Huh, I would have said Star Trek TNG (and the movies, frankly) was more of a Gen X thing, if we have to pick generations. TNG started when I was 12.
replyAs a "Gen X" kid - basically sooo many channels had the original series on, that it was a constant background absorption.
replySo - when TNG began airing, I would have been about 15 - right squarely in the perfect formative timeframe - it was "ours" more so than the original series ever was.
> it was "ours" more so than the original series ever was
reply100% agree. I watched all the originals too, and enjoyed them, but they absolutely felt like an earlier generation, building on a culture that did not match how I felt. As you say, TNG was all ours. <fist bump>
I mean, I get it, but there's nothing unique to millennials about your role model generation dying off
replyThe 70s-90s was basically the boom of international stars, with a highly limited media ventures, so everyone with a TV would be aware of them, at least in the western world.
replyFrom 2000s, culture has been more diluted across the medias.
1988 was about peak tv, And TNG writers had Data claim that television would not survive much beyond 2040. Amazing how prescient that turned out to be.
replyJust that it is mostly uniquely millennials right now... Sure every generation gets their time, but their comment is about whose time it is now
replyI happen to think Western music and culture peaked through those 3 decades though. I'm talking more film, TV and music not literature.
replySo it's the passing of real talent without replacement. I think we live in a pretty dead culture now. Just my opinion of course.
No its pretty bad and shallow, more money in the worse it is.
replyBut if you dont know any better I guess its fine
TIL that GenX never watched Star Trek or listened to Ozzy...
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