re: The 90's: The Last Great Decade?

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I will admit that the 90s had some pretty sweet television and a few gem movies, but 90s pop culture was garbage. The 90s was when PC went mainstreem. 90s music was awful with rare exception. That was when VH1 and MTV stopped playing just music videos. That was the beginning of reality television. The fashions were ugly and stupid. What an awful decade. The only thing that makes it look good is how unbelievably crappy the following decades were.

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Couple of counterpoints:

1. The fashion trends weren't really that vastly different from the early to mid 2000s, especially later in the decade. It was worlds better than those of the 70s and 80s. I'd argue that the 90s was the first decade in which the fashion trends changed a few times over the course of the decade as opposed to remaining stagnant, and it sped up in the 2000s when trends seemed to change by the year.

2. The 90s was the start of reality TV, but that was back when reality TV was actually decent and not a ridiculous cavalcade of self-promotion, game shows and drama nonsense. That was back when practically the only reality shows were The Real World and Cops.

3. The PC going mainstream and the dawn of the internet were good things. Keep in mind that this was back when in-home technology was used for good things instead of avoiding family and trolling people on the internet.

4. In addition to being the GOAT decade for TV, it was a groundbreaking decade for televised sports. The NFL grew by leaps and bounds, the NBA had Jordan and the Bulls dynasty, and baseball had several good years followed by the strike followed by the '98 home run race and ensuing home run craze that facilitated a huge (albeit brief) jump in popularity. I'd argue that 1998 was one of the GOAT years for the big three sports with the Broncos upsetting the Packers in the Super Bowl to finally get Elway a ring and then almost going undefeated the following season and topping it off by repeating, the Bulls had their second three-peat to cap off the Jordan dynasty, and McGwire and Sosa had that fantastic summer.

The late 90s was the start of boy bands and Britney Spears pop music. That was the worst stretch of pop music in history rivaled only by today's country.

Thank god for napster

be honest, nothing got you going like the blliiiing of an IM from that OT 6.9 you were IRL creeping on in junior high circa 1997.

napster, bearshare, limewire

kids today just dont know

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The 90's: The Last Great Decade?

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As far as movies go I'd say so. But it seems to skip a decade. 50s were great, then the 70s then the 90s so who knows this decade maybe awesome.

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Are you really saying that the 80s was a crappy decade for movies?

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No, just that it wasn't a great decade for movies like the 50s,70s & 90s. I like 80s movies as well as the 00s,60s, 40s and 30s movies I just think the three decades I mentioned stand out the most IMO.

I couldn't disagree more. I think the 80s was arguably the best decade for movies.

You had great action movies like Rambo, the Rocky Sequels, Predator, Terminator, Top Gun, ect.

Great comedies like Ferris Bueller, Major League, Ghostbusters, Animal House, Big, Bachelor Party, Coming to America, ect

Epic scifi/fantasy like the Star Wars sequels, Back to the Future, Never-Ending story, Gremlins, Alien, Flight of the Navigator, the Last Starfighter, E.T., The Princess Bride, ect

It was an incredible decade for film.

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I couldn't disagree more. I think the 80s was arguably the best decade for movies.

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Yeah it's all good.
Just my personal preferences. I was curious so I went look at my IMDB account and I actually had 26 movies from the 90s I ranked best and 25 from the 80s so that's actually really close. I think what puts the 90s over the top for me is the undercard lotta depth there. Of movies I ranked good to great there are 252 90s movies and 189 80s movies.

Just wanted to come in here and say I hope this gets somewhat better tonight as last nights was sort if dissapointing

The 80s one was awesome

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You wadn't about shite until you could juggle 8 AOL IM conversations on your screen at once.

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A/s/l??

This show reminds me what a hot mess the 90's were.