One explanation could be that Generation X (people born in the 60s and 70s) is more down to earth than earlier generations since they didn´t experience the Space Race.
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One explanation could be that Generation X (people born in the 60s and 70s) is more down to earth than earlier generations since they didn´t experience the Space Race.
But the mutants, time travel and robots are takin' a big hit too. And those don't necessarily have anything to do with space travel. (Heroes, Lost and Sarah Connor Chronicles respectively as examples). Even "magic" (catchall for all horror and fantasy, apparently) is way down.
Statistics makes my head hurt.
Pretty colors make my eyes hurt.
The Gen Y people born in the '80s are the fantasy geeks who were watching the late '90s/early '00s television (and grew up with Gen X '80s-'90s VHS movies). We are now dealing with the '90s-'00s babies, which are very different from the '80s babies, IMO. The Gen Xers were the first true Internet generation, as well.
'80s babies grew up on the same media as the '70s babies because of VHS. Gen Z doesn't have a big connection to all those Gen X post-Star Wars revolution '80s fantasy movies that were released on VHS.
It's Gen Y that supported the likes of BtVS, AtS, Roswell, Smallville, etc... when they were tweens/teens (remember that these were WB shows--the WB was known for churning out A LOT of fantasy in that era). You'll note that the vast majority of the Whedon geeks are in their 20s now. It's the same crowd that watches Heroes and Supernatural.
'80s babies grew up on the same media as the '70s babies because of VHS. Gen Z doesn't have a big connection to all those Gen X post-Star Wars revolution '80s fantasy movies that were released on VHS.
It's Gen Y that supported the likes of BtVS, AtS, Roswell, Smallville, etc... when they were tweens/teens (remember that these were WB shows--the WB was known for churning out A LOT of fantasy in that era). You'll note that the vast majority of the Whedon geeks are in their 20s now. It's the same crowd that watches Heroes and Supernatural.
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Um,
Generation X, commonly abbreviated to Gen X, is a term used to refer to a generational cohort born after the baby boom ended, extending from the early-to-mid 1960s to late 1970s
Frankly, as a member, I couldn't be bothered with Smallville, Roswell and the WB as a whole. I was too busy working. As for Whedon-I skipped Buffy but dug Firefly. Skipping Supernatural but watching Heroes.
My generation fuels LOST and nuBSG and we cut our teeth on the old BSG and The Six Million Dollar Man, The Incredible Hulk, The Man From Atlantis, etc. We watched Logan's Run, Star Wars and Clash of the Titans. I'm not sure what you were trying to say.
Gen Y, I mean. That was a typo. And yes, Gen Y did support those shows. Gen Y is now fueling the likes of Supernatural and Heroes. ...And everything Joss Whedon. Gen Yers were '80s babies and '90s kids.
Gen Y seems to like BtVS/AtS more than Firefly, while Gen X prefers Firefly (honestly, I think it's overrated) to BtVS/AtS (massively underrated).
Gen X fuels Lost, House, CSI, NCIS, etc... It's the generation ahead. Well, arguably, House, CSI and NCIS are Baby Boomer shows.
Gen Y were the ones that got Macaulay Culkin, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Thora Birch, Christina Ricci, the Spice Girls, Britney Spears, '90s pop, Buffy, the Vampire Slayer/Angel: the Series, the rest of the WB shows, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean.
Gen Z is fueling Twilight and Hannah Montana.
Though, comically enough, a lot of Baby Boomers like to take credit for the birth of rock'n'roll when it was the generation before them. The Depression/WWII babies were the ones who invented rock'n'roll. The Baby Boomers (post-WWII) created the counterculture '60s and had little in common with the Depression/WWII babies.
Gen X were the kids of the Depression/WWII babies. Gen Y were the kids of the Baby Boomers. Gen Z are the kids of Gen X.
Though, I'm actually a product of a dad who was born the day before Pearl Harbor and a Baby Boomer.
Gen Y seems to like BtVS/AtS more than Firefly, while Gen X prefers Firefly (honestly, I think it's overrated) to BtVS/AtS (massively underrated).
Gen X fuels Lost, House, CSI, NCIS, etc... It's the generation ahead. Well, arguably, House, CSI and NCIS are Baby Boomer shows.
Gen Y were the ones that got Macaulay Culkin, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Thora Birch, Christina Ricci, the Spice Girls, Britney Spears, '90s pop, Buffy, the Vampire Slayer/Angel: the Series, the rest of the WB shows, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean.
Gen Z is fueling Twilight and Hannah Montana.
Though, comically enough, a lot of Baby Boomers like to take credit for the birth of rock'n'roll when it was the generation before them. The Depression/WWII babies were the ones who invented rock'n'roll. The Baby Boomers (post-WWII) created the counterculture '60s and had little in common with the Depression/WWII babies.
Gen X were the kids of the Depression/WWII babies. Gen Y were the kids of the Baby Boomers. Gen Z are the kids of Gen X.
Though, I'm actually a product of a dad who was born the day before Pearl Harbor and a Baby Boomer.
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I guess I'm a Gen Y'er then...
Born in 82, myself, and I grew up in the late 90s/early 00s, weaned on Star Trek, B5, Stargate, Btvs and Angel, etc. I guess that would make me a Gen Y.
And I hope I never get confused with those pesky Gen Zs. 90s kids. Sorry, guys. Twilight and Hannah Montana are not my fault. After my time!
And I hope I never get confused with those pesky Gen Zs. 90s kids. Sorry, guys. Twilight and Hannah Montana are not my fault. After my time!
