Thread: QUESTION- 1980's, sex, drugs, violence. Would you watch?

i don't think i'd watch it, just because i grew up in the 80's and to me, that decade was just to damn soulless
to be interesting. at least the italian mafia had a rigorous code of honor and ethics...or at least it's romanticized
in such a way. a mob series set in the 80's would be like "pulp fiction", only without the dark humor and satire
which made it a great film.
admittedly, i don't know you or really know exactly how'd you'd pull it off, though. you might work it magically
and somehow make the decade more creatively interesting than it actually was.

Originally Posted by dale

i don't think i'd watch it, just because i grew up in the 80's and to me, that decade was just to damn soulless
to be interesting. at least the italian mafia had a rigorous code of honor and ethics...or at least it's romanticized
in such a way. a mob series set in the 80's would be like "pulp fiction", only without the dark humor and satire
which made it a great film.
admittedly, i don't know you or really know exactly how'd you'd pull it off, though. you might work it magically
and somehow make the decade more creatively interesting than it actually was.

Hmm really? Some people consider the 1980's one of the most exciting decades of the 20th Century. Why do you think that the kids of this generation still watch the movies and listen to the music from the 1980's? Because it fascinates them. You have to remember that many people find certain things more interesting than others. This is a reference back to the "Dazed and Confused theory" where "every other decade is better than the next."

1950's- "Boring"
1960's- Summer of love; Rocked
1970's- "Obviously Sucked"
1980's- Radical!
1990's- Sucked

well, maybe i'm a bit biased just because i lived it. hell, i barely remember 1/2 of it. i personally found
the time artistically generic and materialistic. and it actually sickens me a bit to see today's generation
artistically rehash and remake the decade in horrendous hollywood movies. the 50's boring? didn't live it,
but rock n' roll was created, steinbeck, among many other writers, was working magic on paper. the 70's?
that WAS the decade of sex and drugs. the 80's merely took the 70's and slapped on a coat of glitter
paint and plastic. the 90's were angry at the 80's for being so generic, and you could feel that anger.
today's generation does suck, artistically speaking, imo. hopefully they can find something to call their own.