WTF happened to our shows?? Soul Train, Showtime at the Apollo, Comicview, Def Comedy Jam, etc

[ISO]

A lot of people will disagree with you about the nba, i dont think this era is better or more exciting than the 90s.

It's better now, many basketball historians think the 90s was the worst decade in NBA history due to expansion and other factors. I agree too, from the mid-90s into the early 00's the league was considerably weaker top to bottom that other eras.

Look at today, you aren't sniffing the playoffs in the West without 48-50 wins that's insane.

A lot of people get nostalgic about the 90s, because well Jordan was in his prime. But it really wasn't the golden era of the NBA like the media hypes it the G.O.AT. era was the 80s.

 

[ISO]

Also I feel the players are not given a chance to show their real personalities, they have absolutely no charisma and just do shyt for the cameras.

They try to get their gay craig sager shyt on or do goofy shyt for reporters to like them. I love how real the game and everything was back in the day.

Too much fake lovey dobey shyt going on because they are getting paid well.

Breh come on now, Ahmad Rashad rode the shyt out of MJ's dikk and Larry Johnson was doing corny commercials. It's the same, they actually brought back Inside the NBA hosted by Grant Hill and some chick where you can get to meet players and see how they really are no corny shyt.

Also there were way more fouls and whistles called in the 90s not even close.

 

[ISO]

Is this show any good?

 

[Lucy]

I understand where OP is coming from and I agree for the most part, but the reality is things have changed.

Folks really aren't into t.v. anymore and if they do like a show, they can grab it off the internet.

Also, why just television? There is YouTube, Vimeo, and Netflix. Get out here, make a show, and upload it there. Granted, Netflix might consist of pulling money out of the pockets. Promote it on social media, get them Instagram hoes a talking about it, get connected with Black blogs like The Root and The Grio.

Instead of always bashing the internet and social media, use that shyt to our advantage.

Far as ratchetness goes, ratchetness has ALWAYS been around since the dawn of time and will continue to do so. People need to recognize and accept that the internet has truly changed things. Pre-internet, a shytty singer/rapper/show had their fifteen minutes and went away. Folks never to remember. Nowadays, such people can turn that fifteen minutes into twenty-four hours.

However, an internet user still has the power. You don't have to concentrate on such people and give them clicks n' views.

Nostalgia can be quite cherry picking as well. It causes you to forget all about the horrible, shytty stuff. I can guarantee you, once we get old, we'll probably be talking about how 2014 was great and 2074 is just horrible with horrible youth. It's a continuous cycle. Get off the "wholesome, family" high horse mess as well. There never has been and never will be a perfected Cosby family.

All in all, great points made in thread, but we need to stop looking for folks in the big suits to create things for us. The internet is here, it's socially powerful, and can be used to create a serious moment for us.

 

[Primetime21]

After watching re-runs of Smart Guy and Hangin with Mr. Cooper.

How is Omar Gooding not getting any work? Dude was a funny actor.

Uppin this thread

Man I was off last week so I got to see Smart Guy everyday, this dude was PURE comedy I almost forgot what an incredible tandem him and Weaver were on the show I was laughing in every episode

 

[Londilon]

Damn this just reminds me of how much I was eating because I was raised in the 90s.

I miss that 90s to early 2000s entertainment. Never thought it would go so fast.

 

[Zero]

20 years from now, we gonna have a world filled with ratchet ass people. Probably porn will be aired on prime time TV by then.

 

[Wild self]

Damn this just reminds me of how much I was eating because I was raised in the 90s.

I miss that 90s to early 2000s entertainment. Never thought it would go so fast.

Yeah, and the crazy thing is that despite the white population decreasing around the world, Hollywood remains more white than ever.

 

[Roman Brady]

Yeah, and the crazy thing is that despite the white population decreasing around the world, Hollywood remains more white than ever.

blame the internet, due to piracy and all that jazz it's given studio executives carte blanche to not greenlight these'little engine that couldn't type projects outside "the machine". We see the same thing in music when I was growing up we had the teeny bopper mainstream shyt that mainly catered to tweens and below and on the other side we had the adult contemporary like Sophie b Hawkins, Sheryl crow, Phil Collins e.t.c where are these sort of artists today

 

[Wild self]

blame the internet, due to piracy and all that jazz it's given studio executives carte blanche to not greenlight these'little engine that couldn't type projects outside "the machine"

Hollywood been suffering in the last 10 years with depending on these big budget films being the main source of income. When they got rid of low budget and mid budget films for that summer blockbuster, is when shyt really got fukked up.

 

[Apollo Creed]

Uppin this thread

Man I was off last week so I got to see Smart Guy everyday, this dude was PURE comedy I almost forgot what an incredible tandem him and Weaver were on the show I was laughing in every episode

It would have been amazing if they did a college spin off following the misadventures of omar and jason

 

[Just like bruddas]

Black TV don't exist anymore

love and hip hop, house wives of atlanta etc


gotdamn we loss

 

[Ricky Church]

how'd I miss this thread, I swear the OP's got a point. it's just another reason why my childhood, growing up in the 90's >>>

 

[???]

why re-up this thread? fukk this gay homo shyt. the internet is way better than tv, fukk off lazy b*stards.

SMH @ nikkas stuck on that nostalgia bullshyt, those days are over and aint coming back morons.

you can watch all that bullshyt on youtube fukking pampered a$$holes.

 

[Primetime21]

why re-up this thread? fukk this gay homo shyt. the internet is way better than tv, fukk off lazy b*stards.

SMH @ nikkas stuck on that nostalgia bullshyt, those days are over and aint coming back morons.

you can watch all that bullshyt on youtube fukking pampered a$$holes.

Have you ever made a post where you are not acting like an emotional bytch? Thread was upped because folks like the discussion, if you don't like it take your constantly unhappy ass to another thread. You're like a damn black cloud, life must be miserable