I've only read the book and from that I'd say probably, yeah. But I don't think that's a bad thing.

I saw the movie this weekend. While some people might have gone to the theater for the nostalgic references, the movie had much more to offer. The creator of the Oasis in the movie demonstrated some nostalgia for old video games and pop culture, and other characters based their avatars on references to the past, but that's not really what the plot of the movie focused on.

I watched it... Yes, it's not just nostalgia, as it deals with a lot of current issues such ss the rise of gamer culture and virtual living... among other things...

there is no way you can grow up in a time period and have zero sentimental attachment to anything.

your environment establishes who you are and what you essentially enjoy. This goes beyond you deciding what you enjoy because you pick up on these things as a kid.

unless you grew up in a single room, underground bunker your comment is ridiculous.

it goes beyond nostalgia even tho that is the driving force and i am sure even you will enjoy some of the references lol.

I know saying 'zero' sentimental attachment was hyperbolic, but it is in keeping with the point I was making... Most of my peers genuflect spontaniously at anything that remotely touches upon their 1980s childhood; I don't have that pavlovian response to 1980s references...

For example they loved Stranger Things, whereas I found it inane and rolled my eyes at the screen more than a few times an episode...

I'm also non-gamer and have been so for decades, even though I grew up playing video games in Arcades and at home as an 1980s child... It is not something I feel emotional about... This is not common among my peers, even non-nerds...

I like Michael Jackson's music and lots of movies from the 80s, but I don't get teary eyed about this stuff... One can be dicerning about these things and I remember being so as a child.

@Renovatio said: I'm also non-gamer and have been so for decades, even though I grew up playing video games in Arcades and at home as an 1980s child... It is not something I feel emotional about... This is not common among my peers, even non-nerds...

We had someone working with us at SEGA who didn't get pop-culture references and wasn't nostalgic for things, everyone teased her saying it's because she lacked a soul (to have respect at work you had to know who ruled Barter Town). Also while I was in art college, if you couldn't recite lines from Holy Grail on the fly you would have been ostracized as a pariah.

I've been nostalgic for a long time, many, many years before it became the current fashion. I still love nostalgia now and I don't see my enjoyment of it ending anytime soon. Me and friends used to put Transformers: The Movie on before we had a night out as we drank and got ready. It was like a ritual. I love looking up old theme tunes. I love watching old, forgotten films that I haven't seen in decades.

Nostalgia is fun and I love it's current popularity in the cultural zeitgeist all the way from Drive to Ready Player One which I'm sure I will probably enjoy.

Is it exploitative of our emotions and produced by people simply eager to capitalize on a fad for endless cash? Probably, yeah. But I don't care. The creative people involved are clearly people who are passionate about the same things that I am.

These products usually don't contain anything on a deeper level but why does everything have to? If these things were the only things I watched and I never tried anything that challenged me then that's a different story. But would you not go on a rollercoaster or eat a tasty looking pizza because you wouldn't gain enlightenment from the endeavor?

@JustinJackFlash Aye, getting together with friends and rolling around in a vat of nostalgia is one of the most joyous things you can do with your clothes on. More people should try it. It gives you around a thousand percent endorphin boost which lasts for hours. If you had a heart attack and died during it, they'd have to bury you with a smile on your face.

@SueDNim said:

@JustinJackFlash Aye, getting together with friends and rolling around in a vat of nostalgia is one of the most joyous things you can do with your clothes on. More people should try it. It gives you around a thousand percent endorphin boost which lasts for hours. If you had a heart attack and died during it, they'd have to bury you with a smile on your face.

Hell, yeah!

@Damienracer said:

@Renovatio said:

I haven't seen this movie yet... I grew up in the 80s but have zero sentimental attachment to it's pop culture...

I'll probably check it out in theatre this week, as Spielberg is usually entertaining when it comes to blockbuster type movies... Also, it's nice that this is non-comicbook...

Is this movie only for nostalgists?

I actually liked it. It's non comic book but still adapted for fuckks sakes.

I liked the first race and the Gundam part of the battle, even though I didn't know what a Gundam was.

@Innovator said:

We had someone working with us at SEGA who didn't get pop-culture references and wasn't nostalgic for things, everyone teased her saying it's because she lacked a soul (to have respect at work you had to know who ruled Barter Town). Also while I was in art college, if you couldn't recite lines from Holy Grail on the fly you would have been ostracized as a pariah.

This seems to be a form of tribalism that is intrinsic to our nature as human beings. We are—at our core—social creatures, and therefore code constantly for inclusivity/exclusivity. We grow, adapt and assimilate, or move on as others do those things without us. #itsatheory

@SueDNim said:

@JustinJackFlash Aye, getting together with friends and rolling around in a vat of nostalgia is one of the most joyous things you can do with your clothes on. More people should try it. It gives you around a thousand percent endorphin boost which lasts for hours. If you had a heart attack and died during it, they'd have to bury you with a smile on your face.

Have you guys seen this? Don Draper on nostalgia 😎 (1 minute in...)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=suRDUFpsHus

One of the best scenes in the series...

@Renovatio said:

@SueDNim said:

@JustinJackFlash Aye, getting together with friends and rolling around in a vat of nostalgia is one of the most joyous things you can do with your clothes on. More people should try it. It gives you around a thousand percent endorphin boost which lasts for hours. If you had a heart attack and died during it, they'd have to bury you with a smile on your face.

Have you guys seen this? Don Draper on nostalgia 😎 (1 minute in...)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=suRDUFpsHus

One of the best scenes in the series...

I need to start watching Mad Men.

@JustinJackFlash The first two seasons of Mad Men is arguably the best serialised TV ever...

You really need to get to Hitchcock Presents or Twilight Zone to find TV at this level, but they are anthologies.

For series, Throne Games, Breaking Bad, House of Cards, etc... can't even come close and it's only in the latter seasons that Mad Men comes down to their level with melodrama and too much incident and plot...

@Renovatio said:

@JustinJackFlash The first two seasons of Mad Men is arguably the best serialised TV ever...

You really need to get to Hitchcock Presents or Twilight Zone to find TV at this level, but they are anthologies.

For series, Throne Games, Breaking Bad, House of Cards, etc... can't even come close and it's only in the latter seasons that Mad Men comes down to their level with melodrama and too much incident and plot...

I have watched the first few episodes a very, long time ago. I thought the first episode was incredible but after that I was a bit fazed because it seemed to shift focus to affairs and marriages rather than the 50's advert politics that initially fascinated me. I didn't intend to stop watching I just didn't get around to the rest. We didn't have all these streaming services back then.

I do intend to start it again soon and that clip you posted does make it look very good.