I've concluded that one of the more ideal American societal-cultural combinations that I can conceive of would be something like, 50% 1776, 30% 1980's, 10% 1990's, and 10% 2000's. Or something along those lines.
Maybe throw in a little bit of the old west too, but I feel like the early colonial period covers most of that pretty well.
Imagine getting to live in California with 1950s demographics, 1980s pop culture, and 1776 fuck you attitude.
Peak culture, peak economy, perfect climate, no tribe members scheming in the background. It would be heaven on earth, which is why it can never exist. The second we make a place like it, all it would take is one (likely female) person to not gatekeep hard enough and let a leftist in and the infection will spread.
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.
I loved the 80s and 90s.
I've concluded that one of the more ideal American societal-cultural combinations that I can conceive of would be something like, 50% 1776, 30% 1980's, 10% 1990's, and 10% 2000's. Or something along those lines.
Maybe throw in a little bit of the old west too, but I feel like the early colonial period covers most of that pretty well.
Imagine getting to live in California with 1950s demographics, 1980s pop culture, and 1776 fuck you attitude.
Peak culture, peak economy, perfect climate, no tribe members scheming in the background. It would be heaven on earth, which is why it can never exist. The second we make a place like it, all it would take is one (likely female) person to not gatekeep hard enough and let a leftist in and the infection will spread.
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.