"state something completely random time!"

[Leynos]

Only meds for anxiety and even that does not get rid of most of it and it is. Rest is just ongoing therapy. Will never get rid of it but can help curb it somewhat.

[Mega Drive Bowlsey]

Nostalgia is huge business these days. Nostalgia for the 80's, nostalgia for the 90's, nostalgia for the games, fashions, films and music of those eras. There is a very good reason why Stranger Things is phenomenally popular and why IT became the most successful horror film of all time last year. One word, nostalgia. Don't get me wrong, I'm as nostalgic as they come and a big part of me yearns for yesteryear, but in terms of the whole media driven focus of "Remember this? Remember that? OMG wasn't that like the fucking best thing eva??!!" it's all beginning to get rather irritating and very tiresome. And that's coming from me, Mr. Nostalgia himself.

[Yharnamresident]

Those are fake sounds, but yes I love this video and recently watched it a couple months ago

^^
Excuse the possibly ignorant question here,
but does any type of medication help with that? I mean it must be tough going through that on a daily basis.
A feeling of extreme social anxiety, that I guess can be quite debilitating?

Its not all bad, like I heard asparagus triggers the ability to obtain high IQs because of some circumstance

Nostalgia is huge business these days. Nostalgia for the 80's, nostalgia for the 90's, nostalgia for the games, fashions, films and music of those eras. There is a very good reason why Stranger Things is phenomenally popular and why IT became the most successful horror film of all time last year. One word, nostalgia. Don't get me wrong, I'm as nostalgic as they come and a big part of me yearns for yesteryear, but in terms of the whole media driven focus of "Remember this? Remember that? OMG wasn't that like the fucking best thing eva??!!" it's all beginning to get rather irritating and very tiresome. And that's coming from me, Mr. Nostalgia himself.

I know this has been said before, but I think nostalgia was the only reason Toys R Us lasted as long as it did. Like dads going shopping there with their sons, I.E. an endorsement.

[MrMatthews]

Nostalgia is huge business these days. Nostalgia for the 80's, nostalgia for the 90's, nostalgia for the games, fashions, films and music of those eras. There is a very good reason why Stranger Things is phenomenally popular and why IT became the most successful horror film of all time last year. One word, nostalgia. Don't get me wrong, I'm as nostalgic as they come and a big part of me yearns for yesteryear, but in terms of the whole media driven focus of "Remember this? Remember that? OMG wasn't that like the fucking best thing eva??!!" it's all beginning to get rather irritating and very tiresome. And that's coming from me, Mr. Nostalgia himself.

I agree it’s getting a little out of control, but I still love it. In this day and age, you have no excuse for not indulging in your favorite pop culture reference.

I was asked a while back if I had read Ready Player One. I was excited at first, because I assumed it was a non-fiction book about video games. Then I found it at book store and realized that it was just another Young Adult novel, like Maze Runner, Hunger Games, etc.

I wonder how it works in the book, though, since pop culture references generally work better in visual media: does the author specifically say “the motorcycle from Akira” or “The Iron Giant?”

[Mega Drive Bowlsey]

I agree it’s getting a little out of control, but I still love it. In this day and age, you have no excuse for not indulging in your favorite pop culture reference.

I was asked a while back if I had read Ready Player One. I was excited at first, because I assumed it was a non-fiction book about video games. Then I found it at book store and realized that it was just another Young Adult novel, like Maze Runner, Hunger Games, etc.

I wonder how it works in the book, though, since pop culture references generally work better in visual media: does the author specifically say “the motorcycle from Akira” or “The Iron Giant?”

I love it too but it does feel like it's slightly getting out of hand now, and the nostalgic obsession becoming almost unhealthy.

A friend tried to get me to read Ready Player One years ago but, like you, as soon as I found out that it wasn't a non-fiction book about video games I lost interest. In all honesty it sounds like a nauseating derivative mess, as does the film. As Red Letter Media pointed out, who exactly is the film aimed at? Teenagers? They won't get or understand a fraction of all the 80's and 90's pop culture film, music and video game references contained in it. Guys our age? We'll just see it as pointless, at least I do. "Hey you! Remember this great film/game/piece of music?" Yes, yes I do. I own those great films, games and pieces of music and can watch, play and listen to them anytime I like, so I have no need to have them pointed out to me repeatedly ad nauseum.

[MrMatthews]

I love it too but it does feel like it's slightly getting out of hand now, and the nostalgic obsession becoming almost unhealthy.

A friend tried to get me to read Ready Player One years ago but, like you, as soon as I found out that it wasn't a non-fiction book about video games I lost interest. In all honesty it sounds like a nauseating derivative mess, as does the film. As Red Letter Media pointed out, who exactly is the film aimed at? Teenagers? They won't get or understand a fraction of all the 80's and 90's pop culture film, music and video game references contained in it. Guys our age? We'll just see it as pointless, at least I do. "Hey you! Remember this great film/game/piece of music?" Yes, yes I do. I own those great films, games and pieces of music and can watch, play and listen to them anytime I like, so I have no need to have them pointed out to me repeatedly ad nauseum.

Well, I couldn’t care less about the movie, even with Steven Spielberg and Simon Pegg involved.

But as a big old giant geek, it might be fun to watch it not as a movie, but as a moving Where’s Waldo? book. Kinda like how I scoured every scene of Wreck It Ralph looking for all the game references

[Blades]

Its not all bad, like I heard asparagus triggers the ability to obtain high IQs because of some circumstance

Was that intentional?

[Leynos]

IQ doesn't exist. Been saying it since the early 90s. Dad was obsessed with me taking them and him taking them and the scores were all over the place.
Then I read this a few years ago https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-t...-doesnt-exist/

Confirmed my belief for 20+ years. Far too many variables to put a score on human intelligence. it just doesn't work that way.

Also I'm ignoring the error as I'm assuming that's autocorrect. I won't lie, Aspergers is a horrible but also funny sounding word.

[Crystalpepsifan]

Was that intentional?

Grammar realism is cannot be denied.

[profholt82]

Nostalgia has always been good business, it's not a new phenomenon. In the 70s, 50s pop culture became all the rage with the box office smash American Graffiti, and the TV show Happy Days. In the 80s, the late 60s were in vogue, and The Wonder Years became a big hit. In the late 90s, That 70s Show became a hit, and its stars parlayed that success into movie careers. These are just recent examples, but I'm sure if we combed through the media of the ages we'd see that capitalizing on nostalgia has always been a safe bet.

[profholt82]

Also I'm ignoring the error as I'm assuming that's autocorrect. I won't lie, Aspergers is a horrible but also funny sounding word.

[Leynos]

^ lol

https://geektyrant.com/news/rogue-on...es-concept-art
The Last Starfighter getting a sequel with the original writer and Rogue One Writer and artist. One of my favorite sci-fi films.

[j_factor]

Nostalgia has always been good business, it's not a new phenomenon. In the 70s, 50s pop culture became all the rage with the box office smash American Graffiti, and the TV show Happy Days. In the 80s, the late 60s were in vogue, and The Wonder Years became a big hit. In the late 90s, That 70s Show became a hit, and its stars parlayed that success into movie careers. These are just recent examples, but I'm sure if we combed through the media of the ages we'd see that capitalizing on nostalgia has always been a safe bet.

It has changed in one major sense, though. In the late 2000s, 80s nostalgia was all the rage and the 70s stuff was over. Today in the late 2010s, 90s nostalgia is everywhere, but people also still won't shut up about the 80s.

[Mega Drive Bowlsey]

It has changed in one major sense, though. In the late 2000s, 80s nostalgia was all the rage and the 70s stuff was over. Today in the late 2010s, 90s nostalgia is everywhere, but people also still won't shut up about the 80s.

Yeah, 90's nostalgia is growing fast but 80's nostalgia isn't going anywhere and has been, in my experience, a big thing since the early 00's. It was like as soon as the 90's ended everyone missed the 80's, and now that we're approaching the end of the 10's (or whatever the fuck this decade is called) everyone misses the 90's. Hell, I've been missing the early 90's since the early 90's! Being a kid then was fantastic and I was savvy enough to recognise it at the time despite my tender age.

[profholt82]

^ lol

https://geektyrant.com/news/rogue-on...es-concept-art
The Last Starfighter getting a sequel with the original writer and Rogue One Writer and artist. One of my favorite sci-fi films.

I loved that movie when I was a kid. I ended up picking it up on blu a few years back, and quite enjoyed it. I'm glad it will be a sequel instead of the standard remake/reboot. Hopefully they'll be able to get Lance Guest on board, without him, I don't know how they could even do it. And I'd like them to bring back Grig as a character. The actor is long deceased, but he was in alien makeup, so they could still bring him back.