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July 11, 2011, 02:42:03 PM Last Edit: July 11, 2011, 05:10:22 PM by Darren Dirt
Young people who didn't see the "original" appearance of some idea or technology do not appreciate how ground-breaking (dare I say "game-changing"? Will James Cameron or Michael Bay magically appear? ;) ) the old stuff was/is if they try watching it today.

For example, Seinfeld (after being inundated by all the pale imitations that followed).




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There are certain shows that you can safely assume most people have seen. These shows were popular and considered fantastic when they first aired. Now, however, these shows have a curse (and lots of Hype Backlash) upon them. Whenever we watch them, we'll cry, "That is so old" or "That is so overdone".
The sad irony? It wasn't old when they did it. It wasn't overdone when they made it up. But the things it created were so brilliant and so popular with other show writers that they were not only copied, they became woven into the fabric of that show's genre ? to the point that they are taken for granted, and endlessly repeated.


"One of the things we tried to do with the show was to try and do something that was so unpredictable that it had no shape and you could never say what the kind of humor was. And I think that the fact that 'Pythonesque' is now a word in the Oxford English Dictionary shows the extent to which we
- Terry Jones
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Mr. Analog

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July 11, 2011, 02:50:05 PM
It's the truth, I hit this all the time with older sci-fi movies, anime and cartoons.

The uneducated look at some stuff an roll their eyes and scoff at it for hitting a lot of what is now clich?, but back in the day it was setting trends rather than following them.
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Melbosa

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July 11, 2011, 03:28:07 PM
I so almost tossed this thread... damn I hate "FIRST" posts; but then I got the "overused" theme and the topic subject made sense.  Too bad if you wanted to search for this topic later on you will have to remember something other than the thread topic subject :P.
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Mr. Analog

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July 11, 2011, 04:14:53 PM
I had the same reaction at first too...
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Darren Dirt

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July 11, 2011, 05:11:16 PM Last Edit: July 11, 2011, 05:15:05 PM by Darren Dirt
Sometimes I'm an ass when it comes to thread titles ... Mondays, the probability doubles.

Today it was accidental, though -- sleep deprivation. It was either this, or Project Mayhem 2.0.
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Mr. Analog

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July 11, 2011, 07:06:24 PM
I sense there is more to this story :D
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