Over the years, I've dedicated what feels like miles of page inches to nostalgia in light of generational theory. Other counterculture figures have gone to great lengths showing how the outdated demographic models fail to account for the increasing rate of social change.
It's too bad that the nostalgia movement isn't producing consistently GOOD rehashes. Or even better, coming up with well crafted homages that appeal to fans of [whatever.] The world doesn't need another Batman or Spiderman reboot. Again. Or Disney live action remakes of beloved cartoons.
That is the problem with nostalgia. The rough translation from the Greek is "homesickness:". So those fueled by nostalgia have no interest in making anything new. They just want to return to a long-gone past.
It's too bad that the nostalgia movement isn't producing consistently GOOD rehashes. Or even better, coming up with well crafted homages that appeal to fans of [whatever.] The world doesn't need another Batman or Spiderman reboot. Again. Or Disney live action remakes of beloved cartoons.
That is the problem with nostalgia. The rough translation from the Greek is "homesickness:". So those fueled by nostalgia have no interest in making anything new. They just want to return to a long-gone past.