Straight up been feeling like that south park episode for years now.
I know it's not just me being depressed, because I get so much enjoyment from older movies, music, books... and there are of course non-dooky things that come out here and there. They're almost never popular.
I'm just listening to pretty well known 60s/70s/80s music and imagining how on earth I could've disliked it if I was around back then. I don't think I'm just being a contrarian and disliking what's popular.
How did we go from Woodstock to Lizzo? How did we go from original blockbuster movies coming out left and right in the 80s to blockbusters being purely capeshit, remakes/reboots, and capeshit wannabes?
More importantly, will this era of cultural stagnation ever end?
Is Western culture dead forever? Am I just a trans-boomer?
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For the past few years I've been avoiding new release films (except when I go to the cinema with friends), instead working my way through all the great horror films and film classics.
As for my favourite medium, comics (not capeshit tho), I've avoided American comics and mostly read European comics. So much great shit being translated today.
My best explanation for why I'm avoiding new American films and books, in favour of classic and foreign stuff, I'd say it's because identity politics has knackered the shit out of the creative community in the U.S. in a way that doesn't seem nearly as pronounced in Europe.
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