Is Friends "too 90's to work today"?
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Moonlighty — 9 years ago(September 15, 2016 09:56 AM)
Seeing as a lot of fans are younger than the original audience, obviously it still works today.
I've got the impression millennials are less invested in talking and speculating about relationships today.
That sounds weird and baseless. You think all the young people with their twitters and their tinders and the smart technologies have completely done away with relationships and fck anyone who walks by or that they have relationships, but there is absolutely no desire to ever discuss them, like they are always clear and a given? Becauseno people aren't really changing that much. For example, once people are old enough, they all complain how lazy and different the younger generation is until a few years pass, then the new older people can do the same thing.Consider the daffodil. And while you're doing that I'll be over here looking through your stuff.
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Redhawkof2008 — 9 years ago(September 15, 2016 07:30 PM)
Not really. The overall of premise of a group of friends and their day-to-day lives is common in sit-coms to this day. And as a millennial (born in 1990), I watched the last 3-4 seasons in their original airing.
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jajceboy — 9 years ago(September 16, 2016 05:11 AM)
No, not really. The premise of the show is timeless and can be found in sit-coms today.
There's nothing about Friends, part from the fashion and hair, that puts it in the 90's. The best sitcoms are like that: Funny whenever you're watching them.
Also you're not doing yourselves any favour OP by saying that every one born in the 90's are not interested in talking face to face
That's the biggest piece of crap I've heard. You might be like that but I & many with me aren't like that. -
Clayman82 — 9 years ago(September 16, 2016 06:39 AM)
So you think saying
I've got the impression millennials are less invested in talking and speculating about relationships today
and saying
every one born in the 90's are not interested in talking face to face
is the same thing, meaning-wise?
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Clayman82 — 9 years ago(September 16, 2016 07:41 AM)
Of course it's not about how they deal with universal themes. It's about how people, after invasive technology changed their ways (especially for the younger ones), are able to recapture those themes through the vibes the show gives.
Besides, my post is not looking for "truth", it's looking for debatable opinions (not based on statistics, but on how Friends fans perceive such matter).
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computermaster — 9 years ago(September 16, 2016 10:55 AM)
My brother used to watch this all the time. The "friends" had some of the most sheltered lives i've ever seen. None of them ever seem to care about anything about themselves, their relationships and anyone or anything that doesn't fit into their annoying ass yuppie clique.
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Moonlighty — 9 years ago(September 22, 2016 08:32 AM)
It's comments like these where people take things so personally I wonder if they realize it's a sitcom and that they aren't just watching real life through the magic box in their living room.
Consider the daffodil. And while you're doing that I'll be over here looking through your stuff.
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silver-starlet — 9 years ago(September 25, 2016 02:44 PM)
Millennial here, (b, 1996) and I can only speak for myself n this, but I really like shows from the 90's and early 2000's the most. I can't stand when shows bring in the selfie and facebook jokes. I don't know why but I feel like it looses its charm when it relies on the latest modern technology for jokes.
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mjn-seifer — 9 years ago(September 26, 2016 02:50 PM)
I can't stand when shows bring in the selfie and facebook jokes. I don't know why but I feel like it looses its charm when it relies on the latest modern technology for jokes.
I'm okay with the writers using things like that, as well as other modern internet things, even including memes, if they are genuinely referring to them (joke or not) because it means something to them, or has a genuine purpose within the story. However, if they're just using these reference to appeal to their target audience and stay "cool" and "relevant", then it tends to look very forced, and just seems awkward. A writer should just reference what they want to (still be careful how they do so, though) and someone in the audience will get it.
When you reference anything from any year (ranging from a famous movie from 1985 to a currently popular internet meme of this year) your show will always be relevant, because each reference will create a nostalgic feeling for that year, but if you try to focus on referencing everything from this year just because it's popular, it just looks like your trying to force your show into popularity. It is best in my opinion to let it all naturally coexist, that way your show will have a more timeless feel to it. -
A_girl_is_noone — 9 years ago(September 26, 2016 11:00 AM)
I think it's still relatable today in that most people go through a period in their 20's where their friends become their families and they go through life's ups and downs together. There are a few storyline choices that probably would not have happened if the show were made today. For example, if Friends were to have its series finale this Thursday, I think Rachel would leave Ross to forward her career in Paris.
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Hanz-Willhelm2 — 9 years ago(September 27, 2016 08:56 AM)
My 13 year old loves it. I don't let her watch them all and mute or fast forward through some parts because casual, have sex with anyone/everyone is such a prevalent theme but she wants to watch them all the time.
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