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Seriously, why did I get an OLED? (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I doubt it's color blindness. As others have mentioned this lack of color seems to be a more US based phenomenon. I think it's the logical result of the obsession with "gritty and real" that took off with things like "Bourne Identity" in 2002. The laziest and cheapest way to convey that "dark and drab" vibe is by just sucking all the colours out. Movies started getting to mimic Bourne and others like it because they were popular (and yes, like always Hollywood did zero actual investigation into why they're popular and just tried to copy surface level). That just kept spreading and now we're stuck with it

[–] Glowstick@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The dark muted limited-colors thing started way before 2002

Here's a random example, the matrix from 1999

https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/r_aina/43070750/172261/172261_original.png

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I dunno if 1999 is "way before". That's only three years. I wasn't trying to nail the very first movie that started the trend, just an early example. Bourne specifically I know influenced the next few James Bond movies and they toned down the saturation directly because of Bourne, and it kept spreading.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah, it's a discussion for real. It's okay to stand out now and then and do the less color if there's a reason. It seems like they lost the plot on the color portion.