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Edited by Fighteer on Dec 15th 2022 at 9:55:58 AM
I'm Sad Frogerson.
... I was born in the 90's... 
The 1990s were at least way better than the 1890s.
The Head of the Hydra
Someone post a "This was the 90's" from Family Guy.
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Oh, c'mon, the 90's were great! It's when I was born, after all!
Hey, I was on the internet in the 90s. It's not a real Geo Cities website without an "under construction" animated GIF.
It's the decade that gave us Twin Peaks, The X-Files, Friends, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the good parts of Seinfeld and The Simpsons, and the Cartoon Network. How could it possibly suck? Is there some non-TV part of the decade or something?
Edited by RavenWilder on Feb 8th 2019 at 8:16:44 AM
The Head of the Hydra
Wasn't Clinton considered a pretty good President?
And before anyone says it, yes barring the affair.
Edited by slimcoder on Feb 8th 2019 at 8:18:35 AM
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
Saturday mornings were still strong in the 90's.
Even though I'm way too old to be watching cartoons, I won't lie that I miss it.
One Strip! One Strip!
That's the kind of cheesy 90s nostalgia I've been looking for, but until I see more of it in the film itself I'm probably going to give it a wait-and-see.
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That heavily depends on your politics, and I'm leaving it at that. I will say that most sane people agree that the reaction to his affair was at least a little overblown.
Edited by Dirtyblue929 on Feb 8th 2019 at 9:19:43 AM
It's kind of funny, but the more I see them, the more my favorite thing about the Captain Marvel trailers is starting to become her friendship with Fury.
"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.
Also, Looney Tunes aired on television more frequently. Today, it's like they air on Tv once every few blue moons...
With all the memes about women choosing a bear over a man, Hollywood might wanna get on an 'East of the Sun and West of the Moon' adaptation
Power Rangers, Digimon, Johnny Quest, almost every thing on Cartoon Network made the 90s for me.
Also, Thick-Line Animation classics like Dexter's Laboratory. And shows like the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
Also, Dragon Ball, Saint Seiya, and Yu Yu Hakusho alongside Gargoyles and the start of the DCAU.
And of course, all the video games: Crash Bandicoot, FFVII, Metal Gear, Baldur's Gate, Thief II, to name a few.
T'was also, afaik, the last decade without some looming global threat, the Cold War having ended before it started and terrorism only being a thing after it ended.
So yeah, I'd say there's plenty to like.
Well, let's say that the 1990s were a very dark time in my life.
but it was also...the 1980s ended so hopeful and then we had war in the Balkans, the troubles in Northern Ireland escalated, Neonazis were burning refugee shelters out, there was still war in the middle east, overall, the hopes were crashed pretty fast. Meanwhile the American Media was full of those "uh, I am so unhappy because my life is so great" kind of stories, which found their conclusion in Fight Club (and yes, I HATE that movie).
And honestly, can nowadays anyone watch "Falling Down" without feeling uncomfortable about it? It is still beyond me how this movie was a success in the first place.
So...yeah, not into the 1990s AT ALL. It's the decade of wanker and whiners (no offense to anyone who was born in the 1990...I'm talking about a specific kind of young adults from that period).
Edited by Swanpride on Feb 9th 2019 at 3:20:59 AM
Well, there's an alternate interpretation of Fight Club that might soften your opinion on that movie:
Nope, it doesn't. Because it sounds like an overinterpretation to me. And even if it weren't, that still wouldn't remove the whining over things the majority of people would be happy to have from the movie.
Edited by Swanpride on Feb 9th 2019 at 3:50:09 AM
Oh, bother.
You hated the 90's but liked the Eighties?
The Eighties fucking sucked. And I say this as someone born in the Eighties.
Edited by M84 on Feb 9th 2019 at 8:06:11 PM
Disgusted, but not surprised
While I'm young enough not to remember the nineties, pick any time period and there's probably some good things about the pop culture and some awful stuff about the politics. Though of course they're not all equal.
The Eighties were fun.
She/her
Not for the USA. Reagan was wrecking our democracy.
Yeah, every decade has its ups and downs, there has never been a completely good or bad decade. And keeping this somewhat on topic, the 80s were a great decade for comics, yeah, the dark age technically started around that time, but outside of Dark Knight Returns and Watchmen, the shift hadnt yet completely taken over (plus, at least comics were sold outside of comic shops still). And even if it was to keep copyright, it was still pretty progressive to have a Black woman take the Captain Marvel moniker.
Edited by J79 on Feb 9th 2019 at 5:57:12 AM
I'm pretty sure Marvel has its own opinion about which decade was the worst…
In any case, I wonder how much influence 1990s style action movies will have on Captain Marvel. I mean that was the time which due to Die Hard (yes, I know it was technically released in the 1980s) the action movies transitioned from over the top action to more gritty action.
You know, that the movie is set in the 1990s is the one thing which bugs me.
The 1990s were awful!!! I hated the whole damn decade! Everything about it!!!!!