Yeah, this comes from a weird place that like all franchises just deserve to live on forever or something. How many people are still talking about MASH, one of the most watched television shows of its time? Or more recently Twilight, which at one time redefined an entire literary genre and had the biggest films in the world, much like Harry Potter? Obviously, I don't discount at all Rowling's everything she's done to harm her brand thing here, but why is the baseline assumption that Harry Potter should live on forever? Media franchises come and go all the time.

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 49 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It’s the millennials, or at least the ones that get into the position of writing op-eds for the NY Crimes, having an existential crisis over the fact that the defining media franchise of their youth doesn’t have what it takes to become one of the timeless classics. It gives them the feeling that their cultural moment will fade.

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 31 points 2 weeks ago

Doing the “kids these days don’t know how telegraph works” but with JK Transphobe’s mediocre fiction novels

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 26 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The bourgeoisie of any generation always seem to do this, try to hold onto cultural relevance for as long as possible. Weirdly enough it should still be “millennial’s day” in a normal world now with them leading the charge.

Like part of maturity should be accepting not everything in your day was a winner.

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Weirdly enough it should still be “millennial’s day” in a normal world now with them leading the charge.

Yeah the oldest millennials are in their mid forties, forget middle management there’s some of them in upper management now. Yet there’s still this attitude in most organizations of “Millennials are the kids in the room, they don’t get to run stuff yet.” So the Millennials are stuck in this spot where Gen X and Boomers treat them like kids and Zoomers see them as old and out of touch.

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago

At some point the word "millennial" for boomers and gen X just became a generic synonym for "young person," I've seen the word applied to kids born in 2010.

[–] whiskers165@hexbear.net 25 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I call 'em like I see 'em

Harry Potter: loser

Dragon Ball Z: Winner

[–] Kefla@hexbear.net 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Someday Dragon Ball Super apologists are going to become normal, like Star Wars prequel apologists scared

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

At least we can safely say GT apologists will never surface, right? anakin-padme-2

Right? anakin-padme-4

[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 37 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

MASH

I-was-saying

[–] PaulSmackage@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago

oooaaaaaaauhhh

[–] hellinkilla@hexbear.net 21 points 2 weeks ago

I definitely talk about MASH. But most of the time I first have to explain what MASH was.

BTW all of MASH is on archive.org

[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

still talking about MASH

I-was-saying

[–] PaulSmackage@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sidney Freedman emote when

[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago

Sidney Freedman emote when

Beyond starring in MAS*H, Alda eventually wrote and directed some of its most acclaimed episodes. One of his favorites was “Dear Sigmund,” where psychiatrist Sidney Freedman fights depression by writing an imaginary letter to Freud. “It confirmed for me that if you ask an actor to play somebody depressed, their first tendency is to get morose and slow. But I thought I could show a guy who’s fighting his depression and on the surface seems cheerful.” Allan Arbus’ performance brought it to life, and Alda cherished the chance to write for him. “I was so convinced that he really was a psychiatrist, that I used to sit and talk with him between scenes as if he was one.”

Truly an incredible guy.

[–] Aradino@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago

I will never stop talking about MASH