They can't. It gets too much attention in the attention economy. Also, instead of having a taste that evolves they'd rather use increasingly desperate online-arguments to say why everything in their childhood was good actually.

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 23 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I don't get the rose tinted glasses for some things.

Like, I'm a nostalgia piggy, but even I can be like "yeah no this one can stay in the past thanks". I saw The Phantom Menace at prime nostalgia age too, like 8 years old or so.

Star Wars, Harry Potter and The Lion King are all things I used to like, but the older I get the more I kind of hate them.

Although maybe people say the same thing about things I like idk.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago

Fr. There's stuff from childhood that holds up and stuff that doesn't. It's okay to acknowledge that. I was deep into beast wars and space Jam when I was 5. Beast Wars is still a decent watch, space jam sucks. Digimon is still great, no interest in Pokémon. I just like stuff that's good

[–] mrfugu@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

IP that hit you at those ages is so odd. Like I considered myself a star wars fan for a very long time but when I really took the time to consider the quality of the media, I think the only star wars media I actually truly enjoy are some of the older video games; mainly the og battlefronts, jedi academy, republic commando. I never got deep into kotor or the old extended universe books but I bet I would’ve liked those.

It’s sad because I feel a lot of the general world building and lore of the star wars universe could be really cool but it’s often so fucking bland.

[–] fox@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago

I think I could've been a Star wars nerd but I learned about the Sun Crusher or whatever it's called and how they kept inventing new superweapon macguffins culminating in the completely indestructible single-man spaceship that blows up stars. Also Luke's evil clone, Luuke, and the emperor's son Trioculus, because he had 3 eyes.

And there's a whole ass novel just about Vader's left glove because it can't be enough that he stopped Han's shot with the Force, his left glove specifically is blaster proof and we have to explore that.