie that everyone enjoys it seems more socially appropriate way to talk about something without feeling scorned for like it. For example I may enjoy Sailor Moon there isn't a chance in hell I bring it up. Since it seems embarrassing to like Sailor Moon for it being Sailor Moon. Most that have heard of the show, haven't heard about the show just the bad things that have come out of it because of the more zealous fans. Now if they did a live action of Sailor Moon movie, that would be what people would associate with it. Making it sociably acceptable to rent a Sailor Moon movie. Since you are no longer singled out for liking it, but are apart of a collective that enjoys it. The collective is acceptable, while the individual is not. This happen with Iron Man and Hulk getting out into the public. It didn't seem odd to be talking about it or geeking out about it. Rather then thinking the person is an oddity that knows stuff about things that aren't care about, the person is the expert that helps others get more out of the thing they enjoy. They are the person that finds the secret stuff.
I didn't notice the tidbit of the vial they used to create the Abomination in The Hulk had Dr.Reinstein on the vial that is the scientist that created the Super Soldier serum for Captain America. I thought frak I didn't realize it. Now imagine that effect on something you know being told to the kid that picked on you as they are in complete wonder in how you knew that tidbit. They bow before you, while having a reason to talk to others about the thing you like, while being able to dive back into that world you love sounds a whole lot more attractive then a CGI movie.
Something that probably wouldn't happen out of a CGI movie, or a strictly hand drawn 2d animation. Since both go out for a rather niche audience rather then hitting a much broader which a wider audience by getting it into the mainstream audience.
I am in full agreement that as long as it is good, and comes out don't really care how it comes out. Though the idea that the mainstream steam audience enjoying what you enjoy rasies the importance of what you know. It is much like the same idea as buying a toy you love and to find out years later it is worth lots of money because it was kept in good condition because you love said toy. External validation of worth of what you like, would be in some part be a validation of your worth. I agree a bit analytical, but that is the kind of inpact the mainstream audience has when it likes something we like.
Cool by association, since the cool kids started to like something you like is all.