The '70s in film

[The_Liquid_Laser]

Jaicee said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

Heh, my taste in movies is pretty much the opposite of the OP's tastes.  I really think the 80's is the decade where cinema was at its peak, while the early to mid 70's was kind of a low point overall.  Here are some 70's movies I really like though: Star Wars, Superman, Jaws, Rocky, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Mad Max, Blazing Saddles, Grease.

Grease? GREASE?! But how do you live??

Heh, as I said, our tastes in movies are pretty much the opposite.  These are the time periods I like for different types of media:

Movies: Late 70's and 80's. (already said)

Music: Late 60's and 70's.  The 80's were mostly a lull period, and then the 90's came back and were about as awesome as the 60's/70's.  There was some good indie music in the late 80's too, but almost no one was listening to it at the time (The Pixies, Sonic Youth, etc...).

Video Games: Late 80's and 90's.  Console gaming really became amazing in the late 80's and PC gaming came into it's own in the 90's.  Since then, gaming has had plenty of great games come along, but not as frequently as during the late 80's and 90's.

TV: Now.  Streaming services have caused a TV Renaissance.  They are all trying their best to deliver the best TV possible right now.

From what I can tell, you seem to like edgy/counterculture stuff in most media.  (Please correct me if I'm wrong.)  I kind of think we have similar tastes in music, because I like my music to be edgy including indie music.  For movies, I like to be hooked in with an original concept that is actually telling a timeless or universal story underneath.  This probably makes my taste in movies seem conservative.  For games, what I like most is easy to learn and simple to master (and there are some genres I like more than others: RPG, Strategy, Beatem up, etc...).  For TV, I am almost open to anything if it's done well enough, but I do tend to prefer comedies or something with a big budget.

The main constant for me is that I really like originality in every medium.  I tend to rank the first entry in a series higher than most people do.  For example, I like Star Wars better than Empire Strikes Back.  I really liked Suikoden 1, but I still haven't finished Suikoden 2.  I get bored really easily when I feel like I'm getting more of the same.  So my favorite time period for each of these media tends to be the one that I perceive as being both original and well done.