Of course we all romanticize the past, but movie sutdios, toy makers, etc. have figured out that nostalgia is not just good for recycling ideas, it’s also worth a shitload of money. So now we get shows like VH1′s “I love the 90′s” premiering in 2004. 4 years after the 90′s ended. Is that even enough time to look back and reflect on the questionable fashion and terrible bands that we all apparently loved? I doubt it. Now we have studios literally optioning anything and everything they can get their hands on in order to capitalize on our love of things from our childhood. Granted some of those movies are from 80′s era nostalgia like Battleship, GI Joe, Transformers, etc. (at least they waited a while, but the films themselves are still fucking atrocious and obvious cash grabs, but that’s also a topic for another debate).

The cycle is getting shorter and It’s retarded. The hyper-romanticization of our collective experience is ruining what makes nostalgia so endearing. I can’t be nostalgic about Sam Raimi’s Spiderman movies (ending in 2007) and argue their merits with my nephew who likes the new one….they’re both practically new movies. I want to wait 10 years before I can look back fondly on how awesome something was. If I still like it, then that’s cool, if not I can move on with my life.

But yeah, some movies are still awesome after 20-30 years (Big Trouble in Little China, Logan’s Run) and some are fucking terrible (The Crow, Arnold’s entire output). It all just depends on your taste!

Yes! Double Dragon was my favorite movie when I was five or six, but I couldn’t watch more than 20 minutes when it was on TV last week.