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[-] abfarid@startrek.website 7 points 1 month ago

Mid-2000s were also kinda nice. We got relatively capable pocket computing devices. Proper 3D games. Avatar: The Last Airbender. Music was not yet so... algorithmic.

Kinda downhill from there, though, ngl.

[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Someone hasn't heard of late nineties, early two thousands boy bands if they think music wasn't formulaic...

[-] abfarid@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago

I didn't say it wasn't formulaic, I said it wasn't AS "formulaic". Back then popular music still had much more variety, nowadays whatever flows to the top is much more same-y, and you gotta dig deeper for the interesting stuff.

[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I think it's easier to find the weird stuff these days. Back then you'd basically have to be a part of a particular scene, or have someone i produce it to you. Otherwise you had whatever top 50 radio stations were in your area. Speaking of formulaic...

[-] abfarid@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago

It's definitely easier to find weird stuff with all the streaming services. But I don't often look for stuff, and back then the good stuff found me. I'll occasionally even look at what's trending now to try and find something interesting, but I rarely see anything.

Either way, it's not just my opinion, it can be verified empirically, there is way less variety in popular music these days. I even remember Vsauce had a video about that. And it applies to other mediums as well. All big budget movies are generic. All AAA games are either live service or Assassins's Creed but Vikings/Hackers/Jedi/etc. And by "all" I mean "most", of course. If you want the good stuff you either go indie or retro.

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

What are you talking about? The golden age was obviously 2010 when the Last Airbender movie came out! You're way off

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

What movie? Never heard of it.

[-] rovingnothing29@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

James Cameron directed it. Went in a very unique direction from the source material.

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

The earth king has invited you to lake laogai

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