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OGBobbyJohnson
Veteran
Deadliest Catch is the GOAT show to watch high
CNN+
Robocop versus The Terminator was a okay video game, but where is the movie
In The Running Man theirs a bad guy named Buzzsaw, but he has a chainsaw as a weapon
PortCityProphet
Follow me to the truth
I hate movies. This bullshyt ridiculous. Don't even have real backgrounds anymore
Artificial Intelligence
Not Allen Iverson
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PortCityProphet
Follow me to the truth
Bro look at this shyt here
Im tired of this bullshyt its terrible. Its why I dont even care about new movies like that
Artificial Intelligence
Not Allen Iverson
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AquaCityBoy
Veteran
I've been on a rabbit hole all week looking up old daytime soaps. They were such a huge piece of American pop culture years ago, but they've been on their deathbed for years. There are only four left on TV, nobody talks about them anymore, only a few episodes of the still airing ones are available on streaming, and there's not even any nostalgia for them compared to other media, even from the same time period.
It's crazy too because when you look into it, daytime soap operas were WAY ahead of their time:
I guess you literally had to be there to understand the appeal.
It's crazy too because when you look into it, daytime soap operas were WAY ahead of their time:
- Serialized storylines during a time when most TV shows were episodic
- Taboo topics like rape, abortion, LGBT and interracial couples that were too risqué to be aired on primetime
- Shared universes (all the ABC soaps were in the same universe, as were As the World Turns on CBS and Another World on NBC)
- 'Stan Wars': Being a soap opera fan was like Marvel vs DC or PlayStation vs XBox--people only watched, say, the ABC soaps and didn't fukk with the CBS or NBC ones (though on some level they didn't have a choice since there was no DVR, streaming or even reruns back then)
I guess you literally had to be there to understand the appeal.
FromStLouis
Superstar
A fight scene in an action movie has never taken place atop the Arch.
I'll have to put one in my movie script. Magnet boots.
I'll have to put one in my movie script. Magnet boots.
dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
i don't think i realized the OG screams were rated R, we definitely saw those at the theater as unaccompanied underage kids, ahh the 90's, the last decade of latchkey kids and absentee parents 
Wargames
One Of The Last Real Ones To Do It
You kind of summarized why they no longer exist at the same level.I've been on a rabbit hole all week looking up old daytime soaps. They were such a huge piece of American pop culture years ago, but they've been on their deathbed for years. There are only four left on TV, nobody talks about them anymore, only a few episodes of the still airing ones are available on streaming, and there's not even any nostalgia for them compared to other media, even from the same time period.
It's crazy too because when you look into it, daytime soap operas were WAY ahead of their time:
shyt blew my mind. Even as a kid there were at least a dozen soaps on the air, with each of the big three having up to four at any one time. Now there are only four total across all three networks. There's not even a nostalgic soap opera fandom like there is for old kung fu movies or 80s and 90s cartoons. There's no 'Soap Opera Con' that I could find. The medium was never able to transition to cable, streaming, DVD or syndication. A lot of those old soaps don't even exist anymore because they never kept the recordings preserved, like those lost episodes of Doctor Who.
- Serialized storylines during a time when most TV shows were episodic
- Taboo topics like rape, abortion, LGBT and interracial couples that were too risqué to be aired on primetime
- Shared universes (all the ABC soaps were in the same universe, as were As the World Turns on CBS and Another World on NBC)
- 'Stan Wars': Being a soap opera fan was like Marvel vs DC or PlayStation vs XBox--people only watched, say, the ABC soaps and didn't fukk with the CBS or NBC ones (though on some level they didn't have a choice since there was no DVR, streaming or even reruns back then)
I guess you literally had to be there to understand the appeal.
Their whole style has been assimilated into the mainstream. Everyone is doing serialized storylines. Shared universes/continuities are the norm not the exception.
Everyone is pushing into taboos. Like LGBTQ. Aids. Rape, Racism, Trans rights can be explored in a CW show that deals with Archie and Jughead.
Plus if a show doesn’t have die hard Stans it’s probably not lasting a season these days.
The main turn off to soap operas are the commitment they needed. You have to watch that show multiple days a year back to back to keep track. All these Soap Opera children tell concise stories that only require a weekly commitment. Also you can binge a soap opera to catch up. It’s too many episode.
Dirty Mcdrawz
Your girl loves em....
Last night I went to check on my son while he was sleeping and little man fell asleep listening to The Batman theme. I don’t know if I should 
or be terrified that I’ll wake up one day with him perched on my headboard like Batman.
or be terrified that I’ll wake up one day with him perched on my headboard like Batman.