Sonny_Crockett_1984

Sonny_Crockett_1984 t1_jaejrdy wrote

We only had like 4 channels back in the 90s and no streamers like Netflix. If you wanted to watch an Adam Sandler movie you had to go to the theater or wait 6 months for the VHS. The other films you mentioned were spectacles like superhero movies are and/or based on well-known and loved material (The Queen bio included).

Seems like you are looking for evidence to back up your conclusion rather than working the other way around.

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Sonny_Crockett_1984 t1_jaeimun wrote

They would just complain about whatever blockbusters take their place.

Some dude in the 90s: What would happen if Hollywood stopped making disaster movies? Some dude in the 80s: What would happen if they stopped making buddy cop movies. Some dude in the 70s: What would happen if Hollywood stopped making spy movies? Some dude in the 60s: What would happen if they stopped making WW2 movies? Some dude in the 50s: What would happen if they stopped making westerns?

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Sonny_Crockett_1984 t1_j219te9 wrote

I remember when video stores first started. I was about 6-8. I always wanted to rent Flash Gordon. I didn't know it was a silly, campy presentation. I took it as seriously as Star Wars. The scene when he sticks his hand in that thing was so scary and suspenseful to me. I thought his fight with Timothy Dalton on the floating disc thing was the most exciting thing ever.

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