Just checked out the trailer for the new Quantum Reap (he's asian, it's a cheap joke), and the 'look' because there's no such thing as a real trailer anymore, has him in a completely modern neighborhood, dressed like he's from current year, and everyone else looks/acts like they are current year. The actual year for the setting? 1985. Everyone acts, talks, dresses, and looks like they stepped out of a struggle session.
There is no attempt to make any production look or feel like it is from the past in any of these new shows. What used to be a joke and a jarring moment (Keanu in Dracula) is now the entire theme. Cheap doesn't describe it, there is actual money thrown at all these productions. There is just nothing authentic here, it feels completely out of place.
Why? Are they afraid of trying? Is everything licensed to the point they can't use even a passing reference? Laziness? Or is it our old friend "we want to evoke nostalgia in people who never lived it, so nothing offensive, ever."
