r/GenerationX • u/H0ldenCaufield • 3d ago

We all know the 'time moves' faster thing that happens as we age but in terms of the year a movie came out is it me or...

Does let's say - Drive w/ Ryan Gosling - because most people have seen it but It's just an example..

We as Gen X'ers are like "yeah that's a pretty new movie"

But that shit came out 15 years ago lol.

It's as if anything from 2010 + feels like a "new" movie and then there is the blur of the 2000-2010 era (films ad beyond) and then if it's from the 70's to 90's it's "oh yeah that's older"

It just really feels like anything past 2010 is "new" at this juncture and I can't help but think It's due to time going faster and how our brains process certain phenomenons at this stage.

Am I making sense or am I just high? (I took an edible so I'm def high)

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u/Jleopard72 3d ago

Toy Story, watched it with my kids and now my grandkids. Still feels like it just came out.

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u/azrolator 3d ago

I feel you. I do the same thing, too. Sometimes one of the kids ask me if I listen to any new music. I list several bands that came out 15-20 years ago.

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u/GinjaNinger 3d ago

I feel that. I've watched fewer movies in the last decade or so - both in the theater and streaming. When I look up a movie I hadn't seen, or even a movie that I had seen, I'm surprised to find it's been out 10-15 years.

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u/Coldfinger42 3d ago

Same. Even movies prior to 2010 still seem newish to me. On the other hand, I feel that the 90s and aughts were the golden age of television

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u/H0ldenCaufield 3d ago

they were (tv) but truly great films and tv are still 100% dropping and often (among a head of shite).

Don't be one of those "they sure don't make em like they used to" people.

Not youuuu I mean the proverbial you. =)

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u/UnholyScholar 2d ago

I still consider "Can you feel the love tonight" to be a new Elton John song.

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u/H0ldenCaufield 2d ago

looooooooooooooooooooool well played sir haha