daibakuha said:
There is actual disdain for this stuff, because these people never grew up with it, they don't feel the same way.
There's disdain from people who did grow up with it, even former fans. What I am getting at, why I commented in the first place, is that Bob's premise is flawed. Explaining it multiple times to the same end doesn't change that. In fact, I find it curious that you addressed my TMNT comments over...Well, just about everything else, including the exact substance that got at that point.
It's not that I don't understand Bob's point, it's that I don't agree that it's particularly grounded. Bob is overstating the number of people who are looking for a nostalgia boner and then raining on everyone else's parade.
The backlash is not because of that. Not to the extent it's being made out to be, anyway.
bdcjacko said:
Are you saying I'm too old to have had a birthday cake?
I'm saying the cake is a lie, obviously.
It's okay, bad Portal references are "retro" now.
On point, depending on where you look I am 12 days too young to be Gen X, but i really don't feel like I am a Millennial and it seems Gen Y is no longer in use. That being said I grew up on Transformers, Ninja Turtles, and Power Rangers. Maybe Transformers and Turtles happened while I was young enough to not see them for the commercials that they are or maybe they were high quality commercials than Power Rangers, or maybe because Power Rangers is still on mostly unchanged. I don't know. Or maybe the recent Transformers and Ninja Turtle movies have soured me on nostalgia cash in movies. But I just don't feel anything about the power rangers announced movie. I am still upset about the Bay Transformer movies, and I am disappointed in the up coming Turtles teasers. But Power Rangers, I got nothing.
The Gen X/Gen Y or Milennials divide is a blurry one at best, because people continue to age and grow and one year difference between the end of one era and the beginning of another means you have people growing up on largely the same media.
And, of course, there's no accounting for who will like what.