Sadly, the tribe already had their hooks into things by the 80s. The Goonies is a prime example of this. Looks wholesome enough on the surface but the "good guys" are still a diverse band of plucky misfits (and the fat jew kid saves the day) while the goofy Italian mobster stereotypes are just mid-level villains and the real "bad guys" are the WASP property owners (who in the real world of 1985 had already all but sold out to aforementioned tribe).
Yup, the ever cycled nostalgia bait that Hollywood keeps rolling out without the slightest subtlety, for about the last 12 years or so.
It used to be that when they pulled some of that kind of stuff it was more about simply adding a thematic spin to something like a TV show episode. Sometimes it was a little cliche, sure, but it rarely painfully obvious marketing or pandering.
Sadly, the tribe already had their hooks into things by the 80s. The Goonies is a prime example of this. Looks wholesome enough on the surface but the "good guys" are still a diverse band of plucky misfits (and the fat jew kid saves the day) while the goofy Italian mobster stereotypes are just mid-level villains and the real "bad guys" are the WASP property owners (who in the real world of 1985 had already all but sold out to aforementioned tribe).
Yup, the ever cycled nostalgia bait that Hollywood keeps rolling out without the slightest subtlety, for about the last 12 years or so.
It used to be that when they pulled some of that kind of stuff it was more about simply adding a thematic spin to something like a TV show episode. Sometimes it was a little cliche, sure, but it rarely painfully obvious marketing or pandering.